List of Abbreviations [PDF]

Liste von Abk¨urzungen/List of Abbreviations gesammelt von/collected by: Dr. Dieter Guicking, G¨ ottingen, DE, http://www.guicking.de/dieter/abk-allg.html oder/or http://www.guicking.de/dieter/abk-allg.pdf. Erl¨ auterungen meistens deutsch und englisch/Comments mostly in German and English. Fehlernachrichten und Erg¨ anzungsvorschl¨ age bitte an/Notice of errors and suggestions for new entries please to: [email protected] Letzte Erg¨ anzungen: 30. M¨ arz 2018/Last update: March 30, 2018.

A A a... AA AA AA AA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAAA AAAA AAAF AAAI AAAS AABBA AAC AAC AACG AAC-LD AACR AAES AAF AAG AAI AAID AAL AAL AALL AAM AAP AAPM AAPS AAPPS AAPT AARD AARI AARTFAAC AARV AAS AAS AAS AAS AAS AASCU AASF AASHTO AAT AATSR AAU AAUP AAUW AAV AAV AB ABA ABA ABB ABC ABC ABDO ABE ABE ABET

Adenin (DNA-Base/DNA base) Atto... (Pr¨ afix/prefix): 10−18 Anhydrous Ammonia Atomic Absorption Automatic (or: Automated) Attendant [Facility] (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Automobile Association (UK) Abdominal Aortic Aneurism (Medicine) Akademisches Auslandsamt American Association of Anatomists American Automobile Association 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 A´ eronautique et Astronautique de France American Association for Artificial Intelligence American Association for the Advancement of Science Aural Assessment by Means of Binaural Algorithms (international expert group) 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 for Cancer Research American Association of Engineering Societies Anterior Auditory Field (im Gehirn/in the brain) Aufwendungsausgleichsgesetz Austrian Archeological Institute American Academy of Implant Dentisty Ambient Assisted Living (Fraunhofer-Allianz) ATM Adaptation Layer American Association of Law Libraries Advanced Acoustic Model Australian Academic Press American Association of Physicists in Medicine American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Association of Asia Pacific Physical Societies American Association of Physics Teachers Advanced Accelerator Research and Development ([St. Petersburger] Institut f¨ ur Arktis- und Antarktisforschung) 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 American Association of State Colleges and Universities Afrikanisch-Asiatische Studentenf¨ orderung e.V. (G¨ ottingen) American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials 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) Absorbing Boundary Condition (acoustics) Atanasoff-Berry Computer (Iowa State College, USA, 1938–1942) Allgemeine Bestimmungen f¨ ur Diplompr¨ ufungsordnungen Amtliche Betriebserlaubnis (Typpr¨ ufung Kfz) Automated Benthic Explorer Accrediting Board of Engineering and Technology (USA)

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ABG ABK ABL ABL ABM ABM ABM ABMF ABPI ABR ABR ABRIXAS ABS ABS ABS ABS ABS ABT ABU ABV AC AC AC AC AC AC AC ACA ACA ACA ACA ACA ACACIA ACAM ACAP ACAP A-CAPI AC-APU ACARE A-CBC ACC ACC ACC ACC ACC ACCase ACCES ACCESS ACCESS ACCESS ACCP ACCU ACD ACD ACDA A-CDM ACE ACE ACE ACE ACE ACE ACE ACE ACE ACELP ACEnet ACES ACES ACES ACES ACESA ACEX ACF ACI ACI ACIA

Automatiserte biometriegest¨ utzte Grenzkontrolle Allgemeine berufsqualifizierende Kompetenzen (im Bachelor-Studiengang) [Yakir] Aharonov, [Peter] Bergmann, [Joel] Lebovitz (novel approach to quantum mechanics, published 1964) Airborne Laser (US Waffe/weapon) Advanced Buffer Material Agent-Based Model Anti-Ballistic Missile Account Balance Management Function (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry 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 f¨ ur Begutachtertraining (DAR, Normungsarbeit) Asia(-Pacific) Broadcasting Union Alcohol by Volume Accelerator Cluster (supercomputing) Access Controller (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Admission Control (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Air Conditioning Alternating Current (Wechselstrom) Attachment Circuit (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Auditory Cortex Academic Cooperation Association (europ¨ aische Organisation/European organisation) Aircraft Carrier Alliance (GB) American Crystallographic Association Arms Control Association Atacama Compact Array Arid Climate, Adaptation and Cultural Innovation in Africa (SFB 389 der DFG) Aachen Center for Additive Manufacturing Advanced Common Application Platform (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Automated Content Access Protocol (Urheberrecht/copyright) Accessnet(R) -T-Common Application Programming (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Air-Conditioning Auxiliary Power Unit Advisory Council for Aeronautic(s) (or: Aviation) Research (and Innovation) in Europe Akkreditierungsagentur f¨ ur die Studieng¨ ange Chemie, Biochemie und Chemieingenieurwesen an Universit¨ aten und Fachhochschulen Active (or: Adaptive) Cruise Control (Kfz/motor vehicle) Advanced Cruise Control Antarctic Circumpolar Current (of the ocean) Anterior Cingulate Cortex Anticollision Code (Fingerabdruck f¨ ur Multimedia/Fingerprint for Multimedia) Acetyl-CoA-Carboxylase (Enzym) Airport and Control Center Simulator (DLR) Alternative Fuel Effects on Contrails and Cruise Emissions (aircraft fuel) Attenuating Custom Communication Earpiece System (active noise reduction earplug) Australian Community Climate and Earth System Simulator American College of Clinical Pharmacology Advisory Committee of CERN Users Advanced Chemistry Development Automatic Call Distribution Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (USA 1962) Airport Collaborative Decision Making Advanced Composition Explorer (NASA) Advanced Computing Environment Advanced Control Education 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

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ACK ACL ACL ACL ACL ACLR ACM ACM ACM ACM ACMA ACME ACMP ACMP ACO ACP ACP ACP ACP ACPS ACQ ACRC ACRE ACRIDICON ACRL ACRL ACRS ACRV ACS ACS ACS ACS ACS ACS ACS ACSI ACSI ACSR ACT ACT ACT ACT ACT ACT ACT ACTA ACTA ACTD ACTH ACTS ACVB AD AD AD AD AD AD ADA ADA ADAC Adaline ADANO ADAPT ADAS ADASIS ADASIS RP ADAV ADBS ADC ADC ADC ADC ADC ADCP ADDRESS ADEA ADELE

Acknowledege(ment) (Daten¨ ubertragung/data transfer) 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) Acoustic Current Meter Active Control Mount Adaptive Coding (and) Modulation Association for Computing Machinery Automotive Component Manufacturers Association Advanced Cold Molecule Electron Restraint System (air bag) 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 (or: for) Physics (College Park, MD, USA) American College of Physicians Advection-Dominated Accretion Flow (Astrophysik/astrophysics) Active Quenching Circuitry Advanced Computing Research Centre (University of Bristol, UK) Atmospheric Circulation Reconstruction Aerosol, Cloud, Precipitation and Radiation Interactions and Dynamics of Convective Cloud Systems Adjacent Channel Leakage Power Ratio (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Association of College & Research Libraries Air Cushion Restraint System Assured Crew Return Vehicle (Raumfahrt/spacecraft) Advanced Camera for Surveys (Astrophysik/astrophysics) akutes Koronarsyndrom American Cancer Society American Chemical Society Assoziazione Controllo Strutturale (IT) Attitude Control System (Raketentechnik/rocket control) Automated Characterization Suite (software) American Customer Satisfaction Index Atari Computer System Interface Active Control of Structural Response Active Control Technology (Flugzeug/aircraft) Adaptive Cell Transfer, adaptiver Zelltransfer Advanced Concepts Team (ESA) African Centre for Technology Studies Antichymotrypsin (Plasmaprotein) Atacama Cosmology Telescope autologe Chrondrozytentransplantation (k¨ orpereigene Knorpelzellen-Transplantation) Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope Array Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (USA) Adrenocorticotropes Hormon Advanced Communication Technologies and Services (EC) Aortokoronarer Venen-Bypass (Gef¨ aßchirurgie) Administration Module Alzheimer’s Disease Andorra (ISO 3166) ante dominum Antiproton Decelerator Authorized Domain Acoustic Distribution Array American Disabilities Act Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobilclub Adaptive Linear Element Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Audiologen und Neurootologen Accent on Developing Abstract Processes of Thought Advanced Driver Assistance System Advanced Driver Assistance Systems Interface Specification ADASIS Research Platform Allgemeiner Deutscher Arbeiterverein (seit 1863) Association des professionels de l’information et de la documentation (FR) Analog-to-Digital Converter Animal Defence Corps (Tierversuchsgegner) Antibody-Drug-Conjugate Automatic Development Chamber Automotive Distance Control Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (oceanic flow measurement) 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) Adiabatischer Druckluftspeicher f¨ ur die Elektrizit¨ atsversorgung

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ADEPT ADEPT ADF ADF ADFC ADFLICO ADHD ADHS ADI ADI AdL ADL ADLC ADLIP ADM ADM ADM ADM ADM ADMIRE ADMX ADN ADN ADN ADOCS ADONIS ADONIS ADP ADP ADP ADPA ADPCM ADR ADR ADR ADR ADRCS AdRIA ADRIA ADS ADS AdS ADS ADSB AdS/CFT ADSL ADT ADTF ADTM ADTV ADUC ADV ADV AdW AE AE AE AE AE AEB AEC AEC AECL AECSFE AECSM AED AED AEE AEF AEG AEGOS AEI AEI AEKOS AEL AEM AEM

Advanced Dark Energy Physics Telescope Antibody Directed Enzyme Prodrug Therapy (Krebstherapie/cancer therapy) Allotrope Data Format Annular Dark Field (electron detector) Allgemeiner Deutscher Fahrrad Club Adaptive Flight Control for Advanced Aircraft Concepts (DLR) Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (= ADHS) Aufmerksamkeitsdefizit-Hyperaktivit¨ atssyndrom (oder: -st¨ orung) (= ADHD) Acceptable Daily Intake (Europ¨ aische Beh¨ orde f¨ ur Lebensmittelrecht) Angular Diffraction 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) Allotrope Data Model Area Dimensional Model (L¨ armbewertung/noise rating) [Richard] Arnowitt, [Stanley] Deser, [Charles] Misner (gravitational equations) Atmospheric Dynamics Mission (planned satellite with Lidar) Advanced Data Mining and Integration Research for Europe (at EPCC) Axion Dark Matter Experiment (University of Washington, Seattle, USA) Allgemeiner Deutscher Nachrichtendienst (DDR) Ammoniumdinitramid (Sprengstoff/explosive) Automotive Design Network 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 Differential Pulse Code Modulation Accumulated Doppler Range (Satellitenortungsverfahren/satellite locating) Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator Automatic Defect Review (for semiconductor wafers) Automatic (or: Automated) Dialog Replacement (movie development) Automatic Data Recording and Control System Adaptronik – Research, Innovation, Application Advanced Displays Research Integration Action Accelerator Driven System (trans-mutation of nuclear waste) Active Denial System (a weapon) Anti-de-Sitter (Raum, theoretische Physik) Astrophysics Data System (SAO/NASA online) Auto(matic) Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (Flugverkehr/air traffic) Anti–de Sitter/Conformal Field Theory (solid state physics) Asymmetric(al) Digital Subscriber Loop (or: Line) Articulated Dump Trucks (off-road vehicles) Automotive Data and Time Triggered Framework (Kfz-Technik) [Fraunhofer-]Arbeitsgruppe f¨ ur Drahtlose Kommunikations- und Multimediatechnik (Erlangen) Advanced Definition Television Arbeitsgemeinschaft deutscher Universit¨ atsprofessoren f¨ ur Chemie Acoustic Droplet Vaporization Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verkehrsflugh¨ afen Akademie der Wissenschaften (ehem./former DDR) Acoustic Emission American English Application Enabler (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Astronomische Einheit (Entfernung Erde–Sonne/distance Earth–Sun = 1.49·1011 m) Vereinigte Arabische Emirate/United Arab Emirates (ISO 3166) Automatic Emergency Break Architecture/Engineering/Construction (Industrie/industry) Atomic Energy Commission (USA) Atomic Energy of Canada, Ltd. Asymmetric Elliptic-Cone-Shaped Fibre Endface (Faseroptik/fiber optics) Asymmetric Elliptic-Cone-Shaped Microlens (Faseroptik/fiber optics) Automatisierter Externer Defibrillator Automotive Electronics Department (ARAI, India) Office of Environment and Energy (FAA) Normenausschuss Einheiten und Formelzeichen Allgemeine Elektrizit¨ atsgesellschaft 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) Albert-Einstein-Institut (Hannover und Potsdam) Automatic Equipment Identification Australian Ecological Knowledge and Observations System Accessible Emission Limit Analytical Electron Microscopy Area Equivalent Method (L¨ armbewertung/noise rating)

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AEMT AEP AEP AEP AEPI AER AEROTROP AERTOs AES AES AES AES AES AES AESS ¨ AEU AEV AEV AEWA AF AF AF AF AFAL AFAS AFB AFC AFCRL AFCS AFD AFDX AFE AFECT AFEX AFFDL Afis AFIT AFM AFMS AFN AFN AFNM AFO AFO AFOB AFOSR AFOTEC AFP AFP AFPAC AFR AFRL AFRPL AFS AFS AFS AFS AfSIS AFSPC AFSR AFTEC AFTN AG AG AG AG AG AGARD AGASA AGASP AGB AGB AGB AG-BL AGC AGC AGC AGCF

[Fraunhofer-]Arbeitsgruppe f¨ ur Elektronische Medientechnologie Academic Endorsement Point Acad´ emie Europ´ eenne de Philat´ elie 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 Academic Endorsement System Advanced Encryption Standard Application Environment Services Associate Executive Secretary Audio Engineering Society Auger-Elektronen-Spektroskopie / Auger Electron Spectroscopy Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society ¨ Archiv f¨ ur elektrische Ubertragung (Zeitschrift) All-Electric Vehicle FhAZ f¨ ur Entsorgungs- und Verkehrslogistik (Wildau, Brandenburg) [Afrikanisch-Eurasisches Regionalabkommen zur Erhaltung der Wasserv¨ ogel] Afghanistan (ISO 3166) Application Function (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Assured Forwarding (Daten¨ ubertragung/data transfer) Audio Frequency Air Force Astronautics Laboratory Abteilung f¨ ur Angewandte Systemanalyse (Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe) Air Force Base (USA) Alkali Fuel Cell Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (Cambridge, MA, USA) 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) Alliance for Nature (Umweltorganisation) Ammonia Fuel Network Arbeitsgemeinschaft Fachdidaktik der Naturwissenschaften und der Mathematik Allotrope Foundation Ontology Auftragsforschung [und -entwicklung] Ost (BMFT) Asian Federation of Biotechnology Air Force Office of Scientific Research (USA) US Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center Antifreeze Proteins Automated Fibre Placement Technology Anglo–French Physical Acoustics Conference 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) Air Force Space Command (Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, USA) Array-Fed Shaped Reflector (Satellitenantenne/satellite antenna) Acoustic Fusion Technology Energy Consortium (USA) Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunication Network Aktiengesellschaft Antigua and Barbuda (ISO 3166) Arbeitsgruppe Array Gain 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 Gesch¨ aftsbedingungen Asymptotic Giant Branch (Astronomie/astronomy) Automatische Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung (Kfz/motor vehicle) Arbeitsgemeinschaft Forschungseinrichtungen Blaue Liste Automatic Gain Control [Fraunhofer-] Anwendungszentrum f¨ ur Computergraphik in Chemie und Pharmazie Autorail Grande Capacit´ e (Diesel-Zug/Diesel train) Access Gateway Control Function (Telekommunikation/telecommunication)

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AGCH AGEE AGEG AGF AGIL AGIS AGIS AGK AGKr AGMA AGN AGNSS AGORA AGP A-GPS AGR AGRE AGS AGTD AGU AGV AGV AGW AGWN AH A.H. AHA AHAM AHDI AHMD AHQP AHRC AHRF AHRI AHRI AHS AHS AHSUM AHT AHU A&I AI AI AI AI AI AIA AIA AIA AIAA AIAE AIC AICB AICD AICES AICH AICOS AID AIDA AIDA AIDAA AIDC AIDJEX AIDS AIDS AIEE AiF AIF AIHA AIJP AILU AIM AIM AIM AIM AIM AIM

Absolute Grant Channel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Arbeitsgruppe Erneuerbare Energien Arbeitsgemeinschaft Europ¨ aischer Grenzregionen Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Großforschungseinrichtungen Arbeitsgemeinschaft Internet und Linguistik (G¨ ottingen) Advanced Gamma-Ray Imaging (US project) Astrometric Global Iterative Solution (astronomy) 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) Autism Genetic Resource Exchange Alternating Gradient Synchrotron Applied Geoscience and Technology Division (of the Pacific Community, SPC) American Geophysical Union Arbeitgeberverband Automatic Guided Vehicle Access Gateway (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Additive Gaussian White Noise, additives Gaußsches weißes Rauschen Adaptive Hypermedien Anno Hegirae (islamischer Kalender, ab 622 n. Chr.) American Heart Association 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 Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative American Helicopter Society Airborne Hyperspectral Scanner Adaptable High-Speed Undersea Munition Average Hamiltonian Theory (Teilchenphysik/particle physics) Air Handling Unit (HVAC) Abstracting and Indexing (data bases) Acoustical Imaging (Conference series) [IASTED International Conference on] Applied Informatics Anguilla (ISO 3166) Articulation Index (Psychoakustik/psychoacoustics) Artificial Intelligence American Institute of Architects Associazione Italiana di Acustica Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (at SDO, NASA) American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics [Spanische Aeroakustische Gesellschaft/Spanish Aeroacoustical Society] Akaike’s Information Criterion Association internationale contre le bruit automatische implantierte Cardio-Defibrillatoren 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) Asteroid Impact Deflection Assessment Attention, Interest, Desire, and Action Assoziazione Italiana di Aeronautica e Astronautica Automotive Industry Developing Center (S¨ udafrika, mit FhG-Unterst¨ utzung/South Africa, supported by the German Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft) Arctic Ice Dynamics Joint Experiment Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Almost Ideal Demand System (economy) American Institute of Electrical Engineers Arbeitsgemeinschaft industrieller Forschungsvereinigungen Otto von Guericke“ e.V. (K¨ oln) ” [Dateinamenerweiterung: Video-Datei/file name extension: video file] American Industrial Hygiene Association Association Internationale de Philat´ elie Association of Industrial Laser Users (UK) Advanced Informatics in Medicine Advanced Interface Module (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Antarktisches Isotopenmaximum Anwendungsplattform Intelligente Mobilit¨ at (Verkehrsforschung) Asteroid Impact Mission Auditory Image Model (H¨ orakustik/hearing research)

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AIMD AIM-D AIML AIMN AIMR AIMS AIMS AIN AIP AIP AIP AIPP AIQ AIR AIRS AIRSAR AirSTAR AIRTO AIS AIS AIS AIS AIS AIS AISA AIS-A AIS-B AISEC AISIS AIST AIT AIT AIT AIT AITRAM AIUM AIV AIZ AIZ AJA AJAX AJC AJO AJOL AK a.k.a., aka Akaflieg AKE AKF AKO AKR AKS AKW AL AL AL AL ALA ALADIN ALARP ALC ALCC ALCF ALCM ALCOA ALD ALD ALD ALE ALEX ALF ALFA ALFA ALFA AL-FEC ALG ALGOL ALI

Additive Increase, Multiplicative Decrease (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [Verband f¨ ur] Automatische Identifikation, Datenerfassung und mobile Datenkommunikation Astronomical Instrument Markup Language Association of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Advanced Institute for Materials Research (Tohoku University, JP) African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (Kapstadt, S¨ udafrika/Cape Town, South Africa) Alliance for IP Media Solutions Advanced Intelligent Network The American Institute of Physics (gegr¨ undet/founded 1931) Application Integrity Policy Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam (DE) American Institute of Physics Publishing Analytical Instrument Qualification Automatic Image Refinement (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 f¨ ur Integrierte Schaltungen Automatic Identification System, Automatisches Identifikationssystem (Schiffsortung) idiopathische Adoleszenten-Skoliose [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Autonome Intelligente Systeme (St. Augustin, fr¨ uher/formerly GMD) Airborne Spectral Analyzer [Fraunhofer-] Arbeitsgruppe f¨ ur Integrierte Schaltungen, Abteilung Angewandte Elektronik [Fraunhofer-] Arbeitsgruppe f¨ ur Integrierte Schaltungen, Abteilung Bauelementetechnologie [Fraunhofer-Institut f¨ ur] Angewandte und Integrierte Sicherheit (Garching bei M¨ unchen) Automatisierte Informationsgewinnung und Schutz kritischer Infrastruktur im Katastrophenfall [National Institute for] Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (Japan) Application Information Table (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Asian Institute of Technology Astrometric Imaging Telescope Austrian Institute of Technology Advanced Integrated Training in Aeronautics Maintenance American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine Assembly, Integration and Validation Antiimperialistische Zelle Ausschuss f¨ ur internationale Zusammenarbeit (DAR, Normungsarbeit/standardization) Arbeitskreis gemeinn¨ utziger Jugendaustauschorganisationen Asynchronous JavaScript and XML American Jewish Committee Arecibo Ionospheric Observatory (Puerto Rico) African Journals Online Alaska (US-Staat/US state) also known as Akademische Fliegergruppe Arbeitskreis Energie (DPG) Arbeitskreis Festk¨ orperphysik (DPG) Arbeitskreis Optionen f¨ ur die Zukunft“ (DPG) ” Antikorruptionsrichtlinie Akademische Software Kooperation Atomkraftwerk Alabama (US-Staat/US state) Albanien/Albania (ISO 3166) Artificial Life Astronautics Laboratory (fr¨ uher/formerly: AFRPL) American Library Association Algorithm for Learning and Architecture Determination As Low as Reasonably Possible Automatic Level Control ASCR Leadership Computing Challenge Argonne Leadership Computing Facility Air-Launched Cruise Missile Attributable, Contemporaneous, Original, and Accurate (required source data properties) Arbeitsring L¨ arm der DEGA Associate Laboratory Director Atomic Layer Deposition, Atomlagenabscheidung Antarctic Logistics and Expeditions 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 Am´ erica-Latina – Formaci´ on Acad´ emica (EU) Application-Layer Forward Error Correction (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Application Level Gateway (firewall) Algorithmic Language ATM Link Interconnect

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ALI ALICE ALICE ALIVE ALK ALL ALLEA ALLFlight ALM ALM ALMA ALMA ALMA ALOP ALP ALP ALPACA ALPHA ALPHA ALPHA ALPhA ALPS ALPSP ALS ALS ALS ALSEP ALSM ALSYMPCA ALU AM AM AM AM AMA AMA A-MAN AMANDA AMASE Amass AMBER AMBER AMC AMC AMCD AMD AMD AMDE AME AMEL AMFIS AMG AMHS AMI AMI AMI AMIGOS AMINA AML AML AMLCD AMLS AMM AMM AMMA AMNOR AMO AMOC AMO(S) AMOLED AMON AMOP AMOP AMP AMP AMP AMP AMP

Autofahrer-Leit- und Informationssystem A Large Ion Collision Experiment (LHC, CERN) America Latina Interconectada con Europa Advanced High Volume Affordable Lightweighting for Future Electric Vehicles (EU project) automatisierte Liegenschaftskarte Akute lymphatische Leuk¨ amie All European Academies Assisted Low Level Flight and Landing on Unprepared Landing Sites Application Lifestyle Management Arch¨ aologisches Landesmuseum (Baden-W¨ urttemberg) Additive Layer Manufacturing for Acoustic Metamaterials Atacama Large Millimeter/Submilimeter Array (Radioteleskop/radio telescope, seit/since Feb. 2013 in Chile) Association of Loudspeaker Manufacturing & Acoustics International Active Learning in Optics and Photonics (UNESCO-Programm/program) Academic-Led Publishing Axion-Like Particle Advanced Liquid-Mirror Probe for Astrophysics, Cosmology and Asteroids Absorption Low Plus High Aperture (Laserstrahlaufweitung/laser beam expansion) Advanced Laboratory Physics Association Antihydrogen Laser Physics Apparatus (international collaboration) Aquitaine Lasers, Photonique and Applications (Bordeaux, FR) Any Light Particle Search (experiment) 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 (Geod¨ asie/geodesy) Alpharidin in Symptomatic Prostate Cancer Arithmetic Logic Unit Additive Manufacturing (3D printing) Amplitudenmodulation, Amplitude Modulation Armenien/Armenia (ISO 3166) Availability Manager Advanced Measurement Approaches American Medical Association ATM Metropolitan Area Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector (or: Detection) Array (am S¨ udpol/near the South Pole) 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) Assisted Model Building with Energy Refinement (Computer program) Adaptive Modulation and Coding (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Allied Military Currency (in Deutschland nach dem 2. Weltkrieg) Annular Momentum Control Device Advanced Micro Devices (Sunnyvale, CA, USA) Age Related Macula Degeneration, altersbedingte Makula-Degeneration (Sehschw¨ ache/visual deficiency) Atmospheric Mercury Depletion Event Actinide Migration Evaluation (Radioaktivit¨ at/radioactivity) Active Matrix Electroluminescence (Display) ¨ Aufkl¨ arung und Uberwachung mit Miniatur-Flugger¨ aten im Sensorverbund Arzneimittelgesetz Automated Material Handling System Adolphe Merkle Institute (University of Fribourg, CH) Alternate Mark Inversion (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) American Megatrends Inc. Automated Met-Ice-Geophysics Observatory Systems African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis Akute myeloische Leuk¨ amie Ambient Intelligence Active-Matrix Liquid Crystal Display Automated Multilevel Substructuring Acoustic Metamaterial Automatischer Messmodus Afrikanischer Monsun: Multidisziplin¨ are Analyse Adaptive Microphone Array for Noise Reduction Atlantische Multidekadische Oszillation Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Atomic, Molecular, and Optical (Science) Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode Astrophysical Multimessenger Observatory Network Arbeitskreis Atome, Molek¨ ule, Quantenoptik und Plasmen“ (DPG) ” Atomic, Molecular, Optical, and Plasma Physics Accelerated Massive Parallelism (computer architecture) Adenosinmonophosphat Antimikrobielles Peptid Asymmetric Multi-Processing (Datenverarbeitung/data processing) FhAZ f¨ ur Metallpulvererzeugung (Clausthal)

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AMPAC AMPAS AMPD AMPOA AMPS AMPTE AMQP AMR AMR AMR AMR AMRL AMRO AMROS AMS AMS AMS AMS AMS AMS AMSEC AMST AMT AMT AMV AMVER AN AN AN ANAE ANAE ANB ANC ANC ANCF ANCHORS ANCOVA ANDES ANDF ANDS ANEC ANF ANFIS ANFO ANGIS ANI AnIML ANITA ANKA ANL ANN ANOVA ANP ANPR ANR ANRU ANS ANS ANS ANSI AnSiM ANSSI ANT ANTARES ANU ANVC ANX ANZRC AO AO A/O AO AO AO AOA AOC

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) Artificial Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Experiment Advanced Message Queuing Protocol Adaptive Mesh Refinement (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 f¨ ur Sicherheitsanwendungen Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Acute Mountain Sickness, H¨ ohenkrankheit Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (DLR, NASA, ISS, seit Mai/since May 2011) 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) Auditory Modeling Toolbox Automated Mechanical Transmission (Kfz-Schaltgetriebe/automobile gear) Acoustics Music & Video (ASA Students’ Competition) Atlantic Merchant Vessel Emercency Reporting System Access Node (Rechnernetz/computer network) Auditory Nerve Niederl¨ andische Antillen/Netherlands Antilles (ISO 3166) Acad´ emie Nationale de l’Air et de l’Espace (FR) Atlas of North American English American National Biography Active Noise Control Antenna Networks (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Active Noise Control Fan (NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH, USA) UAV-Assisted Ad-Hoc Networks for Crisis Management and Hostile Environment Sensing (German-French cooperation project) Analysis of Covariance Agua Negra Deep Experiment Site (Australia) Architecture-Neutral Distribution Format Australian National Data Service European Association for the Coordination of Consumer Representation in Standardization Atomic Nanofabrication Adaptive Network-Based Fuzzy Inference System Ammonium Nitrate plus Fuel Oil (Sprengstoff/explosive) Australian National Genomic Information Service Automatic Number Identificatjon (Datennetz/data network) Analytical Information Markup Language Antarctic Impuls(iv)e Transient Array (or: Antenna) (neutrino detector) Angstr¨ omquelle Karlsruhe (DE) Argonne National Laboratory (University of Chicago, IL, USA) Artificial Neural Network Analysis of Variance (statistischer Test/statistical test) Active Noise Profiling 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/traffic control) Agence Nationale de la Securit´ e des Syst` emes d’Information ADSL Network Termination (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Astronomy with a Neutrino Telescope and Abyss Environmental Research (Project) (in the Mediterranian, near Toulon, FR) Australian National University (Canberra) Active Noise and Vibration Control American Network Exchange Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification Acousto-Optic (Sensor, Aktor/sensor, actuator) Adaptive Optics All Optical (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Angola (ISO 3166) Announcement of Opportunity Arctic Oscillation (atmosph¨ arische Oszillation/atmospheric circulation) Angle of Arrival (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Advanced Operational Capability

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AOCS AOD AOD AODI AOF AOI AOIA AOL AOLS AON AOP AOP AOP AOSIS AOSS AOT AOTF AOV AOWC AP AP AP AP AP APA APA APA APA APA APAC APAM APC APC APC APC APC APCI APCM AP-CVD APD APE APE APE APEC APEC APEX APG APH APhA APHIS APHV API API APIAN APL APL APM APM APM APM APN APN APNEE APO APO APOC APOD APOLT APON APONT APP APP APP APPA APPLAUS APR APROSYS APRS

Altitude (or: Attitude) (and) Orbit Control (Sub)system Acousto-Optical Deflector, Akusto-optischer Deflektor Aerosol Optical Depth Always On/Dynamic ISDN 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) Advanced Oxidation Process Apparent Optical Properties (of water) Aspect-Oriented Programming African Online Scientific Information Systems Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences (Department, University of Michigan, USA) Accelerator and Operations Technology Acousto-Optic Tunable Filter Angle-of-View (Fl¨ ussigkristall-Bildschirm/liquid crystal display) All-Optical Wavelength Converter (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Access Point (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Alternating Projection (Algorithmus/algorithm) Anthropisches Prinzip Artificial Photosynthesis Associated Press Administrative Procedure Act (Congress, USA) Altair Partner Alliance American Psychological Association Amplified Piezoelectric Actuator (Technology) Automatic Pre-Emphasis Adjustment (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Asia Pacific (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) Academic Publishing in Europe (Conference Series) Acoustic Perturbation Equation Automatic (Program) Production Engine Applied Power Electronics Conference [and Exposition] Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (asiatischer Handelsblock) Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (Chile, Astrophysik/astrophysics) Alkylpolyglycosid [Institut f¨ ur] Angewandte Physik (am KIT) American Pharmacists Association Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Allgemeiner Postwertzeichen-H¨ andlerverband (seit 8.3.1949/since March 8, 1949) Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient Application Program(ming) Interface Advanced Propulsion Integration Aerodynamics and Noise (EU Forschungsprojekt/research project) Applied Physics Laboratory (Johns Hopkins University, MD, USA) Applied Physics Letters (Journal) 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) Allotrope Foundation Network Air Pollution Network for Early Warning and Information Exchange (EU Projekt/project) Arbeitsplatzorientierte Weiterbildung außerparlamentarische Opposition Airport Operation Center Astronomy Picture of the Day APON Line Termination Asynchronous Transfer Mode Passive Optical Network APON Network Termination Accelerated Parallel Processing Amyloid Precursor Protein Anwendungszentrum f¨ ur Plasma und Photonik (HAWK, G¨ ottingen) Atomic, Plasma Physics, and Applications Auszeichnung der Programmplanung unabh¨ angiger Spielst¨ atten (deutscher Kulturpreis) Acoustic Pulse Reflectometry Advanced Protective Systems (Autotechnik/automobile technology) Advanced Plasma Reactive Sputtering (optische Beschichtung/optical coating)

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APS APS APS APS APS APSR APSU APT APT APT APT APTA APTL APTP APU APU APUS APV APVC APWG APXS AQ AQA AQM AQS AQS AR AR AR AR AR AR ARA ARAC ARAGO ARAI ARB ARB ARB ARB ARC ARC ARC ARC ARC ARC ARC ARC ARCUS ARD ARDEC ARDU ARE ARED AREMA ARENA ARES ARES Arevir ARFCN ARFI ARGOS ARGOS ARI ARI ARIB ARIEL ARIMA ARIS ARIS ARkStorm ARL ARL ARL ARL ARL ARLO ARM

Active Pixel Sensors (Bildwandler/image converter) Advanced Photon Source (Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, USA) Air Traffic 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) Advanced Processor Technologies Research Group (HPC) Apartment (US Mail) Asia Pacific Telecommunity Atom Probe Tomography American Public Transportation Association Aerosol and Particle Technology Laboratory Asia-Pacific Technology Program Angular Processing Unit Auxiliary Power Unit Auspicious High-Performance Ultrafast Lase System Agrarphotovoltaik Asia Pacific Vibration Conference Anti-Phishing Working Group Alpha-Proton-R¨ ontgenstrahlenspektrometer Antarktis/Antarctica (ISO 3166) Aqua Quality Austria Active Queue Management (Daten¨ ubertragung/data transfer) Air Quality System (f¨ ur Autos/for cars) Automotive Quality Saar (Fraunhofer-Innovationscluster, Saarbr¨ ucken, DE) Antireflection (optische Beschichtung/optical coating) Argentinien/Argentina (ISO 3166) Arkansas (US-Staat/US state) Assessment Report (of the International Panel on Climate Change) Augmented Reality Autoregressive (filter) Ausfall-Raten-Analyse African Aquacultural Center (Port Hartcourt, Nigeria) Advanced Robotic Agile Observatory (Astrophysik/astrophysics) Automotive Research Association of India Angiostin-Rezeptor-Blocker (Herzmedikament) Arbitrary Waveform (Generator) Architecture Review Board (computer science) Auxiliary Reference Burst Aeroacoustic Research Complex (at AFRL) Affordable, Robust, Compact Angle-Resolved Coherent (Wave Mixing) Antireflection Coating (von Laserspiegeln/of laser mirrors) Application Research Center (Canton, MI, USA, bei/near Detroit) [Dateinamenerweiterung: Archivdatei mit komprimierten Inhalten/file name extension: compressed archive file] Audio Return Channel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Australian Research Council Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Rundfunkanstalten Deutschlands Army Research, Development and Engineering Center (USA) Aircraft Research and Development Unit (AU) Antioxidans-Response-Element (auf DNA) Advanced Resistive Exercise Device (power training for astronauts) American Railway Engineering and Maintainance of Way Association Active Research Environment for the Next Generation of Automobiles Actively Reacting Flexible Structure (DLR) Ausbau regnerativer Energiesysteme (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 Airborne Wide Area High Altitude Monitoring System (DLR project) Applied Research Institute (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA) Autofahrer-Rundfunk-Informationssystem Association of Radio Industries and Businesses (Japan) Advanced Rare Isotope Laboratory (at TRIUMF) Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (Modelling) Aggregate Route-Based IP Switching (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Augmented Reality Image Synthesis Atmospheric River kilo Storm Air Resources Laboratory (at NCEP) Akademie f¨ ur Raumforschung und Landesplanung (Hannover) Applied Research Laboratory (Pennstate, USA) Army Research Laboratory (Adelphi, MD, USA) Association of Research Libraries (USA) Acoustic Research Letters Online (JASA) Advanced RISC Machine (EU supercomputer project)

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ARMA ARMA ARMA ARMAX ARMCI ARMD ARO ARP ARPA ARPA ARPA-E ARPANET ARPES ARPHA ARPU ARQ ARRA ARRIVAL ARRIVE ARRV ARS ART ART ART ARTA ARTEMIS ARTEMIS ARTEMIS ARTIS ARTS ARV ARV ARW AS AS AS AS AS AS ASA ASA ASA ASA ASA ASA ASAC ASACOS ASAL ASAM ASAM ASAM ASANCA ASAP ASAP ASAP ASAP ASAP ASAR ASAS ASAS-SN ASAT ASC ASC ASC ASC ASC ASC ASCA ASCAT ASCB ASCE ASCI ASCII ASCO ASCPT ASCR ASCS

Advanced Robotics and Mechanism Laboratory (Columbia University, USA) Association of Research Managers and Administrators Autoregressive Moving Average (filter) ARMA Process with Auxiliary Input Aggregate Remote Memory Copy Interface (software) Age-Related Macular Degeneration Army Research Office (USA) Address Resolution Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Advanced Research Projects Administration (or: Agency) (USA) Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell’Ambiente (Milano, IT) ARPA-Energy ARPA Network (predecessor of the Internet) Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy Authoring, Reviewing, Publishing, Hosting and Archiving Average (or: Annual) Revenue per User (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Automatic Repeat Request (Daten¨ ubertragung/data transmission) 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) Arctic Region Research Vessel Agricultural Research Service (USA) Advanced Rotorcraft Transmission Allgemeine Relativit¨ atstheorie Auditory Research Team Ariane 5 Research and Technology Accompaniment (ESA) Advanced Relay and Technology Mission (ESA) Antenna Arrays for Terahertz Material Identification and Security Applications (research project) Automatic Retrieval of Text from Europe’s Multinational Information Service Autonomous Rotorcraft Testbed for Intelligent Systems (DLR) Automotive Radar Target Simulator 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 Alabama Supercomputer Authority American Standards Association Association of Subscription Agents and Intermediaries Auditory Scene Analysis Active Structural Acoustic Control Acoustical Society of America Committee on Standards Agence Spatiale Alg´ erienne Advanced Services Access Manager (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Association for Standardization of Automation and Measuring Systems 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 Profile as soon as possible [IEEE International Conference on] Application-Specific Systems, Architectures and Processes Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar After School All Stars All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae Antisatellite (Weapon) Academic Search Complete (Full text data base) Accredited Standards Committee Acoustical Society of China 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 for Cell Biology American Society of Civil Engineers Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative (DoE, USA) American Standard Code for Information Interchange American Society of Clinical Oncology American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Advanced Scientific Computing Research (DOE program) Automatic Shift Control System (Kfz-Schaltgetriebe/automobile gear)

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ASD ASD ASDEX ASDIC ASDL ASDSP ASE ASE ASE ASE ASE ASEA ASEAN ASEE ASEM ASEPS-O ASESMA ASET ASEW ASF ASFB ASFF ASG ASG ASG ASH ASHA ASHG ASHRAE ASI ASI ASI ASI ASI ASIAA AsianJLS ASIC ASIC ASIIN ASIL ASIM ASIP ASITF ASJ ASK ASK ASKAP ASL ASL ASM ASME A-SMGCS ASMP ASMW ASN ASN ASNA ASNE ASNT ASN.1 ASOM ASON ASP ASP ASP ASP ASP ASP ASPEC ASPEN ASPERA ASPO ASQ ASQC ASR ASR ASRC

Autism Spectrum Disorder Accelerated Scientific Discovery (project at CISL) Axial-Symmetric Divertor Experiment (Fusionsreaktortechnik/fusion reactor technology, Garching, DE) Anti-Submarine Detection Submarine Committee Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line Application Specific Digital Signal Processor Amplified Spontaneous Emission (Laser) Amplified Stimulated Emission (Laser) Association of Space Explorers ATM Switching Element → ESA Analytical Statistical Energy Analysis Association of Southeast Asian Nations American Society of Engineering Education (or: Educators) [asiatisch-europ¨ aisches Gipfeltreffen/Asian-European summit] Astronomical Studies of Extrasolar Planetary Systems (Mount Palomar, CA, USA) African School on Electronic Structure Methods and Applications Applied Science and Environmental Technology (International Conference series) Arbeitsgemeinschaft f¨ ur sparsame Energie- und Wasserverwendung Additional Secondary Factors (LORAN-C corrections) Acoustical Society Foundation Board (USA) Acoustical Society Foundation Fund (USA) Advanced Study Group Array Signal Gain Asymptotisch sichere Gravitation Automated Storage and Handling (Forschungsroboter, Bayer AG) American Speech-Language-Hearing Association American Society of Human Genetics American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers Agenza Spaziale Italiane Amorph-Silizium-Glasmodule (Photovoltaik/photovoltaics) Archeological Survey of India Asynchronous Serial Interface (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Australian Solar Institute Academica Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (Taipei, TW) Asian Journal of Law and Society Acid-Sensitive Ion Channel Anwender-(Anwendungs-)spezifischer IC, Application-Specific Integrated Circuit Akkreditierungsagentur f¨ ur Studieng¨ ange der Ingenieurwissenschaften, der Informatik, der Naturwissenschaften und der Mathematik Automotive Safety Integrity Level Arbeitsgemeinschaft Simulation in der Gesellschaft f¨ ur Informatik Application Specific Set Information-Set Processor (Computer) Advanced Systems Integration Test Facility (aircraft development, Honda, JP) Acoustical Society of Japan Akademische Software Kooperation (Universit¨ at Karlsruhe) Amplitude Shift Keying (Digitales Modulationsverfahren/digital modulation) Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder Airbus Safran Launcher American Sign Language (Taubstummen-Geb¨ ardensprache/of deaf-mutes) Automotive Simulation Model American Society of Mechanical Engineers Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control System (Flughafen-Bodenverkehr/airport ground traffic) Australian Species Management Program (f¨ ur vom Aussterben bedrohte Tiere/for animals threatened by extinction) Amt f¨ ur Standardisierung, Messwesen und Warenpr¨ ufung (ehem./former DDR) American Society of Neurochemistry ATM Switching Network Airport Safety and Noise Act (USA 1979) 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 Pacific Average Selling Price Audio Spectral Perceptual Entropic Coding Adaptive Sample Picture Encapsulation Astroparticle European Research Area (EU Project in Astrophysics) Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas Acoustic Source Quantification (L¨ armschutz/noise protection) American Society for Quality Control Antischlupfregelung (Kfz/automobile) Automatic (or: Advanced) Speech Recognition Advanced Science and Research Center (CUNY)

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ASREN ASRG ASS ASSC ASSET ASSI ASSID ASSIST ASSIST ASSP ASSP Ast AST AST ASTA AStA ASTAP ASTAR A*STAR ASTE ASTEM ASTER ASTIA ASTM ASTONISH ASTREX ASTRID ASTROSE ASTV ASU ASU ASU ASURA ASV ASVP ASW ASWORG AT AT ATB ATB ATC ATC ATC ATC ATC ATC ATC ATDMA ATE ATE ATF ATF ATF ATHENA ATI ATI ATI ATI ATI ATIC ATIP ATIS ATIS ATKIS ATL ATLAS ATLAS ATLAS ATM ATM ATM ATM ATM ATM ATMF ATMF

Arab Scientific Research and Education Network Advanced Stirling Radioisotope Generator Acetylsalicyls¨ aure Association for the Scientific Study of Conciousness Assessing Sensitivity to Transport (EC Project) Akkreditierungsagentur f¨ ur Studieng¨ ange der Ingenieurwissenschaften und der Informatik [Fraunhofer-Zentrum] All Silicon System Integration Dresden (im IZM) Alliance for Solid-State Illumination Systems and Technologies Assessing the Social and Economic Impacts of Past and Future Sustainable Transport (FhG) Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (in IEEE) Application Specific Standard Product Anrufsammeltaxi FhAZ f¨ ur Angewandte Systemtechnik (Ilmenau, Th¨ uringen) Automatic Spectroscopic Telescope Advanced Superconducting Test Accelerator (Fermilab) Allgemeiner Studentenausschuss Asia-Pacific 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) Austrian Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope (Graz, AT, 2011) Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (Erd-Fernerkundung/remote reconnaissance) Armed Services Technical Informations Agency (USA) American Society of Testing Materials Atomic-Scale Studies of the Nature of and Conditions for Inducing Superconductivity at High-Temperature (ERC program, University of Hamburg, DE) Advanced Space Structure Research Experiments Aarhus Storage Ring, Denmark Autarker Strom-Sensor 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) Automated Structure Verification (pharmaceutical chemistry) Application Specific Standard Products Antisubmarine Warfare Antisubmarine Warfare Operations Research Group (USA) Atomic Time (seit/since 1955) ¨ Osterreich/Austria (ISO 3166) Active Twist Blade (Hubschrauber/helicopter) Institut f¨ ur Agrartechnik Bornim (Potsdam-Bornim) Abstract Test Case (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Adiabatic Toroidal Compressor (Fusionsreaktortechnik/fusion reactor technology, PPPL) Air Traffic Control (Luftverkehrssteuerung) [European] Altair Technology Conference 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 Acoustic Transfer Function Advanced Tactical Fighter (USA, Luftwaffe/Air Force) Advanced Telescope for High-Energy Astrophysics Acoustics Today Interns Above-Threshold Ionization Any Time Interrogation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Automated Target Identification 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 f¨ ur Technologien der Logistik-Dienstleistungswirtschaft (N¨ urnberg) A Toroidal LHC Apparatus (LHC, CERN) Argonne Tandem-Linac Accelerator System (Argonne National Laboratory, near Chicago, IL, USA) Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science Air Traffic Management Asynchronous Transfer Mode (Datennetz/data network) Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated (Enzym) Atmospheric Transport Modeling (CTBT) Attached Pressurized Module (Raumfahrt/spacecraft) Automated Teller Machine (Bankwesen/banking) ATM Forum ATM user connected via optical Fiber

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ATMOS ATMP ATMT ATO ATOC ATON ATP ATP ATP ATP ATPC ATPESC ATR ATR ATRA ATRIAS ATRP ATS 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 AUTM AutoBAHN AUTOSAR AUV AV AV AVA AVANTI AVB AVC AvD AVDP AVE AVE AVES AvH AVHRR AVI AVI AVI AVIRIS AVISO AVK AVL AVL A-VLAN AVM AVO AVO

Air Traffic Management and Operations Simulator (DLR) Advanced Therapy Medicinal Product [Fraunhofer-] Arbeitsgruppe f¨ ur Telekommunikation und Multimediatechik 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) Argonne Training Program on Extreme Scale Computing Attenuated Total Reflection (Chemie: Analyse-Verfahren/chemical analysis) Automatic (or: Automated) Target Recognition (Telekommunikation, Wasserschall/telecommunication, underwater sound) Advanced Technology Research Aircraft (DLR) Assume The Robot Is A Sphere Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization Abstract Test Suite (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Advanced Tracking System (for waste material, using GPS – later on Galileo when available) American Thoracic Society 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, bis 27.6.2012/until June 27, 2012) American Telephone and Telegraph Company Advanced Television Test Center, Inc. (USA) Advanced Technology Testing Helicopter System (DLR) 10−18 (Vorsible/prefix) 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) Automatic (or: Automated) Transport (or: Transfer) Vehicle, Automatisches Transfervehikel (Raumfahrt/spacecraft) African Union Astronomical Unit (Abstand Erde–Sonne/distance from earth to sun = 1.49 x 1011 m) Australien/Australia (ISO 3166) ab urbe condita (r¨ omische Zeitrechnung, ab Gr¨ undungsjahr Roms, 753 v. Chr.) 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(ing) and Evaluation Center (bei/near Andros Island in the Bahamas) Association of University Technology Managers Automated Bandwidth Allocation across Homogeneous Networks (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Automotive Open System Architecture Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Audio- und Video-(Anschluss) Audiovisual (Sprachwahrnehmung/speech perception) Aerodynamische Versuchsanstalt (G¨ ottingen, 1907) Autonome Visuelle Anflug-Navigation und Target Identifikation (DLR-Projekt) Allgemeine Vertragsbedingungen Advanced Video Coding Arzt vom Dienst (Krankenhaus) Audio Video Delivery Platform Alta Velocidad Espa˜ nola (Spanish high speed train) Avenue (US Mail) Air Vehicle Simulator (DLR, Braunschweig, DE) Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (Fernerkundung/remote locating) Akkreditierungsverbund f¨ ur Ingenieurstudieng¨ ange e.V. Automatic Vehicle Identification [Dateinamenerweiterung: Videodatei/file name extension: video file] Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer Archivage, validation, interpr´ etation des donn´ ees des satellites oc´ eanographiques FhAZ f¨ ur Verkehrslogistik und Kommunikationstechnik (N¨ urnberg) Automatic Vehicle Location (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Advanced Visualization Laboratory (at the NCSA center) Authenticated VLAN (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Autarke verteilte Mikrosysteme (Computertechnologie/computer technology) Astronomical Virtual Observatory (Europe) Audio-Visual Object (Telekommunikation/telecommunication)

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Acoustic Velocity Potential Equation Audio Video Remote Control Profile Adult Verification System Advanced Visual Systems American Vacuum Society [Labor f¨ ur] Aufbau- und Verbindungstechnik (Fraunhofer IISB) ¨ Automobil-Versuchs- und Ubungsstrecke (Berlin) FhAZ f¨ ur Verarbeitungsmaschinen und Verpackungstechnik (Dresden) Aruba (ISO 3166) Argonne Wakefield Accelerator All-Wheel Control (automotive drive control) Adaptive Weighted CDM Arbeitsplatz-Wiedergabe-Einheit (digitales Sprach¨ ubertragungssystem/digital speech transmission) 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 Arbitrary Waveform Generator Array(ed) Waveguide Grating (filter, photonics) Additive (or: Average) White Gaussian Noise Alfred-Wegener-Institut f¨ ur Polar- und Meeresforschung (Bremerhaven) Außenwissenschaftsinitiative Aircraft Wing with Advanced Technology Operation Automated Working Memory Assessment Arbeiterwohlfahrt Auftragsforschung-West-Ost (BMFT) All Weather Operations Panel (Allwetter-Flugbetrieb/weather-independent air traffic) Australian Wine Research Institute Absolute Wahrnehmbarkeitsschwelle (Psychoakustik) Advanced Wireless Spectrum (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Amazon Web Services ausschließliche Wirtschaftszone Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility (Satellite, USA) Arizona (US-Staat/US state) Aserbeidschan/Azerbaijan (ISO 3166) Azimuthing Electric Podded Propulsion (Schiffsantrieb/ship propulsion) [Fraunhofer-] Anwendungszentrum f¨ ur Optische Messtechnik und Oberfl¨ achentechnologie Allianz Zentrum f¨ ur Technik (Ismaning bei M¨ unchen) Azidothymidin (HIV-Medikament) Advanced Audio Distribution Profile American Association for Laboratory Accreditation

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Bachelor of Arts Berufsakademie Bosnien und Herzegowina/Bosnia and Herzegovina (ISO 3166) Bremsassistent (Kfz/motor vehicle) Bundesagentur f¨ ur Arbeit British Association for the Advancement of Science Bundesarchiv Berlin Bundesautobahn Batse Coordinates Distribution Network (Astrophysik/astrophysics) Betriebsarchiv Carl Zeiss Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften British Aerospace Belgian American Educational Foundation Bundesamt f¨ ur Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle (DE) Bundesanstalt f¨ ur Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht Bundesausbildungsf¨ orderungsgesetz British Academy of Film and Television Arts Bundesamt f¨ ur Umwelt (Bern, CH) Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Leitenden Kliniks¨ arzte f¨ ur Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Motorrad Beratender Ausschuss der Industriephysiker (in der DPG) [Dateinamenerweiterung: Sicherungskopie/file name extension: backup file] Bndesamt f¨ ur Kommunikation (CH) Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft leitender Krankenpflegepersonen e.V. Bundesanstalt f¨ ur Materialforschung und -pr¨ ufung (Berlin) Bayerische Arbeitsgemeinschaft Mikroelektronik Body Area Network Baryonic (or: Baryon) Acoustic Oscillation (cosmology) Benzo(a)pyren Bundesamt f¨ ur Post und Telekommunikation (fr¨ uher/formerly: FTZ, sp¨ ater/later on: RegTP) Biologische Arbeitsstoff-Referenz(werte) Bay Area Research Center (Microsoft-Forschungszentrum) Bayer-Alzheimer Research Network Bremsassistent (Kfz) British Antarctic Survey Broadband Access Server (Telekommunikation/telecommunication)

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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 Building a Smart Laboratory Bundesanstalt f¨ ur Straßenwesen (Bergisch-Gladbach) Baltic Sea System Study Bandwidth Allocation Threshold (Datennetz/data network) Biologische Arbeitsstofftoleranz(werte) Bonquet Association Table British Antarctic Territory Bundesangestelltentarif Burst-Alert Telescope (an Bord von/aboard SWIFT Orbiter) [Dateinamenerweiterung: Batchdatei/file name extension: batch file] Technical Committee of Biomedical Acoustics (ASA) Burst and Transient Source Experiment (GRO) Bundesdeutscher Arbeitskreis f¨ ur umweltbewusstes Management e.V. Bulk Acoustic Wave Bundesamt f¨ ur Zivilluftfahrt (Bern, CH) Barbados (ISO 3166) Baseband (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Bottom Bounce (sonar ranging) Brandenburg (Bundesland/German Federal State) Broadband Breitband-Anschluss-Einheit Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften Blood-Brain Border (or: Barrier), Blut-Hirn-Schranke British Broadcasting Corporation Broadband Coupler (Datennetz/data network) Bat-Ball Coefficient of Restitution Broadband Entertainment Base Band to Base Band Interface (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Berufsbildungsgesetz Bundesamt f¨ ur Bev¨ olkerungsschutz und Katastrophenhilfe Baseband Module Revision A (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Baseband Module Revision C (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (astrophysics) Bolt, Beranek & Newman (USA) Big Bang Nucleosynthesis Beta-Bariumborat (nichtlinearer Kristall/nonlinear crystal) Balai Besar Pengujian Perangkat Telekomunikasi (Indonesien) Black-Body Radiation 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) 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) Body-Centered Cubic (Gitter/lattice) Buffer Congestion Control (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Broadcast Control Channel (Mobilfunk/mobile radio) Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience (G¨ ottingen, DE) Binary Coded Decimal Before Common Era (= vor Christus/before Christ) Bacille Calmette-Gu´ erin (Tbc-Impfstoff) 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 R´ ef´ erence Berlin-Brandenburgisches Zentrum f¨ ur regenerative Therapien, Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies (Stammzellenforschung/stem cell research) British Committee on Radiation Units and Measurement [John] Bardeen – [Leon N.] Cooper – [John R.] Schrieffer (Supraleitungstheorie/theory of superconductivity) British Computer Society Business Council for Sustainable Development Battery Control Unit (Hybridfahrzeug/hybrid vehicle) Bangladesh (ISO 3166) Business Division

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Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverb¨ ande Berlin Document Center Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Bundesverband Deutscher Fertigbau Backward Defect Indication Bearing Deviation Indicator (underwater acoustics) Belief, Desire, Intent Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V. (K¨ oln) Biodiversity Data Journal Bundesverband der Kurier-, Express- und Postdienste Bundesverband der Deutschen Luft- und Raumfahrtindustrie Brain-Derived Neurotrophic (or: Nerve) (Growth) Factor (Medizin/medicine) Bundesverband der Organtransplantierten Biologics Data Platform Bund Deutscher Philatelisten Battery Discharge Module (Satellitentechnik/satellite technology) Boundary-Scan-Description Language Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus Bildungs- und Demonstrationszentrum f¨ ur dezentrale Abwasserbehandlung e.V. (Leipzig) Belgien/Belgium (ISO 3166) Berlin (Bundesland/German Federal State) Best Effort Broteinheit (f¨ ur Diabetiker) Bridging the European and Anatolian Neolithic (research project) Ban0ckward Error Correction (Daten¨ ubertragung/data transmission) Bose-Einstein Condensation Biomedical Engineering and Computational Science Ballistic Electron Emission Microscopy Berlin Experimental and Educational Satellite (von TUB-Studenten) Best Effort Forwarding (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [Robert] Brout, [Fran¸cois] Englert, [Peter W.] Higgs (elementary particle physics) Brout–Englert–Higgs–Guralnik–Hagen–Kibble (elementary particle physics) Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation Bell Communications Research Big Emerging Market (Welthandel/world trade) Boundary Element Method (or: Model) Biomasse-Energiekataster ¨ Biologie, Energie, Okologie (KFA J¨ ulich, Projekttr¨ ager) 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) British Ecological Society Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee Belfast e-Science Centre (Ireland) Berliner Elektronen-Speicherring f¨ ur Synchrotronstrahlung Biosphere Energy Transfer Hydrology Model European Consumer Organisation Battery Electric Vehicle ¨ Bundesamt f¨ ur Eich- und Vermessungswesen (Osterreich) Ballon-Experimente f¨ ur Universit¨ atsstudenten (seit Okt. 2008, SE) Burkina Faso (fr¨ uher/formerly: Obervolta/Upper Volta, ISO 3166) Bundesanstalt f¨ ur Arbeit Bundesinstitut f¨ ur Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte (Bonn) Bi-Directional Fault (or: Forwarding) Detection Bundesfreiwilligendienst (= BuFDi, seit 2011) Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor (basischer Fibroblasten-Wachstumsfaktor) Bundesfinanzhof B¨ uro f¨ ur F¨ uhrungskr¨ afte zu internationalen Organisationen (Frankfurt/M) Back Focal Length (optische Linsen/optical lenses) Beam Forming Network (Antenne/antenna) Bundesamt f¨ ur Naturschutz Bernstein Focus Neurotechnology (G¨ ottingen, DE) Beat Frequency Oscillator Blue Fluorescent Protein Bound-Free Pair Production (particle physics) Bundesinstitut f¨ ur Risikobewertung Bundesinstitut f¨ ur Strahlenschutz Beyond the First Year Border Gateway (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Bulgarien/Bulgaria (ISO 3166) Ball Grid Array, Kugelgitteranordnung (Chipgeh¨ ause/chip box)

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Broadband Ground Access Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) B¨ urgerliches Gesetzbuch Breakout Gateway Control Function (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Beijing Genomics Institute (Shenzen, CN) Betriebliches Gesundheitsmanagement Bismuth Germinate (Gammastrahlendetektor/gamma ray detector) Burke-Gaffney Observatory (Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, CDN) Border Gateway Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Bundesanstalt f¨ ur Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (Hannover) Bowling Green State University (OH, USA) Ben-Gurion University (Negev) Bundesanstalt f¨ ur gesundheitlichen Verbraucherschutz und Veterin¨ armedizin 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 f¨ ur Angewandte Strahltechnik Bundesinstitut f¨ ur Berufsbildung (Bonn) Blind Interference Cancellation (DARP, Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Bound State in the Continuum (Festk¨ orperphysik/solid state physics) Business Identifier Code Bearer Independent Call Control (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization Bilateral Cochlear Implant Broadband Inter-Carrier Interface (Datennetz/data network) bipolar CMOS Biological Integrated Detection System Boundary Integral Equation Bundesverband Internationaler Express- und Kurierdienste Binary Format for Scenes (digitales Fernsehen/digital TV) Binaural Intelligibility Level Difference (H¨ orakustik/hearing research) Beacon Illuminator Laser (US Waffe/weapon) Building Information Modelling 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` evres, Paris) Bio-Imaging Research Center (University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA) Bi-Spectral Infrared Optical System (Feuerdetektionssatellit) Ballistik-Informations-System (in Jagdfernglas integriert) Business, Innovation and Skills Broadband ISDN Book Industry Study Group Bio Imaging and Signal Proceessing Bio Imaging and Signal Proceessing Technical Committee (in IEEE Signal Processing Society, since 2004) Binary Digit Bonn–Aachen International Center for Information Technology Because It’s Time Network Barrierefreie Informationstechnik-Verordnung Body in White Biblioteca Italiana Zanichelli Benin (fr¨ uher/formerly: Dahomey, ISO 3166) Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy Beijing Jiaotong University Bundeskriminalamt Book Citation Index Bundesamt f¨ ur Kartographie und Geod¨ asie Berufsverband f¨ ur Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik Bohr-Kramers-Slater (-Theorie/theory) (1924) Blaue Liste (Deutsche Forschungsinstitute/German research institutes) Buffer-Layer Assisted Growth (Festk¨ orperphysik/solid state physics) Balloon-Borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope Bates Large Acceptance Spectrometer Toroid (MIT) Blazing Quasi Stellar Object (astrophysics) Back Light Compensation (Video-Kamera: Gegenlicht-Blendenvergr¨ oßerung) Botswana Libraries Consortium

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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 Disk (Kompressorl¨ auferscheibe f¨ ur Flugzeuge/compressor rotor disk for aircraft) Bund-L¨ ander-Kommission f¨ ur Bildungsplanung und Forschungsf¨ orderung Bureau of Land Management (USA) Bodleian Library, Oxford (GB) Binary Large Object 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) Basilar Membrane Bermuda (ISO 3166) Broadband Manager British Medical Association Baltic Marine Biologists Bundesministerium f¨ ur Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Technologie (DE) Bundesministerium f¨ ur Bildung und Wissenschaft (DE) Bundesministerium f¨ ur Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Technologie (DE) Benchmarking Center (am/at the IIS, Außenstelle/branch N¨ urnberg, DE) 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 f¨ ur Ern¨ ahrung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz Bundesministerium f¨ ur Forschung und Technologie (DE) Bulk Metallic Glass Bundesministerium f¨ ur Gesundheit Bundesministerium f¨ ur Gesundheit und Soziale Sicherung Body Mass Index (siehe/see KMI) British Medical Journal Broadcast(ing) Markup Language (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Binaural Masking Level Difference ¨ [Osterreichisches] Bundesministerium f¨ ur Landesverteidigung und Sport Bahamas Marine Mammal Research Organisation Institut f¨ ur Biomedizinische Optik (Universit¨ at L¨ ubeck) Bone Morphogenetic Protein [Dateinamenerweiterung: Graphikdatei/file name extension: graphic file] Ballistic Magnetoresistance Batterie-Management-System (Elektroauto) Business Management System Broadcast/Multicast Service Center (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Broadband Magnetotelluric (instrumentation) Bundesministerium f¨ ur Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit (DE) Bundesministerium f¨ ur Verkehr (DE) Bundesministerium f¨ ur Verkehr, Bau und Stadtentwicklung (DE) Bundesministerium f¨ ur Verteidigung (DE) Bundesministerium f¨ ur Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur Bundesministerium f¨ ur Wirtschaft und Energie (DE) Brandmeldezentrale Bundesministerium f¨ ur wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (DE) Brunei (ISO 3166) Bayonet Neill-Concelman (Steckverbindung/connector) Berkeley Nucleonics Corporation biotechnologisch gewonnene Nanozellulose Bundesnetzagentur (vergibt Funklizenzen/assigns radio frequencies) Bernhard-Nocht-Institut f¨ ur Tropenmedizin (Hamburg) Brookhaven National Laboratory (Long Island, NY, USA) Boron Nitride Nanotubes (Festk¨ orperphysik/solid state physics) Brain Natriuretic Peptide British National Space Centre Belgische Natuurkundige Vereniging Bolivien/Bolivia (ISO 3166) Break-Out Box Binary Offset Carrier (Modulation) Bandwidth on Demand (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Biochemical Oxygen Demand (Ireland, test) Birds-of-a-Feather Board of Governors Beijing Olympic Games Radio Management Committee (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Blood Oxygen Level-Dependent (Hirnaktvit¨ at/brain activity) ¨ Bund f¨ ur Okologische Lebensmittelwirtschaft

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Bill of Materials Broadband Optical Network Termination Balloon Observations of Millimetric Extragalactic Radiation and Geomagnetics Boron Solar Neutrino Experiment (Gran Sasso, IT) Background Oriented Schlieren Method Beh¨ orden und Organisationen mit Sicherheitsaufgaben Background Oriented Schlieren System Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (astrophysics) 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) Band-Pass Filter, Bandpassfilter Blade Passage Frequency (of propeller) Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Bisphosphonate(s) (Medikamente/pharmacy) Buildings Performance Institute Europe (Belgium) bayessches Programmlernen Business Process Notation Language (computer programming) Broadband Passive Optical Network (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Beam Parameter Product (Laserdioden/laser diodes) Bund Philatelistischer Pr¨ ufer Business Process Reengineering Biophysical Society The Bulgarian Physical Society Binary Phase Shift Keying (Modulation, Bin¨ are Phasenumtastung) Bidirectional Path Switched Ring (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Bovine Pancreatic Trypsin Inhibitor Bundespsychotherapeutenkammer Burning Plasma Experiment (Fusionsreaktortechnik/fusion reactor technology, PPPL) Bluetooth Qualification Body (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Bluetooth Qualification Test Facility Bacteriorhodopsin Basic Research (ESPRIT) Biosph¨ arenreservat (Naturschutz/nature conservation) Bottom Reflection (ocean acoustics) Brasilien/Brazil (ISO 3166) Basic Rate Access (ISDN) Base Closure and Realignment Commission (USA) Building Resources Across Communities (Uganda) Brazilian German Collaborative Research Initiative in Manufacturing Technology Broad Range Hadron Spectrometer (RHIC) [US] Brain Research for (or: through) Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (since 2013) Broadband Radio Access Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Broadband Remote Access Server (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Bioenergy Research Center Bi-Directional Reflectance Distribution Function (Optik/optics) British Radio Equipment Manufacturers’ Association Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Bureau de Recherches G´ eologiques et Mini` eres (FR) Brazil, Russia, India and China/Brasilien, Russland, Indien und China Bilateral Research and Industrial Development Enhancing and Integrating Grid Enabled Technologies (EU-gef¨ ordertes Europ¨ aisch-Chinesisches Computernetz-Projekt/EU sponsored European-Chinese computer network project) Broadening Participation Research Initiation Grants in Engineering (NSF Award, USA) Binaural Room Impulse Response (acoustics) Basic Research in Industrial Technologies for Europe Behavioral Response Study (Meeresbiologie/marine biology) Buried Ridge Stripe (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Bruttoregistertonne Bus-Rapid-Transit (Verkehrssystem) Bahamas (ISO 3166) Bandstop (filter) Base Station (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Basic System Beam Splitter (Optik/optics) British Standard Broadcast Satellite (Digitalrundfunk/digital broadcast) Bovines Serumalbumin Broadband Service Aggregator (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Bachelor of Science Barcelona Supercomputing Center (ES) Base Station Controller (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Buffalo State University (New York, USA) Bismuth-Strontium-Calcium-Copper Oxide, Wismut-Strontium-Calcium-Kupfer-Oxid, Bi2 Sr2 Ca2 Cu3 O10−x (HTSL) Blind Signal Deconvolution Boundary-Scan Description Language

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Base Station Emulator (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Blind Signal Extraction Bonn European School of Economics e.V. Bovine spongiforme Enzephalopathie, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (Rinderwahnsinn) Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering Back Surface Field (Solarzellen/solar cells) Biologische Schutzgemeinschaft Blutsenkungsgeschwindigkeit Bundessozialgericht Boston Symphony Hall Bundeamt f¨ ur Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie [Medikament zur Tumorbehandlung mit Neutroneneinfangtherapie/medicine for tumour treatment with neutron capture therapy] BSI British Standards Institution BSI Bundesamt f¨ ur Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik BSIC Base Transceiver Station Identity (= NCC + BCC) BSML Biosequence Markup Language BSMS Brighton and Sussex Medical School BSNR Blurred Signal-to-Noise Ratio (Bildunsch¨ arfe/picture unsharpness) BSO Bismuth Silicon Oxide BSP Beam Synthesis Propagation (optical design) BSP Board Support Package (Maut-Erfassungssystem/toll registration system) BSP Bruttosozialprodukt BSPC Batch Statistical Process Control BSR Base Station Router (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) BSR Board of Standards Review (USA) BSR Bottom Simulating Reflector (Ozeanologie/oceanology) BSR Broadband Service Router (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) BSR Buzz/Squeeze/Rattle (noise sources) BSRN Baseline Surface Radiation Network BSS Base Station Subsystem (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) BSS Basic Service Set BSS Blind Signal (or: Source) Separation (algorithm) BSS Broadcasting Satellite Service BSS Business Support System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) BSSI Basic Space Science Initiative (UN) BST Band Segmented Transmission (Digitalrundfunk/digital broadcast) BSTU Bundesbeh¨ orde f¨ ur die Unterlagen des Staatssicherheitsdienstes der ehemaligen DDR BT Bhutan (ISO 3166) BT Bluetooth BT Business Telecommunications (TC in ETSI) BTA Biologisch-technische(r) Assistent(in) BTA Broadcasting Technical Association (Japan) BTBP Bistriazinylbipyridin BTC Bayer–Tsinghua Joint Research Center for Innovative Drug Discovery (Peking, China) BTE Behind-the-Ear (hearing aid) BTE Boltzmann Transport Equation BTEX Benzol, Toluol, Ethylbenzol und Xylole (Aromaten, die das Grundwasser verunreinigen) BTF Broadcast Technology Futures Group BTL Biomass to Liquid (synthetischer Kraftstoff/synthetic fuel) BTNRH Boys Town National Research Hospital (Omaha, NE, USA) BTP Bistriazinylpyridin 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 BTU Brandenburgische Technische Universit¨ at 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 BUC Break-Up Camera (DLR, Raumfahrt) 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 f¨ ur Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland e.V. BUV Backscatter UV (spectrometer) BV Bouvetinsel/Bouvet Island (ISO 3166) BVA Berufsverband der Augen¨ arzte Deutschlands e.V. BVA British Radio Valve Manufacturers’ Association BvD Berufsverband der Datenschutzbeauftragten Deutschlands BVDD Berufsverband der Deutschen Dermatologen BVG Berliner Verkehrsgesellschaft BVL Bundesamt f¨ ur Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit BVND Berufsverband der niedergelassenen Diabetologen

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Broadband Virtual Private Network Betriebliches Vorschlagswesen Baden-W¨ urttemberg (Bundesland/German Federal State) Bandwidth bitte wenden (engl.: p.t.o.) Botswana (ISO 3166) Broadband Wireless Access (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Beratungsgesellschaft f¨ ur Wirtschaftliches Bauen Blended Wing Body (Flugzeug/aircraft) Breitband-Wissenschaftsnetz (Datennetz, bis/data network, up to 155 Mbit/s) Beriebswirtschaftslehre Burst Wave Lithotripsy Boiling-Water Reactor (nuclear reactor) Bayern (Bundesland/German Federal State) Weißrussland/Belarus (ISO 3166) Bring Your Own Device Brigham Young University (Provo, UT, USA) Belize (ISO 3166) Belousov-Zhabotinsky (oszillierende chemische Reaktion/oscillating chemical reaction) Brennstoffzelle (= FC) Bundeszentrale f¨ ur gesundheitliche Aufkl¨ arung Berliner Zentrum f¨ ur Mechatronische Medizintechnik Business-to-Business Business-to-Consumer (or: Customer) Beyond Third Generation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication)

C c... C CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA C/A CAA CAA CAA CAA CAAT CABP CABR CAC CAC CACSD CAD CADE CADSTI CAE CAE CAESAR CAEX CAFE CAG CAGE CAGR CAHA CAI CAI CAI CAIMIS CAIP CAIR CAL CALI CALIPSO CALM CALO Caltech Caltrans CAM

Zenti... (Pr¨ afix/prefix): 10−2 Cytosin (DNA-Base/DNA base) California (US-Staat/US state) Call Agent (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Cancer (Krebs) Carrier Aggregation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Cellular Automata Code Acquisition Computer Algebra Computer-Animation Conditional Access (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Conservation Agriculture Kanada/Canada (ISO 3166) Coarse/Acquisition (GPS) Canadian Acoustical Society Civil Aviation Authority (UK) Clean Air Act Computational Aeroacoustics Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA) China Architecture and Building Press 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 Differential 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 Efficiency (or: Economy) Computer Aided Gage (or: Gaging) (computerunterst¨ utzte Kfz-Schaltung/automobile gear) Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate Compound Annual Growth Rate Centro Astron´ omico Hispano-Al´ eman (= DSAZ) (Calar Alto) Calcium-Aluminum Inclusion (Astrophysik/astrophysics) Cavity as Interface Computer-Aided (or: Assisted) Instruction Chemistry Analysis Information Management Interface System Center for Advanced Information Processing (Rutgers University, USA) Center for Artificial Intelligence Research (Korea) Computer-Aided (or: Assisted) Learning chromophorassistierte lichtgesteuerte Inaktivierung Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder 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)

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Centre of Advanced Materials (University of Heidelberg, DE) 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 Amplifier Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate, cyclisches Adenosinmonophosphat California-Arizona Minority Partnership for Astronomy Research and Education Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Programs (USA) Card Application Management System (Smart Card) Coupled Advanced Modeling and Visualization Control(ler) Area Network Customer Access Network Canada Deuterium Uranium (reactor) Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in Forest Soils Canadian Oil, Low Acid (Raps-Neuz¨ uchtung) Carnegie Airborne Observatory Computer Aided Optimization Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation Camel Applications Part (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Canadian Association of Physicists 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 Convective Available Potential Energy (tornado research) Coordena¸c˜ ao de Aperfei¸coamento de Pessoal de N´ıvel Superior (BR) Capital Expenditure Common Application Programming (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Center for Axion and Precision Physics Research (KAIST) Center for Advanced Preclinical Research (at NCI) Concept to Amplify Plutonium Reduction in Advanced Fast Reactors (CEA) Call Attempts per Second (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Center for Applied Physics and Technology (Peking University, China) Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart (Internet) Computer Aided Quality Center Automotive Research (FH Gelsenkirchen, DE) Chimeric Antigen Receptor, chim¨ arer Antigenrezeptor California Association for Research Astronomy Computer Aided Radio and Television California Air Resources Board Controlled Access to Research Data Stored Securely 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 Californium Rare Isotope Beam Upgrade (Argonne National Laboratory, near Chicago, IL, USA) 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 traffic) 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) Center for Advanced Radiotherapy Technologies (UCSD) Classification and Regression Trees (statistical analysis) Combination Antiretroviral Therapy Calorimetric Absorption Spectroscopy Catgut Acoustical Society (promoting violin acoustics) 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 CRISPR-Associated Computational Auditory Scene Analysis Coordination and Support Action for Global RFID-Related Activities and Standardization (EU project in FP7)

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Campaign for Science and Engineering Computer Aided Software Engineering 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-F¨ orderprogramm/IAP grant program) Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (USA) Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors (ORNL, USA) 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 Consortia Advancing Standards in Research Administration Information Comet Acoustical Surface Sounding Center for Adaptive Supercomputing Software for Multithreaded Architectures Cardiac Arrythmia Suppression Trial [Competence] Center for Applied Security Technology CERN Axion Solar Telescope Chinese Association for Science and 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 Christian-Albrechts-Universit¨ at (Kiel) Council of Australian University Libraries Cave Automatic Virtual Environment Computer Aided Virtual Environment Carboanhydrase 9 (Tumorbek¨ ampfung/cancer treatment) Cellular Broadcast Citizen Band (Mobilfunk/mobile radio, 26.565 – 27.405 MHz) Control Burst (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 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) Center for Brain Injury and Repair (University of Pennsylvania, USA) Content-Based Image Retrieval Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology Compressed Baryonic Matter Convergence of Broadcast and Mobile Services (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Center of Business Model Engineering Cubic Boron Nitride Compact Base Station Outdoor (Mobilfunk/mobile radio) Congressional Budget Office (USA) Chicago Board Options Exchange (B¨ orsenhandel/stock exchange) Customs and Border Protection (USA) [Fraunhofer-Zentrum f¨ ur] Chemisch-Biotechnologische Prozesse (Leuna) Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas (Brazilian Center for Research in Physics) Class Based Queuing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Constant Bit Rate (Daten¨ ubertragung/data transfer) Content-Based Retrieval Cell Broadcast Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Centre for Biological Sequence Analysis (Technical Union of Denmark) Centrum f¨ ur Schlaganfall-Forschung Berlin (Charit´ e) Component-Based Scene Description Model Computer Based Training Coulomb Blockade Thermometer Communication Based Train Control (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Certification Body Testing Lab Call Control (Layer 3) Capital Cost Carbon Copy (Durchschlag) Competence Center (computer networks) Component Carrier (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Connection Coordinator Continuity Checking (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Copyright Compliant (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Creative Commons (kostenlos nutzbar) Cross Connect (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Kokosinseln/Cocos Islands (ISO 3166)

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CCA CCA CCA CCA CCAPP CCAR CCAST CCAT CCAT CCB CCB CCBS CCC CCC CCC CCC CCC CCCH CCD CCD CCD CCD CCD CCD CCDF CCDM CCDS CCE CCE CCEM CCES CCES CCF CCF CCF CCFL CCG CCH CCHP CCI CCI CCI CCIB CCID CCIF CCIR CCIT CCITT CCK CCL CCL CCLD CCLRC CCM CCM CCM CCM CCM CCMR CCMS CCNY CCO CCO CCP CCP CCPCH CCPR CCQS CCRA CCS CCS CCS CCS CCS CCS CCS CCSA

Center for Computational Astrophysics (University of Pensylvania, USA) Clear Channel Assessment (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Continuum Computer Architecture Copy Control Association Center for Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA) Climate Change and Atmospheric Research (Program, Canada) Center for Computationally Assisted Science and Technology (NDSU, USA) Cerro Chajnantor Atacama Telescope Cornell Caltech Atacama Telescope (Radioteleskop/radio telescope, geplant f¨ ur/planned for 2013) Climate-Culture-Building Customer Care and Billing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Customer Care and Billing System (or: Service) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Capability Computing Campaign Clatterbridge Cancer Centre (Liverpool, GB) Comprehensive Cancer Center (Heidelberg, DE) Cross-Correlation Coefficient Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. Common Control Channel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Carbonate Compensation Depth (im Meer/in the Ocean) Center for Coatings and Diamond Technologies (Michigan State University in East Lansing, USA) Centre-to-Centre Displacement (microoptics) Charge-Coupled Device Click Change Detection (Wal-Laute/whale sounds) Colony Collapse Disorder (Bienenkrankheit/honeybee disease) Complementary Cumulative Distribution Function (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Consultive Committee for the Definition of the Metre Comit´ e Consultatif pour la Definition de la Seconde Cloud Center Efficiency Comit´ e Consultatif d’Electricit´ e Centre for Emerging Device Technologies (McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, CA) Center for Computational Engineering Science (RWTH Aachen, DE) Climate Science Computational End Station (USA) Call Control Function (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Capillary Channel Flow Cross-Correlation Function Cold-Cathode Fluorescent Lamp Chemical Computing Group (UK) Congress Center Hamburg Combined Cooling, Heating, and Power (Kraftwerk/power station) Climate Change Inititative (ESA program) Co-Channel Interference (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Comit´ e Consultatif International [des communications t´ el´ ephoniques ` a grande distance] (seit/since 1924) Center for Computational and Integrative Biology (Rutgers University, USA) Coordinating Center for Infectuous Disease (Atlanta, GA, USA) Comit´ e Consultatif International T´ el´ ephonique (sp¨ ater/later on: CCIT) Comit´ e Consultatif International des Radiocommunications Comit´ e Consultatif International des Communications T´ el´ egraphiques (gegr¨ undet/founded 1925, ab/since 1956: Comit´ e Consultatif International de Communication T´ el´ egraphique et T´ el´ ephonique) Comit´ e Consultatif International pour la T´ el´ egraphie et le T´ el´ ephone 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) Certified Consulting Meteorologist (American Meteorological Society program) Climate Control Module (f¨ ur Autos/for cars) Cluster Compatibility Mode Comit´ e Consultatif pour la Masse et les Grandeurs Apparant´ ees CORBA Component Model (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Collaborative Conference on Materials Research Center for Condensed Matter Sciences (National Taiwan University) City College of New York (USA) Central Coordination Office Chief Compliance Officer Chinese Communist Party Customer Convenience Port Common Control Physical Channel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Comit´ e Consultatif de Photom´ etrie et Radiom´ etrie Center for Controlled Quantum Systems (Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, USA) Common Criteria Recognition Agreement Carbon (Dioxide) Capture and Storage Technologies Center for Computing Sciences (IDA) 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)

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Community Climate System Model (Klimaforschung/climate research) Central Connecticut State University 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-Configured Vehicle (Flugzeug/aircraft) Capacitively Coupled Voltage Contrast Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons counterclockwise Call Control Extensible Markup Language (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Creative Commons Zero Chromatic Dispersion (Glasfaser/glass fiber) Circular Dichroism (spectroscopy) Compact Disc Demokratische Republik Kongo (fr¨ uher Zaire)/Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire) (ISO 3166) Clinical Document Architecture (HLJ) Committee on Diversity in Acoustics (ASA, USA) Confirmatory Data Analysis Continuous Descent Approach (Flugverkehr/air traffic) Convent deutscher Akademikerverb¨ ande [Dateinamenerweiterung: CD-Titel auf Musik-CD/file name extension: CD title on music CD] Cosmic Dust Analyzer Cell Division Cycle Center for Disease Control [and Prevention] (e.g., Atlanta, GA, USA) China Development Corporation (Taiwan) Compact Diagnostic Chamber (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Continuous Damping Control Control Data Corporation Childhood Disintegrative Disorder Collaborative Drug Discovery Copper Distributed Data Interface Common Desktop Environment Component Development Environment (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) China Dark Matter Experiment Channel Definition Format Collider Detector at Fermilab Cumulative Density (or: Distribution) Function Carl-Duisberg-Gesellschaft Christian Doppler Forschungsgesellschaft (Austria) Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation Completely Detached H-Regime (Fusionsreaktortechnik/fusion reactor technology) Collaborative Data Infrastructure (EU project) Compact Disc-Interactive Cyclin Dependent Kinase (Medizin/medicine) Coordinated Development Laboratory (NRAO) Christian Doppler Laboratory for Cavitation and Micro-Erosion (G¨ ottingen, DE) Clean Development Mechanism (Umweltschutz/environment conservation) Code Division Multiplex(ing) Cold Dark Matter (Kosmologie/cosmology) 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) Coupling/Decoupling Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Complementary DNA Collateral Debt Obligation (Wertpapierhandel/stock exchange) Consortium Directory Online Code Domain Power (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Core Description Profile (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Called Party Number (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Call Data (or: Detail) Record (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Carbon Dioxide Removal (climate engineering) Clock Division (or Data) Recovery (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [Dateinamenerweiterung: Corel Draw-Graphikdatei/file name extension: Coral Draw graphic file] Critical Design Review Center of Devices and Radiological Health (US Food and Drug Administration) Compact Disc Read-Only Memory Chromatography (Handling) Data System Clinical Decision Support (USA) Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer (an Bord von/aboard SOHO) Correlated Double Sampling (Rauschunterdr¨ uckung/noise reduction) Credit Default Swap (B¨ orsenhandel/stock exchange) Crosspoint Development System Causal Dynamical Triangulation (Gravitationstheorie/theory of gravitation) Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (sensors for marine research)

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Cockpit Display for Traffic Information (Flugsicherung/flight security) Cooling (or: Coolant) Distribution Unit (HPC) Cell Delay Variation Cell Delay Variation Tolerance Charge-Density Wave Chinesisch-Deutsches Zentrum f¨ ur Wissenschaftsf¨ orderung (Beijing) Capillary Electrophoresis Carrier Ethernet (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Chief Executive Circuit Emulation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Communaut´ e (oder/or: Conformit´ e) Europ´ eenne Consumer Electronics Customer Edge (or: Equipment) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Kapillarelektrophorese Center for Extreme Ultraviolet Astrophysics (Berkeley, CA, USA) Commisariat ` a l’Energie Atomique (Fontenay aux Roses, FR) Consumer Electronics Association (USA) Consejo de Evaluacion Acreditacion y Aseguramemiento de la Calidad de la Educacion Superior (Board of Assessment, Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education, Ecuador) Confederation (or: Council) of European Aerospace Societies Centro de Estat´ıstica e Aplica¸co ˜es da Universidade de Lisboa (PT) Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (Newport News, VA, USA) Centrum f¨ ur B¨ uro- und Informationstechnik (Messe, Hannover/Hanover fair, DE) Commission of the European Communities Consumer Electronics Control (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Countries of Central Europe (ehem. Ostblockl¨ ander/former Eastern Block countries) 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) Clinical and Experimental Dental Research 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, Hamilton, ON, CA) Civil and Environmental Engineering Controlled Exposure Experiment Committee of European Environmental Engineering Societies (at the ICT, Pfinztal, DE) Center for Exploration of Energy and Matter (Indiana University, USA) Clean and Efficient Energy Technologies Concurrent Engineering Facility (DLR, Bremen, DE) Centre for Functional and Evolutionary Ecology (Montpellier, FR) Centre for Entrepreneurial and Financial Studies (TU M¨ unchen, DE) Center of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research (King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia) Center for Energy Harvesting Materials and Systems (VPI&SU, Blacksburg, VA, USA) 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 Identification (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Code-Excited Linear Prediction California Extremely Large Telescope Cooperation for a Sustained European Leadership in Telecommunications Center for Electromechanics (University of Texas in Austin, USA) Channel Electron Multiplier Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association Centre for Modern East Asian Studies (University of G¨ ottingen, DE) Center for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (California State Polytechnic University, Pomona) Centre for Modern Indian Studies (University of G¨ ottingen, DE) Conversion Electron M¨ ossbauer Spectroscopy Centre d’´ etudes nucl´ eaires (Bordeuax-Gradignan, FR) Comit´ e Europ´ een de Normalisation [European Committee for Standardization, Europ¨ aisches Komitee for Normung] Centro Nacional de Metrolog´ıa (MX) ´ Comit´ e Europ´ een de Normalisation Electrotechnique [National Renewable Energy Centre] (Spain) Center for Nonlinear Science (University of M¨ unster, DE) Center for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics (University of Washington, USA) Center for NanoScience (LMU, M¨ unchen, DE) Zentrifugalreceiver (DLR) Chief Executive Officer (entspricht Vorstandschef bei einer AG) Click-Evoked Otoacoustic Emission Confocal Enhanced Optical Coherence Tomography Committee on Earth Observing Satellite Centre for Parallelism of Barcelona (Spain, Computer Center) Confocal Fabry-Perot Interferometer ´ Centre d’Etudes Prospectives et d’Informations Internationales (Paris, FR)

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Center for Economic Policy Research (FR) Centre for European Policy Studies (Bruxelles, BE) Centre for Earth, Planetary, Space and Astronomical Research (UK) Conf´ erence Europ´ eenne des Postes et (des) T´ el´ ecommunications Communicating European Research (Meeting) Community of European Railways Centre d’essais et de recherche automobile de Montefontaine (bei/near Paris, FR) Competence Center for Ceramic Materials and Thermal Storage in Energy Research (DLR, K¨ oln) Canadian Excellent (or: Canada Excellence) Research Chair (e.g., University of Ottawa, Canada) Clean Energy Research Centre Center for Education and Research in Cosmology and Astrophysics (Case Western University, Cleveland, OH, USA) Chairmen and Directors of European Research Council’s Chemistry Committees Centre d’Etude de Recherche sur les Qualifications Chemical Evaluation and Risk Estimation System Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (Satelliten-Erd-Fernerkundung/satellite remote earth sensing) Common European Research Information Format Conseil Europ´ eenne pour la Recherche Nucl´ eaire (jetzt/now: Organisation Europ´ eenne ...) 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 Computer Earth Sciences Group (at BSC, Barcelona) Consumer Electronics Show Cost-Efficient Methods and Processes for Safety Relevant Embedded Systems [Fraunhofer-] Center for Experimental Software Engineering (Maryland, USA) Centro de Supercomputati´ on de Galicia (ES) Community Earth System Model Center Smart Materials (FhG-ISC) Circuit Emulation Service(s) over Ethernet (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Community of European Solar Astronomers C Expert System Tools Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (Biomedizin/biomedicine) Kryoelektronentomografie Center of Excellence for Advanced Technology College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture Centre d’´ etudes th´ eoriques de la d´ etection et des communications (FR) Centre technique des industries m´ ecaniques (FR) Center for Theoretical Underground Physics and Related Areas (South Dakota, USA) Curt-Engelhorn-Zentrum Arch¨ aometrie (Mannheim) Characteristic Frequency cubic foot, cubic feet 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 Chlorofluorocarbon Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences 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) Consistent-Force-Field (molecular physics) Columbus Free Flying Laboratory (Raumfahrt/spacecraft) Conventional Fish-Finding Echo Sounder Context-Free Grammar (Sprachverarbeitung/speech processing) [Dateinamenerweiterung: Konfigurationsdatei/file name extension: configuration file] 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 Kohlenstofffaser-verst¨ arkte Kunststoffe CAD Framework Laboratory Compact Fluorescent (Bulb) Confocal Microscopy Centre for Modelling and Simulation Center for Functional Nanomaterials (Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA) Carrier Frequency Offset (Daten¨ ubertragung/data transfer) Chief Financial Officer Center for Fundamental Physics (Northwestern University, USA) Common Fisheries Policy (Europe) Contention Free Period (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) kohlenstofffaserverst¨ arktes PEEK

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Code of Federal Regulations (FDA) Carbon-Fiber Reinforced Plastic Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (USA) Center for Frontier Science and Engineering (Tokyo, JP) 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/People’s Republic of Congo (ISO 3166) Cancer Genome Atlas Ceramic Grid Array (Halbleitertechnik/semiconductor technology) Color Graphics Adapter Chemical Genomic Center (Dortmund, DE) Complementary Ground Component (erg¨ anzt/supplement to DVB-SH) Coplanar Grid Detector Compagnie G´ en´ erale d’Electricit´ e Comparative Genomic Hybridisation (Mikroarraytechnik/microarray technology) Computer-Generated Hologram Common Gateway Interface (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research Computer Graphics Metafile [Dateinamenerweiterung: Graphikdatei/file name extension: graphic file] Consumer Generated Media Continuous Glucose Monitoring Current Good Manufacturing Practice Copy Generation Management System Conf´ erence G´ en´ erale des Poids et Mesures Centre Grenoblois de R´ esonance Magn´ etique (Grenoble, FR) Compton Gamma Ray Observatory Centimeter – Gramm – Sekunde (Maßsystem/system of units) Continuous Grain Silicon (Halbleitertechnik/semiconductor technology) Corporate GSM Server (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Council of Graduate Schools (USA) Cornell Graduate Students United (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) Chemistry at Harvard Molecular Mechanics (computer program) CH4 Airborne Remote Monitor(ing) Coherence-Advanced Regulation Mode (laser stabilization) Comprehensive Human Animation Resource Model Chemistry at Harvard Macromolecular Mechanics Cryogenic Hypersonic Advanced Tank Technologies (EU project) Chlorinated Hydrocarbon Cold + Hot Dark Matter (Kosmologie/cosmology) Centrum f¨ ur Hochschulentwicklung (G¨ utersloh) Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (Datenbank/data bank) [FET mit chemischem Sensor als Gate-Elektrode/FET with chemical sensor as gate electrode] Characterizing Exoplanet Satellite (ESA, Start 2018) Chemistry of Ozone in the Polar Stratosphere Composition with Guarantees for High-Integrity Embedded Software Components Assembly (EU project) Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (Teilchenbeschleuniger/particle accelerator, Ithaca, NY, USA) Congestive (or: Chronic) Heart Failure (Herzinsuffizienz) Coherent Harmonic Generation Combined Helmholtz Integral Equation Formulation Computers in the Human Interaction Loop (EU project) Children’s Library – Information – Animation – Skills Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (astrophysics) Call Handling MultiMedia (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) CERN Hybrid Oscillation Research Apparatus Clearinghouse for the Open Research of the United States Center for History of Physics (AIP) Combined Heating and Power (Kraftwerk/power station) Concert Hall Research Group (Acoustics, USA) Compact High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer Center for High Technology Materials (at UNM) Carrier-to-Interference Performance (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Cell Identity (Mobilfunk/mobile radio) Chemical Ionisation (Massenspektrometer/mass spectrometer) Cochlear Implant Computation Institute Elfenbeink¨ uste/Ivory Coast (ISO 3166) Central Intelligence Agency (oberste US-Geheimdienstbeh¨ orde) CERIF in Action

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Collaborative Institutional Assessment of Open Access 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 Corporate Information and Computing Service Centre for Interdiciplinary Computational and Dynamical Analysis (University of Manchester, UK) Combined Input and Central Queuing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Customer Information Control System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Comisi´ on Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnolog´ıa (ES) Carrier Internetworking Division (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Central Institute for the Deaf (Saint Louis, MO, USA) Charge-Injection Device Collision-Induced Dissociation Configuration Item Data List (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Classless Interdomain Routing (Internet) Commission Internationale d’Eclairage, International Commission of Illumination Centro de Investigaciones Energ´ eticas, Medioambientales y Technol´ ogicas (ES) Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (Northwestern University, USA) 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) (f¨ ur Photovoltaik/for photovoltaics) Climate Impact Indicator Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals 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 Center for Innovative and Emerging Materials (Johannes Gutenberg Universit¨ at Mainz, DE) Cubesat for Ions, Neutrals, Electrons, and Magnetic Fields (microsatellite to study Earth’s ring-current region) Carrier-to-Interference plus Noise Ratio (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Center for Integrated Nanotechnology (LANL) Centrum Integrierte Onkologie Chief Information (or: Integration) Officer Corporate Information Office China International Optoelectronics Expo Combined Input- and Output-Queued (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Cataloging in Publication Centre for Integrated Photonics (UK) Channelopathy-Associated Insensitivity to Pain Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (EU) International Cooperation for Integration of Prepress, Press and Postpress (Druckindustrie/printing industry) Comit´ e International des Poids et Mesures Critical Infrastructure Preparedness and Resilience Research Network (EU project) 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 Reflection (ATR-Technik/ATR technology) Centro Italiano Ricerche Aerospaziali [Italian Aerospace Research Center] (Capua, IT) Computer Integrated Railroading for Raising Efficiency in the Core Network (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences Conseil Interdepartamental de Recerca i Innovaci´ o Tecn` ologica (ES) Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology (McGilll University, CA) Composite Infrared Spectrometer (Cassini) Card Information Structure Commonwealth (or: Confederation) of Independent States (= GUS) Compensated Image System (adaptive Optik/adaptive optics) Computing Infrastructure for Science (NRP) Constant Initial-State (Photoemission) Copper Indium Selenide, Kupferindiumdiselenid (f¨ ur Photovoltaik/for photovoltaics) Committee on International Security and Arms Control (USA) Complex Instruction Set Computer Cooled Infrared Spectrograph and Camera for OH-Airglow Suppression 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

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Comit´ e International Sp´ ecial des Perturbations Radio´ electriques (International Special Committee on Radio Interference, since 1933) [Moskau-Fraunhofer] Institut f¨ ur Chemische Technologie Pfinztal Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information Carbon-Ion Therapy (cancer treatment) 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 Cambridge Journals Digital Archive Creutzfeld-Jakob-Krankheit Cambridge Journals Online (Cambridge University Press) Cambridge Journals Online Mobile (Cambridge University Press) China Jinping Deep Underground Laboratory Central Japan Railway (Company) Clock (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Cookinseln/Cook Islands (ISO 3166) Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network [Nicola] Cabbibo, [Makoto] Kobayashi, [Toshihide] Maskawa [Matrix] (Elementarteilchentheorie/elementary particle theory) chlorierte Kohlenwasserstoffe Chile (ISO 3166) Classification (Patentliteratur/patent literature) Connectionless (Internet) Control(led) Load Canadian Library Association Center for Laser Applications (Plymouth, Michigan, USA) Copyright Licensing Agency Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction Centro Latino-Americano de Fisica Clean Air Engine (Flugzeugmotor/aircraft engine) [European] Common Language Resources and Technology Infrastructure Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator[-Based] Sciences and Education Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Club zur l¨ andlichen Elektrifizierung Customer Located Edge (or: Equipment) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Center for Laser Experimental Astrophysics Research (University of Michigan, USA) Coordinated Lysosomal Expression and Regulation, koordinierte lysosomale Expression und Regulation Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Cloud Experiment Oberpfaffenhofen and Transport Connectivity Session Location and Repository Function (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Coop´ eration Laser Franco-Allemande Calling Line Identification (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Command Line Interface (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Coupling Loop Interference (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (US clinical testing guidelines) Compact Linear Collider (at CERN, planned) Calling Line Identification Presentation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Caribbean Large Igneous Province Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, chronisch lymphatische Leuk¨ amie Collateralized Loan Obligation (B¨ orsenhandel/stock exchange) Closed Loop Neural Prosthesis for Vestibular Disorders Club des Organismes de Recherche Associ´ es (FR) Common LISP Object System [Dateinamenerweiterung: Graphikdatei/file name extension: graphic file] Connection Loudness Rating (Telefon/telephone) 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 (or: Microscopy) Center for Laser Technology (Plymouth, MA, USA) Central Limit Theorem Hexanitro-Isowurtzitan (Sprengstoff/explosive) Kamerun/Cameroon (ISO 3166) Cochlear Microphonic (physiological acoustics) Contract Manufacturer 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

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Ceramic Matrix Composites Critical Micelle Concentration Computational Materials and Chemistry Science Network (Brookhaven National Laboratory) Carrier Multiplication Device (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Circuit Mode Data Condensed Matter Division (EPS) Craniomandibul¨ are Dysfunktion (des Kiefers) Condensed Matter Experimental [Physics] Coronal Mass Ejection (Sonnenphysik/solar physics) [International Conference on] Computational Methods and Experimental Measurements Chartered Meteorologist (UK Royal Meteorological Society’s program) [Fraunhofer-] Center for Manufacturing Innovations (Boston, MA, USA) Center for Materials Innovation (Washington University in St. Louis, MN, USA) Critical Materials Institute (Ames Laboratory) Common Management Information Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 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 f¨ ur Maritime Logistik (und Dienstleistungen) (Hamburg) Chemical Markup Language Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, chronische myeloische Leuk¨ amie 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 Materials Physics Cerous Magnesium Nitrate (Temperaturnormal/temperature standard) Condensed-Matter Nuclear Science Chief Medical Officer Collateralized Mortgage Obligation (mit Hypotheken besichertes Wertpapier) Complex Monolithic Optics Capacity-Coupled Metal-Oxide Silicon Device Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (Feldeffekt-Transistor/field effect transistor) Chemical-Mechanical Polishing Condensed Matter Physics Centre Molecular Physiology of the Brain, DFG Forschungszentrum Molekularphysiologie des Gehirns (G¨ ottingen, DE, seit/since 2002) Center for Materials Research Colossal Magnetoresistance Common-Mode Rejection Ratio Climate Modelling and Research System Cambridge Materials Selector [Database] (UK) Cepstral Mean Subtraction (Sprachbearbeitung/speech processing) 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) Computational Math Science and Engineering (Michigan State University, USA) Communication/Service Module (Satellitentechnik/satellite technology) Condensed Matter & Statistical Physics (at ICTP, Trieste, IT) Center for Marine Science and Technology (Perth, WA, AUS) Central Missouri State University (USA) Condensed Matter Theory Condition Monitoring System Construction Materials Testing 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) Center for Nanophysics and Advanced Materials (UMD) Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers (Paris, FR) Colloidal Nanocrystal Cluster Comisi´ on Nacional de Communicaciones (AR) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Computer[ized] Numerical Control (Werkzeugmaschinen/machine tools) Core Network/Circuit Switched (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Community Noise Equivalent Level Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (FR)

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Centre National d’Etudes des T´ el´ ecommunications Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libert´ es Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncol´ ogicas [Spanish National Cancer Research Centre] (Madrid, ES) Center for Nanoscale Materials (Argonne National Laboratory, USA) Customer Network Management (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Zentrum f¨ ur Mikroskopie im Nanometerbereich und Molekularphysiologie des Gehirns (G¨ ottingen, seit November 2012) Center for Nanophase Materials Science (ORNL) Convolutional Neural Network Conditioned NOT (logisches Gatter/logical gate) Center for Neutrino Physics (Virginia Tech Department of Physics, USA) China National Publications Import and Export Group Corporation Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnol´ ogico (BR) Carrier-to-Noise Ratio Community Noise Rating Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IT) National Research Council (CA) Centre National de Recherches M´ et´ eorologiques (Toulouse, FR) China National Rice Research Institute Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR) Central Nervous System Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (FR) Centro Nacional de Supercomputaci´ on (Barcelona, ES) Communication, Navigation, Surveillance Conseil National de la Science (FR) Cosmological Natural Selection Chinese National Space Administration California Nanosystems Institute (UCSB and UCLA, CA, USA) Center for Nanoscale Science & Technology (NIST) Carbon Nanotube, Kohlenstoff-Nanor¨ ohrchen [Fraunhofer] Zentrum f¨ ur Nanoelektronische Technologien (Dresden) Choroidale Neovaskularisation (Augenkrankheit/eye disease) Chinese Yuan Central Office (Rechnernetze/computer networks) Colorado (US-Staat/US state) Connection-Oriented (Internet) Kolumbien/Colombia (ISO 3166) Certificate of Analysis Core of Address (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Coalition for a Digital Economy (scientific publishing) Charity Open Access Fund Confederation of Open Access Repositories Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing Chip-On-Board Cosmic Background Explorer (Satellit/satellite) Common Business-Oriented Language (Programmiersprache/programming language) Computerized Bibliographic Record Actions Chain of Custody 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 Chemical Oxygen Demand 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 Uberf¨ uhrung von Kriminellen/for the conviction of criminals, USA) [IEEE International Conference on] Control, Decision and Information Technologies Center of Excellence Coalition on Effective Hearing Conservation (USA) Columbus Orbit Facility (Weltraumlabor/space laboratory) Coded Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex(ing) Carbon Footprint of Freight Transport (EU project) Control of Flexible Structures Program (NASA) Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (USA) Comparative Genomics and Next Generation Sequencing Coherent Germanium Neutrino Technology Comparing Orders of Genes Using Novel Algorithms and High-Performance Computers (drug development) Council on Governmental Relations (USA) Cost of Goods Sold Cooperativity in Highly Excited Rydberg Ensembles – Control and Entanglement (EU project) 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´ıa (CO) Cryogenic Optical Localization in Three Dimensions Cold Target Recoil Momentum Spectroscopy

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Calcium Oxalate Monohydrate (kidney stones, Nierensteine) Center of Mass [Commercial Organization] (Internet, USA) Committee on Minorities in Physics (APS) Component (or: Common) Object Model [Dateinamenerweiterung: ausf¨ uhrbares Programm/file name extension: executable program] Classifying Objects by Medium-Band Observations Catastrophical Optical Mirror Damage [Fraunhofer-] Center for Organic Materials and Electronic Devices Dresden (am/at the IPMS) Carbon Dioxide and Methane Mission for HALO (DLR project) 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 Cold Molecular Ions at the Quantum Limit (European research network) 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 Consortium for Material Properties Research in Earth Sciences (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA) Consortium for Material Properties Research in Earth Sciences Technology Center (at Argonne National Laboratory, USA) Imaging Compton Telescope Communications Satellite Corporation (USA) Communication(s) Security Committee on Scientific and Technical Cooperation Cathechol-O-Methyltransferase (Genetik/genetics) Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (Argentina) Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnolog´ıa (MX) Constant Capacitance (Sensorik-Verfahren/sensoric method) Contrial and Cirrus Experiment (DLR project) Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas T´ ecnicas (AR) Comisi´ on Nacional de Investigaci´ on Cientifica y Tecnol´ ogica (Chile) Cooperadora para la Nutrici´ on Infantil (Kooperation f¨ ur Kinderern¨ ahrung, Peru) Calculation of Non-Newtonian Flow: Finite Elements and Stochastic Simulation Technique Comparison of Conservation Materials and Strategies for Sustainable Exploitation of Immovable Industrial Heritage Made of Iron and Steel Comprehensive Observation Network for Trace Gases by Airliner Chief Operating Officer [Euro-Asian] Cooperation of National Meteorological Institutions Kohlendioxid-Reduktions-Technologien (Kraftwerksforschungsprogramm des BMWi/German power plant research program) Chronisch obstruktive Lungenerkrankung Coefficient of Performance Colonizing Opportunistic Pathogens 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 Collaboration of Oak Ridge, Argonne, and Lawrence Livermore (on supercomputing) 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) Correlated Multielectron Dynamics in Intense Light Fields (EU project) Convection, Rotation and Planetary Transit (French satellite) Coprocessor RSA in a Rush Concept of Operation for European UTM Systems (EU project) Coordination and Validation of the Development of Advanced Transport Telematic Systems in the Alpine Area Carbon oxysulphide Centre for Open Science 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) Center of Science and Industry (Columbus, OH, 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 Centre for Theoretical Cosmology (Stephen Hawking) Cosmic Evolution Survey (Astrophysik/astrophysics) Collection of Stratospheric Aerosol Particles (DLR project) Committee on Space Research [European] Cooperation in Science and Technology (ESF),

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Coop´ eration Europ´ eenne dans la domaine de la recherche scientifique et technique [Tanzania] Commission for Science and Technology Comprehensive Suprathermal and Energetic Particle (an Bord von/aboard SOHO) Cooler Synchrotron (J¨ ulich, DE) Correlation Spectroscopy Customer Operation Team Components (or: Commercial, or: Commodity, or: Configurable) Off-The-Shelf (hardware or software) 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 Charge-Parity (symmetry) Conference Proceedings (NASA etc.) Connection Performer Content Provider (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Contention Period (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Customer Premises (Rechnernetz/computer network) Cyclic Prefix Closest Point of Approach (ocean acoustics) Coherent Perfect Absorber (optics, “antilaser”) Chirped Pulse Amplification (or: Amplifier) (optische Pulskompression/optical pulse compression) Common Parametric Aircraft Configuration 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) Comprehensive Pneumology Center (M¨ unchen, DE) Continuous Packet Connectivity Cooperative Patent Classification Central Pollution Control Board (Umweltbeh¨ orde in Indien/environmental authority in India) Mission Planning Control Center (Satellitensystem/satellite system) Center for Photoinduced Charge Transfer (Rochester, NY, USA) Committee on the Present Danger Continuous Professional Development Clinical Pharmacology in Drug Development (Journal) 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) Canadian Pharmacists Association Control Interface for Physical Layer (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Consumer Products Inventory Continuous Process Improvement Common Pilot Channel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Canadian Pharmacists Journal 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) Coherent Population Oscillation (solid state physics) Cell-Penetrating Peptide Channel Plasmon Polariton (elektromagnetische Grenzfl¨ achenwellen/electromagnetic boundary layer waves) Clean Power Plan Current-Perpendicular-to-Plane (Festk¨ orperphysik/solid state physics) Centre for Photonics and Photonic Materials (University of Bath, UK) Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (medicine) Common Public Radio Interface (Mobilfunk-Standard) Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Copy Protection for Recordable Media (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Carte de Professionel de Sant´ e Chinese Physical Society Concentrated Solar Power Cyberphysical System, Cyber-Physisches System The Czech Physial Society Copy Protection System Architecture (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Charge, Parity, Time (Invarianz gegen ...umkehr/invariance against ... reversal) Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics (open-access journal) Center for Phononics and Thermal Energy Science (Tongji University, Shanghai, CN) Copy Protection Technical Working Group (Telekommunikation/telecommunication)

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CPU CPV CPV CPV CPVS CPX CPX CQB CQI CQI CQIQC CQM CR CR CR CRAC CRADA CRAFT CRAH CRAHVI C-RAM CRB CRBT CRC CRC CRC CRC CRC CRC-ACS CRCG CRD CRDA CRDF CRDS CREAL CREATIV CREDO CRENEL CREO CREOL CRESST CREST CREST CREST CRESTA CREW CRF CRF CRG CRG CRH CRI CRIM CRIMSON CRIS CRIS CRISM CRISP CRISP CRISP CRISP CRISP CRISPR CRISTAL CRIStin CRL C.R.L. CRLB CRM CRM CRM CRM CRN CRNC CRO CRO CroBIT

Central Processing Unit (Computer) Concentrator (or: Concentrated) Photovoltaic(s) [International] Conference on Concentrator Photovoltaics Continuous Process Verification Central Payload Video System Close Proximity Method (Fahrzeug-L¨ armmesstechnik/vehicle noise measurement) Control Panel Extension Center for Quantitative Biology (Peking University, CN) Center for Quantum Information (IIIS, Tsinghua University, CN) 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. F¨ orderungsprogramm) Cooperative Research Action For Technology (EU) Computer Room Air Handlers Crashworthyness of Aircraft for High Velocity Impact Counter-Rocket Artillery and Mortar Cram´ er-Rao Bound Color Ring Back Tone (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Clinical Research Center Collaborative Research Centre (DFG) Corporate Research Center Courant Research Centre Cyclic Redundancy Check (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Composite Structures (Australia) [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) Creative Research Awards for Transformative Interdisciplinary Ventures (NSF, USA) Cluster of Research on Endocrine Disruption in Europe Commission to Review the Effectiveness of the National Energy Laboratories (USA) CO2 Reduction through Estimation Optimisation College of Optics and Photonics and Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers (UCF) Cryogenic Rare Event Search with Superconducting Thermometers Center for Research in Extreme Scale Technologies Comit´ e de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique (EU) Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (Japan) Collaborative Research into Exascale Systemware, Tools and Applications (at EPCC) Center for Research in Economics and Well-Being (Univesit¨ at Basel, CH) Centro Ricerche Fiat (in Italy) Corticotropin-Releasing Factor (ein Hormon/a hormone) Center for Genomic Regulation (Barcelona, ES) Collaborating Research Group Corticotropin-(or: Cortisol-)Releasing Hormone Colour-Rendering Index Centre de Recherche en Informatique de Montr´ eal (CA) 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) Current Research Information System Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars Center for Research on Interface Structure and Phenomena (Yale, USA) Cluster of Research Infrastructures for Synergies in Physics Coarse-Grained Reconfigurable Instruction Set Processor (Computer) Corrected Illumination Scanning Probe (im Transmissionselektronenmikroskop/in an transmission electron microscope) Counter Rotating Integrated Shrouded Propfan (DLR-Projekt) Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (Bakterien-Genetik/genetics of bacteria) Centre de Recherche en Informatique, Signal et Automatique (Lille, FR) Current Research Information System in Norway Certificate Revocation List (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Companhia ein Responsibilidao Limitida (PT, ES) Cram´ er-Rao Lower Bound Certified Reference Material Common Research Model (NASA aircraft) Contract Research Manager Customer Relations (or: Relationship) 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

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C.R.O.P., CROP CROR CRP CRPL CRR CRS CRS CRSQA CRT CRT CRT CRTD CRU CRuSR CRV CR/W CRYRING CS CS CS CS CS CS CS CSA CSA CSA CSA CSAC CSAGI CSAIL CSAR CSB CSB CSB CSBD CSBU CSC CSC CSC CSCC CSCF CSCL CSCS CSCS/SCSC CSCW CSD CSD CSD CSD CSDP CSE CSE, CS&E CSE CSE CSE CSEG CSELT CSEM CSF CSF CSF CSG CSI CSI CSIR CSIRO CSIS CSL CSLI CSLP CSM CSM CSM CSM CSM CSMA/CA CSMA/CD

Combined Regenerative Organic Food Production (DLR K¨ oln, Lebenserhaltungssystem) Counter Rotative Open Rotor (Flugzeugantrieb/aircraft propeller) C-reaktives Protein, Cyclic-AMP Receptor Protein (AMP: Adenosine Monophosphate) Central Radio Propagation Laboratory (1946) Cooperative Research Report Common Reflection 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 Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (DE) Climatic Research Unit (University of East Anglia (UK) et al.) Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research (NASA program) Crew Return Vehicle (Raumfahrt/spacecraft) Controller Read/Write Cryebis Storage Ring (Stockholm, SE) Call Server (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Central Secretariat (NIST) 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 Chip Scale Atomic Clock Comit´ e Sp´ ecial de l’Ann´ ee G´ eophysique Internationale Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (MIT) Cryogenic Solar Absolute Radiometer Center for Systems Biology at Dresden (DE) Centrum f¨ ur Schlaganfall-Forschung Berlin (DE) Charge Symmetry Breaking (Elementarteilchenphysik/elementary particle physics) Center of Systems Biology at Dresden (DE) Communication Services Business Unit (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Call and Session Controller (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Center for Scientific Computing China Scholarsip Council Concurrent Supercomputing Consortium (USA) Call State (or: Session) Control Function (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Computer-Supported Cooperative (or: Collaborative) Learning Center for the Study of Complex Systems (University of Michigan, USA) Swiss Centre for Scientific Computing (supercomputing centre) Computer Supported Cooperative (or: Collaborative) Work(ing) Cambridge Structural Database (Chemie/chemistry) Chemical Solution Deposition Christopher Street Day Circuit Switched Data (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Customer Specific Development Process [Fraunhofer-] Center for Sustainable Energy Systems (Cambridge, MA, USA) Computational Science and Engineering Council of Science Editors Critical Systems Engineering (DLR project) Cystathionin-gamma-Lyase (ein Enzym) Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists Centro studi e laboratori telecomunicazioni (IT) Centre Suisse d’Electronique et de Microtechnique (Z¨ urich, CH) Carribean Science Foundation Colony Stimulatingf Factor (a protein) Compagnie G´ en´ erale de T´ el´ egraphie Sans Fil Centre Spatial Guyanais (Europ¨ aischer Weltraumbahnhof, Kourou, GY) Channel State Information (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Control-Structure Interaction Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (Stellenbosch, S¨ udafrika/South Africa) Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Canberra, AU) Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, DC, USA) Chemical Safety Library 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)

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CSMBP CSME CSN CSNS CSO CSO CSP CSP CSP CSP CSP CSP CSPF CSPI CSR CSR CSR CSRC CSRZ CSS CSS CSS CSS CSS CSSME CST CSTA CSTAR CSTI CSTN CSTR CSTR CSU CSUDH CSULB CSUN CSV CSVE CSW CSWP CT CT CT CT CT CTA CTA CTAN CTB CTBT CTBTO CTC CTC CTC CTC CTCSS CTD CTE CTEPH CTH CTI CTI CTI CTI CTIA CTIA CTIM CTIO CTIR CTL CTL CTL CTMS CTO CTO CTO CTP CTP

Center for Soft Matter and Biological Physics (Virginia Tech) College of Science and Education (University of Utah, USA) Circuit Switched Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) China Spallation Neutron Source (geplant f¨ ur/planned for 2013) Chief Scientific Officer Composite Second Order (Verzerrung 2. Ordnung/second order distortion) Center for the Study of the Presidency (USA) [Fraunhofer-] Center f¨ ur Silizium-Photovoltaik (Halle/Saale) Charge Sensitive Preamplifier Chip-Scale Package (gedruckte Schaltung/printed circuit) Concentrated (or: Concentrating) 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) Corporate Social Responsibility 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 (zur Programmierung von Webseiten) Catalina Sky Survey (astronomy) Committee of Soviet Scientists [for the Defense of Peace Against the Nuclear Threat] Content Scramble (or: Scrambling) System (Verschl¨ usselungssystem) ¨ Cyclic Steam Stimulation (Olsanderschließung/oilsand exploration) Center for Secondary Science and Math Education (Northern Illinois University, USA) 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) Center for Solar–Terrestrial Research (NJIT) Centre for Speech Technology Research (University of Edinburgh, UK) Colorado State University (USA) California Sate University Dominguez Hills California State University Long Beach (USA) California State University Northridge (USA) Comma Separated Value Chinese Society for Vibration Engineering Core Switch Committee on the Status of Women in Physics (APS) Colour Temperature Computed Tomography, Computer-Tomographie (R¨ ontgentechnik/X-ray technology) 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 (Atomwaffenteststoppvertrag 1996) Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organisation (Wien, AT) Central Traffic Control (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Circulating Tumor Cell Convolutional Turbo Code (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Crew Training Complex (DLR, K¨ oln, Porz-Wahnheide, DE) Continuous Tone Coded Squelsh System (Mobilfunk/mobile radio) Coated (optische Linsen/optical lenses) Coefficient of Thermal Expansion chronisch-thrombo-embolischer Lungenhochdruck Chalmers Tekniske H¨ ogskola (G¨ oteborg, SE) 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 Amplifier Continuous-Flow Time-Integrated Method (road noise measurement) Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (La Serena, Chile) Center for Intelligent Transportation Research (Ohio State University, USA) Coal to Liquid (synthetischer Kraftstoff/synthetic fuel) Community Tolerance Level Continuously Tunable Laser Clinical Trial Management System Chief Technical Officer Command Transfer Object Configure to Order Computer-to-Plate, Computer-to-Press, Computer-to-Paper (Drucktechnik/printing technology) Cytisintriphosphat

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CTR CTR CTR CTRANC CTRW CTS CTS CTS CTSEE CTU CTU CTV CTW CTWG CU CU CU CUA cuagn CUAHSI CUBED CUDOS CUDWR CUE CUF CUFCT CUG CUHK CUI CUL CUMC CUNY CUORE CUP CUP CUPLE CUR CUSP Cuspea CUTCP CUTE CUTE CUWiP CV CV CV CV CVA CVB CVC CVCP CVD CVD CVE CVI C-VLAN CVM CVSD CVT CVVL CW CW CWD CWDM CWMT CWRU CWP CWU ¨ CWU CX CXC CXO CY CYCA CZ CZ CZCS CZM

Center (US Mail) Common Technical Regulation(s) Cooperative Threat Reduction Crosstalk-Resistant Adaptive Noise Canceller Continuos-Time Random Walk (diffusion model) Clear to Send (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Compliance Test Specification Concept to Speech (Sprachsynthese/speech synthesis) ¨ [Komitee f¨ ur Toxikologie, Okotoxikologie und Umwelt] (Europ¨ aische Kommission) 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) Columbia University Division of War Research (New London, CT, USA, established 1941) Carbon Usage Effectiveness Channel Utilization Factor Cooper Union Federation of College Teachers (New York City, USA) Closed User Group (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Chinese University of Hong Kong Centre for Ultrafast Imaging (University of Hamburg, DE) Computer-unterst¨ utztes Lernen Columbia University Medical Center (New York, USA) City University of New York Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (Gran Sasso National Laboratory, Italy) Cambridge University Press Center for Underground Physics (Daejeon, KR) Comprehensive Unified Physics Learning Environment Council for Undergraduate Research Center for Urban Science and Progress (NYU) 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 Wasserstoffantrieb/hydrogen-powered buses) Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics Card Verifiable Cartellverband [der Katholischen Deutschen Studentenverbindungen] Connection Verification (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Kapverdische Inseln/Cape Verde (ISO 3166) Credit Value Adjustment (Bankgesch¨ afte) Constrained Vapor Bubble Common Vision Concept Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals (UK) Cardio-Vascular Disease, Kardiovaskul¨ are Erkrankung Chemical Vapor Deposition Collaborative Virtual Environment chronisch-ven¨ ose Insuffizienz Customer VLAN (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Control Volume Meshing Continuously Variable Slope Delta (modulation) Continuously Variable Transmission (Kfz-Getriebe/vehicle gear) Continuous Variable Valve Lift (Kfz-Motor/automotive Engine) Clockwise Continuous Wave Concealed Weapon Detection (USA) Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [Fraunhofer-] Center f¨ ur Windenergie und Meerestechnik (Bremerhaven) Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH, USA) Controller Working Position (Flugsicherung/flight control) Central Washington University (USA) Chemiewaffen¨ ubereinkommen (1997, 65 Mitgliedsstaaten) Weihnachtsinsel/Christmas Island (ISO 3166) Chandra X-Ray Center (NASA, USA) Chandra X-Ray Observatory (R¨ ontgensatellit/X-ray satellite) Zypern/Cyprus (ISO 3166) Chinese Youth Conference on Acoustics Convergence Zone (Sonarortung/sonar ranging) Tschechien/Czech Republik (ISO 3166) Coastal Zone Color Scanning (of the ocean) Cohesive Zone Method

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CZT C2 A2 S2 E C2B C2C C2ES C3 C3 C3 I

Chirp z-Transform Center for Computer Applications in Aerospace Science and Engineering (DLR, Braunschweig, DE) Customer-to-Business Customer-to-Customer Center for Climate and Energy Solutions Command, Control and Communication (System) Cleaved-Coupled Cavity (Laser) Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence (milit¨ arisch/military)

D d... da... DA DA DAAD DAAK DAAP DAB DAC DAC DACCIWA DACH DADS DAE DAF DAF DAGA DAGV DAHC DAI DAI DAkkS DAL DALY DAM DAMA DAMA DAMOP D-AMPS DANA DANL DANTE DANTE DAO DAP DAQ DAR DAR DARA DARC DARC DARE DARHT DARP DARPA DARS DART DART Darwin DAS DAS DASCH DASI DASMIN DAST DAT DATE DATech DAtF DAU DAVE DAVE DAVIC DAVO DAWS DAX DB

Dezi... (Pr¨ afix/prefix): 10−1 Deka... (Pr¨ afix/prefix): 10 Destination Address (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Domestic Agency Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst e.V. Deutsch-Amerikanisches Akademisches Konzil Digital Archiving and Access Program Digital Audio Broadcast(ing) Deformation Analysis by Means of Correlation Methods Digital-to-Analog Converter Dynamics-Aerosol-Chemistry-Cloud Interactions in West Africa Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle Chemie GmbH Dynamic Analysis and Design System Differential Algebraic Equation Deutsche Arbeitsfront (NS-Organisation) Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft f¨ ur Familientherapie Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft f¨ ur Akustik (Kongresse seit 1970, etwa j¨ ahrlich) Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft Vakuum Deutschsprachiges Apple-Hochschul-Consortium Deutsches Arch¨ aologisches Institut (Berlin) Distributed Artificial Intelligence Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle Deutscher Arbeitsring f¨ ur L¨ armbek¨ ampfung e.V. (1952–2007) Disability-Adjusted Life Year Deutsche Akademie f¨ ur Metrologie (M¨ unchen) 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 Displayed Average Noise Level (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Deutschsprachige Anwendervereinigung TEX e.V. Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe Data Access Object Deutsches Akkreditierungssystem Pr¨ ufwesen (Normungsarbeit/standardization) Data Acquisition Deutscher Akkreditierungsrat (Normungsarbeit/standardization) Digital Audio Recorder Deutsche Agentur f¨ ur Raumfahrtangelegenheiten GmbH (1989–1997) Data Radio Channel Deutscher Amateur-Radio-Club e.V. (Baunatal) Dark Ages Radio Explorer (Radiosatellit, geplant) Dual Axis Radiographic Hydrodynamic (Test Facility at LANL, 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 Direct Analysis 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 Mineral¨ ol 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 Data Application Unit Data Analysis and Visualisation of the Environment Definitely Affordable Virtual Environment Digital Audiovisual Council Dynamic Analog of the Vocal Tract Digital Advanced Wireless Services (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Deutscher Aktienindex Data Base

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dB DB DBA DB AG DBB DBC DBEF DBF DBF DBG DBI DBIS DBM DBM DBMS DBN DBO DBP DBP DBR DBRM DBS DBSO DBU dbv DC DC DC DC DC DC DC D-CAT DCB DCB DCC DCC DCC DCCC DCcE DCD DCD DCE DCE DCE DCE DCF DCF DCF DCFA DCG DCH D-CHIP DCI DCI DCL DCLC DCM DCM DCMP DCN DCN DCoD DCOM DCOMP DCP DCP DCPN DCR DCR DCRAM DCS DCS DCS DCS DCS DCS DCSC

Dezibel Diffusion Boarding Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Deutsche Bahn AG Deutscher Beamtenbund Dansk Bibliotekscenter Dual Brightness Enhancement Foil (Polarisationsfolie im LCD-Monitor/polarization sheet for LCD monitor) [Dateinamenerweiterung: dBase Datenbank-Datei/file name extension: dBase data bank file] Distributed Feedback (Laser) Deutsche Bunsengesellschaft f¨ ur Physikalische Chemie Deutsches Bibliotheksinstitut (Berlin) Discoveries and Breakthroughs Inside Science (AIP, TV news) Deutsches Bergbau-Museum (Bochum) Double Beam Modulation Database Management System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Dynamic Bayesian Network (Sprachverarbeitung/speech processing) Distributed Biological Observatory Deutsches Bundespatent (nach 1945) Division of Biological Physics (APS) Distributed Bragg Reflector (Laser) Digital Broadcasting Receivers Using Metadata Direct Broadcast(ing) (by) Satellite Digital Broadcast Satellite Operator (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt Deutscher Bibliothekenverband Dendritic Cell Developing Countries Digital Cinema Digital Concentrator (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Direct Current (Gleichstrom) District of Columbia (US-Staat/US state) D¨ unnschichtchromatographie Diesel Clean Advanced Technology (Kfz/motor vehicle) Data Center Bridging Direct Copper Bonding (electronics) Dicyclohexylcarbodiimid Digital Compact Cassette Distributed Checksum Clearing House (Antispamfilter/anti spam filter) Developing Countries Coordinating Committee Data Centre Compute Efficiency Downlink Channel Descriptor (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Duty-Cycle Jitter (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 fiber) 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) Dynamic Clinical Health Insight Platform Digital Cinema Initiative Downlink Control Information Detect, Classify and Locate Direct Contact Liquid Cooling (for HPC) 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) Data Center on Demand 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 Dynamic Computing Random-Access Memory Data Communicatinon System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Decompression Sickness (of divers) Digital Coded Sective [Call] (Mobilfunk/mobile radio) Digital Content Store Digital Crossconnect (or: Communication) System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Distributed Control System Danish Center for Scientific Computing

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DCT DCT DCT DCU DCV DCV DCV DCX DDA DDB DDB DDC DDC DDCE DDD DDE DDE DDEC DDG DDGI DDI DDI DDJ DDK ddI DDL DDM DDN DDN DDoS ddp DDR DDR DDR&E DDS DDS DDT DDT DDV DDV DE DE DE DE DEA DECAF DECam DECHEMA DeCSS DECT DEDAVE DEDIG DEE DEEP Defra DEGA DEGON DEGREE DEGREEN DEGUM DEHP DEI DEI DEISA DEKITZ DELICAT DELIGHT DELNET DELT DELTA DELTA DELTIC DEM DEM demea DEMMIN DEMS DENA

Discovery Channel Telescope Discrete Cosine Transform Double Clutch Transmission (Kfz-Getriebe/motor vehicle) Data Capture Utility Deconvolution Desktop Cloud Visualisation Double concave (optische Linsen/optical lenses) Double convex (optische Linsen/optical lenses) Demand-Driven Acquisition (of e-books) Die Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek Download Data Block (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Digital Down Converter (or: Conversion) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Display Data Channel (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 f¨ ur Geo-Information [Universal] Description Discovery Integration (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Direct Dialing-In (Telefon/telephone) Data-Dependent Jitter (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Dialog Development Kit Didesoxyinosin Doubled (or: Direct) Diode Laser (blaue Laserdiode/blue laser diode) Differential Depth Modulation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Data Direct Network Defense Data Network (USA) Distributed Denial-of-Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Deutscher Depeschendienst Deutsche Demokratische Republik/German Democratic Republic (bis/until 1990) Double Data Rate (5 Gb/s) 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 Dachg¨ artner Verband e.V. Deutscher Dart-Verband Delaware (US-Staat/US state) Deutschland/Germany (ISO 3166) Discard Eligibility (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Discovery Environment dielektrischer Elastomeraktor Density Estimation for Cetaceans from Acoustic Fixed Sensors Dark Energy Camera Deutsche Gesellschaft f¨ ur Chemisches Apparatewesen, chemische Technik und Biotechnologie e.V. Descramble Content Scramble System Digital Enhanced (or: European) Cordless Telecommunication (or: Telephony) Deep Diving Autonomous Underwater Vehicle for Exploration (FhG) Deutsche EDI-Gesellschaft e.V. Daten-Endeinrichtung (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Dynamical Exascale Entry Platform (Supercomputer-Entwicklung/supercomputer development) Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (UK) Deutsche Gesellschaft f¨ ur Akustik e.V. Deutsche Gesellschaft f¨ ur Ortung und Navigation Diversity Effects in Grassland Ecosystems of Europe Dielektrische Elastomergeneratoren f¨ ur regenerative Energien (ISC-Projekt) Deutsche Gesellschaft f¨ ur Ultraschall in der Medizin Diethylhexylphthalat (Weichmacher/plasticizer) Deutsches Evangelisches Institut f¨ ur Altertumswissenschaft des Heiligen Landes (Jerusalem) Diffraction-Enhanced Imaging Distributed European Infrastructure for Supercomputing Applications Deutsche Koordinierungsstelle f¨ ur IT-Normenkonformit¨ atspr¨ ufung und -zertifizierung Demonstration of LIDAR based Clear Air Turbulence Detection Delta Information System for Geo-Environmental and Human Habitat Transition (Chinese Yellow-River-Delta, 2013–2016) Developing Library Network Dual-Ended Line Testing Dortmunder Elektronen Testspeicherring Anlage Dutch Expedition for Life Science, Technology and Atmospheric Research Delay Line Time Compressor Digital Elevation Model (Satelliten-Fernerkundung/satellite remote surveillance) Discrete Element Method Deutsche Materialeffizienzagentur Durable Environmental Multidisciplinary Monitoring Information Network (DLR) Dezentrales Energiemanagementsystem Deutsche Energieagentur

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Deutsche Unternehmensinitiative Energieeffizienz Network Information Center f¨ ur Deutschland (Karlsruhe, DE) Double-Enhanced Intracavity Frequency Conversion (Laser) Deutsche Orbitale Servicing-Mission Department of Environmental Protection Dielectrophoretic Depleted Field Effect Transistor Decadal Climate Prediction System (weather forecast) Distributed Energy Resources Defense Evaluation & Research Agency (MOD, GB) Dark Energy Survey (project since 2013) Data Encryption Standard (or: System) Department of Electrical Science (NPL, UK) Detached Eddy Simulation (turbulence model) dielektrischer Elastomersensor ¨ Diethylstilbestrol (Ostrogen-Derivat/estrogen derivative) Dutch Experiment Support Centre (gravity research) Design of Safety-Critical Automotive Systems Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument Design, Simulation and Flight Reynolds Number Testing for Advanced High Lift Solutions (DLR project) Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY in Hamburg DESY in Zeuthen Detection Error Tradeoff (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Dezentrale urbane Wasserinfrastruktursysteme Diethylzink (-Verfahren zur Papierkonservierung) Delay Factor Deutsche Forschungsanstalt f¨ ur Lebensmittelchemie (Garching) Distributed Feedback (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication, Laser) Delayed Feedback Control Difference Frequency Comb Data Flow Diagram Deutsches Fernerkundungsdatenzentrum (DLR, Oberpfaffenhofen) Division of Fluid Dynamics (APS) Decision Feedback Equalizer (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Digital Front End (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Deutscher Fernsehfunk (ehem./former DDR) Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Deutsche Forschungsanstalt f¨ ur Hubschrauber und Vertikalflugtechnik Deutsch-Franz¨ osische Hochschule (Saarbr¨ ucken) Diabetes-Forschungsinstitut (D¨ usseldorf) Department for International Development (UK) Deutsch-Franz¨ osisches Jugendwerk Deutsches Forschungszentrum f¨ ur k¨ unstliche Intelligenz (Saarbr¨ ucken) Deutsche Forschungsanstalt f¨ ur Luftfahrt (Braunschweig, 1936) Deutsche Forschungsanstalt f¨ ur Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (Braunschweig, 1962) Design for Manufacturing Design for Manufacturing and Assembly Deutsches Forschungsnetz (Datennetz/data network) Department of Fisheries and Oceans (CA) Dansk Fysisk Selskap Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH Deutsche Forschungsanstalt f¨ ur Segelflug Diabetisches Fußsyndrom Digital Frequency Synthesizer Dynamic Flow Simulator (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Dynamic Frequency Selection (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Density Functional Theory, Dichtefunktionaltheorie (Kernphysik/nuclear physics) Discrete Fourier Transform, diskrete Fouriertransformation Devil Facial Tumor Disease, Beutelteufel-Gesichtstumorerkrankung Datenfern¨ ubertragung Deutsche Forschungs- und Versuchsanstalt f¨ ur Luft- und Raumfahrt (1969–1989, danach/thereafter: DLR) Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (Texas, USA) Degenerate Four Wave Mixing (Entartete Vier-Wellen-Mischung) Directorate-General (EU Commission) Deutsche Gesellschaft f¨ ur angewandte Optik Deutsche Gesellschaft f¨ ur Ausw¨ artige Politik Deutsche Gesellschaft f¨ ur biomedizinische Technik Directorate General Civil Aviation (Indonesia) Deutsche Gesellschaft f¨ ur Ern¨ ahrung Dynamic Gain-Equalizer (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Deutsche Gesellschaft f¨ ur Ern¨ ahrungsmedizin Deutsche Gesellschaft f¨ ur Flugwissenschaften e.V. (1959) Deutsche Gesellschaft f¨ ur Biophysik Deutsche Gesellschaft f¨ ur Erziehungswissenschaft Dubna Gas-Filled Recoil Separator (JINR) Deutsche Gesellschaft f¨ ur Sprachwissenschaft Deutsche Geophysikalische Gesellschaft

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Deutsche Glastechnische Gesellschaft e.V. Deutsche Gesellschaft f¨ ur H¨ amatologie und Medizinische Onkologie Deutsche Gesellschaft f¨ ur humanes Sterben Deutsche Gesellschaft f¨ ur Herpetologie und Terrarienkunde Deutsche Gesellschaft f¨ ur Kristallographie Deutsche Gesellschaft f¨ ur Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik Deutsche Gesellschaft f¨ ur Kristallwachstum und Kristallz¨ uchtung e.V. Deutsche Gesellschaft f¨ ur Lasermedizin Deutsche Gesellschaft f¨ ur Luft- und Raumfahrt Deutsche Gesellschaft f¨ ur Materialkunde e.V. Deutsche Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft f¨ ur Erd¨ ol, Erdgas und Kohle e.V. Deutsche Gesellschaft f¨ ur Medizinische Physik Dynamic Group Number Assignment (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Deutsche Gesellschaft f¨ ur nachhaltiges Bauen Differential GNSS Station Deutsche Gesellschaft f¨ ur Produktinformationen mbH Deutsche Gesellschaft f¨ ur Psychologie Differential Global Positioning System Deutsche Gesellschaft f¨ ur Post- und Telekommunikationsgeschichte e.V. Deutsche Gesellschaft f¨ ur Qualit¨ at Deutsche Geb¨ ardensprache Deutsche Gesellschaft f¨ ur Sonnenenergie Deutsche Gesellschaft f¨ ur Soziologie Deutsche Gesellschaft f¨ ur Schlafforschung und Schlafmedizin Direction G´ en´ erale des T´ el´ ecommunications Deutsche Gesetzliche Unfallversicherung Data Gateway Deutsche Gesellschaft f¨ ur Warenkennzeichnung mbH Deutsche Gesellschaft f¨ ur Zellbiologie Deutsche Gesellschaft f¨ ur Zahn-, Mund- und Kieferheilkunde Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Rettung Schiffbr¨ uchiger Data – High Rate Data Packet Type (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) der Hedschra (islamische Zeitrechnung, ab 622 n. Chr.) Docosahexaens¨ aure (Omega-3-Fetts¨ aure) Dihydroxyacetonphosphat Duale Hochschule Baden-W¨ urttemberg (Villingen-Schwenningen) Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Deformed Helix Ferroelectrics Deutscher Hochseesportverband Hansa Department of Health and Human Services (USA) Deutsches Historisches Institut Paris 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 Haas–van Alphen (Effect) Directivity Index (loudspeaker) Digital Item Adaptation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Differential Absorption Lidar Diamide Extraction (nuclear waste processing) Dual Ion Accelerators for Nuclear Astrophysics Direct Information Access Network for Europe Deutsches Institut f¨ ur Betriebswirtschaft Development of Integrated Biomass Biofuels Approaches Network Digital Broadcasting Expert Group (seit/since 1977 in Japan) Digital In-Band Broadcasting System Digital Image Correlation Data Intensive Cyber Environment 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 f¨ ur Ern¨ ahrungsforschung (Potsdam) Deutsches Institut f¨ ur Fernstudien (T¨ ubingen) Differentiated Services Deutsches Institut f¨ ur Urbanistik Deutsche Industrie- und Handelskammer Digital In-Line Holographic Microscopy Deutscher Industrie- und Handelstag Download Info Indication (Telekommunikation/telecommunication)

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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) Data, Information, Knowledge, Wisdom Deutsches Institut f¨ ur Lebensmitteltechnik (Quakenbr¨ uck) Dual In-Line (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Deutsches Institut f¨ ur Medizinische Dokumentation und Information Descent Image Motion Estimation System (Raumfahrt/spacecraft) Digital Multibeam Steering Deutsches Institut f¨ ur Normung Deutsche Initiative f¨ ur Netzwerkinformation e.V. Deutscher Zertifizierungsrat im DIN Digital Item Processing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Diindenoperylen Dual In-Line Package (MEMS) Deutsches Institut f¨ ur Internationale P¨ adagogische Forschung (Frankfurt/M) Distributed Intelligent Piloting System Data Intensive Research Diffuse Infrared Background Experiment (Kosmologie/cosmology) Detection of Internally Reflected 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) Digital Strategies for Heritage (Conference) Dual Input – Single Output (Regler, System/controller, system) Division of Information Technology and Computing (NPL, UK) Deutsches Informationszentrum f¨ ur technische Regeln Deutsches Interferometer f¨ ur Vielkanalphotometrie und Astrometrie Deutsches Institut f¨ ur Wirtschaftsforschung (Berlin) Direct Ink Writing (nanotechnology) Do it yourself Deterministic Jitter (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Disk-Jockey Dschibuti (fr¨ uher Afara und Issa)/Djibouti (former Afar and Issa) (ISO 3166) Double Jelly Roll (Genetik/genetics) D¨ anemark/Denmark (ISO 3166) Disk Key (f¨ ur CDs und DVDs) Deutscher Kalibrierdienst Deutsche Kommission Elektrotechnik (DIN und VDE) Deutsches Forschungszentrum f¨ ur K¨ unstliche Intelligenz (Karlsruhe, Saarbr¨ ucken) Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (Heidelberg) Deutsche Keramische Gesellschaft e.V. Deutsche Kommission f¨ ur Ingenieurausbildung Deutsches Kunststoff-Institut Domainkey Identified Mail Deutsches Komitee f¨ ur Meeresforschung und Meerestechnik Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum (Hamburg) Deep Learning Downlink (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Deutsches Literaturarchiv (Marbach) Dielectric Laser Acceleration Diffusion-Limited Aggregation Dynamic Link Architecture (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Deep Learning as a Service Data Link Control (or: Connection) [Layer] (DECT) Diamond-like Carbon Digital Loop Carrier (Internet) Direct Lift Control (aircraft testing) Data Link Connection Identifier (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Downlink Dual Carrier (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Delay-Line Interferometer [Dateinamenerweiterung: Programmdatei/file name extension: program file] Dynamic(ally) (or: Direct) Link(ed) Library (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Direct Metal Laser Sintering (3D-Drucker/3D printing) Digital Living Network Alliance (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Digital Light Processing (or: Processor, or: Projection) Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex, Dorsolateraler pr¨ afrontaler Kortex Deutsche Forschungsanstalt f¨ ur Luft- und Raumfahrt (ab/since 1989, fr¨ uher/formerly: DFVLR) Ab 1.10.1997/since Oct. 1, 1997: Deutsches Zentrum f¨ ur Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. Deutsche Lebensrettungsgesellschft Direct Access Logging System (Sprachaufzeichnungssystem/speech recorder, Philips) Dynamic Light Scattering, dynamische Lichtstreuung Digital Line Unit Digital Light Valve Derjaguin–Landau–Verwey–Overbeek (soft-matter theory) Direct Laser Writing Data Manager (or: Mining) Data – Medium Rate Data Packet Type (Telekommunikation/telecommunication)

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Deformable Mirror (adaptive Optik/adaptive optics) Deutsches Museum (M¨ unchen) Dialog Management (Sprachverarbeitung/speech processing) Dominica (ISO 3166) Direct Memory Access Define, 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 Digital Motor Electronics (Kfz/motor vehicle) Distance Measuring Equipment (for air traffic) Dimethylformamid (L¨ osungsmittel/solvent) Direct Methanol Fuel Cell, Direkt-Methanol-Brennstoffzelle Dynamic Mean Field Theory (Festk¨ orperphysik/solid state physics) Determinstic Micro Grinder (f¨ ur asph¨ arische Linsen/for aspheric lenses) Deutsche Meteorologische Gesellschaft Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft e.V. Driver-Machine Interface Digital Mathematics Library Direct Metal Laser-Sintering Deutsches Museum M¨ unchen Digital-Multimeter Default Mode Network (im Gehirn/in the brain) Direct Mode Operation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Division of Mechanical and Optical Metrology (NPL, UK) Data Management Plan [Peter A.] Diamond, [Dale T.] Mortensen, [Christopher A.] Pissarides (Modell, Wirtschaftswissenschaften) Digital Media Project (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Disease-Management-Programm Division of Materials Physics (APS) Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics Data Miner Recipes (statistical computations) Differential 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´ e Subtraction (Metrologie/metrology) Direct Measurement System Document Management System (Wissensmanagement) Dual-Magnetron-Sputter-System Dimethyl sulfoxide, Dimethylsulfoxid Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (USA) Discrete Multi-Tone (Leitungscode, Mehrfach-Tr¨ ager-Modulation/transmission code, multiple carrier) Dough Moulding Compound Dental Microwear Texture Analysis 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) Deliver Using Network and Content Protection (Datentransfer/data transmission) Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (USA) Deutsches Netzwerk f¨ ur Evidenz-basierte Medizin Deutsches Nationales Komitee f¨ ur IUPAP Day-Night-Level (L¨ armpegel) DNA-Methyltransferase Data Network System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Desoxyribonucleins¨ aure Direct Numerical Simulation (z.B. Verbrennungsvorg¨ ange/e.g., internal combustion) Domain Name Service (or: System, or: Server) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Digitale Nutzfahrzeugtechnologie (Innovationscluster/innovation cluster, Kaiserslautern) Dinitrotoluol Deutsch-Niederl¨ andischer Windkanal (bei/near Emmeloord, NL, 1980) Dominikanische Repubik/Dominican Republic (ISO 3166) Direction of Arrival Directory of Open Access Books Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Gesellschaft Directory of Open Access Journals Directory of Open Access Repositories Differentielle optische Absorptionsspektroskopie, Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy Depth of Burial (for underground nuclear tests)

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Dobes Dobson-Unit DOC DOC DOC DOC DOCSIS DOD DODfast DOE DoE DOE DOES DOF DOF DoH DOI DOK DOM DON DOP DOP DOPA DOPS DOR DORA DORIS DORIS DoS DOS DOS DOS DOS DOSB DOSITS DOT DOT DOT DoV DP DP DPA DPA, dpa D-PAF DPCCH DPCH DPCM DPD DPD DPD DPDCH DP-DQPSK DPE DPF DPF DPG DPHEP DPI DPI DPhV DPKK DPLA DPMA DPMEM DPN DPNS DPOAE DPOLY DPP DPP DPP DP-QPSK DPRK DPS DPSK DPSS(L) DPZ

Dokumentation bedrohter Sprachen (Projekt der Volkswagenstiftung, Nimwegen, NL) 2,7 × 1016 Molek¨ ule/cm3 [Dateinamenerweiterung: Microsoft-Word-Dokument/file name extension: Microsoft Word document] Demonstration of Capability Department of Commerce (USA) Dissolved Organic Carbon (in water resources) Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Department of Defense (USA) Demonstration of an Optical Data Link Fast Department of Energy (USA) Design of Experiments Diffractive Optical Element differentielle optische Absorptionsspektroskopie Degree-of-Freedom Depth of Focus (Sch¨ arfentiefe) Department of Health (UK) Digital Object Identifier (Literatursuche im www/literature search in the www) Deutsches Optisches Komitee Digital Optical Module (neutrino detector) Department of the Navy Degree of Polarization (Glasfaser/glass fiber) Dioctylphthalat (Weichmacher/plasticizer) l-Dihydroxyphenylalanin Danish Optical Society Director of Research Declaration on Research Assessment Doppel-Ring-Speicher (DESY) Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositoning Integrated by Satellite (ENVISAT) Denial-of-Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Density of States (Festk¨ orperphysik/solid state physics) Deutsche Offenlegungsschrift (Patent) Digital Optical Switch (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Disk Operating System Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund Discovery of Sound in the Sea [Dateinamenerweiterung: Microsoft Word-Dokumentenvorlage/file name extension: Microsoft Word document template] Department of Transportation (USA) Diffuse Optical Tomography Data over Voice Double Precision 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) Differential Pulse Code Modulation Data Protection Directive (EU) Deutscher Paketdienst, ab 1.1.2008/since Jan. 1, 2008: Dynamic Parcel Distribution Digital Predistortion Dedicated Physical Data Channel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Dual-Polarization Differential Quadrature Phase-Shift Keying (Modulation) Distributed Processing Environment (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Dieselpartikelfilter Distributed Packet Filtering (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft [Study Group on] Data Preservation and Long Term Analysis in High Energy Physics Department of Primary Industries (Victoria, AU) Drittes Physikalisches Institut [der Universit¨ at G¨ ottingen] Deutscher Philologenverband Deutsches Prostatakarzinom Konsortium Digital Public Library of America Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt Dual-Port Memory (auf Prozessorkarte/on processor card) Dip-Pen-Nanolithography Digital Private Networking System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emission (physiological acoustics) Division of Polymer Physics (APS) Digital Photonic Production Diketopyrrolopyrrole (organic polymer) Division of Plasma Physics (AIP) Dual-Polarization Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (optische Telekommunikation, Modulation/optical telecommunication, modulation) Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Dispersion-Relation Phase Spectroscopy Differential Phase-Shift Key Diode-Pumped Solid State (Laser) Deutsches Primatenzentrum (G¨ ottingen)

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Development Qualification Data Quality Analyzer (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Distributed Queue Dual Basis (or: Bus) Differential Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (Modulation) Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Zertifizierung von Qualit¨ atsmanagementsystemen mbH dielektronische Rekombination Dilution Refrigerator Drive (US Mail) Defence Research Agency (UK) Dynamic Read Analysis for Genomics 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) DARPA Robotics Challenge 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 R¨ ontgengesellschaft, Gesellschaft f¨ ur medizinische Radiologie, Strahlenbiologie und 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 Driving Innovation in Crisis Management for European Resilience (EU project) 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 Differential Reflectance Spectroscopy [Dateinamenerweiterung: Treiberdatei/file name extension: driver file] [Dateinamenerweiterung: Micrografix Designer-Graphikdatei/file name extension: Micrografix Designer graphic file] Differentiated Services (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Downstream Diffuse 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) Deep Sound Channel (ocean acoustics) Differential Scanning Calorimetry Digital System Controller Distributed Source Coding (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Dye-Sensitive Solar Cell Dynamic Stability Control (Kfz/motor vehicle) Downlink Shared Channel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Deep Space Climate Observatory Differentiated Services Code Point (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Defense Satellite Communications System (USA) Direct Stream Digital Design Support Environment Downstream Sequence Element Dispersion Shifted Fiber (Glasfaser/glass fiber) Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband Deutsche Sporthochschule (K¨ oln) Deutsches SOFIA-Institut (Universit¨ at Stuttgart) Diffusions-Spektrum-MRI (Bildgebungsverfahren/image processing) Download Server Initiative (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Deep Space Instrumentation Facility (antenna systems) Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (UK) Dreiachsiges Strapdown Kurs-Lage-Referenzsystem Deep Scattering Layer Digital Subscriber Line (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Domain Specific Language (Programmiertrend) Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum (Bremerhaven) Diagnostisches und statistisches Manual [psychischer St¨ orungen] Distributed System Management Dynamic Spectrum Management (Telekommunikation/telecommunication)

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Data (or: Digital) Storage Media – Command and Control (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Deep Space Network (for communication) Digital Sampling Oscilloscope Digital Storage Oscilloscope Data Service Profile (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Defense Support Program (USA) Diabetische Schwerpunktpraxis Digital Signal Processor (or: Processing) Digital Speech Processing Downstream Processing Delayed Sound Reinforcement Differential 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 (S¨ udafrika/South Africa) Discrete Sine Transform, diskrete Sinustransformation Dispersion Supported Transmission (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Defence (or: Data) Science and Technology Organization (AU) Digital Service Unit Damage Suppressor (a protein) Deutscher Schwimm-Verband Deutsche Stifung Weltbev¨ olkerung durchschnittlicher Substitutionsgrad Demonstrations and Science Experiments (NASA, geplant f¨ ur/planned for 2012) Data Terminal Deutsche Technische Akademie (Helmstedt) Differential Thermal Analysis Demountable TAB Dodecyltrimethylammonium Bromide Digital Recording Tag Defence Technology Centre (UK) Direct Torque Control (f¨ ur Elektroantrieb/for electric drive) Digital Transmission Content Protection (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Document Type Definition Data Terminal Equipment (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Discrete-Time Fourier Transform Direct to Home (Satellitenfernsehen/satellite TV) Danish Technological Institute Department of Trade and Industry (UK) Diffusion Tensor Imaging (Bildgebungsverfahren/image processing) Display Technology Incorporated (Zusammenschluss von IBM und Toshiba zur Produktion von Flachbildschirmen/cooperation of IBM and Toshiba for flat-screen manufacturing) Diode-Transistor Logic Department of Terrestrial Magnetism (Carnegie Institution of Washington, DC, USA) Device Type Manager (Feldbussystem/field bus system) Dual Transfer Mode (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) David Taylor Model Basin (MD, USA) 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 Digital Television Dynamic Time Warp(ing) Discontinuous Transmission (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Dobson Unit (for atmospheric ozone concentration) Developing Use of Altimetry for Climate Studies Daten¨ ubertragungseinrichtung (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) ¨ Deutsches Ubersee-Institut (Hamburg) Driving Under the Influence Deep Underwater Myon and Neutrino Detector (bei/near Hawaii) Dial-Up Networking (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment

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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 DVFS DVG DVL DVM DVMT DVP DVPT DVPW DVS DVS DVT DWA DWA DWAF DWC DWC DWD DWDM DWI DWIH DWL DWNT DWP DWPI DwPTS DWT DXA DXC DXF DYNAMO DZ DZA DZfCh DZNE D2B D2D D3ML

Deep Undergrond Science and Engineering Laboratory (Homestake gold mine in Lead, South Dakota, USA) Device Under Test Deep-Ultraviolet Deutsche Universit¨ atszeitung 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 Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling Deutsche Vakuumgesellschaft Deutsche Versuchsanstalt f¨ ur Luftfahrt (Berlin-Adlershof, 1912) Deutscher Verband f¨ ur Materialforschung und -pr¨ ufung Dynamic Video Memory Technology Distributed Video Production Deutscher Verband f¨ ur Post und Telekommunikation Deutsche Vereinigung f¨ ur Politische Wissenschaft Deutscher Verband f¨ ur Schweißtechnik (oder: ... f¨ ur Schweißen und verwandte Verfahren e.V.) Dynamic Vision Sensor (camera) Deutscher Verband Technisch-Wissenschaftlicher Vereine e.V. Deutsche Vereinigung f¨ ur Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasserr und Abfall Diebstahlwarnanlage Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (ZA) Digital Waveform Capture (I/O Board) Digital Wavefront Camera Deutscher Wetterdienst Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Drinking Water Inspectorate (UK) Deutsche Wissenschafts- und Innovationsh¨ auser (an mehreren Standorten weltweit) 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/file name extension: Autodesk Autoload graphic file] [MURI Center for] Dynamic Magneto-Optics (University of Michigan, USA) Algerien/Algeria (ISO 3166) Deutsches Zentrum f¨ ur Altersfragen (Berlin) Deutscher Zentralausschuss f¨ ur Chemie Deutsches Zentrum f¨ ur Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (UMG, T¨ ubingen) Domestic Digital (or: Digital Domestic) Bus (Faseroptik/fiber optics) Device-to-Device Device Independent Multi-Modal Markup Language

E E-... E... EA EAA EAA EAC EAC EACOA EADQ EADS EADV EAE EAEG eag (EAG) EAG E-AGCH EAI EAI

Electronic ... (-Business, -Commerce, -Economy, -Journal, -Procurement etc.) Exa (Pr¨ afix/prefix): 1018 Electroabsorption European Acoustics Association Experimental Aircraft Association European Astronaut Centre (ESA) Extended Access Control (Datensicherheit/data security) East Asian Core Observatories Association (astronomy) [Fraunhofer-] Einrichtung f¨ ur Diagnose und Qualit¨ atssteigerung European Aeronautic Defence System European Academy of Dermatology and Venerology Experimentelle Autoimmunenzephalomyelitis Euroean Association of Exploration Geophysics ether-` a-go-go (ein Gen/a gene) Europ¨ aische Atomgemeinschaft Enhanced [Uplink] Absolute Grant Channel Emergency Access Initiative Enterprise Application Integration (Telekommunikation/telecommunication)

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EAL EALM EAM EAM EAN EAP EAP EAP EAP EAPOL EAPS EAPS EAR EAR EARA EARLINET EARN EARN EARS EARSS EARTO EAS EAS EASA EASA EASI EASI EASInet EASIS EASOE EASSy EAST EAT EATC EB EBA EBA EBASS EBCC EBCOT EBD EBDM EBF EBHA EBI EBID EBiSC EBIT EBIT EBITDA E-BIZ EBL EBL EBLIDA EBLIP EBM EbM EBN EBP EB-PVD EBR EBRD EBS EBS EBSD EBT EBU EBV EC EC EC EC ECA ECA ECAD ECAF eCall

Evangelische Akademie Loccum Electro-Absorption Laser Modulator (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Electro-Absorption Modulator (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Energie-Aktiengesellschaft Mitteldeutschland (fr¨ uher/formerly: Elektrizit¨ ats-Aktiengesellschaft Mitteldeutschland) European Article Number, Europ¨ aische Artikelnummer (Strichcode/bar code) [Bureau of] East Asian and Pacific [Affairs] Electro-Active Polymer, elektroaktives Polymer Encyclopedia of Applied Physics Extensible Authentication Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Extensible Authentication Protocol over Local Area Networks (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Earth, Atmosphere, and Planetary Sciences (Department at Purdue University, USA) 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 European Asteroid Research Node (DLR) Environmental Acoustic Recording System Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (Medizin/medicine) European Association of Research and Technology Organizations (Bruxelles, BE) European Astronomical Society Extraordinary Acoustic Screening European Academic Software Award European Aviation Safety Agency, Europ¨ aische Agentur f¨ ur Flugsicherheit 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 europ¨ aischer Automobilhersteller/cooperation of European car manufacturers) European Arctic Stratospheric Ozone Experiment Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (Hefei, China) Enquiring About Tolerance (Allergie-Studie) European Altair Technology Conference Equivalent Bandwidth (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Eisenbahnbundesamt Evidence-Based Acquisition (Cambridge University Press, UK) Essrange Balloon Service European Bird Census Committee Embedded Block Coding with Optimal Truncation (Bildkompression/image compression) [elektronische Bremskraftverteilung] (Kfz/motor vehicle) Electron Beam Direct Manufacturing (3D-Drucker/3D printer) European Federation of Biology hydraulischer Aktor mit elektrischem Backup European Bioinformatics Institute (Hinxton bei/near Cambridge, UK) Electron-Beam Induced Deposition European Bank for Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Earnings Before Interest and Tax Electron Beam Ion Trap Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortization E-Business Innovationszentrum (FhG) E-Beam Lithography Electron Blocking Layer (in LEDs) European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations Evidence-Based Library and Information Practice Electron Beam Melting Evidenzbasierte Medizin entwicklungsbegleitende Normung Error Back Propagation (Algorithmus/algorithm) Electron-Beam Physical Vapor Deposition Electronic Batch Record European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Elektronisches Bremssystem (Kfz-Technik) European Business School (in Oestrich-Winkel, DE) Electron Backscatter(ed) Diffraction Electron-Beam Testing European Broadcasting Union [Michael] Epstein, [Yvonne] Barr Virus (herpes virus) Ecuador (ISO 3166) Electrochemical Capacitor European Commission Executive Council European Congress on Acoustics Evolution Cryotechnique Type A (Rakete/rocket) Electronic Computer Aided Design European Conservation Agriculture Federation Emergency Call (Kfz-Unfallmeldesystem)

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ECAP ECB ECB ECC ECC ECC ECC ECCC ECCO EC COST ECD ECD ECDF ECDIS ECDL ECDT ECE ECE ECFA ECFRN ECHo EChO ECHR ECL ECL ECL ECLA ECLIF ECLS ECLSS ECM ECM ECM ECM ECM ECM ECMA ECMC ECMP ECMWF ECN ECO ECOC ECoG ECOLE ECoMoS ECOPS ECORD ECOSA ECOSAE ECOSSE ECPP ECR ECS ECS ECS ECSC ECSC ECSD ECSEL Ecsite ECSS ECT ECT eCTD ECTF ECTS ECU ECU ECU ECUA ECVAM ECWP EC2 ED EDA EDA EDA

Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics (FAU, Erlangen, DE) EcoCommercial Building European Chemicals Bureau Electrochemical Concentration Cell Electronic Climate Control (f¨ ur Autos/for cars) Engineered Cementitious Composite (biegsamer Beton/flexible concrete) Error Correcting Code Environment and Climate Change Canada Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (Forschungsprojekt/research project) European Cooperation in the Field Field of Scientific and Technical Research Electrochromic Device Electron Capture Detector Edinburgh Compute Data Facility (UK) Elektronisches Kartendarstellungs- und Informationssystem (DLR- und Atlas Elektronik-Programm) External Cavity Diode Laser (gitterstabilisierter Diodenlaser) 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 Electron Capture Holmium (experiment on neutrino mass) Exoplanet Characterization Observatory (ESA, planned) European Convention on Human Rights Emitter Coupled Logic European Compliance Lab External Cavity Laser European [Patent] Classification System Emissions and Climate Impact of Alternative Fuels (for aircraft) 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) Error Correction Mode European Crystallographic Meeting European Computer Manufacturers Association Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (Liverpool, GB) Equal Cost Multipath (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecast (Reading, UK) (= EZMW) Energy Research Centre (NL) Emergency On-Call Officer (Einsatzkoordinator) European Conference [and Exhibition] on Optical Communication Electrocortiography European Collaborative Open Learning Environment Energieautarkes Condition-Monitoring System (Verbundprojekt BMBF-Fraunhofer) 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) Elliptic Curve Primality Proving (algorithm) Early-Career Researcher Electrochemical Society (USA) Electronics and Computer Science Environmental Control System 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 Extended Collaborative Support (XSEDE) Elektrochemotherapie (gegen Krebs) Explicit Call Tranfer (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Electronic Common Technical Document (Standard) Early Career Task Force 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) Exploratory Data Analysis

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EDC EDC EDC EDC EDC EDCC EDCINE EDCTP EDD EDELWEISS EDF EDF EDFA EDG EDG EDGE EDGE EDI EDICI EDID EDIF EDIFACT EDL EDLC EDM EDM EDM EDM EDMS EDNA EDP EDP E-DPCCH E-DPDCH EDPS EDQM EDR EDR EDRN EDRS EDS EDS EDS EDSAC EDT EDT EDTA edu EDV EDVAC EDWARD EDX ED-XRF EE EE EEA EEC EECONET EECS E-EDID eEDM EEE EEEL EEF EEFAE EEG EEG EEHPC EEI EEIG EELS EELT EEM EEN EEP EEPROM EER

Electronic Damper Control (Kfz/motor vehicle) Electronic Data Capture Electronic Diesel Control (Kfz/motor vehicle) Endocrine Disrupting Compounds Energy Decay Curve (acoustics) Ecofriendly Ductile Cementitious Composite Enhanced Digital Cinema (EU project) European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (16 European and 45 African countries) Electronic Data-Deliverable Exp´ erience pour D´ etecter les WIMPs en Site Souterrain Electricit´ e de France Extended Depth of Field Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier (Glasfaser/glass fiber) Electronics Development Group (at EFI) European Datagrid Enhanced Datarate(s) for GSM Evolution (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Evolutionary Distinct and Globally Endangerd (Artenschutz/species protection) Electronic Data (or: Document) Interchange Evolution, Development and Intentional Control of Initiation (EU Project) Extended Display Identification Data (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) 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 Energy Delay Product Enhanced Dedicated Physical Control Channel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Enhanced Dedicated Physical Data Channel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) European Data Protection Supervisor Europ¨ aische Direktion f¨ ur die Qualit¨ at von Arzneimitteln und Gesundheitspflege Enhanced Data Rate (25.78125 Gb/s) Event Data Recorder (Kfz-Technik/automobile) Early Detection Research Network (National Cancer Institute) European Data Relay System (f¨ ur Informationsaustausch zwischen Satelliten/for information exchange between satellites) Earth Departure Stage (Raumfahrt/spacecraft) Electronic Differential System, elektronische Differenzialsperre (Kfz/automobile) Energy-Dispersive Spectrometer (or: Spectroscopy) 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) Electric Diwheel with Active Rotation Damping (entwickelt/developed in Adelaide, AU, 2009–2011) Energy Dispersive X-Ray (fluorescence spectroscopy)/Energiedispersive R¨ ontgenspektroskopie Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Equipment Engineering (TC im/in the ETSI) Estland/Estonia (ISO 3166) European Environment(al) Agency European Economic Community European Ecological Network (Naturschutz/nature conservation) Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Enhanced Extended Display Identification Data (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Electron’s Electric Dipole Moment [Department of] Electronic and Electrical Engineering (at UCL) Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory (NIST, USA) Erleichterung f¨ ur Existentzgr¨ undungen aus Forschungseinrichtungen (ein Fonds/a fund) Efficient and Environmentally Friendly Aero-Engine (Flugzeugantrieb/aircraft engine) Elektroenzephalogramm (-graphie), Electroencephalogram (-graphy) Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz (DE, seit 1.4.2000) Energy Efficient High Performance Computing Edison Electric Institute (USA) European Economic Interest Group (EU) Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy (or: Spectrometer) European Extremely Large Telescope (geplant f¨ ur/planned for 2017, Atacama W¨ uste/desert, Chile) Electronic Engine Management (Kfz/motor vehicle) Enterprise Europe Network Europ¨ aisches Erhaltungszuchtprogramm (f¨ ur vom Aussterben bedrohte Tierarten/program for breeding animals threatened by extinction) Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory Equal-Error Rate (Telekommunikation/telecommunication)

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EERE eERG EEROM EESC EESE EET EeV EEW EEZ EF eFA EFA EFAS EFD EFDA EFE EFF EFFESUS EFG EFI EFI EFK EFL EFM EFM EFPIA EFR EFRC EFRE EFS EFS EFSA EFT EFTA EG EGA EGA EGA EGEE EGF EGG EGG EGG EGI, EGI.eu eGK EGK EGK EGM EGMR EGNOS EGO EGP EGP EGPRS EGRET EGS EGS EGSK E-GSM EGT EGU EGW eGY EH EHA EHB EHEA EHEC EHESS EHF E-HICH EHL EHLA EHRD EHS EHS EHT EI

[DOE Office of] Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy End-Use Efficiency Research Group (Politecnico di Milano, IT) Electrically Erasable Read-Only Memory Equivalent Effective Stratospheric Chlorine Electrical/Electronic Systems Engineering Energy Efficient Transport (Flugzeugantrieb/aircraft engine) Exaelektronenvolt (1018 eV) Early Earthquake Warning Exclusive Economic Zone Expedited Forwarding (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) ¨ elektronische Fallakte (f¨ ur Arzte und Kliniken) European Fighter Aircraft European Federation of Audiological Societies, Europ¨ aische F¨ oderation Audiologischer Gesellschaften Event Forwarding Discriminator (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) European Fusion Development Agreement Einstein’s Field Equations Electronic Frontier Foundation (USA) Energy Efficiency for EU Historic Districts Sustainability Edge-Defined Filmfed Growth Enrico Fermi Institute (University of Chicago, IL, USA) Expertenkommission f¨ ur Forschung und Innovation (DE, seit 2007) Eidgen¨ ossische Finanzkontrolle (CH) Effective Focal Length (optische Linsen/optical lenses) Ethernet in First Mile (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) European Film Marker European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations Enhanced Full Rate (Vocoder) Energy Frontier Research Center Europ¨ aischer Fonds f¨ ur regionale Entwicklung Electric Field Sensing Elektronische Flugstreifen (Flugsicherung) [Europ¨ aische Beh¨ orde f¨ ur Lebensmittelsicherheit/European authority for food reliability] Effective Field Theory (Kernphysik/nuclear physics) European Free Trade Association (NO, SE, FI, IS, CH, AT, FL) ¨ Agypten/Egypt (ISO 3166) ´ ements de G´ El´ eometrie Alg´ ebrique Enhanced Graphics Adapter Entwicklungsgesellschaft Adlershof Enabling Grid for E-Science in Europe Epidermal Growth Factor Electroglottography Electronics Goes Green (conference series) Energetics, Gestation, Growth (theory, concerning pregnancy) European Grid Initiative (or: Infrastructure) (seit/since 2010) elektronische Gesundheitskarte Europ¨ aisches Graduiertenkolleg Extended Gate Keeper (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Extraordinary General Meeting Europ¨ aischer Gerichtshof f¨ ur Menschenrechte 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 (fr¨ uher Spanisch-Sahara/former Spanish Sahara) (ISO 3166) elektrohydrostatischer Aktor Elly H¨ olterhoff-B¨ ocking-Stiftung European Higher Education Area enteroh¨ amorrhagische Escherichia coli Enhanced Higher Education Supply Service Extra High Frequency (30 – 300 GHz) Enhanced Uplink HARQ Indicator Channel extragalaktisches Hintergrundlicht Extremes Hochgeschwindigkeits-Laserauftragschweißen Education and Human Resources Development (University of Michigan, USA) Environment, Health, and Safety Environment and Human Security Event Horizon Telescope/Ereignishorizont–Teleskop Electron Impact (Massenspektrometer/mass spectrometer)

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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 European Installation Bus Association Editor in Chief Electron Induced Conduction Euro Info Centre European Information and Communication Technology Industry Association Electronic Identification of Containers Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Equivalent Input Noise Early Implementation Program [International Conference on] Electron, Ion, and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (US program) Excessive Information Rate (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) e-Infrastructure Reflection Group (zur gemeinsamen Nutzung verteilter elektronischer Ressourcen/for the shared use of distributed electronic resources) European Intergovernmental Research Organisations Effective (or: Equivalent) Isotropic Radiated Power (Satelliten/satellites) Effective Isotropic Sensitivity (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Environmental Impact Statement Executive Information Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Energy Independence and Security Act (USA 2007) Extended Industry Standard Architecture European Incoherent Scatter Scientific Association Effektive isotrope Strahlungsleistung Europ¨ aisches Institut f¨ ur Systemsicherheit 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 Enhaced Journals ... Made Easy (open access publishing project) Easy Java Simulation (programming environment) Europe Jupiter System Mission (ESA–NASA project, planned for about 2020) ¨ Expositions-Aquivalent f¨ ur krebserzeugende Arbeitsstoffe Egyptian Knowledge Bank Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt Object (Astronomie/astronomy) Extended Kalman Filter Elektrokardiogramm (-graphie) Europ¨ aische Gemeinschaft f¨ ur Kohle und Stahl [Fraunhofer-] Einrichtung f¨ ur Systeme der Kommunikationstechnik (M¨ unchen) Eastern Kentucky University → VDI-EKV Echo Loss (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Electroluminescence, Elektrolumineszenz Essl¨ offel (in Rezepten) Elektroakustik Empoverment and Livelihood for Adolescents (Uganda) l’Ensemble de Lancement Ariane (Weltraumbahnhof Kourou, GY) European Library Automation Group Ethernet LAN Services Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (US DoD) Elektronenbeschleuniger hoher Brillanz und geringer Emittanz (FZR, Rossendorf) Electrocatalytic Gas-Phase Conservation of CO2 in Confined Catalysts (EU 2004–2008, IT-FR-DE-GR) Evaluation and Languages Resources Distribution Agency Early Landslide Detection and Warning System European Launcher Development Organization (Raumfahrt/spacecraft) l’Ensemble de Lancement Europa (Weltraumbahnhof Kourou, GY) Efficient Learning Algorithm for Neural Networks Extra Low Energy Antiproton Ring (CERN) 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) Erlanger Zentrum f¨ ur Literatur- und Naturwissenschaften Ethernet Line Services

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ELINT ELISA eLISA ELITE ELM ELM ELMF ELN ELOG ELP ELROB ELS ELS ELS ELSA ELSD ELSI ELSTAM ELSTER ELT ELU EM EM EMA EMA EMA EMAC E-Mail E-MAN EMANI EMB EMBASSI EMBL eMBMS EMBO EMC EMC EMC EMC EMCCD EMD EMEA EMERGE EMER-T EMF EMF EMF EMFT EMG EMG EMH EMI EMI EMI EMI EMILI EMILY EMIME EMIS eMISK EML EML EML EML EMLACS EMM EMM EMM EMMA EMMI EMMI EMMI EMP EMP EMPA EMPD EMPS EMR

Electronic Intelligence Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay European Laser Interferometer Space Antenna 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) Egyptian Learning Society l’Ensemble de Lancement Soyuz (Weltraumbahnhof Kourou, GY) Elektron-Stretcher-Anlage Evaporative Light-Scattering Detector Ethical, Legal and Social Issues Elektronische Lohnsteuerabzugsmerkmale elektronische Steuererkl¨ arung Extremely Large Telescope (planned for 2018) Enhanced Learning Unlimited (EU project) Editorial Manager (e.g., JASA) Environmental Management (or: Monitoring) elektromechanischer Aktor European Medicines Agency, Europ¨ aische Arzneimittelagentur Experimental Modal Analysis, Experimentelle Modalanalyse Ethernet Media Access Controller Electronic Mail Ethernet Metropolitan Area Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Electronic Mathematics Archives Network Initiative (seit/since 2002) [Fraunhofer-] Einrichtung f¨ ur Marine Biologie (L¨ ubeck) Elektronische Multimediale Bedien- und Service-Assistenz Europ¨ aisches Molekularbiologisches Laboratorium, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (Heidelberg, DE) Enhanced (or: Evolved) Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) European Molecular Biology Organization (Heidelberg, DE) Electro-Magnetic Chamber Electromagnetic Compatibility (= EMV) Electron Microscopy Center (Argonne National Laboratory, USA) 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 Traffic (DLR) [Dateinamenerweiterung: Graphikdatei/file name extension: graphic file] Electromagnetic Field, elektromagnetisches Feld European Multimedia Forum [Fraunhofer-] Einrichtung f¨ ur Modulare (oder: Mikrosysteme und) Festk¨ orpertechnologien (M¨ unchen) 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 f¨ ur Kurzzeitdynamik, Freiburg) Ergonomischer, mobiler, interaktiver Ladungstr¨ ager f¨ ur die Intralogistik (Fraunhofer-Entwicklung) Emergency Integrated Lifesaving Lanyard (ONR) Effective Multilingual Interaction in Mobile Environments The European Mathematical Information Service Environmental Monitoring and Information System for Kuwait Electro-Absorption Modulated Laser (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Elektromagnetischer Levitator (auf der ISS) Element Management Layer (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) European Media Laboratory (Heidelberg, DE) Efficient Manufacturing of Laser Assisted Cold-Sprayed Components Entitlement Management Message (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) EPS Mobility Management (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Experimental & Molecular Medicine (a journal) European Airport Movement Management by A-SMGCS (Flughafen-Bodenverkehr/airport ground traffic) Electrical Man Machine Interface ESA Multi-Mode Instrument Extreme Matter Institute (Darmstadt, DE) Electromagnetic Pulse Embedded-Media Processor (Datenverarbeitung/data processing) Eidgen¨ ossische Materialpr¨ ufungs- und Forschungsanstalt (D¨ ubendorf, CH) [International Conference on] Energy Management and Power Delivery European Mobility Scheme for Physics Students (EPS) Electromagnetic Relay

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Electron Magnetic Resonance Electronic Medical Record Enhanced Measurement Report Extraordinary Magnetoresistance European Medical Research Council European Metrology Research Programme Electromagnetic Remote Sensing Electrified Monorail System Electromagnetic Susceptibiliy (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Electromechanical Suspension System Electronic Manufacturing Service Electronic Meeting System Element Management System (Internet) Engineering Management System European Mathematical Society European Maritime Safety Agency Echtzeitdienste f¨ ur die maritime Sicherheit – Security (DLR) Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (PNNL, USA) European Medical Scientific Training Program Electromagnetic Transient Emergency Medical Technician Elektromagnetische Vertr¨ aglichkeit (= EMC) Gesetz u aglichkeit von Ger¨ aten ¨ber die elektromagnetische Vertr¨ Elektromagnetische Umweltvertr¨ aglichkeit Europa-Norm, Europ¨ aische Norm (CENELEC) European Network and Applications Center [Fraunhofer-] Einrichtung (oder: -Institut) f¨ ur Elektronische Nanosysteme (Paderborn und Chemnitz) European Network for Business and Industrial Statistics Energie Baden-W¨ urttemberg AG Enviromental (European) Noise Directive European Network for Earth System Modelling Energieeinsparverordnung (seit/since 2007) Equivalent Noise Floor (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Ethernet Network Interface (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Europ¨ aisches Neurowissenschaftliches Institut Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (Univ. of Pennsylvania, USA 1945) European Nanoelectronics Initiative Advisory Council European Neuroscience Institute (in G¨ ottingen, DE) Enhanced Lightweight Design (EU project) Enviromenal Noise Management Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program(me) (EOMAP and DLR) European Network on Noise and Health Essentially Non-Oscillatory (numerische Rechenverfahren/numerical computing) Ecole Normale Sup´ erieure (Paris, FR) Ecole Nationale Sup´ erieure d’Electrotechnique, d’Electronique, d’Informatique, d’Hydraulique et des T´ el´ ecommunications (Toulouse, FR) Ecole Nationale Sup´ erieure d’Ing´ enieurs Electriciens de Grenoble El Ni˜ no Southern Oscillation (Klima/climate) Ecole Nationale Sup´ erieure des T´ el´ ecommunications (Paris, FR) Ecole Nationale Sup´ erieure des Techniques Avanc´ ees (Paris, FR) 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 [Politics to] Enforce the Transition to Nearly Zero Energy Buildings in Europe (EU project) Environment for Visualizing Images Environment Habitat (DLR: medizinische Forschungsanlage, K¨ oln, 2011 im Bau) (Europ¨ aischer Umweltsatellit, ab 1.3.2002/European enviroment satellite, since March 1, 2002) Enlarge Women in the East (Working group, European Commission, since 2003) European Network Exchange (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Envelope Earth Observation (Satelliten/satellites) Electro-Optical (Effects or Sensors) evozierte otoakustische Emissionen Earth Observation Center (DLR, Neustrelitz) European Operational Concept Validation Methodology (Flugverkehr/air traffic) e-Books on Demand Equal Opportunity Employer Empirical Orthogonal Function End of File Elektrooculogramm, Electrooculogram End of Life Earth Observation and Mapping Ethernet over MPLS Enhanced Other Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Earth Observation Programmes European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Earth Observing System (or: Satellite) (NASA)

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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 Certification Enhanced Observed Time Difference (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Extended Optical Time Domain Reflectometry Ease-of-Use Earth Observation and Environmental Modelling for the Mitigation of Health Risks (EU project) Europ¨ aisches Parlament Executive Plan Eicosapentaens¨ aure (Omega-3-Fetts¨ aure) elektronische Patientenakte elektronischer Personalausweis Environment(al) Protection Agency (in vielen L¨ andern/in many countries) Europ¨ aisches Patentamt (M¨ unchen) European Pressphoto Agency 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) Electronic Parking Brake, elektronische Parkbremse Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EU-Richtlinie) Electronic Power Conditioner Electronic Product Code (in the RFID) Enhanced Packet Core Enhanced Power Control (Kfz/automobile) European Payments Council European Publishers Council Epithelial Cell Adhesion Molecule Edinburgh Parallel Computing (or: Compute) Centre (Scotland) Estaci´ on Polar Cientifica Conjunta Glaciar Uni´ on Environmental Product Declarations European Energy Performance of Buildings Directive Electronics Product Develoment Centre (Philippinen) Evolved Packet Data Gateway Environmental Protection Encouragement Agency Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool Equivalent Power Flux Density (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Ecole Polytechnique F´ ed´ erale de Lausanne Electronic Program(ming) Guide (Digitalrundfunk/digital broadcast) Ethernet Physical Transceiver Eastern Pacific Investigations of Climate Echo Planar Imaging (MRI) European Photovoltaic Industry Association Electronic and Photonic Integrated Circuits Electronic Privacy Information Center (B¨ urgerrechtsgruppe) European Photon Imaging Camera (XMM) European Photonics Industry Consortium European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition Study European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica Emergent Phenomena in Quantum Systems Ethernet Private Line Europhysics Letters European Patent Litigation Agreement Ecole du Personnel Navigant d’Essai et de Reception Effective Perceived Noise Level Education and Public Outreach (University of Oregon, USA, Physics Department) Erythropoietin European Patent Office (M¨ unchen, DE) Ethernet Passive Optical Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) European Plate Observing System European Proximity Operations Simulator (DLR Oberpfaffenhoven, Satelliten-Reparatur) European PTT Open Learning Service European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen(-Paradoxon/paradox) Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Enhanced Permeability and Retention (effect) European Pressurised Water Reactor (Kernreaktor, geplant f¨ ur/nuclear reactor, planned for 2011 in Finland) Energy per Resource Element (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Electron Parametric Resonance Imaging Electronic Print Server for Research Information on Natural Science and Technology Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory Earth, Planets and Space (Journal) Encapsulated Postscript [Dateinamenerweiterung: Graphikdatei/file name extension: graphic file]

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EPS EPS EPS EPS EPS EPS EPS EPS EPSC EPSC epSOS EPSRC EPTA EPU ¨ EPU EPWS EPXMA EQ EQE EQEC eQtv EQUIP ER ER ER ER ERA ERA ERA ERAB ERAM ERASMUS ERATO ERATO ERB ERBE ERBS ERC ER-C ERC ERCIM ERCOFTAC ERCOT ERDA ERDF ERE ERES ERF E-RGCH ERGO ERIC ERIS ERISA ERL ER&L ERLE ERM ERM ERNE ERO ERO EROS eRosita ERP ERP ERP ERP ERS ERSAP ErSE ERSI ERT ERTMS ertPS ERTRAC ERV ES ES

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) Expandierter Polystyrol-Hartschaum (zur W¨ armed¨ ammung) European Planetary Science Congress Excitatory Postsynaptic Conductance (Neurologie/neurology) Smart Open Services for European Patients Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (UK) European Pulsar Timing Array (Astrophysik/astrophysics) End-of-Pipe–Umweltschutz Europ¨ aisches Patent¨ ubereinkommen European Platform of Women Scientists Electron Probe X-Ray Microanalysis Enzephalisationsquotient (Hirnforschung/brain research) External Quantum Efficiency (e.g., of solar cells) European Quantum Electronics Conference e-Qualifikations-TV (f¨ ur den Mittelstand/qualification for the middle class) Equality in Publishing Edge Router (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Eritrea (ISO 3166) Event Reporting Extinction Ratio Eigensystem Realization Algorithm European Research Area Excellence in Research for Australia European Research Area Board Electronic Research Archive for Mathematics (DFG project) European Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students Etude d’un Rotor A´ eroacoustique Technologiquement Optimale Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology Program (JRDC) Equivalent Rectangular Bandwidth (hearing research) Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (Klimaforschung/climate research) Earth Radiation Budget Satellite Engineering Research Center Ernst Ruska-Centrum (FZJ) 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 Effectiveness 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) Electronic Resources & Libraries (Conference series) Echo Return Loss Enhancement Earth Resource Mapping e-Resource Management Energetic and Relativistic Nuclei and Electron Experiment (an Bord von/aboard SOHO) European Research Office (of US Army, in London, GB) Explicit Route Object (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Earth Resources Observation System Extended Roentgen Survey with an Imaging Telescope Array (R¨ ontgenteleskop/X-ray telescope) Effective Radiation (or: Radiated) Power (Sender/transmitter) Energy Resource Planning Enterprise Resource Planning Event-Related Potential (Neurologie/Neuroscience) European Remote Sensing Satellite European Road Safety Action Programme Earth Sciences and Engineering (KAUST) 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

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ES ESA ESA/ASE ESA BIC ESAC ESAU ESB ESC ESC ESCA ESCA ESCHILO ESCON ESCPE ESCU ESD ESD ESDA ESDA ESDAC ESDIAD ESDM ESE ESE ESF ESF ESFRI ESG ESG ESG esh ESI eSI ESIME ESIU ESK ESL ES-Laser ESM ESM ESM ESMF E-SMF ESMT ESMVal ESNC ESnet ESO ESO ESOC ESOF ESOFTA ESONE ESOPS ESP ESP ESP ESP ESPCI ESPI ESPI ESPON ESPRI ESPRIT ESPRIT ESR ESR ESR ESRAB ESRANGE ESRF ESRIF ESRIN ESRL ESRO ESS ESS

Spanien/Spain (ISO 3166) Endangered Species Act (USA) European Space Agency / Agence spatiale europ´ eenne ESA Business Incubation Center Efficiency and Standards for Artcicle Charges (open access literature) Electronic Subscriber Access Unit (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Environmental Specimen Bank Elektronisches Stabilisierungsprogramm (Kfz) European Society of Cardiology 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) Electrostatic Discharge Expert System Development Engineering Systems Design and Analysis (ASME, Biennial Conference Series) Electronic Systems Design Automation European Soil Data Centre Electron-Stimulated Desorption Ion Angular Distribution Early Start Denver Model (Autismus-Therapie) 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 equivalent sun hours (Bestrahlungsst¨ arke) Elektronenspray-Ionisation elektronischer Sicherheitsinspektor Escuela Superior de Ingener´ıa Mec´ anica y Electrica (Mexico City) Environmental and Spatial Informatics Unit (of SEPA) [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Eingebettete Systeme und Kommunikationstechnik (M¨ unchen) ESA Simulation Language (Software) Eckige-Schraube-Laser Electrochemical Strain Microscopy Embedded Server Module Europ¨ aischer Stabilit¨ atsmechanismus Earth System Modelling Framework Enhanced SMF European School of Management and Technology (Berlin, DE) Earth System Model Validation (DLR-Messkampagne) European Satellite Navigation Competition Energy Science Network ESSI Service Organization European Southern Observatory, Europ¨ aische Organisation f¨ ur astronomische Forschung in der s¨ udlichen Hemisph¨ are (Garching) 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 Stabilit¨ atsprogramm (Kfz/motor vehicle) Embedded Signal Processing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Equal-Spin-Pairing (superconductivity) Extrasensory Perception Ecole Sup´ erieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles [de la Ville de Paris] Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometry European Space Policy Institute European Spatial Planning Observation Network Elektronenspringstrahlanlage 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) 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 Earth System Science

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ESS ESS ESS ESSA ESSC ESSCIRC ESSI ESSIC ESSID ESSL EST EST EST ESTA ESTB ESTEC EST&H ESTO ESTW ESWD ESWL ESYS E.T. ET ET ET ET ETACS ETAI ETAN ETANN ETAP ETBE ETC ETC ETC ETCS ETD ETD ETDM ETECAL ETFE ETG ETH EThOS ETHOS ETH(Z) ETI ETI ETI ETIC eTIN ETLA ETLS ETM ETMS ETO ETP ETP-SMR ETPS ETP4HTP ETR ETS ETS ETS ETS ETS ETS ETSI ETSPL ETSU ETUCE ETW ETZ, etz EU EUA EUC EUCAS

Electro-Seismic Signals (f¨ ur Erbebenvorhersage/for earthquake forecast) Ethernet Service Switch European Spallation Source (J¨ ulich, DE, and Lund, Sweden) Every Student Succeeds Act (USA) Earth Systems Science (research program, Chinese University of Hong Kong) European Solid-State Circuit Conference European Software and Systems Initiative Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (University of Maryland, USA) Extended Service Set Identifier (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) European Severe Storms Laboratory Eastern Standard Time (Zeitzone/time zone, USA, GMT−5) 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) [Europ¨ aische Umwelt-Datenbank] (ESSL) Extracorporal Shockwave Lithotripsy Energiesysteme der Zukunft (Akademienprojekt) Einstein [Gravitational Wave] Telescope ¨ Athiopien/Ethiopia (ISO 3166) Envelope Tracking (H¨ ullkurvendetektor) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Ephemeris Time (since 1960, later on: TT) Extended Transmission (filter) European Total Access Communication System European Technology Assessment Infrastructue (EC) European Technology Assessment Network (EC) Electrically Trainable Artificial Neural Network Environmental Technology Action Plan (EU) Ethyl-tert-butylether Electronic Toll Collection System (Einzugssystem f¨ ur Mautgeb¨ uhren) [Action Group on] Erosion, Technology and Concentration (CA) Executable Test Case (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) European Train Control System (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Electronic Tuning Device Eye Tracking Device Electric(al) (or: Electronic) Time Division Multiplexing (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Electronically Tunable External Cavity Laser Diode Ethylen-Tetrafluorethylen European Tripartite Group Ethernet Electronic Theses Online Service Engineers in Technical and Humanitarian Opportunities of Service Eidgen¨ ossische Technische Hochschule (Z¨ urich, CH) Electrotechnology Industry Database Ensemble Transport Interface (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) European Teraflops Initiative Europ¨ aisches Technologie- und Innovations-Centrum (Kaiserslautern) Electronic Taxpayer Identification Number Extended Three-Letter Acronyms Extended Least Squares (Algorithmus/algorithm) Enhanced Turbulence Modelling Enterprise Translational Medicine Solution Engineering to Order European Technology Platform European Technology Platform on Sustainable Mineral Resources Empire Test Pilots’ School (GB) European Technology Platform for High Performance Computing Extended Temperature Range Ecole de Technologie Sup´ erieure (CA) Educational Testing Service (Princeton, NJ, USA) Emission Trading Scheme (Umweltschutz, Emissionshandel/environment conservation, emission trade) Episodic Tremor and Slip (plate tectonics) European Test Services (bei/at ESTEC) Executable Test Suite (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) European Telecommunications Standards Institute (seit/since 1988) Equivalent Threshold Sound Pressure Level East Tennessee State University (USA) European Trade Union Committee for Education Europ¨ aischer Transsonischer (Transschall-)Windkanal, European Transonic Windtunnel (K¨ oln) Elektrotechnische Zeitschrift European Union; Europ¨ aische Union European Union Allowance (Umweltschutz, Emissionshandel/environment conservation, emission trade) End User Computing European Conference on Applied Superconductivity/Europ¨ aische Konferenz zur Angewandten Supraleitung

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EUCD European Union Copyright Directive EUCLIPSE Eureopean Cloud Intercomparison, Process Study and Evaluation Project (climate research) EU COST European Cooperation in Science and Technology EUCOR Europ¨ aische Konf¨ oderation der Oberrheinischen Universit¨ aten Eu:CROPIS Euglena and Confined Regenerative Organic-Food Production in Space (DLR project) EUCYS European Union Contest for Young Scientists EUDAT European Data Project 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) EuGH Europ¨ aischer Gerichtshof 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) EUPL European Union Public Licence 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 (europ¨ aisches Weltraumlabor/European space laboratory) EUREKA European Research Coordination Agency EURIBOR Euro Interbank Offered Rate (Bankgesch¨ afte) EuroAce European Alliance of Companies for Energy Efficiency in Buildings EUROCAE European Organisation for Civil Aviation Equipment EUROCARE Euopean Cancer Registry-Based Study on Survival and Care of Cancer Patients EUROCONTROL [Europ¨ aische Organisation f¨ ur die Sicherheit im Flugverkehr/European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation] EUROGENE European Renal Genome Project EUROGI European Umbrella Organization for Geo Information EuroHORCs European Union Research Organisations – Heads of Research Councils ¨ und Schutz der europ¨ aischen Meere/monitoring and protection of European seas] EUROMAR [Uberwachung 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 [Europ¨ aische Vereinigung f¨ ur Erneuerbare Energien/European union for renewable energies] EUROTRAC [Erfassung von Schadstoffen in der Troposph¨ are/monitoring of pollutants in the troposphere] 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 Eutelsat European Telecommunications Satellite Organization EUTRA Evolved UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access EUTRAN Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) EUV Extreme Ultraviolet, Extremes Ultraviolett (λ ≤ 912 ˚ A, Lyman-Kante/Lyman edge) EUVE Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (Satellit/satellite) EUVL Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography, EUV-Lithographie e.V. eingetragener Verein EV Electric Vehicle EV Enhanced Voice Packet (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) EVA Economic Value Add EVA Extravehicular Activity eVADER Electric Vehicle Alert for Detection and Emergency Response (EU project) EVC Electronic Valve Control (Kfz-Technik/internal combustion engine) EVC Ethernet Virtual Connection (or: Circuit) EVC European Vital Computer (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) EVCAM European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods EVER European Association for Vision and Eye Research EVG Elektronisches Vorschaltger¨ at EVI Engineering Video Intelligence EVM Error Vector Magnitude (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) EVN European VLBI Network EvoDevo Evolutionary Developmental Biology, evolution¨ are Entwicklungsbiologie EVOH Ethylen-Vinylalkohol-Copolymer EVOP Evolutionary Operation EVPL Ethernet Virtual Private Line EVPLAN Ethernet Virtual Private LAN EVR Eigenvalue Ratio EVREST Evoked Response Study Tool EVS Energieversorgungssystem (Satellit/satellite) EVS Enhanced Voice Service

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Enhanced VFR Transport System (VFR: Visual Flight Rules) Energieversorgungsunternehmen (fr¨ uher/formerly: Elektrizit¨ atsversorgungsunternehmen) Einwegbeh¨ alter Electronic Wedge Brake (f¨ ur Autos/for cars) Emergency Warning Broadcasting System European Wind Energy Association Erstellung innovativer Wetter- und Leistungsprognosemodelle f¨ ur die Netzintegration wetterabh¨ angiger Energietr¨ ager European Federation for Welding, Joining and Cutting Europ¨ aische Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft Electrowetting-on-Dielectric System Europ¨ aischer Wirtschaftsraum 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 f¨ ur die Wiederverwendung von Kunststoffen Exa (Pr¨ afix/prefix): 1018 Exome Aggregation Consortium Extended X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure [Dateinamenerweiterung: ausf¨ uhrbares Programm/file name extension: executable program] Excited Dimer (Laser) Enriched Xenon Observatory Experimental European Experimental Reentry Testbed (Raumkapsel/space vehicle) Expressway (US Mail) Experimenteller Wohnungs- und St¨ adtebau European Year of Creativity and Innovation (2009) Europ¨ aische Zentralbank Europ¨ aisches Zentrum f¨ ur Medienkompetenz (Marl) Europ¨ aisches Zentrum f¨ ur mittelfristige Wettervorhersage (Reading, UK) (= ECMWF) Erfinderzentrum Norddeutschland [Fraunhofer-] Entwicklungszentrum f¨ ur R¨ ontgentechnik (am IIS, F¨ urth) End-to-End End-to-End Reconfigurability effizient – emissionsneutral – Einbindung Mensch (bessere industrielle Produktion, Fraunhofer-Projekt)

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Femto... (Pr¨ afix/prefix): 10−15 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) Fulfillment, Assurance and Billing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Functional Airspace Block Functional Airspace Block Europe Central Federal Advisory Committee Act (USA, 1972) Facility for Attitude Control Experiments (DLR, Bremen, DE) Free-Air CO2 Enrichment (Klimaforschung/climate research) Friendly Aircraft Cabin Environment (EU project) Fast Analog Computing with Emergent Transition States Fuels from Agriculture in Communal Technology (foundation) Full Aerothermal Combustion–Turbine Interaction Research Flavin-Adenin-Dinukleotid (Biochemie) Function Access Domain (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Fachverband Deutsch als Fremdsprache Framework for Auditory Discrimination Experiments Flush Air Data System (Raumkapsel/spacecraft) Field Application Engineer Fast A Posteriori Error Sequential Technique (Algorithmus/algorithm) Fachausschuss Fahrzeugakustik (DEGA) Future Air Ground Integration (Flugverkehr/air traffic) Food Allergy Initiative (New York, NY, USA) Fast Algorithms in Feedback Control (Algorithmus/algorithm) Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research in Europe GmbH (Darmstadt, DE) Fahrwerk/Antrieb-Integration ins Rad (Elektroauto) Bundesforschungsanstalt f¨ ur Landwirtschaft (Braunschweig) Fachausschuss “Musikalische Akustik” (DEGA) flexible automatisierte Montagesysteme Fan Noise Prediction and Control (EU Forschungsprojekt/research project) Flexible and Near-Net-Shaped Generative Manufacturing Chains

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and Repair Techniques for Complex Shaped Aero Engine Parts (EU project, until May 2010) Food and Agriculture Organization (UN) Funda¸c˜ ao de Amparo ` a Pesquisa do Estado de S˜ ao Paulo (BR) For all practical purposes [Lehrstuhl f¨ ur] Fertigungsautomatisierung und Produktionssystematik (Univ. Erlangen–N¨ urnberg) 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 Atomwaffen/against atomic weapons) Fettalkoholsulfat Flankarray Sonar 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) Five-Hundred-Meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (China) Forecasting and Assessment in the Field of Science and Technology Foundation for Assistive Technology Fraunhofer Approach for Software Testing Future Automotive Industry Structure Future High-Altitude High-Speed Transport (EU project) File Allocation Table Final Acceptance Test (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act Fachausschuss Technischer Schall- und Schwingungsschutz (in der DEGA) Florida Atlantic University Friedrich-Alexander-Universit¨ at (Erlangen-N¨ urnberg) Flexible Automatisierte Waferproduktion Facsimile, Faksimile Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Fachbereich Frequency Correction Burst (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Function Block (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Fair Buffer Allocation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Freshwater Biological Association (UK) Fiber Bragg Grating (Glasfaser/glass fiber) Fibroblast Growth Factor Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut f¨ ur H¨ ochstfrequenztechnik (Berlin) [Bruno Kessler Foundation] (FR) Filter Bank Multi Carrier (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) 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, Brennstoffzelle) Fixed Capacity Agreement (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Fault(-Mangement) Configuration, 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 traffic control system) Fuel Cell Emergency Power System (Flugzeug/aircraft) First-Come, First-Serve Frame Control Header (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Initiative (EU) Fractionally Charged Massive Particle Fuell Cell Hybrid Bus Force Concept Inventory (physics education) Fluorchlorkohlenwasserstoff Forschungsgemeinschaft China-Philatelie Forward Commitment Procurement (UK innovation initiative) France–China Particle Physics Laboratory Fuel Cell Propulsion System Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy Frame Check Sequence (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Fixed Cellular Terminal (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Flugkompatibilit¨ atstest Fuel Cell Vehicle Forced Degradation (Chemie/chemistry) Food and Drug (or: Drink) Administration (USA)

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Fused Deposition Modeling (polymer shaping method) Frequency Domain Assurance Criterion Federated Database System Floppy-Disk-Controller Frequency Division (or: Domain) Duplex (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Frequency Domain Decomposition Fiber Distributed (or: Digital) Data Interface Frequency Dependent Electromagnetic Sensor Fibre Distribution Hub Field Deployable Hydrolysis System (Chemiewaffen-Abbau/chemical weapon destruction) Feeder Distribution Interface (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Forward Defect Indication (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Fieldbus Device Implementation Package Final Draft International Standard Fiber Delay Line Flight Dynamics Laboratory Frequency-Domain Linear Prediction Finite Difference Method Frequency Division Multiplexing Fused Deposition Modeling (polymer shaping method) Frequency Division Multiple Access Freie Demokratische Partei Final Design Report (or: Review) Fourteen Data Rate (14.0625 Gb/s) Floppycontroller-Data-Request Fieldbus Device Tool Fluctuation Dissipation Theorem fotodynamische Therapie Finite-Difference Time-Domain (Analyse, Simulation/analysis, simulation) Fast Ethernet (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Field Emitter Array (Bildwandler/image converter) Finite Element Analysis Federation of European Aquaculture Producers (Meeresfischerei/sea fishing) Fusion Energy Advanced Tokamak (feat auch engl. “Meisterst¨ uck”) Fest-Elektrolyt-Coulometrie Field Element Controller Forward Error Correction (Daten¨ ubertragung/data transmission) Forward(ing) Equivalence Class (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Full Economic Cost Forward Error Correcting Code (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Field-Emission Display Forum on Education (APS) Federal Express (USA) Field Emission Gun Forum of European National Highway Research Laboratories Final Environmental Impact Statement Free Electron Laser, Freie-Elektronen-Laser Federation of Latin American Physical Societies Future Environment Laboratory Domain Free Electron Laser Research Institute (Osaka, Japan) Fuel Cell Power Trains and Clustering in Heavy-Duty Transports Finite Element Method (or: Model) Front-End-Modul Federal Emergency Management Agency (USA) Federation of European Microbiological Societies Flexible Electricity Networks to Integrate the Expected Energy Evolution Fluorethylenpropylen [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Organische Elektronik, Elektronenstrahl- und Plasmatechnik (Dresden) 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) Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (Datenschutzgesetz f¨ ur Sch¨ ulerdaten, 1974) Fusion Energy Sciences (DOE Office, USA) Fusion Energy Science Advisory Committee (DoE, USA) Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope Field Effect Transistor, Feldeffekttransistor Future and Emerging Technologies (European Commission) Field Emission TEM Feature Extraction Toolbox for Transients 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

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Feldflussfraktionierung [Peter] Fulde, [Richard] Ferrell, [Anatoly] Larkin, [Yurii] Ovchinnikov (state, Festk¨ orperphysik/solid state physics, = LOFF) [Material] Failure Forecast Method (Vulkanismus/volcanism) Fixed Frequency Mode (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Flugforschungsinstitut Oberpfaffenhofen Falsification, Fabrication of Results, Plagiarism (F¨ alschung und T¨ auschung in der Wissenschaft/in science) Formalin Fixed, Paraffin Embedded (molecular analysis) Frequency Following Response (on noise pollution) Federally Funded Research and Development Centers Fast Fourier Transform Free Field Technologies Final Focus Test Beam (SLAC) Fachgremium (DPG etc.) Forschungsgesellschaft f¨ ur Angewandte Naturwissenschaften e.V. (seit 2008 in Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft integriert) Federal Geographic Data Committeee (USA) Fibroblast Growth Factor, Fibroblasten-Wachstumsfaktor Fibroblast Growth Factor-Receptor Forschungsgesellschaft Kunststoffe Formged¨ achtnislegierung Functionally Graded Material (Keramik–Metall/ceramics–metal) Forum on Graduate Student Affairs (APS) Forschungsgesellschaft f¨ ur Straßen- und Verkehrswesen Fachhochschule Fraunhofer-Anwendungszentrum Flame Hydrolysis Deposition (Waferherstellung/wafer production) Fully Homomorphic Encryption Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Fraunhofer-Management-Gesellschaft mbH Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz Forum on History of Physics (APS) [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Hochfrequenzphysik und Radartechnik (Wachtberg) Flying Helicopter Simulator, Forschungshubschrauber (DLR) Frequency Hop Synchronization (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Fachhochschule f¨ ur Technik (Esslingen) Fast Hartley Transform Fachhochschule f¨ ur Technik und Wirtschaft (Berlin) Fraunhofer-Verbund Mikroelektronik Federal Highway Administration (USA) Fisheries Hydroacoustics Working Group (USA) Finnland/Finland (ISO 3166) Federaci´ on Iberoamericana de Ac´ ustica F´ ed´ eration Internationale de l’Automobile (Genf, CH) Fibreoptic Industry Association (UK) Fließinjektionsanlage (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 f¨ ur Experimentelle Biologie und Medizin 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) Federal Interagency Committee on Noise (USA, 1992) Fiber (Channel) Connection (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Federal Interagency Committee on Urban Noise (USA, 1980) Flammen-Ionisations-Detektion Future of Identity in the Information Society Field Integrated Design & Operations Rover (NASA, Marslandemission/Mars landing mission) [Verband der europ¨ aischen Bauindustrie, International European Construction Association] Fahrzeugintelligenz und mechatronische Fahrwerke (DLR) F´ ed´ eration Internationale de Football Association First In, First Out (Filter, System) Facility for Interactive Generation of Graphics (UNIX) Forschungsinstitut f¨ ur Ger¨ ausche und Ersch¨ utterungen (Herzogenrath oder Aachen) Fraunhofer-Innovationszentrum f¨ ur Logistik und IT (Darmstadt) Field Ion Microscope, Feldionenmikroskop Fisher Information Matrix Feebly Interacting Massive Particle Field Information Management System Future Internet Network Design (USA) Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos (BR) Fast Infrared Exoplanet Spectroscopy Explorer (NASA, planned) Finish Exercise (underwater noise monitoring standard) Frauen in Naturwissenschaft und Technik F´ ed´ eration Internationale de Philat´ elie Forum on International Physics (APS)

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Future Internet Public Private Partnership (EU project) Federal Information Processing Standard Fr¨ uheinstieg ins Physikstudium Far-Infrared Finite Impulse Response (Digitalfilter/digital filter) Far Infrared Absolute Spectrophotometer (Astrophysik/astrophysics) Far-Infrared Background (Astrophysics) Feedback in Realistic Environments (astronomy) Fusion-Ignition Research Experiment (Alternative zu/alternative of ITER, USA) Future Internet Research and Experimentation (EU project) Fire Bispectral Infrared Detector (Satelliten-Fernerkundung) Far Infrared Space (or: and Submillimetre) Telescope (IR Satellit/satellite) Fraunhofer-Institut f¨ ur Rechnerarchitektur und Softwaretechnik (Berlin) Far-Infrared Surveyor (Astronomie/astronomy) Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Senckenberg der SNG (Frankfurt/M) 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 f¨ ur Angewandte Informationstechnik (St. Augustin) Fraunhofer-Institut f¨ ur Angewandte Informationstechnologie (Birlinghoven) Future Information Technologies (at JARA) Fibre In The Loop [NASA-endorsed] Flexible Image Transport System Florida International University (Miami, FL, USA) Forschungsinstitut f¨ ur W¨ armeschutz Fachinformationszentrum (Karlsruhe) Fachinformationszentrum Chemie (Berlin) FIZ Karlsruhe, Gesellschaft f¨ ur wissenschaftlich-technische Information (Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen) Fidschi-Inseln/Fiji Islands (ISO 3166) Freely Jointed Chain (Polymerphysik/polymer physics) Falkland-Inseln/Falkland Islands (ISO 3166) Forschungsinstitut f¨ ur Kinderern¨ ahrung (Dortmund) [Fraunhofer-] Forschungsinstitut f¨ ur Kommunikation, Informationsverarbeitung und Ergonomie (Wachtberg) Freikolbenlineargenerator Fernseh- und Kinotechnische Gesellschaft Faser–Kunststoff–Verbundwerkstoff Fluorkohlenwasserstoff (ohne Chlor/without chlorine) Floor (US Mail) Florida (US-Staat/US state) Fuzzy Logic Forward Looking Activities (EU) Fibre Link Around the Globe (Glasfaserkabel/glass fiber cable UK-Europe-North Africa-India-Japan) Free Electron Laser in Hamburg (DE) Flexible Large Area Sensors for Highly Enhanced Displays (FhG-Projekt) First Lady Astronaut Trainees Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal FLC Display Flexible Interdigital Cuff Electrode Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy Floating Instrument Platform (Wasserschall-Messtechnik/hydroacoustic experimental facility) Fibre in the Local Loop (optische Daten¨ ubertragung/optical data transmission) Forward Link Only Fractional Lower Order Moment (algorithm) Floating Point Operations per Second (Computer) Field Laboratory for Optimized Wind Energy (Caltech) flammenlose Oxidation Fluorescence Ligand Scanning Global Influenza Surveillance Network (WHO) Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory (Arizona, USA) 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) Fehlerm¨ oglichkeits- und Einflussanalyse, Failure Mode(s) and Effects Analysis Failure Mode and Effects Testing Fluorescent Microthermiographic Imaging Functional Mock-Up Interface Faser–Metall–Laminat Fenna-Matthews-Olson (Chlorophyllkomplex/chlorophyll complex) Future Mode of Operation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Flexible Material Plugin Flow Management Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Institut f¨ ur Molekulare Pharmakologie (Berlin)

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Ferromagnetische Resonanz Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging funktionale Magnetresonanztomographie Fixed Monitoring Station (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Flight Management System (Flugverkehr/air traffic) 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 Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Forum for Negative Results [Belgian] Fonds National pour la Recherche Scientifique Schweizer Nationalfonds (= SNF) Fusion Nuclear Science Facility Fast Newton Transversal Filter F¨ ar¨ oer-Inseln/Faeroe Islands (ISO 3166) 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 f¨ ur Offene Kommunikationssysteme (Berlin) Focusing of Laser Radiation in the Nearfield of a Tip (Nanotechnologie/nanotechnology) First Order Logic with Dependent Sorts The Future of Libraries is Open Forschungsinstitut f¨ ur Optronik und Mustererkennung (Ettlingen) Freedom of Multimedia Access (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Forschungsverbund Naturwissenschaft, Abr¨ ustung und internationale Sicherheit Fiber Optic Plate Flight Operations Plan (Satelliten/satellites) Fibre Optic Parametric Oscillator Field(s) of Research Free on Rail (Handelsverkehr/trade) First-Order Reversal Curve Faint Object Infrared Camera for the SOFIA Telescope BMFT-F¨ orderungskatalog Forschungsverbund Hochtemperatur-Supraleiter (Bayern) Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (GR) Formula Translator (Programmiersprache/programming language) Faseroptischer Sensor Finnish Optical Society Frontier of Science (interdisziplin¨ are internationale Symposien f¨ ur Jungforscher/interdisciplinary international symposia for young scientists) Foods for Specific 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 f¨ ur Offentliche Verwaltung (Speyer) Fiber Optic Extender (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Fixed Part (z.B./e.g., Basestation, DECT) Frame Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Framework Programme (European Research and Technical Development programmes; FP5: 1998–2002, FP6: 2002–2006, FP7: since 2007) Focal Plane Array Function Point Analysis Fraunhofer Project Center Flat Panel Display Final Prediction Error Field Programmable Gate Array (Computer) Fabry-P´ erot Interferometer Forschungsinstitut f¨ ur Pigmente und Lacke (in FhG integriert) 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 f¨ ur Krankenh¨ auser

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7th Framework Programme (EU, 2007–2013) Fractional Quantum Hall Effect Foundational Questions Institute False Rejection Frame Relay (Daten¨ ubertragung/data transmission) Frankreich/France (ISO 3166) Frankfurter Rundschau (Zeitung/Journal) Federal Railroad Administration (USA) Fermi Research Alliance Forward Rate Agreement (Bankgesch¨ afte) Frequency Response Analyzer Frequency Response Assurance Criterion 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 Fast Radio Burst (astronomy) Field-Reverse Configuration Fraunhofer Resource Center (Michigan, OH, USA) Frequency Response Correction Fraunhofer Resource Center Delaware (Newark, DE, USA) Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (USA) Fisheries Research and Development Corporation Future Enhanced Aircraft Configuration Fraunhofer Electric Concept Car, Generation 0 F¨ orster- (or: Fluorescence) Resonance Energy Transfer (Biophysik/biophysics) Frequency Response Function Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (Freiburg i.B., DE) Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA) Friendships in Inter-Ethnic Network Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf Programme Folded-Type Rectangular Loop Antenna Fast Recursive Least Squares (Transversalfilter/transversal filter) Forschungsreaktor M¨ unchen For resolving obstinate conceptual conundrums Frequency Resolved Optical Gating Federal Research Public Access Act Fast Random Particle Mesh (Method) (sound radiation of grids) Firmware Reprogram Fast Reroute (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Fellow of the Royal Society (GB) Fragmentseparator (Kernphysik) Fachverband f¨ ur Strahlenschutz e.V. Founder Societies Fixed Slot Allocation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Formal Safety Assessment Full Service Access Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Forest Stewardship Council (Umweltschutz/environment conservation) Forward Scatter (laser technology) Fusion Simulation Center (Peking University, CN) Fraunhofer-Systemforschung Elektromobilit¨ at (seit 2009) Free Software Foundation Frequency Sampling Filter Flensburger Schiffbaugesellschaft Follikelstimulierendes Hormon Fluid–Structure (or: –Structural) Interaction (Analysis) Freiwilliges Soziales Jahr Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle (Filmwirtschaft) Frequency Shift Keying (Modulation) Femtosecond Laser Field Separation Method Food Service Modernization Act (USA 2011) Fr¨ uhsommer-Meningoenzephalitis Free-Space Optical (or: Optics) (Kommunikation/communication) Fachschaftsparlament Fachschaftsrat Free Spectral Range Fachschaftsr¨ ateversammlung Fine-Scale Structures (jet noise) Fixed Satellite Service (or: System) Forensic Science Service Fast Sine Transform Femtosekunden-Technologie Finite State Transducer (Sprachsynthese/speech synthesis) Field Sound Transmisson Class Florida State University (USA)

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Former Soviet Union, fr¨ uhere Sowjetunion Friedrich-Schiller-Universit¨ at (Jena) Friction Stir Welding (Reibr¨ uhrschweißen) Fovea-Tablets (hochaufl¨ osende Tischdisplays/high-definition table displays) Fault Tree Analysis Federal Transit Administration (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Free-to-Air File Transfer, Access and Management (Datennetzprotokoll/data network protocol) Fluorescent Tube Display Full Time Equivalent Fahrerlose Transportfahrzeuge Fast Transversal Filter Fourier Transform Infrared [Spectrometry] Frustrated Total Internel Reflection (Lichtmodulator/light modulator) Finite-Time Lyapunov-Exponent (field) Fourier-Transform Light Scattering Fluordotiertes Zinnoxid File Transfer Protocol (Daten¨ ubertragung/data transmission) Future Technology Research Association International (Korea) Festprogrammierbarer Titel-Speicher Fischer-Tropsch-Synthese (von Kohlenwassrstoffen) 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 f¨ ur Technik und Umwelt (KfK, Karlsruhe) Fulll Text Explorer Fernmeldetechnische Zeitschrift Fernmeldetechnisches Zentralamt (der Bundespost) (sp¨ ater/later on: BAPT, dann/later on: RegPT) Forschung und Entwicklung F¨ orderung von Forschungs- und Entwicklungsgemeinschaftsvorhaben Ost (BMBF) Finland’s 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) F¨ orderung und Unterst¨ utzung technologieorientierter Unternehmensgr¨ undungen (BMBF) Fachverband (DPG etc.) faserverst¨ arkte Kunststoffe, Faserverbundkunststoff Finite Volume Method Forschungsverbund Solarenergie Freiherr-vom-Stein- [und zugleich] Friedrich-von-Schiller-Stiftung (Hamburg) Fachstelle f¨ ur Verkehrstechniken (WSV) Forschungsverbund Windenergie Fire Wall (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Front-Wheel Drive ¨ [Fonds zur] F¨ orderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Osterreich/Austria) Forschungsanstalt der Bundeswehr f¨ ur Wasserschall und Geophysik (Kiel) (scherzhaft auch: Flachwassergesellschaft) Full-Width Half Maximum (Fotofilm-K¨ ornigkeit, Laser-Divergenz/photo-film granulation, laser beam divergence) 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 f¨ ur Informatik (Karlsruhe) Forschungszentrum J¨ ulich (DE) Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (DE) Fresnel Zone Plate Forschungszentrum Rossendorf (DE) Flexible, Fast and Future (Factory) Fusion for Energy (EU)

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Giga... (Pr¨ afix/prefix): 109 Guanin (DNA-Base/DNA base) Gabun/Gabon (ISO 3166) Genetic Algorithm Georgia (US-Staat/US state) General and Administration Global Arrays (computer program)

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GAAM GABA GABI GAC GAC GADR GAEB GAFA GAFOS GAG GAG GAIA, Gaia GAID GAIN GALAH GALCIT GALILEO GALLEX GAM GAMAB GAMESS GAMM GAMNI GAMP GAMS GAN GAN GANC GANIL GAO GAO GAP GAPP GARP GARTEUR GARS GAS GAS GAS GA-SERI GAST GAST GAT GATE GATT GAUSS GAUSS GAVI GB GB GBAS GBD GbE GBEP GBF GBIF GBM GBM GbR GBS GBSS GBT GC GCC GCC GCCV GCD GCDC GCF GCF GCI GCM GCM GCMD GCN GCN GCOS GCP

Gesellschaft f¨ ur Analytik und atomspektroskopische Messtechnik

γ -Aminobutters¨aure [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 (K¨ oln) German-American Symposia on Frontiers of Science Georg-Agricola-Gesellschaft zur F¨ orderung der Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften und der Technik e.V. Group-Specific Antigen Global Astrometric Interferometer for Astrophysics Global Alliance for ICT [Information and Communication Technology] and Developent (UN) German Academic International Network Galactic Archeology with Hermes (astrophysics) Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories at Caltech [Europ¨ aisches Satelliten-Navigationssystem, im Aufbau/European satellite navigation system, still incomplete] 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 f¨ ur Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik Groupe pour l’Avencement des M´ ethodes Num´ eriques de l’Ing´ enieur (FR) Good Automated Manufacturing Practice Guide to Available Mathematics Software Generic Access Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Global Area Network (Datennetz/data network) Generic Access Network Controller (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Grande Acc´ el´ erateur National d’Ions Lourds (FR) General Accounting Office (USA) Government Accountability Office (USA) Generic Access Profile (or: Protocol) Gender Awareness Participation Process General Access Registry Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Group for Aeronautical Research and Technology in Europe German Antarctic Receiving Station (since 1981) Geomagnetic Aspect Sensor (Satelliten/satellites) Gesellschaft f¨ ur Angewandte Supraleitung (KfK, Karlsruhe) Get-Away-Special (NASA program) Global Alliance of Solar Energy Research Institutes (since July 2012) Gemeinschaft Autofreier Schweizer Tourismusorte Gemeinschaftsausschuss Strahlenforschung Governmental Action Team Galileo Test- und Entwicklungsumgebung, Galileo Test and Development Environment (Berchtesgaden) General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade Galaktisches Ultraweitwinkel Schmidt System (Spacelab, Kugelspiegelkamera) Georg-August University School of Science (G¨ ottingen, DE) Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation Gigabyte Großbritannien/Great Britain (ISO 3166) Ground Based Augmentation System (Satellitennavigation/satellite navigation) Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study Gigabit Ethernet Global Bioenergy Partnership Gesellschaft f¨ ur Biotechnologische Forschung (Braunschweig) Global Biodiversity Information Facility (Internet) Gamma(-Ray) Burst Monitor (on board of the NASA satellite Fermi) Glioblastoma Multiforme (Hirntumore/brain tumors) Gesellschaft b¨ urgerlichen Rechts G¨ ottinger Beitr¨ age zur Sprachwissenschaft Granule Bound Starch Synthase Green Bank Telescope Gas Chromatography Generalized Cross-Correlator (or: -Correlation) Global Climate Coalition Global Climate Change Viewer Greatest Common Divisor (= ggT) Grand Cooperative Driving Challenge (Kolonnen-Fahrversuch) Global Certification Forum (Mobilfunk/mobile radio) GSM Certification Forum (Mobilfunk/mobile radio) Green Chemistry Institute (ACS) General Circulation Model (Wetter/weather) Global Climate Model (Wetter/weather) Global Change Master Directory (NASA) Global Caribbian Network (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Graphic Core Next (architecture) Global Climate Observing System (globales Klima¨ uberwachungsprogramm) Good Clinical Practice

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GCP GCRA GCS GCSR GCSU GCT GCTC GD GDCh GDCP GDD ICC GDF GDL GDM GDMO GDN ¨ GDNA GDNF GDOS GDP GdP GDP GDP GDPR GDR GDSS GdT GDV GDZ GE GE GEA GEER GEF Gefma GefStoffV GEM GEM GEM GEM GEMA GEMA GEMINGA GEMIS GEMS GEMS Genafor GeNAS GENCI GENESIS GENI GENIUS GenMAPP GENTS GEO GEO GEO GEOMAR GEOS GEOSS GEPRIS GERAN GERAD GERD GERDA GESA GESAMP GESIMA GESIS GET GETV GEUmbH GEW GF GFA GFCC GFDL

Google Cloud Platform Generic Cell Rate Algorithm (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Gauss Centre for Supercomputing (in DE) Grating-assisted codirectional Coupler with rear Sampled Reflector (abstimmbarer Laser/tunable laser) Georgia College and State University (USA) Great Canary Telescope (= GTC) (La Palma, ES) Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (Russia) Grenada (ISO 3166) Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker e.V. Gesellschaft f¨ ur Didaktik der Chemie und Physik Global Drug Discovery Innovation Center China Growth Differentiation Factor (Medizin/medicine) Gewerkschaft Deutscher Lokomotivf¨ uhrer Gesellschaft f¨ ur Didaktik der Mathematik Guidelines for Defining (or: the Definition) 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 General Data Protecion Regulation (EU) German Democratic Republic (= DDR) Group Decision Support Systems Gemeinschaftsausschuss der Technik Gesamtverband der deutschen Versicherungswirtschaft e.V. G¨ ottinger Digitalisierungszentrum Georgien/Georgia (ISO 3166) Gigabit Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet Alliance Glen Extreme Environments Rig Global Environment Facility (Umweltfonds/environment fund, 1990) Groupe d’´ etude de la faune marine atlantique Gefahrstoff-Verordnung Gas Electron Multiplier Genetically Engineered Machine Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (Report) Graphics Environment Manager Gesellschaft f¨ ur elektroakustische und mechanische Apparate Gesellschaft f¨ ur musikalische Auff¨ uhrungsrechte 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 f¨ ur nachhaltige Forschung Genome Network Analysis Service Grand Equipement National de Calcul Intensif (Bruy` eres-le-Chˆ atel, FR) 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 Profiler (Computerprogramm f¨ ur genetische Analyse/computer program for genetic analysis) Generic Exploration and Navigation Tool for Structures (FWF, AT) [britisch–deutscher Gravitationswellendetektor/British–German gravitational wave detector] (Ruthe bei/near Hannover, DE) Geosynchronous (or: Geostationary) Earth Orbit Group on Earth Observations Forschungszentrum f¨ ur marine Geowissenschaften (Univ. Kiel) Goddard Earth Observing System (NASA) Global Earth Observation System of Systems (Satelliten/satellites) gef¨ orderte Projekte der DFG (Suchmaschine/search engine, www.dfg.de/gepris) GSM/EDGE Radio Access Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Groupe d’Etude et de Recherche en Analyse des D´ ecisions (Montreal, Canada) Gross Expenditure on Research and Development Germanium Detector Array Gepulste Elektronenstrahlanlage Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection (UNO) Geesthachter Simulationsmodell der Atmosph¨ are Gesellschaft sozialwissenschaftliche Infrastruktureinrichtungen (Mannheim) Gesellschaft Energietechnik (im VDI) Genesys Enterprise Telephony Software Gesellschaft f¨ ur Energieanwendung und Umwelttechnik mbH (Leipzig) Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft Franz¨ osish-Guyana/French Guiana (ISO 3166) Glass-Forming Ability Global Footwear Competence Center (Shanghai, CN) Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA, Princeton, NJ, USA)

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Generalized Frequency Division Multiplexing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Gesellschaft f¨ ur deutsche Sprache Großforschungseinrichtung Glasfaser-verst¨ arkte Kunststoffe Giga-FLOPs/s (= 109 FLOPs/s) Green’s Function Monte Carlo (Technik, Kernphysik/technique, nuclear physics) Generic Framing Procedure (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Green Fluorescent Protein, gr¨ un fluoreszierendes Protein Gesellschaft f¨ ur Raumfahrtanwendungen (DLR) Guaranteed Frame Rate (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastic Gemeinsame Forschungsstelle (der/of the EU in Petten, NL) Global Forecast System (US weather forecast) Gaussian(-Filtered) Frequency Shift Keying Geoforschungszentrum (Potsdam) Generalized Gradient Approximation Geowissenschaftliche Gemeinschaftsaufgaben (im/in the Geozentrum Hannover) Glial Growth Factor (Medikament, evtl. gegen MS/medicine, possibly against MS) Global Grid Forum G¨ ottinger Graduiertenschule f¨ ur Neurowissenschaften, Biophysik und Molekulare Biowissenschaften Gateway GPRS Support (or: Serving) Node (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Gesellschaft f¨ ur Gerontotechnik gr¨ oßter gemeinsamer Teiler (= GCD) Gefahrgut-Verordnung Straße Ghana (ISO 3166) Greenhouse Gas Glycerinaldehyd-3-Phosphat-Dehydrogenase Growth hormone-releasing hormone (Freisetzungshormon des Wachstumshormons) Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph Globally Harmonised System Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger(-Zustand/state) Gesellschaft f¨ ur Informatik e.V. Gibraltar (ISO 3166) Glyk¨ amischer Index (Nahrungsmittel) Guard Interval (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Generalized Information Criterion [Dateinamenerweiterung: Graphikdatei/file name extension: graphic file] German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific 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 Glucose-Dependent Insulinotropic Polypeptide Graphenisomorphie-Problem Giga-Instructions per Second German Infrared Laboratory (Astrophysik/astrophysics, 1985) Geographic(al) Information System, Geo-Informationssystem Grazing-Incidence Small Angle X-Ray Scattering G¨ ottinger Informationssystem f¨ ur Intensivmedizin und OP Gruppo Imprese Strumentazione Italia (Association for Instrumentation, Control and Automation Companies) Greenland Ice Shield Project Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA) Gesamtintegrationstest (Kfz-Elektronik) German Tsunami Early Warning System Grazing-Incidence X-Ray Diffraction (Deutsche) Gesellschaft f¨ ur Internationale Zusammenarbeit Giftinformationszentrum (Nord/North: in G¨ ottingen) Gatekeeper (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Graduiertenkolleg Grundkurs Ganzk¨ orperschwingung Grafisches Kern-System [Forschungszentrum Geesthacht] Gr¨ onland/Greenland (ISO 3166) G¨ ottinger Linguistische Abhandlungen 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 f¨ ur linguistische Datenverarbeitung Ginzburg-Landau Equation (nichtlineare Dynamik/nonlinear dynamics) Grundlagenforschung

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GLIF GLIMPSE GLM GLMZ GLOBECOM GLOBIS GLOBUS GLOMAP GLONASS GLORIAD GLoSIS GLP GLP GLS GLS GLV GLZ GM G–M GM GMAC GMAG GMAT GmbH GMD GMES GMK GML GMLC GMM GMM GMM GMM GMO GMP GMPLS GMR GMRP GMS GMS GMSC GMSK GMSS GMT GMT GMT GMU GN GNA GNA GNC GNCI GNEP GNF GNF GNI GNIRS GNLTM GNM GNO gnomAD GNOME GNP GnRH GNSS GNSS2 GNU GNU GO ¨ GOA GOARN GoB GoB GOBI GOC GOCE GOCO

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 Global Model of Aerosol Particles (UK, climate research) Globalnaja Nawigazionnaja Sputnikowaja Sistema, Global Navigation Satellite System (RU) Global Ring Network for Advanced Applications Development Global Soil Information System (Boston, MA, USA, since Feb. 2008) Glucagon-Like Peptide Good Laboratory Practice, gute Labor-Praxis General Logistics (Paketdienst/parcel service) Global Locating Sensing geschlossene Luftversorgung (Kfz-Federung/vehicle suspension) Generalized Linear Modelling Gambia (ISO 3166) Geiger–M¨ uller (Z¨ ahler/tube) General Motors Graduate Management Admission Council Topical Group on Magnetism and Its Applications (APS) Graduate Management Admission Test Gesellschaft mit beschr¨ ankter Haftung Gesellschaft f¨ ur Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung (vormals/formerly Bonn–Darmstadt–Berlin–St. Augustin– Birlinghofen, sp¨ ater von der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft u ¨bernommen/later on taken over by the FhG) Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (Satelliten/satellites, ESA mission) Graphical Model Toolkit (Spracherkennung/speech recognition) Geographical Markup Language Gateway Mobile Location Center (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Gaussian Mixture Model (Sprach¨ ubertragung/speech transmission) Generalized Method of Moments (Finanzmarkt-Forschung) Global MultiMedia (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) GPRS Mobility Management Genetically Modified 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 (Daten¨ ubertragung/data transmission) Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying (Modulation) Gateway Management Subsystem (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Giant Magellan Telescope (geplant f¨ ur/planned for 2019 in Arizona, USA) Global Mean Temperature Greenwich Meantime (Weltstandard seit/world standard since 1884) George Mason University (USA) Guinea (ISO 3166) Gesellschaft f¨ ur Naturschutz und Auenentwicklung 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) Geometric Nonlinear Theory of Martensite Germanisches Nationalmuseum (N¨ urnberg) Gallex Neutrino Observatory (INFN, Gran Sasso, IT) Genome Aggregation Database GNU Object Model Environment Gross National Product (= Bruttosozialprodukt) Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Global Navigation Satellite System Global Navigation Satellite System, 2nd generation Gallium Neutrino Observatory (zuvor/formerly: GALLEX, Gran Sasso, IT) GNU is not UNIX Gr¨ undungsoffensive ¨ Geb¨ uhrenordnung f¨ ur Arzte Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (WHO, 120 countries) Good or Better Group of Blocks (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Global Online Bibliographic Information G´ en´ erateur d’Octets Chiffrants Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer (Satelliten-Fernerkundung/satellite remote sensing) Government-Owned, Contractor-Operated

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GODAE GOLF GOMAC GOME GOMOS GONG GOODS GoP GOP GoS GOSPEL GOTS gov GOW GOZ GP GPA GPC GPC GPCR GPDS GPI GPI GPFS GPGPU GPIB GPIP GPL GPM GPO GPON GPP GPP GPP GPR GPRS GPS GPS GPS GPS GPSG GPU GPU GPWS GQ GR GR GRA GRA GRAB GRACE GRACE GRACE GRACE-FO GRAI GRAIL GRANADA GRAS GRATE GRB GRC GRC GRC GRD GRDC GRDDL GRE GRE GREAT GREAT GREEN GREG GRI GRI GRIFFIN GRIN GRIP

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 (f¨ ur Helioseismologie/for helio-seismology) 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) Governing the Speed of Light (EU project) Gesellschaft f¨ ur Orthop¨ adisch/Traumatologische Sportmedizin [Government] (Internet, USA) Gesundheitliche Orientierungswerte Geb¨ uhrenordnung f¨ ur Zahn¨ arzte Guadeloupe (ISO 3166) Grade Point Average Gel-Permeation Chromatography Global Provisioning Center G-Protein Coupled Receptor Global Product Development System (Fahrzeugentwicklung/automotive design) Gemini Planet Imager (astronomy) Global Address Space Programming Interface (HPC) 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) Global Precipitation Measurement (satellite) GMES Programme Office Gigabit Passive Optical Network(ing) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) General Purpose Processor Global Performance Platform (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Gross Primary Production (photosynthesis) 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 General Purpose Unit (computer) Graphic(al) Processing (or: Programming) Unit (Computergrafik) Ground Proximity Warning System ¨ Aquatorialguinea/Equatorial Guinea (ISO 3166) Gigabit Router (Internet) Griechenland/Greece (ISO 3166) Gamma Resonance Absorption Geschwindigkeitsregelanlage (Kfz) Galactic Radiation and Background (US Aufkl¨ arungs-Satellit/reconnaissance satellite) 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 (satellites, launched in 2002) Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (planned for 2016) Global Returnable Asset Identifier Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (two Lunar satellites, since 2011) Galileo Receiver Analysis and Design Application (Astrophysik/astrophysics, Software) Generally Recognized as Safe (Nahrungserg¨ anzungsmittel/food additives) Generic Rules and Agent Model Test Bed Environment Gamma-Ray Burst (Astrophysik/astrophysics) Global Research Council (founded 2012) Gordon Research Conference Graphene Research Centre (at NUS) Genomics Reviewer Desktop Grains Research and Development Corporation (Australia) Gleaning Resource Descriptions from Dialects of Languages (semantisches Netz/semantic net) Generic Routing Encapsulation Graduate Record Exam German Receiver for Astronomy at Terahertz Frequencies (onboard SOFIA) Growing Education Achievement Training Academies for Teachers and Principals (Act, USA 2013) Groupe de Recherche en Electrotechnique et Electronique de Nancy (FR) Georeferencing of Ethnic Groups Gamma-Ray Imager (Satellit/satellite, NASA) Group Repetition Interval (LORAN-C) Gamma-Ray Infrastructure for Fundamental Investigations on Nuclei (University of British Columbia, CA) Gradient Refractive Index Greenland Icecore Project

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GRIPS Ground-Based Infrared P-Branch Spectrometer (DLR) GRIS Gamma-Ray Imaging Spectrometer GRK Graduiertenkolleg (DFG, seit 1990) GRM General Relationship Model GRO Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (Satellit/satellite) GRO Grimaldi Robotic Observatory (Teleskop auf dem Mond, vorgeschlagen/telescope on the moon, proposed) GROMACS Groningen Machine for Chemical Simulation (computer program) GROWnet Geographic Representations of War Network GRS Gamma-Ray Spectrometer GRS Gesellschaft f¨ ur Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit GRU Georgia Regents University GRU Government Revitalization Unit (JP) GRW [GianCarlo] Ghirardi, [Alberto] Rimini, [Tullio] Weber (Modell, theoretische Physik/model, theoretical physics) GS S¨ udgeorgien/South Georgia (ISO 3166) 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 Schmerzempfindlichkeit GSE GMES Services Elements GSE Group of Scientific Experts (Genfer Abr¨ ustungskonferenz 1976) GSETT-1, -2, -3 GSE Technical Test I (1984), ∼ II (1991), ∼ III (1995) GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD, USA) GSG Gesundheitsstrukturgesetz GSGG G¨ ottinger Graduiertenschule f¨ ur Geisteswissenschaften GSH Granular Solid Hydrodynamics GSI Gesellschaft f¨ ur Schwerionenforschung (Darmstadt) GSIC Global Scientific Information and Computing Center (Tokyo, JP) GSM Global System for Mobile Communication(s) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) GSM Groupe Sp´ eciale Mobile (Mobilfunk/mobile radio) 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 GSO Graduate School of Oceanography (URI) GSOC German Space Operations Center (Weilheim and Oberpfaffenhofen, DE) GSP Gap Surface Plasmon (elektromagnetische Grenzfl¨ achenwellen/electromagnetic boundary layer waves) GSP Genomic Signal Processing GSS Ground Sensor Station (Galileo) GSS Group Support System GSSN Global Sustainable Soundscape Network GST Ge2 Sb2 Te5 , Phasenwechselmaterial GSTB Galileo System Test Bed (Satellitennavigation/satellite navigation) GSU Georgia State University (USA) GSW GeoScience World GSW Glashow-Salam-Weinberg (Neutrinotheorie/neutrino theory) GT Gamow-Teller GT Georgia Tech (USA) GT Guatemala (ISO 3166) GTC General Purpose Unit Technology Conference GTC Gran Telescopio Canarias (= GCT) (La Palma, ES) GTD Geometrical Theory of Diffraction GTF Global Tiger Forum GTL Gas to Liquid (synthetischer Kraftstoff/synthetic fuel) GTLS Generalized Total Least Squares (Algorithmus/algorithm) GTO Geostation¨ arer Transferorbit (Raketentechnik) 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 f¨ ur Technische Uberwachung GTS Global Transmission Services (ISS) GTZ Deutsche Gesellschaft f¨ ur Technische Zusammenarbeit (Eschborn) GU Guam (ISO 3166) GUD Gas- und Dampfturbinen (-Kraftwerke) GUE Gauß’sches unit¨ ares Ensemble

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General-Purpose Expert System Shell Graphical (or: Guided) User Interface Global Unique Identifier (weltweites PC-Netz/worldwide PC network) Gentle User Interfaces for Elderly People (EU project) Generic User Profile (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Gemeinschaft unabh¨ angiger Staaten (ehem./former UdSSR) Grand Unified Theory (theoretische Physik/theoretical physics) Globally Unique Temporary Identifier (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) G¨ ottinger Universit¨ atszeitung Group Velocity Dispersion (Leitungen/transmission lines) Großvieheinheit (Normrind, Masse:/standard cow, mass: 500 kg) Global Viral Forecasting Initiative Gamma-Valerolacton Global Voice Mail (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) genetisch ver¨ anderter Organismus Genesis Voice Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Generic Visual Perception Processor Ground Vibration Test (Flugzeugentwicklung/aircraft development) G¨ uterverkehrszentrum Gateway (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Guinea-Bissau (fr¨ uher Portugiesisch-Guinea/former Portuguese Guinea) (ISO 3166) Genome-Wide Association Studies Gesellschaft f¨ ur Wirtschaftsf¨ orderung G¨ ottingen Gigabit-Wissenschaftsnetz (geplant f¨ ur/planned for 2000, bis/up to 2.4 Gbit/s) Gemeinsame Wissenschaftskonferenz von Bund und L¨ andern Gaussian White Noise, Gaußsches Weißes Rauschen German Water Partnership Global-Warming Potential Glashow–Weinberg–Salam (Theoretische Physik, elektroschwache Wechselwirkung/theoretical physics, electro-weak interaction) Google Web Toolkit Gesellschaft f¨ ur die wissenschaftliche Untersuchung von Parawissenschaften Gray (measure of ionizing energy absorption: 1 Gy is the dose of 1 joule per kilogram material) Guyana (ISO 3166) Gigayears (109 years) Geowissenschaftliches Zentrum G¨ ottingen Grisen–[Georgii] Zatsepin–[Vladim] Kuzmin (Moscow; predicted cutoff of cosmic microwave background at 6×1019 eV) G¨ ottinger Zentrum f¨ ur Molekulare Biowissenschaften

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Hekto... (Pr¨ afix/prefix): 102 Home Agent (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) High Frequency Active Auroral Research Project (or: Program) hochaktive antiretrovirale Therapie (HIV-Behandlung) Harmful Algae Bloom (Meeresbiologie/marine biology) Herzog-August-Bibliothek (Wolfenb¨ uttel) High Altitude Balloon Launched Experimental Glider (DLR) High Authority Control Human Artificial Chromosome High Altitude Cosmic Ray Detector Helium Abundance Detector (Galileo satellite 1989) Highly Automated Driving Hollow Cathode Activated Deposition (d¨ unne Schichten/thin layers) High-Activity Disposal Experiment Site (for nuclear waste, Mol, BE) Hybrid Array for Gamma Ray Detection Helicopter Association International Hardware Abstraction Layer (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Hubschrauber-Außenlast-Assistenzsystem (DLR) High Altitude, Long Endurance (Flugzeug/aircraft) High Altitude and Long Range Research Aircraft (DLR) Head-Assisted Magnetic Recording High-Altitude Nuclear Explosion Hawaiian Anti-Neutrino Observatory (2012: planned) High Altitude Observatory (Harvard University) Helmholtz-Allianz f¨ ur Astroteilchenphysik High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite Historic Acoustic-Phonetic Collection (TU Dresden, DE) Human Accelerated Region (Genetik/genetics) Hyperstable Adaptive Recursive Filter High-Frequency Acoustic Recording Package 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) Hadronischer Schauer Haptisches Sensor-Aktor-System auf der Grundlage der Echtzeitelastographie sowie von elektro- und magnetorheologischen Materialien

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Huygens Atmospheric Structure Instrument (Raumfahrt/spacecraft) Hand-Arm-System (DLR, Roboter-Greifer) Hamburger Synchrotronstrahlungs-Laboratorium (bei/at DESY) Heiß-Akustik-Teststand (DLR Berlin) Histone-Acetyl Transferase, Histonazetyltransferase (Genetik/genetics) Humidity and Temperature Profiler (Wetterdatenerfassung/weather data monitoring) Historisches Archiv der TU M¨ unchen Hand-Arm Vibration Hepatitis-A-Virus Hallesche Verkehrs-AG (Halle an der Saale) Highly Automated Vehicles – Intelligent Transportation (EU project) Home Audio/Video Interoperability Hochschule f¨ ur Angewandte Wissenschaften (Hamburg) High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Gamma-Ray Observatory (Sierra Negra, MX) Hochschule f¨ ur angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst (u.a. G¨ ottingen) Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Hazardous Analysis and Operability (Probleml¨ osungsmethode/problem solving method) (Hansestadt) Bremen (Bundesland/German Federal State) High-Brightness (LEDs) HgBa2 Can−1 Cun O2n+2 (HTSL) Hexabromcyclododecan (Flammschutzmittel) Homebanking Computing Interface Historically Black Colleges and Universities (USA) Hochschulbauf¨ orderungsgesetz High Flux Beam Reactor (Brookhaven, Long Island, NY, USA) Hochdruckbrennkammer (-Pr¨ ufstand, DLR) High-Brightness Light Emitting Diode High Bandwidth Memory Human Brain Project Hanbury Brown and Twiss (Quanteneffekt/quantum effect) Hetero-Bipolartransistor, Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor Hepatitis-B-Virus High Content Analysis Hexachlorbenzol Heterogeneous Compute Compiler 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) Human–Computer Interaction (or: Interface) Human-Centric Compution and Information Sciences (open-access journal) High-Contrast Metastructure Human Capital (and) Mobility (EU) Humanes Cytomegalovirus Harvard College Observatory Hearing Conservation Program Hexagonal Closest Packing (Gitter/lattice) High Chip Rate Hard-Clad Silica (Faseroptik/fiber optics) High Content Screening (Biochemie/biochemistry) Hexacyanotrimethylencyclopropanid Hybrid Control Unit (Hybridfahrzeug/hybrid vehicle) Hepatitis-C-Virus Harmonization Document (CENELEC) High Definition (Video) Haus der Astronomie (Heidelberg) High-Density Amorphous (Eis/ice) Histone-Deacetylase, Histondeazetylase (Genetik/genetics) Hybrid Distributed Bragg Reflector (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) High Definition Broadcast Technology [vom HDTV abgeleitetes Bildaufzeichnungsformat/picture recording format, derived from HDTV] High Definition (or: Digital) Content Protection (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Hard Disk Controller Select Hierarchical Data Format hochdichte Faserplatte, High-Density Fiberboard 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 (Daten¨ ubertragung/data transmission) Histondemethylase (Genetik) Hot Dark Matter (Kosmologie/cosmology) High Definition Multimedia Interface Handheld Device Markup Lnguage hinter dem Ohr (H¨ orger¨ ate/hearing aids)

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High Density Polyethylene High Data Rate (Daten¨ ubertragung/data transmission) High Dynamic Range (Luftbildaufnahmen) 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) Hungaro DigiTel High Definition Television (hochaufl¨ osendes Fernsehen) Hessen (Bundesland/German Federal State) High Efficiency Advanced Audio Coding (Audio-Kompressions-Software/audio compression method) HDMI Ethernet Audio Channel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) High Energy Astrophysical Observatory High Elevation Antarctic Terahertz Telescope Harmonised European Approaches for Transport Costing and Project Assessment (EC Project) HDMI Ethernet Channel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (Montreal, Canada) High-End Computer (or: Computing) Capability (NASA project) Ethernet Channel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) High End Computing Terascale Resource (UK) High-Energy-Density High-Energy-Density Laboratory Plasmas (University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA) High-Energy-Density Physics High Energy Density Research Center (RU) High Efficiency Electron Emission Device (Bildwandler/image converter) Helmholtz Enterprise Fonds Hydroprocessed Esters and Fatty Acids (Biotreibstoff/biofuel) Higher Education Funding Council (UK) Higher Education Funding Council for England Higher Education Institutions Hunt for Exomoons with Kepler Helsinki Commission on Baltic Marine Protection Hierarchical Editing Language for Macromolecules Heparin-vermittelte extrakorporale LDL + Fibrinogen Pr¨ azipitation Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA) High-Electron-Mobility Transistor Hit Explorer Operation System Hochenergiephysik, High-Energy Physics Hochschulerneuerungsprogramm (neue Bundesl¨ ander) High-Energy Physics Advisory Panel (USA) High-Energy Physics and Cosmology Group (University at Buffalo, NY, 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, bis/until 2007) Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array Hotspot Ecosystem Research on the Margins of the European Seas Hybrid European RF and Antenna Test Zone (ESA) Humanes Endogenes Retrovirus High Energy Stereoscopic System (Gammastrahlenteleskop/gamma ray telescope array, Namibia) Home Electronic System Hybrid Evolutionary System (Systembeschreibung/system description) Higher Education Statistics Agency (UK) High Energy Seismic Survey (Meeresbiologie/marine biology) High Energy Stereoscopic System (Teleskop/telescope in Namibia) Hall-Effect Thruster (electric propulsion system) High Energy Theoretical (Physics) High-Performance Computing in Europe Taskforce (seit/since 2006) Hobby-Eberly-Telescope (Davis Mountains, TX, USA) HET Dark Energy Experiment High Energy Transient Explorer (Satellite, NASA) Height Equivalent to One Theoretical Plate (Maß f¨ ur Trennleistung eines chemischen Analysesystems, z.B. 20 µm bei Chromatographie/measure of separation resolution, e.g. 20 µm in chromatography) Highly Enriched Uranium Hybrid Electric Vehicle High Efficiency Video Coding Half Energy Width (Teleskop/telescope) Hamburgische Elektricit¨ atswerke High-Speed Experimental Fly Vehicles International 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(ial) (Cable) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Hybrid Frequency Division Duplex (Telecommunication, Combination of Time and Frequency Division Duplex) Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority

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Hochschule f¨ ur Fernsehen und Film (M¨ unchen) Hamburger Fernhochschule High Flux Isotope Reactor (ORNL) Heißfilm-Luftmassenmesser High-Frequency Notched (audiogram) Hefei National Laboratory [for Physical Sciences at Microscale] (CN) Halbleiterwerk Frankfurt/Oder (DE) Hochfrequenz-Oszillationsventilation (k¨ unstliche Beatmung/artificial respiration) Handsfree Profile (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) High-Flux Reactor (GFS, Petten, NL) Hybrid Fiber Radio Human Frontier Science Program Hochschule f¨ ur Telekommunikation Leipzig (DE) High-Frequency Ultrasound Hermite Gaussian (Lasermode/laser mode) H¨ orger¨ at Human Genetic Advisory Commission Hercules Graphics Card Hermann von Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren [Dateinamenerweiterung: Graphikdatei/file name extension: graphic file] Human Genome Project Human Genome Sciences Heidelberg Graduate School of Fundamental Physics (Universit¨ at/University of Heidelberg, DE) ¨ Hochspannungs-Gleichstrom-Ubertragung Hochgeschwindigkeitsverkehr (Schienenverkehr/rail traffic) (Hansestadt) Hamburg (Bundesland/German Federal State) Higher Harmonic Control Hessisches Hochschulgesetz High[-Order] Harmonic Generation (kurze Lichtimpulse/short light pulses) Heinrich-Hertz-Institut f¨ ur Nachrichtentechnik (Fraunhofer-Institut, Berlin, neuer Name) Heinrich-Hertz-Institut f¨ ur Schwingungsforschung (Berlin, alter Name) 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 Hybrid Illinois Device for Research and Applications (reactor) Heavy-Ion Fusion Hochschulinternes Fernsehen (G¨ ottingen) Hypoxie-induzierbarer Faktor (Protein) Hafnium Isomer Production Panel (DARPA) High Fidelity (Unterhaltungselektronik) Hawaii Imaging Fabry-P´ erot Interferometer (Astronomie/astronomy) 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 Hertie-Institut f¨ ur Klinische Hirnforschung (T¨ ubingen) Heidelberger Institut f¨ ur Internationale Konfliktforschung Hardware-in-the-Loop High Inertia – Low Acceleration Heavy Ion Linear Accelerator HIL-Echtzeitsimulation Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology Health Internetwork Access to Research Initiative High Lift Inflight Validation (DLR + Airbus) Heterogeneous-Compute Interface for Portability Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (USA) High-Performance and Embedded Architectures and Compilers (Conference series) 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 Performance Indoor Environment (laboratory, IBP) High Precision Parallax Collecting Satellite (ESA 1989) High Impact Polystyrene Homeland Innovative Prototypical Solutions High Pressure Science and Engineering Center (UNLV) High Resolution Fly’s Eye (University of Utah, USA) High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (Raumfahrt/spacecraft) High Integration of Research Monographs in the European Open Science Infrastructure Hinweis- und Informationssystem

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Hochschul-Informationssystem Hydrologic Information System (USA) Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (project) Hoch-integrierter S-Band-Sender f¨ ur PICO- und Nano-Satelliten Heidelberger Institut f¨ ur Stammzell-Technologie und Experimentelle Medizin Heterojunction with Intrinsic Thin Layer (solar cells) High-Intensity Training (Medizin/medicine) Human Intestinal Tract Hardware-in-the-Loop High-Resolution Transmission Molecular Absorption Database (Harvard-Smithonian Center for Astrophysics) Heavy Ion Trap Heidelberger Institut f¨ ur Theoretische Studien 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 (f¨ ur elektrochemische Energiespeicherung) Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Human-Immunschw¨ ache-Virus Hitlerjugend (NS-Organisation) Hongkong/Hong Kong (ISO 3166) Hauptkomponenten-Analyse (= PCA) Hong Kong Baptist University Hans-Kn¨ oll-Institut f¨ ur Naturstoffforschung (Jena) Hong Kong Institute of Acoustics (since 1993) Hong Kong Optical Engineering Society Hochschulkooperationsprogramm (EU) Hong Kong University Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hidden Layer (neuronale Netze/artificial neural networks) Horizontal Line Array (ocean acoustics) Human Leukocyte Antigen, humanes Leukozyten-Antigen (Biochemie/biochemistry) High Magnetic Field Laboratory Dresden (DE, 2007) High-Level Data Link Control (UKW-Seefunk) Haager Landkriegsordnung High-Speed Low-Voltage Low-Power (Logik-ICs/logical ICs) High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (CERN) [Dateinamenerweiterung: Windows-Hilfe-Datei/file name extension: Windows help file] Home Location Register (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) H¨ ochstleistungsrechenzentrum in Bavaria H¨ ochstleistungsrechenzentrum Stuttgart H¨ ochstleistungsrechenzentrum (J¨ ulich) Hilfe zum Lebensunterhalt ( Sozialhilfe“) ” Herz-Lungen-Wiederbelebung 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 Realit¨ at/virtual reality) Hexamethyldisiloxan [International Conference on] High Magnetic Fields [in Semicondutor Physics] Helmholtz-Zentrum M¨ unchen – Deutsches Forschungszentrum f¨ ur Gesundheit und Umwelt Hahn-Meitner-Institut (Berlin) Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager Human-Machine Interface Hidden Markov Model Home Location Register (Heimat-Datei) Helical Magnetic Resonance Imaging Harvard Medical School (Boston, MA, USA) Headend Management System Health Monitoring System (Flugzeug/aircraft) Her Majesty’s Ship Hull Mounted Sonar Histonmethyltransferase (Genetik) Hessisches Ministerium f¨ ur Wissenschaft und Kultur Tetramethylentetranitramin (Octogen, Sprengstoff/explosive) High-Mass X-Ray Binary (R¨ ontgendoppelstern/X-ray double star) Honduras (ISO 3166) Highly Nonlinear Fibers (Laser) Heliport Noise Model (L¨ armbewertung/noise rating) Hub Network Management Computer Hals-, Nasen- und Ohren(-Klinik oder -Patient/clinic or patient) HandOver (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Honeybee Online Studies (Universit¨ at W¨ urzburg) Holografisches optisches Element Histograms of Oriented Gradients (human body detection) H0 Lenses in COSMOGRAIL’s Wellspring ¨ aure)-Low (Linolens¨ ¨ High (Ols¨ aure) (haltbares Ol/well keeping oil) High Oleic Low Linoleic (Raps)

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High-Resolution in situ Holographic Recording and Analysis of Marine Organisms and Particles (EU project) High-Order Layerwise Theory (Verbundwerkstoffe/compounds) Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital Hooked on Nicotin Checklist History of Physicists in Industry (AIP project) Hybrid Optical Packet Infrastructure (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Higher-Order Statistics Holistic and Sustainable Abatement of Noise by Optimized Combinations of Natural and Artificial Means (EU project) Highly Optimized Tolerance Holographic Optical Tweezer Holographic Optical Telescope and Scanner Hewlett Packard High Priority High Power Amplifier Hypothalamus-Hypophysen-Nebennierenrinden-Achse Highly Potent Active Ingredient Health Professional Card (smart card) High Performance Computing (or: Computer) High-Power Calculations High Performance Computing as a Service High Performance Computing Advisory Council High Performance Computing and Communication (USA) High Performance Computing Cluster High Performance Computing Facility (UK) High Performance Conjugate Gradient High Performance Computing Initiative (Arizona State University, USA, and Japan) High Performance Computing and Networking (ESPRIT) High Performance Computing Symposium High Performance Computing Systems Human Prostata Cancer 1 High Performance Computing for Manufacturing High Performance and Cloud Computing Cross-Border Competence Consortium Hearing Protection Device High-Performance Data Analysis High-Power Direct-Diode Laser High-Power Diode Laser High-Precision Electrostatic Laminate Habitable Zone Planet Finder (HET) High Performance Fortran High-Purity Germanium (detectors) Hewlett Packard Graphics Language High Pressure High Temperature (Diamant/diamond) Heinrich-Pette-Institut f¨ ur Experimentelle Virologie und Immunologie (Hamburg) Hewlett Packard Interface Bus High Performance Liquid Chromatography Home Public (and) Land Mobile Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Home Phoneline Networking Alliance (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Heavy Photon Search High Performance Storage 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 Heterodyne Picosecond Thermoreflectance High Power User Equipment Human Papillomavirus, Human-Papillomavirus High Performance Visual Machine High Performance Work Team Heat Flow and Physical Property Package (DLR instrument for InSight (Marsprobe)) Headquarters High Quality Harvard Quantum Optics Center (Harvard University, USA) Half-Quantum Vortex (superconductivity) Hertzsprung–Russell (diagram, astrophysics) 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 (R¨ ontgenstrahl-Satellit/X-ray satellite) Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility (ORNL, USA)

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High-Resolution Infrared Imaging Spectrometer Head-Related Impulse Response (Akustik/acoustics) Hydrotreated Renewable Jet (alternativer Flugzeugtreibstoff/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, Hochaufgel¨ oste Raster-Transmissions-Elektronenmikroskopie Head-Related Transfer Function Helium Recovery Unit Herzfrequenzvariabilit¨ at Human Rights Watch (Menschenrechtsorganisation) Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (hochgradig u achtnis) ¨berlegenes autobiografisches Ged¨ Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (USA) High Speed Club High Speed Cutting High Speed Circuit Switched Data (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) h¨ amatopoetische Stammzell-Transplantation 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 Schmerzempfindlichkeit Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Hessische Stiftung Friedens- und Konfliktforschung High Speed Internet Hyperspectral Imaging High Speed Internet Access Heizungs-, Sanit¨ ar- und Klimatechnik Homoserinlacton Hitzeschock-Protein Hochschulsonderprogramm High Speed Packet Access (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) High Speed Physical Downlink Shared Channel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Hot Spot Recognition System (Satelliten–Feuer–Erkundung) humanes Spuma-Retrovirus harter Schnellstahl (Werkzeuge/tools) High Speed Switch (Datennetz/data network) Home Subscriber Server (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Humanities and Social Sciences High Speed Shared Control Channel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Hubble Space Telescope Hauptstaatsarchiv Hannover High Speed Uplink Packet Access (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Hamburgische Schiffbau-Versuchsanstalt Hartmann-Shack Wavefront Sensor Haiti (ISO 3166) High Temperature High Throughput High Transmission (filter) Heterobipolar-Transistor Hubbard Theory Consortium (established 2010) Hyperwork Technology Conference High Temperature Ceramic Matrix Composites Human Teratocarcinoma-Derived Virus High-Temperature Electrolysis (Wasserstoff-Kraftwerk/hydrogen power plant) High Throughput Experimentation Hub Terminal Facilities Hyperschall-Technologie G¨ ottingen (DLR) High Temperature High Perfomance Liquid Chromatography, Hochtemperatur-Fl¨ ussigkeitschromatographie humanes T-lymphotropes Virus [Dateinamenerweiterung: Internet-Datei/file name extension: Internet file] Hamburger Test f¨ ur mathematische Begabung High Temperature Mechanical Testing Committee (UK) HyperText Markup Language [Dateinamenerweiterung: Internet-Datei/file name extension: Internet file] Hybrid Technology/Multithreaded System (Supercomputer) High Test Peroxide Handwritten Text Recognition Heights (US Mail) High-Throughput Screening High Temperature Superconductor (Hochtemperatur-Supraleiter) Hochtemperatur-Supraleiter (High-Tc superconductor) Hypertext Transfer (or Transmission) Protocol (Computer-Netzwerk/computer network, WWW) HTTP Secured

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Hochschule f¨ ur Technik und Wissenschaft (Berlin) Howard University (Washington, DC, USA) Humboldt-Universit¨ at (Berlin) Ungarn/Hungary (ISO 3166) Harvard University Archive House Un-American Activities Committee (Antispionage-Maßnahme der USA) Housing and Urban Development Human Genome Organization Howard University Program in Atmospheric Sciences (Washington, DC, USA) h¨ amolytisch-ur¨ amisches Syndrom Harvard Underwater Sound Laboratory Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Wuhan, CN) 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-Velocity Cloud (astronomy) High-Voltage Direct-Current (verlustarme Hochspannungsleitung/low-loss power line) High-Volume Manufacturing Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Hydride Vapor Phase Epitaxy (semiconductor technology) Hierarchical Virtual Private LAN Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Halbwertsbreite Hydrophobe Wechselwirkungschromatographie Hyperworks Enabled Community Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute (Buffalo, NY, USA) Harzwasserwerke Highway (US Mail) Hard X-Ray Modulated Telescope (Chinesischer Satellit/Chinese satellite) Hybrid-Composite Experimental Rocket Hydrodynamik- und Kavitationstunnel (HSVA) Hydrogen Power Storage and Solutions East Germany Hydrogen Switchable Mirror Hybrid Silicide-Based Ligthweight Components for Turbine and Energy Applications Hyperspectral Infrared Imager (JPL) Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V. Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht – Zentrum f¨ ur Material- und K¨ ustenforschung Helmholtz-Zentrum f¨ ur Infektionsforschung (Braunschweig) High-Z Supernova Search Team

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Ingoing Access Iowa (US-Staat/US state) Internationale Astronautische Akademie Internationale Automobilausstellung (Berlin, jeweils im/always in September) Irish Aviation Authority (Flugsicherungsbeh¨ orde) Infrastructure as a Service (for research computation) Institut f¨ ur Angewandte Analysis und Stochastik (Berlin) Institut f¨ ur Akustik und Bauphysik (Oberursel/Ts.) Institut f¨ ur Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (der Bundesanstalt f¨ ur Arbeit) Internet Administration (or: Architecture) Board Industrieanlagen-Betriebsgemeinschaft Instituto de Astrof´ısica de Canarias International Astronautical Congress Interaural Cross-Correlation International Association of Colloid and Interface Scientists International Association for (or: of) Computational Mechanics Image-Activated Cell Spacing (Biotechnologie/biotechnology) Integrated Access Device Ion-Assisted Deposition Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee Integrated Active Drive System (Kfz-Fahrdynamik-Management/vehicle) International Affective Digitized Sounds Instituto de Aeron´ autica e Espa¸co (Brazil) International Atomic Energy Agency (Wien, AT) International Atomic Energy Organisation Institute for Advanced Energy Solutions (USA) International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Angewandte Festk¨ orperphysik (Freiburg/Br.) International Association of Geophysical Contractors In-Service Aircraft for a Global Observing System Israel Aircraft Industries, Israel Aerospace Industry [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Intelligente Analyse- und Informationssysteme (Sankt Augustin) Interessengemeinschaft f¨ ur Autofreie Kur- und Fremdenverkehrsorte in Bayern interaurale Kreuzkorrelation Identity and Access Management Integrated Assessment Model

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International Association for Mathematical Physics Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences (Academia Sinica, Taiwan) Interdisziplin¨ are Arbeitsgruppe Naturwissenschaft, Technik und Sicherheit (TU Darmstadt) [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Arbeitswirtschaft und Organisation (Stuttgart) [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Angewandte Polymerforschung (Potsdam-Golm) Institut f¨ ur Atmosph¨ arenphysik (K¨ uhlungsborn, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Internet Access Provider Internet Protocol Access Point Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics (Beijing, China) Institut f¨ ur Angewandte Photophysik (TU Dresden) International Affective Picture System Integrated Active Quenching Circuitry International Agency for Research on Cancer Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee International Amateur Radio Union Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, NJ, USA, and Shenzhen University, CN) Interactive Assessment Score (education) Internationaler Antwortschein Islamic Academy of Sciences Industry Association Synthetic Biology Internaional Arctic Science Committee Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer International Arctic Systems for Observing the Atmosphere International Association for the Study of Pain International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth’s Interior International Association of Science and Technology for Development Institute for Advanced Study, Tsinghua University (Beijing, CN) Implizierter Assoziationstest (Psychologie) Institut Arbeit und Technik (Gelsenkirchen) International Air Transport Association Intermittent Automatic Train Control (z.B./e.g., INDUSI) (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) International Astronomical Union Informations-, Anlauf- und Vermittlungsstelle (Karlsruhe) International AIDS Vaccine Initiative Institut f¨ ur angewandtes Wissen (K¨ oln) International Asteroid Warning Network International Axion Observatory Important Bird Area (Naturschutz/nature conservation) International Bioacoustics Congress Ion Beam Assisted Deposition International Bank Account Number 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 India Business Insight Database Interacting Boson Model International Business Machines Corporation Internationale Briefmarken-Messe Institut f¨ ur Baustoffe, Massivbau und Brandschutz (TU Braunschweig) Institut f¨ ur Biomedizinische Probleme (Moskau) In-Beam M¨ ossbauer Spectroscopy [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Biomedizinische Technik (St. Ingbert und Potsdam-Golm) In-Band On-Channel (high-definition radio) Integrierte betriebliche Optimierung: L¨ arm, Energie, Stabilit¨ at (DLR-Projekt f¨ ur Bahnverkehr) [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Bauphysik (Stuttgart und Holzkirchen) Institut f¨ ur Bioanorganische und Radiopharmazeutische Chemie (FZR) International Brain Research Organization Institute for Basic Science (Daejeon, Korea) International Business Service Ion Beam Sputtering International Workshop on Bioinformatics and Systems InfiniBand Trade Association Internationales Bureau des Welttelegraphenvereins (gegr¨ undet/founded: 1868) Ab/since 1908: Bureau international de l’union t´ el´ egraphique Inertial Cloak (acoustic metamaterials) Integrated Circuit Intelligence Community 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)

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Incoming Call Barrier International Customer Advisory Board International Conference on Advances in Bio-Informatics and Environmental Engineering International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries International Conference on Acoustic Emission International Committee on Aeronautical Fatigue International Consortium for Anti-Infective Research (Fraunhofer-Projekt) Iron Calorimeter Detector (Neutrinodetektor/neutrino detector) International Conference on Applications of Lasers and Electrooptics International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems Industry Circle Additive Manufacturing Inter-Continental Advanced Materials and Photonics Summer School Interdisciplinary Centre for Advanced Material Simulations (Ruhr-Universit¨ at Bochum, DE) International Civil Aviation Organization International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Computer Vision Improving Children’s Auditory Rehabilitation (EU-ITN project) International Cooperation for Animal Research Using Space 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 Effects of Noise Intercontinental Ballistic Missile International Council for Bird Preservation In-Car Communication Institute of Computational Cosmology (Durham University) Intelligent Customer Care International Convention Centre (Birmingham, UK) Internationales Congress Centrum (Berlin) International Conference on Computer Aided Design Innovation Center Computer Assisted Surgery (Universit¨ at Leipzig, DE) International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas Intensified CCD International Conference on Consumer Electronics International Conference on Computer Languages International Council of Clean Transportation International Centre for Diffraction Data Institut Charles Darwin International International Continental Drilling Program (= KTB) In-Car-Entertainment (Autoradio) Intercity Express (Bundesbahn/German railway) International Conference on Experimental Mechanics Industry Council for Electronic Equipment (UK) Institute for Chemical and Engineering Sciences (Singapore) Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences (at University of Texas at Austin, USA) International Council for the Exploration of the Sea Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite (NASA, since 2003) Inertial Confinement Fusion (= Tr¨ agheitsfusion) (Reaktor/reactor) International Committee for Future Accelerators Institute of Photonic Sciences (Barcelona, ES) International Centre for Fundamental Physics and Its Interfaces (ENS, Paris, FR) Instituto de Ciencias F´ısicas de la Universidad Nacional Aut´ onoma de M´ exico Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation (University of Portsmouth, GB) 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 Cosortium of Investigative Journalists International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development International Conference on Image Processing (IEEE) International Council of Independent States (seit/since 1984) Interactive Corpus of Indus Texts Ice Cube Laboratory (Antarktis-Forschungsstation/antarctic research station) Infotainment Cluster Module (Kfz-Technik) International Congress Center M¨ unchen Intracluster Medium (Astronomie/astronomy) Integrated Computational Materials Engineering International Commission for Mathematical Instruction Internet Control Message Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition International Center for Materials Research International Conference on Methods and Models in Science and Technology Information and Communication Network (Siemens)

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Internatinal Conference “Application of Contemporary Non-Destructive Testing in Engineering” 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 Internationall Conference on Plasma Medicine International Certificate Program for New Media (FhG, CRCG) Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy Triple Quadrupole Inductively Coupled Plasma Industrial & Commercial Power Systems [Technical Conference] Industrial Consortium of Polynucleotide Synthesis International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors International Center for Quantum Design of Functional Materials (University of Science and Technology, Hefei, CN, seit/since 2008) International Center for Quantum Materials (Peking University, CN) Institute of Cancer Research (London, UK) International Conflict Research (group) Ion Cyclotron Resonance International Conference on Robotics and Automation 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 Commission on Stratigraphy International Congress on Spatial Audio International Conference on Systems and Informatics Interrogating Call Session Control Function (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) International Computer Science Institute (Berkeley, CA, USA) Intracytoplasmatische Spermieninjektion (k¨ unstliche Befruchtung) International Conference on Spoken Language Processing International Conference on the Structure of Surfaces Integrated Communications and Solutions Services (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) International Council for Scientific and Technical Information International Council of Scientific 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 f¨ ur Chemische Technologie (Pfinztal bei/near Karlsruhe) International Center for Technology Assessment (USA) International Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics International Conference on Theoretical and Computational Acoustics [Abdus Salam] International Centre for Theoretical Physics (Trieste, IT, seit/since 1964; also in Sao Paulo, BR, since 2012. See also SAIFR and MAIS) International Conference on Transport Theory Intensive Care Unit (Krankenhaus/hospital) International Congress on Ultrasonics International Conference on Uncertainty in Mechanical Engineering Incentives for Cleaner Vehicles in Urban Europe Internet Call Waiting (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Integrated Coastal Zone Management (Meeresk¨ ustenschutz/sea shore conservation) Idaho (US-Staat/US state) Identifier Indonesien/Indonesia (ISO 3166) Intelligent Design Institute for Defense Analyses (USA) Interface for Distributed Automation Interessengemeinschaft deutscher akademischer Fliegergruppen Intelligent Transportation System Data Bus Interactive Data Business Solutions Insulation Displacement Connection International Data Corporation International Data Centre, Internationales Datenzentrum (CTBTO, Wien/Vienna) Iceland Deep Drilling Project Integrated Dynamic Drive System (Kfz/automobile) Integrated Development Environment Informations- und Dokumentationsstelle Ethik in der Medizin Intermediate Data File International Diabetes Federation

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International DOI Foundation Inverse Discrete Fourier Transform, inverse diskrete Fourier-Transformation Institute for Data Intensive Science and Engineering (JHU) Interactive Data Language Interface Definition (or: Description) Language Integrated Digital Loop Carrier (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Identification of Medical Products [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Digitale Medientechnologie (Ilmenau) International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction Intelligent Design Network Immediate Drop on Demand Technology Identity Provider (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Institut f¨ ur Datenanalyse und Prozessdesign (Wintherthur, CH) Intrinsically Disordered Protein International Digital Publishing Forum in der Regel Inter-Domain Routing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Intermediate Data Rate (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Investigation of the Discourse of Interdisciplinary Research Internal Dynamic Rate Flow Control (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Institut f¨ ur Deutsche Sprache (Mannheim) Intrusion Detection System (Firewall) Improved Definition 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 (Paris, FR) Inner Ear Biology International Electrotechnical Commission (gegr¨ undet/founded 1904) Institute of Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Electronics and Communication Engineers of Japan Industrial Electronics Conference Improvised Explosive Device Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (Bangladesh) Institution of Electrical Engineers (UK) Intelligent Energy Europe (EU Project 2006–2008) 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 f¨ ur Erhaltung und Modernisierung von Bauwerken (Berlin) [Carnot] Institut d’Electronique, de Micro´ electronique et de Nanotechnologie (Lille, FR) Istituto Elettrotecnico Nazionale Galileo Ferraris (Torino, IT) Inner Earth Object (asteroid) Integrated Electronic Piezoelectric (sensor) Institution of Electronic and Radio Engineers (London, GB) International Earth Rotation Service Institute for Environment and Suitability (EU) Internet Enhanced Services [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Experimentelles Software Engineering (Kaiserslautern) Institution of Engineering and Technology (UK) Internet Engineering Task Force Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy Interface Intermediate Frequency Institut f¨ ur Automobilwirtschaft Internationale Funkausstellung International Football Association Board International Federation of Automatic Control Institut f¨ ur Arbeitsphysiologie (Dortmund) Institut de Fisica d’Altes Energies (University of Barcelona, ES) Institut f¨ ur Automation und Kommunikation (Magdeburg) International Federation of Airline Pilots [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Fertigungstechnik und Angewandte Materialforschung (Bremen und Dresden) Institut Fran¸caise d’Arch´ eologie Orientale (Kairo, Egypt) International Forum for Aviation Research Innovative Future Air Transport System Institut f¨ ur Biokunststoffe und Bioverbundwerkstoffe (Universit¨ at Hannover) Industry Foundation Class (Schnittstelle/interface) International Finance Corporation (Dakar) In-Flight Entertainment System Inertial Fusion Energy Institut f¨ ur Erd¨ olforschung (Clausthal-Zellerfeld) Institut f¨ ur Festk¨ orperphysik und Elektronenmikroskopie Infinite Element Method

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International Fusion Energy Research Center (Rokkasho, JP) Institut f¨ ur Energie- und Umweltforschung [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Fabrikbetrieb und -automatisierung (Magdeburg) Institut f¨ ur Fahrzeugtechnik (TU Braunschweig) Institut f¨ ur Festk¨ orperforschung [a): am/at the IFW, b): am/at the KFA, J¨ ulich] Interchange File Format (Graphikformat) Inverse Fast Fourier Transform Institute for Glycomics (Griffith University, AUS) Institut f¨ ur Hochenergiephysik (ehem./former DDR, Zeuthen, AdW) International Federation of Information Processing Societies and: International Federation for Information Processing Interpolation Finite-Impulse Response (Filter) Inferior Frontal Junction (Gehirn/brain) Institut f¨ ur L¨ anderkunde (Leipzig) Institut f¨ ur Leibes¨ ubungen International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions Institut f¨ ur Meereskunde (Kiel) Interfacial Force Microscope Institut f¨ ur Mechanik (Universit¨ at Magdeburg) International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility Institut f¨ ur Mobilit¨ atsforschung (BMW Group) Institut f¨ ur Neurobioogie (Magdeburg) Institute for Functional Nanomaterials (University of Puerto Rico) Institut f¨ ur Wirtschaftsforschung (M¨ unchen) Institut f¨ ur Organisationskommunikation (Bensheim) Implementation Force (1995–1996, sp¨ ater/thereafter SFOR) International Federation of Operational Research Societies Institut f¨ ur Oberfl¨ achen- und Schichtanalytik (Univ. Kaiserslautern) Institut f¨ ur Festk¨ orperphysik (KIT) International Federation of the Phonographic Industry Institut f¨ ur Forschungsentwicklung und Qualit¨ atssicherung Institut f¨ ur Radiochemie (FZR) Instrumental Flight Rules International Federation of Robotics International Frequency Registration Board (in Genf/Genova, CH) Institut Fran¸cais de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la Mer In-Flight-Simulation (aircraft testing) Institut f¨ ur Festk¨ orperanalytik und Strukturforschung (am/at the IFW) Institut f¨ ur Sicherheitsforschung (FZR) Integrated Forecast System (weather forecast) International Forestry Students Association Instituto di Fisica de Sao Carlos (BR) International Federation of Stamp Dealers Association [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Festk¨ orpertechnologie (M¨ unchen) Institut f¨ ur Troposph¨ arenforschung (Leipzig) Instituto de Fisica Teorica (Sao Paulo, BR) IT Future of Medicine (EU project) International Federation for the Theory of Machines and Mechanisms [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Atmosph¨ arische Umweltforschung [Leibniz-] Institut f¨ ur Festk¨ orper- und Werkstoffforschung (Dresden, seit 1992) Institut f¨ ur Weltwirtschaft (Kiel) Integrierte Flughafenwettersysteme Interactive Financial Exchange Institut f¨ ur Zeitgeschichte (M¨ unchen) Intrinsic Gettering Inter-Governmental Agreement Interdivisional Group for Applied Physics and Physics in Industry (EPS) Institut f¨ ur Gew¨ asser¨ okologie und Binnenfischerei (Berlin) [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Grenzfl¨ achen- und Bioverfahrenstechnik (Stuttgart) ¨ Internationales Geosph¨ aren-Biosph¨ aren-Programm (Okologie/ecology) Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor International Genomics Consortium Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (Kohlekraftwerk/coal power plant) [Fraunhofer-] Einrichtung f¨ ur Gießerei-, Composite- und Verarbeitungstechnik (Augsburg) [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur graphische Datenverarbeitung (Darmstadt, Außenstelle/branch in Rostock) Intercollege Graduate Degree Program (Pennstate, USA) individuelle Gesundheitsleistungen International Genetically Engineered Machine [Competition] Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (NSF, USA) Insulinlike Growth Factor Intergovernmental Group Intelligent Gateway GPRS Support Node (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Information Governance Initiative Italian Grid Infrastructure (or: Initiative) (computing) Integrated Gatekeeper (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Internationales Graduiertenkolleg Informal Group of RTD Liaison Officers in Brussels (EU) Intergalactic Medium

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Internet Group Management (or: Multicast) Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Installations-Ger¨ auschnormal (DIN 52218) Interior Gateway Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Interdivisional Group on Physics for Development (EPS) Image-Guided Treatment Planning System (health care) Integrated Green Aircraft (DLR project) Image-Guided Radiation Therapy (health care) [Laboratoire] Information G´ enomique et Structurale (Marseille, FR) Integrierte Gesamtschule Intergenic Spacer (Genetik/genetics) International GPS Service for Geodynamics (Satellitengeod¨ asie/satellite geodesy) Indicazione Geografica Tipica (italienische Wein-Kennzeichnung, entspricht deutschem Landwein/Italian wine classification) International Grid Test Federation Institut f¨ ur Grenzfl¨ achenforschung und Vakuumphysik (J¨ ulich) Integriertes Gesamtverkehrskonzept Internationale Gr¨ une Woche (Berlin) International Geophysical Year (1957/58) Informations- und Gesch¨ aftszentrum (DEGA, Berlin) Institut f¨ ur Gem¨ use- und Zierpflanzenbau (Großbeeren und/and K¨ uhnhausen bei/near Erfurt) Immunhistochemie, Immunohistochemistry Inner Hair Cell (in the ear) Institute for Health and Consumer Protection Ischemic Heart Disease Institue of High Energy Physics (CERN, CH, and Beijing, CN) ´ Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques (bei/near Paris, FR) Industrie- und Handelskammer Internationale Handwerkswoche Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (Pensacola, FL, USA) International Human Microbiome Consortium (since Oct. 2008) Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (University of Washington, Seattle, USA) Institut f¨ ur Halbleiterphysik, Leibniz-Institut f¨ ur innovative Mikroelektronik (Frankfurt/Oder) Institut f¨ ur Physikalische Hochtechnologie e.V. (Jena) International Helicopter Safety Team Innenhochdruck-Umformen (= Hydroforming) International Institute of Applied System Analysis (Laxemburg bei/near Wien, AT) International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration Impact Insulation Class (building acoustics) International Iran Conference on Quantum Information (1st: Sept. 2007) International Ice Charting Working Group Independent and Identically-Distributed (Data; Filtertheorie/filter theory) Interaural Intensity Difference (Richtungsh¨ oren/directional hearing) Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (USA) Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences (Tsinghua University, CN) International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (University of Tsukuba, JP) Internet Initiative Japan Institut f¨ ur Ionenstrahlphysik und Materialforschung (FZR) Internationales Institut f¨ ur Management und Verwaltung International Institute of Noise Control Engineering International Institute of Physics (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil) Infinite Impulse Response (Digitalfilter/digital filter) Indian Institute of Sciences (Bangalore, IN) [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Integrierte Schaltungen (Erlangen, Dresden und Ilmenau) [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Integrierte Systeme und Bauelementetechnologie (Erlangen) Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (a group of universities) Illinois Institute of Technology (USA) Indian Institute of Technology (Kanpur, IN) International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (Nigeria) [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Informations- und Datenverarbeitung (Karlsruhe) Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (Pune, IN) International Joint Conference on Neural Networks International Journal of Mathematics International Journal of Oral Science International Journal of Systems Control International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics [Landkarten-Datenbank/map data bank] (im/in the DBI) Instrumente f¨ ur Klimagas-Reduktionsstrategien Internet-Katalog betrieblicher Umweltinformationssysteme Intelligent Keybord Chip Integrated Knowledge Centre (UK) Internet Key Exchange (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Institut f¨ ur Kern- und Energietechnik (KIT) Institut f¨ ur Kern- und Hadronenphysik (FZR) Institut f¨ ur klinische Immunologie und Transfusionsmedizin (Leipzig) Institut f¨ ur elektronische Korrelationen und Magnetismus Internationales Komitee vom Roten Kreuz Institut f¨ ur Klinische Radiologie und Nuklearmedizin (Mannheim) Internationale Kommission zum Schutz der Donau

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Internationale Kommission zum Schutz der Elbe Internationale Kommission zum Schutz der Oder Internationale Kommission zum Schutz des Rheins Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Keramische Technologien und Systeme (oder: Sinterwerkstoffe) (Dresden) Institut f¨ ur Kunststoffverarbeitung (Aachen) Institut f¨ ur Kristallz¨ uchtung (Berlin-Adlershof) Illinois (US-Staat/US state) Insertion Loss (Einf¨ ugungsd¨ ammung) Israel (ISO 3166) In-Line Amplifier (Glasfaserkabel/glass fiber cable) Internationale Luft[- und Raum]fahrtausstellung International Laboratory Accreditation Corporation Identical Location of Accelerometer and Force International Laser Center (Staatsuniversit¨ at Moskau/State University Moscow) International Linear Collider (Fermilab) Intelligibility Level Difference Interaural Level Difference International Large Detector (for the International Linear Collider) Institute of Laser Engineering (Osaka, JP) Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Inorganic Light-Emitting Diode Institut f¨ ur Leichtbau Entwerfen und Konstruieren (Universit¨ at Stuttgart) Intelligente lernende Navigation (Kfz-Entwicklung) Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Internet Librarian International (Conference series) Intelligent Logistics for Innovative Product Technologies Institut Laue-Langevin (Grenoble, FR) Industrial Light & Magic (Fl¨ ussigkeitssimulation/fluid simulation system) Integrated Laser Modulator (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Intrinsic Localized Modes (Festk¨ orperphysik/solid state physics) 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 Library System Integrated Logistic Support Intracavity Laser Spectroscopy International Laser Safety Conference [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Lasertechnologie (Aachen, seit/since 1985) [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Lebensmitteltechnologie und Verpackung (M¨ unchen, 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) Intensit¨ atsmodulation Interlocking Module (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Instituto Mexicano de Ac´ ustica 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) Intensity Modulated Arc Therapy Institut f¨ ur Molekulare Biotechnologie (Jena) Institut f¨ ur Molekulare Biotechnologie (Wien, AT) Institut f¨ ur Medizinisch-biologische Probleme/Institute for Biomedical Problems (Moskau, RU) International Marine Contractors Association ISDN Management and Coordination Committee (TC im/in the ETSI) Innovative Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre Intermodulation Distortion Infinite Memory Engine (computer) ¨ [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Molekularbiologie und Angewandte Okologie (Schmallenberg und M¨ unster) Institute for Molecular Engineering (University of Chicago, USA) 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) Infinite Momentum Frame (neutron research) [DLR-] Institut f¨ ur Methodik der Fernerkundung

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[Dateinamenerweiterung: Graphikdatei/file name extension: graphic file] Innovative Medicines Initiative (EU) International Materials Institutes International Meeting on Information Display (conference series) Imaginary Intelligence ¨ Integriertes Mess- und Informationssystem zur Uberwachung der Umweltradioaktivit¨ at Innenministerkonferenz [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Medienkommunikation (St. Augustin) [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Materialfluss und Logistik (Dortmund) International Microgravity Laboratory Institut f¨ ur Mikrotechnik (Mainz) Institute of Microelectronics and Microsystems (z.B. in Neapel/e.g. in Naples, IT) MSS Interconnection Network Institut f¨ ur Mikrostrukturtechnologie und Optoelektronik (Wetzlar) International Maritime Organization Internationale Mathematik-Olympiade Internationale Motivgruppen Olympiaden und Sport e.V. (Briefmarken-Verein) Inosinmonophosphat Institut f¨ ur Molekulare Pathologie (Wien, AT) Intermodulation Product Interplanetary Monitoring Platform (spacecraft program, 1977) Innovative Materials and Processes for Advanced Carbon Capture Technologies Identification of Novel Targets for Cancer Therapy (EU project) Illinois Microarchitecture Project Utilizing Advanced Computer Technology In Situ Measurements of Particle and Coronal Mass Ejections Transients (Sonnenphysik/solar physics) Impact Avalanche Transit-Time (Diode) Ionosphere Monitoring and Prediction Center (DLR, Neustrelitz) Infrared Microsystems for Pollution Emission Control on Cars Intermetallic Materials Processing in Relation to Earth and Space Solidification (ESA project, 2004–2009) International Max Planck Research School (for Quantum Dynamics) (Heidelberg, DE) Institute for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Porto Novo, Benin) Intensity-Modulated Proton Therapy Intelligent Mobile Redirect (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (Onkologie, R¨ ontgentechnik/oncology, X-ray technology) [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Mehl- und S¨ ußspeisen (Castrop-Rauxel) [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Mikroelektronische Schaltungen und Systeme (Duisburg) 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) Ionenmobilit¨ atsspektrometer, Ion-Mobility Spectrometer (analyzer) IP Multimedia Subsystem (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy Information Management System Betriebsfestigkeit Institut f¨ ur Multiple-Sklerose-Forschung (G¨ ottingen) International Mobile Subscriber Identification (or: Identity) Institut f¨ ur Mikrostrukturtechnik (KfK) Institute of Microtechnology (Univ. Neuchˆ atel, CH) International Mobile Telecommunications integrierte multitrophe Aquakultur Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (IEEE) Institut f¨ ur Mikrosystemtechnik (Univ. Freiburg) Inertial Measurement Unit (Verkehr, Tr¨ agheitsnavigation) International Mathematical Union Internationale Mathematische Unterrichtskommission (seit/since 1908; sp¨ ater/later on: ICMI) Institut f¨ ur Metallische Werkstoffe (am/at the IFW) [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Mikrostruktur von Werkstoffen und Systemen (Halle) Indiana (US-Staat/US state) Indien/India (ISO 3166) Intelligentes Netz, Intelligent Network Instituto Ant´ artico Chileno Intelligent Network Application Protocol (or: Part) International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications Incorporated (USA, entspricht Aktiengesellschaft) Interhemispheric Differences 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 Investigational New Drug Application Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (to climate change)

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Indian National Digital Library in Engineering Science and Technology Induktive Zugsicherung (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Integrated Distributed Data Usage Control Enforcement Institut f¨ ur Nukleare Entsorgung (KIT) Idaho National Engineering Laboratory Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais An´ısio Teixeira (Brazil) Informationsnetz Elbe-Sanierung Innovative Navigation European System International Nuclear Event Scale (IAEA) International Network of Engineers and Scientists Against Proliferation Institute for New Economic Thinking (since 2009) [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 (at several locations in Italy) Indium-Gallium-Arsenid Intensivierte Gew¨ asser¨ uberwachungsorganisation Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia (MX) [Dateinamenerweiterung: Programm-Initialisierungsdatei/file name extension: program initialization file] Innovations in Nuclear Infrastructure and Education (DoE Program, USA) International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (Braga, PT) Institut National de M´ etrologie Integrated (or: Intermediate) Network Management (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Integrated Noise Model (FAA) Isolated N-Well Monolythic Active Pixel Sensor Intelligent Materials for Active Noise Reduction International Maritime Satellite Organization (gegr¨ undet/founded 1979) Innovationsallianz Green Carbody Technologies Innovationsallianz CNT [Carbon Nanotubes] Innovative Medicine for Europe India-Based Neutrino Observatory Iranian National Observatory Institut f¨ ur Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie (Berlin) [Leibniz-] Institut f¨ ur Niedertemperatur-Plasmaphysik (Greifswald) Integration des Patentwesens in die ingenieurm¨ aßige wissenschaftliche Hochschulausbildung Institut National de la Propriet´ e Industrielle (FR) International Project (on Innovative Nuclear Reactors and Fuel Cycles) International Union for Quarternary Research International Research Associates Institut National de Recherches arch´ eologiques pr´ eventives (Basse-Normandie, FR) Institut National de Recherche sur les Transports et leur S´ ecurit´ e (FR) Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (FR) Innovative Rotorsteuerung (Hubschrauber/helicopter) Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (Varennes, PQ, CA) Inertiales Navigationssystem Institute for Nuclear Study (University of Tokyo, JP) Institut National des Sciences Appliqu´ ees (Lyon, FR) International Society for Agricultural Meteorology Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar Integrated Simulation Environment Language Institut National de la Sant´ e et de la Recherche M´ edicale (Hˆ opital de la Piti´ e-Salpˆ etri` ere, Paris, FR) Interior Exploration Using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (Mars probe, proposed for 2016) Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Modelling Initiative Neue Soziale Marktwirtschaft International Network for Social Network Analysis Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (India) Integrated NSF Support Promoting Interdisciplinary Research and Education Information Notification Table (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Istitut f¨ ur Nanotechnologie (am KIT) [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Naturwissenschaftlich-Technische Trendanalysen (Euskirchen) Institute for Nuclear Theory (University of Washington, USA) International IP/MAC Notification Table (f¨ ur/for DVB-H) Instituto Nacional de T´ ecnica Aerospacial (Madrid, ES) International Association for the Promotion of Cooperation with Scientists from the New Independent States (Internationale Assoziation zur F¨ orderung der Zusammenarbeit mit Wissenschaftlern aus der fr¨ uheren Sowjetunion) (Br¨ ussel/Brussels, BE 1993) International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory (Satellit/satellite) Intercontinental Telecommunication Satellite Organization International Congress on Noise Control Engineering International Research on Permanent Authentic Records in Electronic Systems 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 Innovationen, Visionen und Technologien; Innovation, Vision, Technology (Forschungszentrum, Leverkusen)

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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 Dynamics and Acoustics (ONR program) Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Inter-Operability Development Testing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Angewandte Optik und Feinmechanik (Jena) International Olympics of Information Intraokularlinse Internet of Laboratory Things Individual Ordinary Member (EPS etc.) Institut f¨ ur Oberfl¨ achenmodifizierung (Leipzig) Integrated Operational Nuclear Detection System (USA) Inherent Optical Properties (of water) The Institute of Physics (UK) Institute of Physics Publishing (Bristol, UK) Institut f¨ ur ¨ okologische Raumentwicklung (Dresden) International Organization for Standardization [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Optronik, Systemtechnik und Bildauswertung (Karlsruhe, Ilmenau, Ettlingen) [Fraunhofer-Anwendungszentrum] Industrial Automation International Open Source Network Internet of Things Inter Operability Test(ing), Interoperabilit¨ atstest (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Infrared-Optical Telescope Array (Mt. Hopkins, AZ, USA) Institut d’Optique Th´ eorique et Appliqu´ ee (FR) In-Orbit Validation (Galileo, 2008) Institut f¨ ur Ostseeforschung Warnem¨ unde (Univ. Rostock) Image Processing Integral Photography (TV) Intellectual Property Intelligence Platform Intentional Programming International Protection Internet Protocol (Rechnernetz/computer network) [DLR-] Institut f¨ ur Physik der Atmosph¨ are [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Produktionstechnik und Automatisierung (Stuttgart und Mannheim) Intelligent Park Assist (Kfz-Einparkhilfe/vehicle) Intelligent Pilot Assistant (DLR, Flugf¨ uhrung/flight control) Intergovernmental Personnel Act (USA) International Permafrost Association International Publisher Advisory Board International Particle Accelerator Conference Interface Analysis at Atomic Level and Properties of Advanced Materials Impact, Population, level of Affluence, Technology (Gleichung zur Beschreibung umweltsch¨ adigender Auswirkungen menschlichen Verhaltens/equation describing human-induced environment pollution) Institut f¨ ur Pflanzenbiochemie (Halle/Saale) Institut de Physiologie et Biologie Cellulaires (CNRS, Universit´ e de Poitiers, FR) Integrated Plastic (or: Polymer) Circuit (Elektronik/electronics) Integrated Pollution Control Inter-Process Communication (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) International Patent Classification IP Connectivity Access Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change International Professional Communication Conference Institute of Physics of Coll` ege de France (Paris) Institut f¨ ur Polymerforschung (Dresden) Integrated Project Delivery Interaural Phase Difference Investment Property Datenbank Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma Integrated Path Differential Absorption (Lidar) Internet Protocol Device Control IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium Institut f¨ ur Phonetik und digitale Sprachverarbeitung (Kiel) Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (USA) Imaging Photoelectron Photoion Coincidence (spectroscopy) Idiopathische pulmonale Fibrose Industrial Physics Forum (AIP) Infozentrum f¨ ur Pr¨ avention und Fr¨ uherkennung Institut f¨ ur Polymerforschung (Dresden) International Polar Foundation [Institute for Plasmas and Nuclear Fusion] (Lisbon, PT) Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne (USA) Independent Publishers Guild Information Power Grid (NASA)

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International Partnership for the Hydrogen Economy (seit/since 2003, 17 members, including EU and USA) Internationale Philatelistische Literaturausstellung International Physics Olympiad Institut f¨ ur Physikalische Hochtechnologie (oder: Photonische Technologien) (Jena) Intellectual Property Identification Data Set (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) International Patents Information Professionals Standards Board Institut f¨ ur Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung (Gatersleben) [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Produktionsanlagen und Konstruktionstechnik (Berlin) Internationaler Prototyp des Kilogramms, International Prototype of the Kilogram Information-Processing Language Intense Pulsed Light Ionenprojektions-Lithographie Introductory Physics for Life Sc´ıences IP-Only LAN Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Physikalische Messtechnik (Freiburg) Institute of Policy and Management (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing) Ionic Polymer Metal Composite (Aktor f¨ ur k¨ unstliche Muskeln etc./actuator, for artificial muscles etc.) Intellectual Property Management and Protection (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Photonische Mikrosysteme (Dresden) Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (University of Tokyo, JP) Internet Protocol Media Exchange (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [Leibniz-] Institut f¨ ur die P¨ adagogik der Naturwissenschaften (und Mathematik) (Kiel) IP Network Management (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Intense Pulsed Neutron Source (Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, USA) Initial Public Offering Institute for Perception Research (Eindhoven, NL) IP over ATM Institute of Particle Physics (University of Toronto, ON, CA) Max-Planck-Institut f¨ ur Plasmaphysik (Garching) Internet Print Protocol 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 Inhibitory Postsynaptic Conductance Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen Intensified Position-Sensing Detector Integrated Project Support Environment Internet Protocol Security (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Integrierte Publikations- und Informationssysteme (Darmstadt, aufgel¨ ost/closed 2006) Information Processing Systems and Software (ESPRIT) [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Produktionstechnologie (Aachen) International Pulsar Timing Array (Astrophysik/astrophysics) Internet Protocol Transformation Center Modelldeformations- und Positionserfassung (Windkanal) Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (EU, Sevilla, ES) Internet Protocol Television Intelligent Power Unit (Hybridfahrzeug/hybrid vehicle) Integrated Packaging Value Model IP Virtual Private Network(s) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Institut f¨ ur Parallele und Verteilte Systeme (Univ. Stuttgart) Integral Pressurized Water Reactor Internetwork Packet Exchange (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) International Polar Year (M¨ arz/March 2007 – M¨ arz/March 2009) Installation Qualification Irak/Iraq (ISO 3166) Institute for Quantum Computing (University of Waterloo, ON, CA) Internal Quantum Efficiency (Festk¨ orperphysik/solid state physics) International Quantum Electronics Conference Integer Quantum Hall Effect Institute for Quantum Matter (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA) International Quiet Ocean Experiment Institut f¨ ur Quantenoptik und Quanteninformation (Innsbruck, AT) Integrated Quantum Science and Technology Institut f¨ ur Qualit¨ at und Wirtschaftlichkeit im Gesundheitswesen Information Retrieval Infrared [Radiation] Institutional Repository Iran (ISO 3166) Institute for Radio Astronomy at Millimeter Wavelengths (Pico del Veleta, ES, and Grenoble, FR) Infrared Astronomical Satellite (1983) [Fraunhofer-] Informationszentrum Raum und Bau (Stuttgart) Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile Internet Relay Chat (Rechnernetz/computer network)

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Intrinsic Reaction Coordinate (Molek¨ ulphysik/molecular physics) Institut de Recherche et de Coordination Acoustique/Musique (Paris, FR) Ion Cyclotron Resonance Heating (Fusionsreaktortechnik/fusion reactor technology) International Research Center for Nuclei and Particles in the Cosmos (Beihang University, Beijing, CN) Infrared Camera and Spectrograph Institut de Recherche pour le D´ eveloppement (FR) Infrared Data Exchange Industrial Research and Development Advisory Committee (EU) Inflatable Reentry and Descent Technology (Raumfahrt/spacecraft) Institute of Radio Engineers (USA) Irreversible Elktroporation (gegen Krebs) Institut f¨ ur Ressourceneffizienz und Energiestrategien (Karlsruhe) International Renewable Energy Agency (Internationale Agentur f¨ ur Erneuerbare Energien) 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 Artificial Intelligence (Esprit, Br¨ ussel/Bussels, BE) Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (USA) Infrared Imaging Surveyor (Satellit/satellite) Impurity Resolution Management Intelligent Resource Management Interference Reflection Microscopy Intelligente und innovative Reise- und Maintenance-Informationsplattform Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (Geel, BE) interferierende RNA Integrated Rule-Oriented Data System International Foundation for Research in Paraplegia (Z¨ urich, CH) Institute for Research on Nonequilibrium Phenomena (Marseille, FR) (NBS) Interservice Radio Propagation Laboratory Internal Rate of Return (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) International Rice Research Institute (Los Ba˜ nos, Philippines) Institut f¨ ur Raumfahrtsysteme (Universit¨ at Stuttgart) Institut f¨ ur Regionalentwicklung und Strukturplanung (Berlin) Insulin Receptor Substrate Internal Reference Specification 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-M¨ oglichkeit/RSU with ISDN facility) 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 Instruction Set Architecture (Computer software) Integrated IP/SDH/ATM (or: STM/ATM) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Integrated Service Adapter (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) International Seabed Authority (UNO) International Search Authority (Patente/patents) International Society of Automation Infrared Spectrometer and Array Camera (at the VLT of the ESO) International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood Isotope Accelerator (nuclear physics group, University of British Columbia, CA) International Security and Assistance Force Institut f¨ ur Supercomputing und Angewandte Mathematik (Heidelberg) Intelligent Services Access Multiplexer (or: Manager) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Integrit¨ at bei der Satellitennavigation Intelligentes System zur automatischen Radioskopie International Search and Rescue International Society for Acoustic Remote Sensing Institut f¨ ur Spektrochemie und Angewandte Spektroskopie (Dortmund) Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (Japan) Innovative Space Based Radar Antenna Technology (Satellitenprogramm/satellite program) Institute of Sound and Vibration Engineering (FH D¨ usseldorf, DE) Icelandic Civil Aviation Administration (Flugsicherungsbeh¨ orde) Intelligent Signalling Bus (Datennetz/data network) Intelligent Storage Bridge International Science and Business Belt (planned in Daejeon, Korea) International Sonic Boom Forum International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging International Standard Book Number Inner Space Center (URI/GSO)

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[Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Silicatforschung (W¨ urzburg) 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 f¨ ur solare Energiesysteme (Freiburg) Integrated Switching Element (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Intelligent Synthesis Environment (NASA) International Sun-Earth Explorer International Science and Engineering Fair (seit/since 1950) Initiative for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern (Northwestern University, USA) Islamic Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Solare Energieversorgungstechnik (Kassel) Isolation by Size of Epithelial Tumor Cells [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Schwingungsforschung (1956, sp¨ ater/later on: IITB) International Science Foundation Ionen-sensitiver Feldeffekt-Transistor Institut f¨ ur Solarenergieforschung, Hameln (DE) International Spent Fuel Management (Brennelement-Kontrolle) International Symposium on Food Rheology and Structure Informationszentrum f¨ ur Sexualit¨ at und Gesundheit (Freiburg/Br.) Intelligent Solutions Group (at ETIC) Inverse Spin Galvanic Effect Internationale Fachmesse Sanit¨ ar Heizung Klima (Frankfurt/M) Inverse Spin Hall Effect Institut f¨ ur Schicht- und Ionentechnik (J¨ ulich) [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur System- und Innovationsforschung (Karlsruhe) Institute for Scientific Information (Philadelphia, PA, USA) Intersymbol Interference, Inter-Symbol-Interferenz International Student Identity Card Integrated Science Instrument Module (NGST) International Securities Identification Number Integrated Human Modelling and Simuation to Support Human Error Risk Analysis of Partially Autonomous Driver Assistance Systems (EU research project) Institut des Syst` emes Intelligents et de Robotique (Universit´ e Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris) Institut for Science and International Security (Washington, DC, USA) Intelligentes Satellitendaten-Informationssystem (Fernerkundung/remote sensing) Intermediate System–to–Intermediate System [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Siliziumtechnologie (Itzehoe) [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-Franz¨ osisches Forschungsinstitut Saint-Louis Inter-Satellite Link (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) International Space Life Science Working Group In Situ Monitoring Industrial, Scientific, 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 Conference on Noise and Vibration International Symposium on Musical Acoustics International Society of Managing and Technical Editors Institut des Sciences Nucl´ eaires (Grenoble, FR) International Symposium on Nonlinear Acoustics Improvement in SNR (Bildverarbeitung/picture processing) Inside Science News Service (AIP Service) Independent System Operator Infrared Space Observatory (1995–1998) International Standards (or: Standardization) Organization Internet Society Isospin Separation Online Isotope Separator Online Innerst¨ adtischer Service mit optimierten logistischen Dienstleistungen 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 Ice Structuring Proteins In-System Programmable (Devices) Internet Service Provider International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering

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Inverted Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy International Standard Payload Rack (Raumfahrt/spacecraft) In Situ Processing of Aluminium Matrix Composites International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing International System of Quantities Incoherent Scatter Radar Incurred Sample Reanalysis Initial Submission Rate (Datennetz/data network) Integrated Switch Router (Internet) Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (Satelliten/satellites) Intersecting Storage Rings (CERN) International Symposium on Room Acoustics (conference series) International Standard Technical Report Number Indian Space Research Organisation International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment Industrial Statistics Research Unit Imaging Subsystem (Cassini, Bordkamera) Integrated Safety System 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 f¨ ur Software- und Systemtechnik (Dortmund) [IEEE] International Symposium on Spread Spectrum Techniques and Applications Information Society Technologies [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Schicht- und Oberfl¨ achentechnik (Braunschweig und G¨ ottingen: Anwendungszentrum f¨ ur Plasma und Photonik) Internal Set Theory (Interne Mengenlehre) Institute of Science and Technology (in Maria Gugging, near Klosterneuburg, north of Vienna) International Science and Technology Center (Moscow, RU) Information Society Technologies Programme International Software Testing Qualifications Board Inverse Sequence-Tagged Repeat (DNA Marker-Technik/marker technology) International Speech Test Signal International Society (or: Symposium) for Therapeutic Ultrasound Iowa State University (Ames, IA, USA) ISDN User Part Independent Software Vendor Invertebrate Sound and Vibration (Conference series) Iraqi Virtual Science Library Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (University of Southampton, UK) Instrument Science Verification Review (FIRST) Integrierter Sachs-Wolfe–Effekt (Kosmologie) Institut f¨ ur Siedlungswassserbau, Wasserg¨ ute- und Abfallwirtschaft (Universit¨ at Stuttgart) Impurity Studies Experiment B (Fusionsreaktortechnik/fusion reactor technology, Oak Ridge, USA) International Space Year (1992) Institut f¨ ur Systemdynamik (Universit¨ at Stuttgart) Information Technology, Informationstechnik Italien/Italy (ISO 3166) [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Toxikologie und Aerosolforschung (Hannover, jetzt: ITEM) Integral Time-Weighted Absolute Error Information Technology Advisory Experts Group Institute for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA) Isotope Technology Acceleration Program International Traffic in Arms Regulation (export control) Internationale Tourismusb¨ orse (Berlin) inferior-temporaler Cortex Infotonics Technology Centre (Rochester, GB) Intelligent Traction Control (Kfz/automobile) International Trade Commission International Typeface Corporation Innertropische Konvergenzzone (Klimaforschung) Interaural Time Difference (Richtungsh¨ oren/directional hearing) In-the-Ear (hearing aid) Information Technology for European Advancement Innovations- und Technologie-Eigenkapital (EU-Programm) [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Toxikologie und Experimentelle Medizin (Hannover, fr¨ uher: ITA, und Regensburg) 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 Traffic Guidance System (Tokio, JP) Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (Washington, DC, USA) Informations-Technik in Schiffen Innertropische Konvergenzzone (Meteorologie)

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Institut f¨ ur Thermodynamik der Luft- und Raumfahrt (Universit¨ at Stuttgart) Ionic Transition Metal Complex Initial Training Network Indium Tin Oxide International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation Institute of Theoretical Physics (e.g., EPFL) Inverted Terminal Repeats (Genetik/genetics) Integrated Transport and Energy Baseline Until 2030 International Terrestrial Reference Frame (Geod¨ asie/geodesy) 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 Technology Security Evaluation Criteria (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Internet Telephony Service Provider Institute for Terahertz Science and Technology (at University of California Santa Barbara) International Temperature Scale of 1990 [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Toxikologie und Umwelthygiene (M¨ unchen) 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 f¨ ur Techno- und Wirtschaftsmathematik (Kaiserslautern) Indiana University (USA) Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences Indiana University at Bloomington (USA) International Union for Crystallography Inter-Union Commission on the Allocation of Frequencies for Radio and Space Sciences Indiana University Cyclotron Facility (Bloomington, IN, USA) International Uniform Chemical Information Database International Union for the Conservation of Nature (and Natural Resources) International Union of Crystallography ¨ [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Umweltchemie und Okotoxikologie (Schmallenberg) International Ultraviolet Explorer (Satellit/satellite) Institut Universitaire de France International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics Information(s) und Kommunikation(s) (-technik-Forschung, eine Initiative der wissenschaftlichen Fachgesellschaften/an initiative of German scientific 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 f¨ ur Umwelttechnologie und Umweltanalytik (Duisburg) International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics International Union for Vacuum Science, Technique, and Applications [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Umformtechnik und Werkzeugmaschinen (seit 1991, ab 1995: IWU) Increased Volcanic Ash Resistance (for aircraft engines) Internet Value Added Services Innovative Vector Control Consortium (Medizin/medicine) In Vitro Diagnostics In Vitro Fertilization Industrie-Verwaltungs-Gesellschaft In-Vitro-Gametogenese Institut f¨ ur Verkehrswirtschaft (Hannover) [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Verkehrs- und Infrastruktursysteme Interchangeable Virtual Instrument (f¨ ur vernetzte Messinstrumente) Interchangeable Virtual Instrument based on ANSI C Interchangeable Virtual Instrument for Compatibility with Component Object Model Technology Intelligente Verteilerk¨ asten Industrie-Verband Motorrad e.V. Interaktives Video on Demand International Virtual Private Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Interactive (or: Integrated) Voice Response Infrared Vision System In-Vehicle System (KfZ-Technik) Information and Voice Services Environment (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) In Vitro Testing Industrial Platform Intravascular Ultrasound (Chirurgie/surgery) [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Verfahrenstechnik und Verpackung (M¨ unchen-Freising, ab 1.1.98/since Jan. 1, 1998, vorher/formerly: ILV) Institut der Wirtschaft (K¨ oln) International Workshop Agreement International Workshop on Acoustic Echo and Noise Control

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Intelligent Robot Swarm for Attendence, Recognition, Cleaning and Delivery (Krankenhausroboter/hospital robots, EU project) Internet Wide Area RDMA Protocol Internationale Wasserforschungsallianz Sachsen International Whaling Commission [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Windenergie und Energiesystemtechnik (Bremerhaven und Kassel, 2009) Institut f¨ ur Werkzeugmaschinen und Fabrikbetrieb (TU Berlin, 1904) Institut f¨ ur Werkzeugmaschinen und Fertigungstechnik (TU Braunschweig) Institut f¨ ur Wild- und Zootierforschung (Berlin) Institut f¨ ur den Wissenschaftlichen Film (G¨ ottingen) Internationaler W¨ ahrungsfonds Interworking Function (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium Institut f¨ ur Wirtschaftsforschung Halle [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Werkstoffkreisl¨ aufe und Ressourcenstrategie (Alzenau und Hanau) [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Werkstoffmechanik (Freiburg und Halle) International Water Management Institute (Colombo, Sri Lanka) Interdisziplin¨ ares Zentrum f¨ ur Wissenschaftliches Rechnen (Universit¨ at Heidelberg) International Waterfowl Research Bureau Integriertes Wasserressourcen-Management (z.B. Indonesien und Mongolei) International Workshop on Railway Noise (conference series) [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Werkstoff- und Strahltechnik (Dresden) Institut f¨ ur Werkstoffphysik und Strukturforschung Internationales Wissenschafts- und Technik-Zentrum (Moskau/Moscow, RU) [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Werkzeugmaschinen und Umformtechnik (Augsburg) Inter Working Unit International Wheat Yield Partnership Informationszentrum W¨ armepumpen und K¨ altetechnik 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 f¨ ur Zuverl¨ assigkeit von Bauteilen und Systemen (am KIT) Informationszentrale der Elektrizit¨ atswirtschaft Instituut voor Zintuigfysiologie (TNO, Soesterberg, NL) (Zintuig: Sinnes...) [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur zerst¨ orungsfreie Pr¨ ufverfahren (Saarbr¨ ucken) [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Zelltherapie und Immunologie (Leipzig und Halle) Internationales Zentrum f¨ ur Kulturg¨ uterschutz und Konservierungsforschung (Kloster Brombach) [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Zuverl¨ assigkeit und Mikrointegration (Berlin und Moritzburg) Innovationszentrum f¨ ur Telekommunikationstechnik (Erlangen) Institut f¨ ur Zukunftsstudien und Technologiebewertung (Berlin) International Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter Inter-Integrated Circuit (serieller Datenbus) Inclusive Future-Internet Web Services (EU project) Initiative for Open Citiations

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Journal Joint Automatic Control Conference 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 Journal of Applied Physics J¨ ulich-Aachen Research Alliance 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 Artificial Photosynthesis (Caltech) Journal of Crustacean Biology Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (Argonne National Laboratory) Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology (at UMBC) Joint Committee for Guides in Metrology Joint Committee on Infant Hearing James Clark Maxwell Telescope (Hawaii) Journal of Chemical Physics Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action Journal Citation Report Joint Central Team (ITER)

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Journal Citation Report Junction (US Mail) Japan Cable Television Engineering Association Group Joint Demodulation (DARP, Telekommunikation) JAVA Database Connectivity (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Joint Dark Energy Mission (Astrophysik/astrophysics) Joint Effort for Data Assimilation Integration 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 Trench Fast Drilling Project James Franck Institute (University of Chicago, IL, USA) Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (Fusionsreaktortechnik/fusion reactor technology, Tokai, JP) Johann-Gottfried-Herder-Forschungsrat (Marburg) Joint Genome Institute (USA) Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (or: Survey) Johannes Gutenberg-Universit¨ at (Mainz) 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) Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee (UK) Japan Information Center of Science and Technology (Datenbank/data bank) Joint Interdomain Management (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [Dateinamenerweiterung: Graphikdatei/file name extension: graphic file] Joint Infrastructure Fund (UK) Journal Impact Factor Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics (Boulder, CO, USA) Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics (Michigan State University, USA) Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (Dubna, RU) Japanese Industrial Standard Joint Information Systems Committee (UK) Johannes-Kepler-Universit¨ at (Linz, AT) Jefferson 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 Nepal Paediatric Society 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 Journal of Visual Experimentation Japan (ISO 3166) Japan Proton Accelerator Research Center Joint Photographic (or: Pictures) Expert Group (Bildcodierung/picture coding) → JPEG [Dateinamenerweiterung: Graphikdatei/file name extension: graphic file] Joint Probability Image Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Pasadena, CA, USA) Japan Patent Office Joint Program Office (USA) Joint Probability Projection Centroid Journal Publishing Practices and Standards Joint Probability Projection Vector Physical Society of Japan Joint Polar Satellite System (for weather forecast) Joint Quantum Institute (NIST, Gaithersburg, MD, USA) Joint Research Centre (EU)

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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 Japanese Society of Applied Physics Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences Johnson Space Center (USA) J¨ ulich Supercomputing Centre (DE) Jiangsu Economic and Information Technology Commission (China) Jefferson Science Fellows Japan Society of Human Genetics Japanese Sign Language Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Japan Spallation Neutron Source Jacobs School of Engineering (UCSD) JavaScript Object Notation 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 Joint School of Sustainable Development (in Xi’an, China) 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) Joint Task Force on Undergraduate Physics Program Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (Fusionsreaktortechnik/fusion reactor technology, Naka, Japan) J¨ ulich Benchmark Environment Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (ESA, planned for 2022) Jena University Language & Information Lab (Literaturrecherche/literature retrieval) J¨ ulich Research on Petaflop Architecture (supercomputer) Joint Venture Josephson Voltage Japanese Victor Company Java Virtual Machine James Webb Space Telescope (Nachfolger des Hubble Space Teleskops f¨ ur Infrarot, geplant f¨ ur Okt. 2018/successor of the Hubble Space Telescope for infrared, planned for Oct. 2018) Java 2 Enterprise Edition Java 2 Standard Edition

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Kilo... (Pr¨ afix/prefix): 103 Kamioke Gravitational Wave Detector (JP, planned to start in 2018) Koordinierungs- und Aufbauinitiative e.V. [f¨ ur die Forschung in Berlin und den neuen Bundesl¨ andern] Koordinierungs- und Abwicklungsstelle f¨ ur die Akademie der Wissenschaften Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Daejeon, KR) Karlsruhe Liquid Metal Laboratory Kamioka Liquid (Scintillator) Antineutrino Detector (Japan) Kolmogorov-Arnold-Moser–Theorie (nichtlineares Schwingungssystem/nonlinear oscillator), [Andrej Nikolajewitsch] Kolmogorov – [Wladimir] Arnold – [J¨ urgen] Moser Kuiper Airborne Observatory (astrophysics) Korea Aerospace Research Institute Kanalserver Kommunikationsakustik-Simulator Kundenauftragsabwicklungssystem Karlsruhe Shower Core and Array Detector (f¨ ur kosmische Strahlung, seit 1996/for cosmic rays, since 1996) Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute Knowledges Assessment and Sharing on Sustainable Agriculture (28 partners in 17 countries) Kompetenzzentrum f¨ ur Angewandte IT-Sicherheits-Technologien (am KIT) Karoo Array Telescope (South Africa) Komitee f¨ ur Astroteilchenphysik Key Authentication Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino Experiment King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (Saudi Arabia, since September 2009) Kommission f¨ ur Allgemeine und Vergleichende Arch¨ aologie (Bonn) Knowledge Base Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt Knowledge-Based Computer-Assisted Detection (Krebsdiagnose/cancer diagnostics) Kuiper Belt Object (Astronomie/astronomy) kilobit/Sekunde (= 1024 Bits/sec) Korean Centre for Artificial Photosynthesis

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KIT-Zentrum f¨ ur Elementarteilchen- und Astroteilchenphysik, KIT Centre for Elementary Particles and Astroparticle Physics Korean Citation Index Kuratorium Deutsche Altershilfe (K¨ oln) Key-Distribution Center K Desktop Environment Kraft durch Freude (NS-Organisation) Keybord and Display Konsortium Deutsche Meeresforschung Kaliumdihdrogenphosphat Kammer der Technik (Ostdeutsche Ingenieure) [Pjotr] Kapiza, [Paul] Dirac, [William Henry Fox] Talbot, [Ernst] Lau (Quanteninterferometer/quantum interferometer) Kunlun Dark Universe Survey Telescope (CN, planned for 2015) Korteweg–de Vries (Gleichung, nichtlineare Dynamik) Kriegsdienstverweigerer Kenia/Kenya (ISO 3166) Kentucky (US-Staat/US state) Knowledge Exchange Kommission der Europ¨ aischen Gemeinschaften 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 f¨ ur Elementarteilchenphysik Kalman Filter Forschungszentrum J¨ ulich (DE) Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences Konferenz der Fachbereiche Chemie Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe (DE) Komitee f¨ ur die Forschung mit Neutronen Kriminologisches Forschungsinstitut Niedersachsen Kosovo Force (since June 12, 1999) Konferenz der Fachbereiche Physik der Deutschen Hochschulen Kreditanstalt f¨ ur Wiederaufbau Kraftfahrzeug Kirgisien/Kyrgyz Republic (ISO 3166) Konferenz f¨ ur Geschichtsdidaktik K¨ orperschall-Ger¨ auschnormal kleinstes gemeinsames Vielfaches Kambodscha/Cambodia (ISO 3166) Kinesin Heavy Chain (Biophysik/biophysics) Koronare Herzkrankheit Kunsthochschule f¨ ur Medien (K¨ oln) Kiribati (fr¨ uher Gilbertinseln/former Gilbert Islands) (ISO 3166) k¨ unstliche Intelligenz Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics Korea Institute for Advanced Study (Seoul, KR) 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-B¨ uros von KNT/oversea bureaus of KNT) Knowledge Interchange Format Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (Stanford University, USA) Korean Intellectual Property Office Kiepenheuer-Institut f¨ ur Sonnenphysik (Freiburg) Knowbot Information Service (Rechnernetz/computer network) Kontaktstellen-Informations-Service Krankenhausinformationssystem “keep it simple, stupid” Korean Institute for Science and Technology Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruher Institut f¨ ur Technologie (DE) Kids Interested in Technology, Engineering, and Science Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics China (Beijing, CN) Kryo-Kanal K¨ oln (DLR, K¨ oln, Porz-Wahnheide) Kernkraftwerk Karhunen-Lo` eve (Transformation) Kathodenlumineszenz Kullback-Leibler (Informationskriterium/information criterion) k¨ unstliches Leben Kinesin Light Chain (Biophysik/biophysics) Keyhole-Limpet-H¨ amocyanin (Protein) Kommission f¨ ur Lehre und Studium Knowledge Management Komoren/Comoros (ISO 3166)

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Key Management Block (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Koordinatenmessger¨ at Knowledge Media Institute (UK, Fernuniversit¨ at/open university) K¨ orpermasse-Index (= BMI = M/L2 , M: K¨ orpermasse/body mass, L: K¨ orperl¨ ange/body height) (Optimum: 20 ... 25 kg/m2 ) St¨ andige Konferenz der Kultusminister der L¨ ander in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland Keyhole Markup Language kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (bis 1000 Besch¨ aftigte/up to 1000 employees) [= SME] Kubikkilometer-Neutrino-Teleskop St. Kitts und/and Nevis (ISO 3166) Konstanz Information Miner Knights Landing (Intel) k¨ unstliches neuronales Netz(werk) Kuwait National Petroleum Oil Company Kinki Nippon Tourist (Japanisches Tourismus-Unternehmen/Japan tourist business) Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (Kumasi, Ghana) Kooperierender Roboter Kepler Object of Interest (Planetenforschung/planet research) Konzeptstudien f¨ ur neuartige Lithium-Ionen-Zellen auf der Basis von Werkstoffinnovationen (FhG, seit Sept. 2009) Konzentrator-Teststand Almer´ıa Spanien Koordinierte Forschungsprojekte zur Erhaltung und zum Management der Raubtiere in der Schweiz Koinzidenzrefraktometer (Ophthalmologie/ophthalmology) Korea Rare-Isotope Accelerator Korea Science Engineering Foundation Konfliktsimulationsmodell (Institut f¨ ur Politische Wissenschaft, Heidelberg) Koordinierungsstelle (EG) der Wissenschaftsorganisationen (der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn) (EU) Volksrepublik Korea/People’s Republic of Korea (ISO 3166) Kernel Principal Component Analysis Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy K¨ oniglich Preußische Geologische Landesanstalt und Bergakademie Key Performance Indicator (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Kitt Peak National Observatory (USA) [M.] Kardar – [G.] Parisi – [Y.-C.] Zhang (sedimentation process) 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 Streitkr¨ afte in Europa (Vertrag u ¨ber ...) 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 u ¨ber Sicherheit und Zusammenarbeit in Europa Kontinentales Tiefbohrprogramm der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (= ICDP) Kerntechnische Gesellschaft Kungliga Tekniska H¨ ogskolan (K¨ onigliche Technische Hochschule/Royal Technical Highschool, Stockholm, SE) Knowledge Transfer Network (UK) Kaliumtitanylphosphat Knowledge Transfer Partnership (scientific publishing) Kontinentales Tiefbohrprogramm University of Kansas (USA) Kundenreparatursystem Kapitalverwertungsgesellschaft Krankenversicherungskarte Kernel-Based Virtual Machine (computer) Kassen¨ arztliche Vereinigung Niedersachsen (in Hannover) k¨ unftig wegfallend (Stellenpl¨ ane) Kuwait (ISO 3166) Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft zur F¨ orderung der Wissenschaften Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut Keyword in Context Index ( permutierter Index“/permutated index) ” Klima-Wind-Kanal (Wien) Kraft-W¨ arme-Kopplung[s-Gesetz] Kenya Wildlife Service Kohlenwasserstoff Keypad Wake-Up (Datenverarbeitung/data processing) Kraftwerk Union Kaiman-Inseln/Cayman Islands (ISO 3166) Kasachstan/Kazakhstan (ISO 3166) Konzentrationslager

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Lousiana (US-Staat/US state) Lightsources for Africa, the Americas and Middle East Project Large-Area Avalanche Photodiode Laboratoire d’Analyse et l’Architecture des Syst` emes Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics (Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA) Location Area Code (Mobilfunk/mobile radio) Lousiana Accelerator Center (University of Lousiana at Lafayette, USA) Low Authority Control (Regelungstechnik/control theory) Libraries and Archives Copyright Alliance Latin American Conference on the Applications of the M¨ ossbauer Effect Lignocellulosic Conversion to Ethanol (Biokraftstoff-Technik/bio fuel technology) Lasers in the Conservation of Artworks (Tagungsserie/Conference series) Link Aggregation Control Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Laser Detection and Ranging (Laser-Radar) Littoral Acoustic Demonstration Center (marine bioacoustics) A-Weighted Equivalent Sound Level Large Apparatus for Grand Unification and Neutrino Astrophysics (Neutrino-Detektor/neutrino detector) L¨ ander-Arbeitsgemeinschaft f¨ ur Immissionsschutz Laser Ablation – Inductively Coupled Plasma (Massenspektrometrie/mass spectrometry) Lymphokine Activated Killer (Zellen/cells) Local Area Multicomputer Lande- und Mobilt¨ atstestanlage, Landing and Mobility Test Facility (DLR, Bremen) Large-Aperture Mirror Array (von/of LZTs) Laminar Aircraft Research (DLR project) Lambda-Cold-Dark-Matter (Modell, Kosmologie/model, cosmology) Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (near Beijing, CN) Library Analytics and Metrics Project Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility (now: LANSCE) Laboratoire d’Arch´ eologie Mol´ eculaire et Structurale (Universit´ e Paris 06) Load Alleviation and Mode Stabilization (Flugzeug/aircraft) Language Archive Management and Upload System 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 National Security Los Alamos Neutron Scattering Center (LANL) Lanthanaluminat, LaAlO3 Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Grenoble (FR) LAN Access Point L¨ armaktionsplanung ¨ Long Term Advanced Propulsion Concepts and Technologies (Uberschall-Passagierflugzeug/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) 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 Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation Laser-Assisted in situ Keratomileusis (Augenchirurgie/eye surgery) Laboratory for Autonomous System Research (Washington, DC, USA) Laser Airspeed Sensor Instrument Langfristige Anwendungen seilgefesselter Systeme im Orbit Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics (Cornell University, USA) Large Area Telescope (on board of NASA satellite Fermi) Latin America Linee Aeree Transcontinentali Italiane S.A. (Rom–S¨ udamerika, 1939–1941) Lymphadenopathie-assoziiertes Virus Launch Ascent and Vehicle Aerodynamics Low Activity Waste (radioactive waste) Lethal Autonomous Weapon System (Flugroboter) L¨ armemission und Aerodynamik von Fahrzeugen 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/file name extension: Microsoft access lock file] Landesamt f¨ ur Bergbau, Energie und Geologie (Hannover) Laboratorium f¨ ur Betriebsfestigkeit (sp¨ ater: Fraunhofer-Institut f¨ ur Betriebsfestigkeit, seit/since 2004: und Systemzuverl¨ assigkeit) (Darmstadt) London Book Fair Lautsprachbegleitende Geb¨ arden Ludwig Boltzmann-Institut [f¨ ur Lungengef¨ aßforschung] (Graz, AT) lichtbogenbeheizter Kanal (DLR, K¨ oln)

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Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (CA, USA) Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment (planned, Fermilab) Long Baseline Neutrino Facility 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) Landesbund f¨ ur Vogelschutz (Bayern) Link Control (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Liquid Chromatography St. Lucia (ISO 3166) Library Copyright Alliance Life Cycle Assessment (Fahrzeugentwicklung/vehicle development) Liquid Crystal Array Linearized Channel Amplifier (Satelliten/satellites) Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Low Complexity Adaptive Transform Codec (Musikkompression/music compression) Linked Content Coalition (scientific publishing) Liquid Crystal Display Liquid-Crystal Elastomer 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) Las Campanas Observatory (Chile) Las Cumbres Observatory (telescope network) Liquid Crystal on Silicon (Chip) Liquid Crystal Polymer Liquid Crystal Photonic Crystal Fibre Low Chip Rate (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite Lagrangian Coherent Structure Levenorgestrel Contraceptive System Line Connection Subsystem (Datennetz/data network) Location Services (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Low-Coherence Speckle Interferometry Large Coil Task (Karlsruhe, DE) Laser Communication Terminal, Laser-Kommunikationsterminal 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) L-Band Digital Aeronautical Communication System 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/“bad”cholesterol) ” Low-Density Liquid Laboratory Detector Module (gamma-ray spectrometer) Laser Diode Module Lateral Diffused Metal Oxide Silicon (Halbleiter/semiconductor) Label Distribution Path (or: Protocol) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Low Density Parity Check Low Density Polyethylene Large Disployable Reflector (Satelliten/satellites) Laboratory-Directed Research and Development Lateral-Directed Reflection Sequence (room acoustics) Lower-Data-Strobe (Atari) Laser Doppler Velocimetry (or: Vibrometer, or: Vibrometry) Levitated Dipole Experiment (fusion reactor) Large Enterprise Large Effective Area Fibre (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Large European Array for Pulsars (Astrophysik/astrophysics) Lasers and Electro-Optics Application Program (CLEO/LEAP)

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Learning Early About Peanut Allergy Lightweight Extensible Agent Platform (Agenten-Plattform f¨ ur Mobiltelefone/for mobile phones) 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) Lactase Persistence in the Early Cultural History of Europe (research project 2009–2013) Laboratory Equipment Control Interface Specification Local Enforced Copy Management (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Leung Center for Cosmology and Particle Atsrophysics (National Taiwan University) Light-Emitting Diode Live-End-Dead-End (room acoustics) Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design (USA) Low Energy Electron Diffraction Low Energy Electron Microscopy Lernende Energieffizienz-Netzwerke Local Excitation, Global Inhibition Local Electrical Hydraulic Generation System (Flugzeuglandung und -steuerung/for aircraft landing and steering systems) Laser Enhanced Iionization Local Employment Initiatives for Women (EU) Laboratory Executive Manager Local Element Manager (Communication) Long End Multiple System (milit¨ arisches Aufkl¨ arungssystem/military surveillance, USA) Laboratoire Energie Nuisances (part of INRETS) Laboratory for Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics (Triangle University, Durham, NC, USA) Low Energy Neutrino Astronomy (European project) Low Energy Nuclear Physics [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, till 2000) Life Extension Program (USA, f¨ ur Waffen/for weapons) Light-Emitting Polymer Label Edge Router (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Lab[oratory] Execution System Large Eddy Simulation (Wettervorhersage, Verbrennungsvorg¨ ange etc./weather forecast, internal combustion etc.) Livraison Electronique S´ ecuris´ ee Large Earth-Based Solar Telescope Laser Ethernet Transceiver Linear Energy Transfer [Forschungslaboratorium der CEA in Grenoble, FR] Low-Enriched Uranium (niedrig angereichertes Uran) Leading Edge Vortex Light Electric Vehicle (Zweirad mit Elektromotor) Leading-Edge Vortex Generators Low Frequency (30 – 300 kHz) Low Frequency Active (military sonar) Lupus Foundation of America Low Frequency Active Sonar Laminar Flow Control Laser Fired Contact (Solarzellenproduktion/solar cell production) Low-Frequency Effects (UHDTV) Low-Frequency Fluctuations Lateral Force Microscopy Linear Frequency-Swept Modulation Local Flat Panel Linear Feedback Shift Register Langfaserverst¨ arkte Thermoplaste Laguerre-Gaussian (Spiral-Lasermode/helical laser mode) [Laboratory of Internal Geophysics and Tectonophysics] (Grenoble, FR) Lesser General Public License Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (minority) Lung Genomics Research Consortium Left Hand Long Haul (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Luteinisierendes Hormon Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (cosmic ray observatory, Shangrila, Yunnan Provinces, southwest China) 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

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LHC Committee Left-Handed Circularly Polarized Light-Harvesting Complex Stress-Related (a protein) Large Helical Device (NIFS) Left Hemisphere Damage (Gehirn/brain) Local Hidden Variable (Quantentheorie/quantum theory) Landeshochschulgesetz Lufthansa Technik Liechtenstein (ISO 3166) Laser Institute of America (Toledo, OH, USA) Little Ice Age Lean Intelligent Assembly Automation (EU project) Lithium-Ion Battery, Lithium-Ionen Batterie London Interbank Offered Rate (Bankgesch¨ afte) Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Laser-Induced Backside Wet Etching Local Interstellar Cloud Local Injection and Detection (Communication) Light (or: Laser-Induced) Detection and Ranging Laser Induced Fluorescence Location Interoperability Forum (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Laser Inertial Fusion Engine (or: Energy) (research program at LLNL) [Laserforschungslaboratorium, Palaiseau, FR] Laboratory Information for Tomorrow Laser Induced Forward Transfer (of cells) Leadership in Fibre Laser Technologies (Fraunhofer project) Laser Induced Forward Transfer System Lithographie, Galvanoformung, Abformtechnik [R¨ ontgentiefenlithographie mit Synchrotronstrahlung, 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) LII London Info International (Conference) LIL-PW Laser Integration Line – Petawatt (Bordeaux, FR, geplant f¨ ur/planned for 2008) LIM Line Interface Module LIMA Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica LIMS Laboratory Information Management System, Labor-Informations- und Managementsystem (Qualit¨ atssicherung/quality assurance) LIMS Laser-Ionenmobilit¨ atsspektrometer 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 LINE Long Interspersed Element (Genetik/genetics) LINEAR Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research (NASA program) LINES Long Interspaced Nuclear Elements (Genetik/genetics) L.I.N.K. Lokalisation, Identifikation, Navigation, Kommunikation (Fraunhofer-Anwendungszentrum, N¨ urnberg) LIPA Long Island Power Authority (USA) LIPCA Lightweight Piezo-Composite Actuator LIPS Light Intensity Pressure Sensor LIS Labor f¨ ur Intelligente Systeme (Polytechnische Hochschule Lausanne, CH) LIS Laboratory Information System LIS Library and Information Studies LIS Literaturversorgungs- und Informationssysteme LISA Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (Gravitationswellendetektor aus 3 Satelliten, geplant f¨ ur 2034/gravitational wave detector with 3 satellites, planned for 2034) L.I.S.A. Lucent International Science Award LISB Leit- und Informationssystem Berlin (Verkehrsf¨ uhrung/traffic control) LISC [Laboratory for Computational Sciences] (FR) LISM Local Interstellar Medium LISNA Light-Induced Scattering Around a Nano-Absorber LISP List Programming (or: Processing) LISSEN Lithium Sulfur Superbattery Exploiting Nanotechnology [Modelling and Simulation] (EU project) LIST Laboratoire d’Int´ egration des Syst` emes et des Technologies LiST Laser-induziertes Spannungs-Trennverfahren (Glasschneiden/glass cutting) LIT Landesbetrieb f¨ ur Informationstechnik (Berlin) LITE Lidar-in-Space Technology LITE Liverpool Insect Testing Establishment LITEN Laboratoire d’Innovation pour les Technologies des Energies Nouvelles et les Nanomat´ eriaux (Grenoble, FR) 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 (fr¨ uher/former Ceylon) (ISO 3166) LKA Landeskriminalamt LKEs Lang-Kobayashi Equations (nichtlineare Dynamik/nonlinear dynamics) LKH Landeskrankenhaus LKR Large-Scale Knowledge Resources (Conference series)

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leichte kognitive St¨ orungen (Alzheimer-Vorstadium, = MCI) Leased Line (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Leichte L¨ ocher (Halbleiterphysik/semiconductor physics) Low Level Application Programming Interface (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Limited-Liability Company Logical Link Control (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Lund Laser Centre (Laserforschungslaboratorium, Lund, SE) Leadless Chip Carrier Linear Low Density Polyethylene Laboratory for Laser Energetics (Rochester, GB) Lossless-Encoding Compressed Utrafast Photography Large Low-Speed Facility (wind tunnel, NL) Laser-Laboratium G¨ ottingen Low Level Light Therapy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Livermore, CA, USA) Long-Lived Particles Lunar Logistics System (1964) Lyman-Limit System (astrophysics) Lehrstuhl f¨ ur Lasertechnik (RWTH Aachen) Linear Layerwise Theory (Verbundwerkstoffe/compounds) Local Loop Unbundling (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Low-Level Waste (radioaktiver Abfall/radioactive waste) Link Manager (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Laboratoire de la M´ ecanique et d’Acoustique (CNRS, Marseille, FR) Large Mode Area (Glasfaser/optical fibres) Large Magellanic Cloud (Astronomie/astronomy) Laboratoire de M´ et´ eorlogie Dynamique (Palaiseau et Paris, FR) Laser Metal Deposition Local Multichannel (or: Multipoint) Distribution Service(s) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Last Major Glaciation (geology) Liquid Metal Ion Sources Laser Project Megajoule Lang-, Mittel- und Kurzwelle L¨ armminderungsplanung Link Management Protocol (Internet) Labor-Managementsystem Least Mean Squares (Algorithmus/algorithm) Large Millimeter and Submillimeter Array (Infrarotastronomie/infrared astronomy) Large Millimeter Telescope (on Volc´ an Sierra Negra, MX) Liquid Mirror Telescope Local Maintenance Terminal (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Low Frequency Magnetotelluric (instrumentation) Local Mobile Unit (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Location Measurement Unit (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit¨ at (M¨ unchen) Low-Mass X-Ray Binary (R¨ ontgendoppelstern/X-ray double star) Lane (US Mail) Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence Low Noise Amplifier Low Noise Augmentation System (DLR-Pilotenassistenzsystem) Low-Noise Block (Converter) Low-Noise Converter (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) lange nichtkodierende RNA Liquified Natural Gas (f¨ ur den Transport verfl¨ ussigtes Erdgas/for the transport) Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (IT) [Dateinamenerweiterung: Windows-Linkdatei/file name extension: Windows link file] Local Oscillator (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Laboratoire Ondes et Acoustique (Universit´ e Paris VII) Laboratoire d’Optique Appliqu´ ee (Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, FR) Lab-on-a-Chip Light and Optics Conceptual Evaluation Lots of Copies Keeps Stuff Safe (literature preservation, Stanford University, CA, USA) Local Oxidation of Silicon; Lokale Oxidation von Silizium Linked Open Data (scientific publishing) Lasers and Optical Engineering (Konferenz/Conference) Lateral-Field Electrooptical Tweezers Landes-Offensive zur Entwicklung wissenschaftlich-¨ okonomischer Exzellenz (Hessen) Low-Frequency Array (Astrophysik/astrophysics, Antennen/antennae) [Anatoly] Larkin, [Yurii] Ovchinnikov, [Peter] Fulde, [Richard] Ferrell (state, Festk¨ orperphysik/solid state physics, = FFLO) Life Style of Health and Sustainability Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier Leckortung durch Korrelationsanalyse Learning Object Metadata Leistungsorientierte Mittelvergabe (DFG) Louisiana Optical Network Initiative (USA) Long Range Navigation Low Resource Languages for Emergent Incidents Line of Sight (Telekommunikation/telecommunication)

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Location-to-Service Translation (Protocol) Lapped Orthogonal Transform Livermore Optical Transient Imaging System (USA) Low Vulnerability Ammunition (Sprengstoff/explosive) Local Verification (Atomenergie-Kontrolle/atomic energy supervision) Liquid Oxygen Larch Prover Linear Prediction Linear Programming log period (earthquakes) Low Priority Laser-Plasma Accelerator Laser Photoacoustic Spectroscopy Laser Physics Centre (AU) Laser Processing Consortium Linear Predictive Coding Linear Predictive Coding Cepstrum 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 Laser Physics Laboratory (Paris, FR) Lunar and Planetary Laboratory (University of Arizona, USA) Low Pressure Metalorganic Vapor Phase Epitaxy Poly(p-Phenylen)-Polymer (f¨ ur Leuchtdioden/for light emitting diodes) Local Positioning Radar Leak Prevention System (HPC) 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 G¨ ottingen, DE) Lokale realistische Theorie Long Range Correlation Laboratoire de R´ eactivit´ e et Chimie des Solides (Amiens, FR) Long-Range Dependent Long Range Identification and Tracking (Meeresk¨ ustenschutz/sea shore preservation) Lawrence Radiation Laboratory (Berkeley, CA, USA) Lehrstuhl f¨ ur R¨ ontgenmikroskopie (Universit¨ at W¨ urzburg) Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera Long-Range Plan Lese-Rechtschreibst¨ orung Long-Range Surface Plasma Laser Ray Tracing Light Rapid Transport (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Long-Range Theatre Nuclear Forces Least Recently Used Light Weight Rover Unit Line Replaceable Unit Lunar Roving Vehicle (1964) Leibniz-Rechenzentrum (M¨ unchen) Least Square(s) Lesotho (ISO 3166) Location Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Laser Surface Authentication Technology (Maßnahmen gegen Produktpiraterie/measures against product piracy) Latent Semantic Analysis (Sprachverarbeitung/speech processing) Lichtsignalanlage (= Verkehrsampel) Line Source Array Linguistic Society of America Link State Advertisement (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) LHC Safety Assessment Group (CERN) Law School Admission Test (USA) Least Significant Bit Low-Surface-Brightness (Galaxien/galaxies) LIGO Scientific Collaboration Local Space & Communications (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Light and Spectroscopy Concept Inventory (astronomy education) Lost Smell Disorder

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Link State Database (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Large Scale Data Facility Latitudinal Species Diversity Gradient (Meeresfauna/marine fauna) Large Screen Digital Imagery (TV) Least Squares Error (or: Estimator) London School of Economics (and Political Science) Low Surface Energy Line Spread Function (Optik/optics) Load Sharing Facility Light-Shield Fluorescence Microscopy, Lichtscheibenfluoreszenzmikroskopie Location Server–Gateway Mobile Location Center (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Liquid Silicon Infiltration Lysosomale Speicherkrankheit Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane Laboratory for Surface Modification (Rutgers University, NJ, USA) Laser Scanning Microscope La1−x Srx MnO3 (Material f¨ ur Brennstoffzelle/material for fuel cell) 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-Scale Structure (jet noise) Large Space Structure Large Straight Section (LHC, CERN) Large(-Aperture) Synoptic Survey Telescope (geplant/planned in Chile) 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) Large Scale Visual Recognition Challenge (Bilderkennung/picture recognition) Life Sciences Working Group (ESA) Lecture Tutorial (education) Line Termination (Kommunikation/communication) Litauen/Lithuania (ISO 3166) Landesmuseum f¨ ur Technik und Arbeit (Mannheim) Long-Term Average Spectra (Linguistik/linguistics) Limited Test Ban Treaty 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 Loudness-Transfer Function Low-Temperature-Grown (Kristall/crystal) Learning Tools Interface 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) Last Universal Common (or: Cellular) Ancestor (Genetik/genetics) 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 l’Utilisation des Lasers Intenses (Laboratory for the Use of High Power Laser) (FR) Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital Logical Unit Number Liverpool University Press Luminescent Polymer Laboratoire pour l’Utilisation du Rayonnement Electromagn´ etique (Ile de France) Lunar Laser Ranging Lookup Table Large Ultraviolet/Optical/Infrared Surveyor Large Underground Xenon (dark-matter experiment) Lettland/Latvia (ISO 3166) Left Ventricular Assist Device (Herzchirurgie/heart surgery) Large Vesicle Cell Large-Vocabulary Continuous Speech Recognition Low-Voltage Differential Signaling (interface standard for high-speed data transmission)

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Lagerverwaltung Lawinenversch¨ utteten-Such[ger¨ ate] Landesamt f¨ ur Wasser und Abfall (D¨ usseldorf) Laser-Welded Blank Light Weight Digital Rights Management Learning with Errors (encryption) Laser Wakefield Accelerator (Plasmabeschleuniger/plasma accelerator) Long Wavelength Infrared (λ = 8 · · · 14µm) Lichtwellenleiter Longest Weighted Queue Highest Possible Rate (Daten¨ ubertragung/data transmission) Leuchtweitenregelung (Kfz/motor vehicle) Light Water Reactor Low Weight Reinforced Thermoplastics Lendenwirbels¨ aule Living With a Star (NASA program) LAN Extensions for Instrumentation (Messger¨ ate-Vernetzung/network of measuring instruments) Light Year(s) (= LJ) Leiser Zug auf realem Gleis (Forschungsprojekt) Landeszentralbank Linienzugbeeinflussung (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Leistungszentrum Eektroniksysteme (Erlangen) LZB-Fahrzeugeinrichtung [Dateinamenerweiterung: Archivdatei mit komprimierten Inhalten/file name extension: compressed archive file] 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 (Daten¨ ubertragung/data transmission)

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Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption and Ionization (molecular imaging) Manuscripts and Letters via Integrated Networks in Europe Mainzer Mikrotron (Elektronenbeschleuniger/electron accelerator) Maschinenfabrik Augsburg/N¨ urnberg (DE) Metropolitan Area Network (Rechnernetz/computer network) [International Center for] Materials Nanoarchitectonics (Tsukuba, Japan) Mathematical Analyzer, Numerical Integrator, and Computer (Los Alamos, NM, USA, ca. 1950) Man-Portable Air Defence Systems Methylaluminoxan (Katalysator/catalyst) Malaria Atlas Project Manufacturing Automation Protocol (Datennetz bei GM/data network of GM) Maximum a posteriori (probability) (Sch¨ atzwert/estimate) Measures of Academic Progress (test) 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) Modular Automated Processing (system) Multichannel Astrometric Photometer Multimedia-Arbeitsplatz Mussel Adhesive Protein, Muschel-Adh¨ asionsprotein 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 Mobile, Adaptable and Rapidly Assembled Structure (Conference series) Machine-Readable Cataloging Multidisciplinary Academic Research & Global Innovation (Conference series) Magnetic Resonance Imaging Using Ultrasound Method for Component-Based Real-Time Object-Oriented Development and Testing Media Arts and Research Studies Monitoring Agricultural Remote Sensing [Zentrum f¨ ur] Marine Umweltwissenschaften (Universit¨ at Bremen) Marker-Assisted Selection, Marker-assistierte Selektion (Pflanzenzucht/plant cultivation) Mondes Am´ ericains, Soci´ et´ es, Circulations, Pouvoirs (French research organization) Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout (Start: 3.12.2014, Landung geplant f¨ ur 2019, DLR + CNES + JAXA) Multi-Angle Scattering and Optical Transmission (detector) Master of Advanced Studies Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation Material Absorbing Sound and Heat Mobile Agent Systems Interoperability Facility (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Mega-Amp Spherical Tokamak (Culham, UK) Mathematical Markup Language Massive Timing Hodoscope for Ultra-Stable Neutral Particles Matrix Laboratory (Software) Million Accounting Units (Europ¨ aische Raumfahrt/European spacecraft; 1988: 1 MAU = 1.14 Mill.$) Movement Authority Unit (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Micro-Aerial Vehicle Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (Orbiter) Modulare Algorithmen f¨ ur Volumenbilder (Software f¨ ur 3D-Bildverarbeitung, ITWM) Mission Adaptive Wing 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) Maximum Normalized Difference Vegetation Index magnetische Bildaufzeichnung Manitoba (Province of Canada) Megabyte (= 1024 kB = 1048576 Bytes) M¨ ossbauer (spectroscopy) Master of Business Administration Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (Moss Landing, CA, USA) Messerschmitt-B¨ olkow-Blohm GmbH, M¨ unchen (DE) Managed Business Communication Services (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Model-Based Design Multi-Body Dynamics Multichannel Blind Deconvolution Model-Based Drug Development Molecular-Beam Epitaxy Multi Beam Echo Sounder (Wasserschall/underwater acoustics) Minimum Bow Force (musical acoustics) Max-Born-Institut f¨ ur Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie (Berlin-Adlershof) Mechanobiology Institute (National University of Singapore) Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, MA, USA)

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Memory-Based Machine Learning Multimedia Broadcast and Multicast Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Management Buy Out Model-Based Processor (or: Processing) (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 Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, achtsamkeitsbasierte Stressreduktion Monaco (ISO 3166) Monte-Carlo (Simulation) Middle Cerebral Artery Minor Component Analysis Modal Contribution Analysis (Schwingungsanalyse/vibration analysis) Multichannel Analyzer (for spectroscopy) Multichannel Acoustic Echo Canceller Multiconjugate Adaptive Optics Medical College Admission Test (USA) 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 Magnetocaloric Effect 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) Machine Condition Monitoring Mine Countermeasure Multi-Chip Module Monte Carlo Markov Chain Mars Climate Observer Microchannel Plate, Mikrokanalplatte, Vielkanalplattendetektor Multi Carrier Power Amplifier (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multiple Channel per Carrier (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Main Control Room (ESOC) Microfibre Coil Resonator (Faseroptik/fiber optics) Multiple Channel Amplification of Reverberation (Raumakustik/room acoustics) Managed Communication Services (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Mathematics Subjects Classification Minimal Conscious State (Koma-Patienten/coma patients) Modulation and Coding Scheme (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multi-Configuration Self-Consistent-Field (Rechenverfahren, Molek¨ ulphysik/calculation, molecular physics) [International Workshop on] Multi-Carrier Spread-Spectrum Mercury Cadmium Telluride (Infrarotsensor/infrared sensor) Microcomputed Tomography (X-ray processing) Mobile Communications Terminal Monte Carlo Tree Search Master Controller Unit Microcontroller Unit Medical College of Wisconsin (USA) 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/file name extension: Microsoft Access data bank] Mitglied der Bundestages Max-Delbr¨ uck-Centrum f¨ ur Molekulare Medizin (Berlin-Buch) Modular Data Centre Modified Discrete Cosine Transformation Multidetektor-Spiral-Computertomograph Multivariate Discrete Distribution (statistics)

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Mitglied des Europ¨ aischen Parlaments mitteldichte Faserplatte/Medium Density Fiberboard Multiple Delay Feedback Control Molecular Dynamics Flexible Fitting (computer program) Millenium Development Goals (Entwicklungshilfe/foreign aid) Media Delivery Index (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Methylendiphenyldiisocyanat (oder: Diphenylmethylendiisocyanat) Michelson Doppler Imager (an Bord von/aboard SOHO) Mercury Dual Imaging System (Merkur-Satellit) Minimum Description Length Mitglied des Landtages Multi-Disciplinary Design Optimization Multi-Degree-of-Freedom (System) Monoclinic Double Tungstate (Crystals) Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 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) Myelodysplastisches Syndrom Mobile Data Service System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Modified Discrete Sine Transformation Multiple Dwelling Units (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Mechatronic Development and Validation Medizinische Datenverarbeitung Multidisciplinary Design Exploration Magnitude Error (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Maine (US-Staat/US state) Maximum Entropy Millenium Edition (Microsoft Windows) Mobile Entity (or: Equipment) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Membrane Electrode Assembly (Brenstoffzelle/fuel cell) Monoethanol Amine Master of Education Maximum Entropy Distribution Multi-Effect Distillation (zur Meerwasserentsalzung) Concentrating Solar Power for the Mediterranean Region Microelectronics Development for European Applications Metadata Encapsulation for Digital Information and Assets Middleware for Data Intensive Computing Euro–Mediterranian Conference on Structural Dynamics and Vibroacoustics Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (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) Magnet(o)enzephalographie, Magnetoencephalography Multiple Exiton Generation (Festk¨ orperphysik/solid state physics) Multiquellen-Magnetron-Sputteranlage Media Gateway Controller (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Megawatt Pilot Experiment (PSI) Managed Employee Interaction Services (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Melanomdokumentierung und -quantifizierung 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 Program Medium Energy Physics Mars Exploration Rover (Raumfahrt/spacecraft) Modulation Error Rate (or: Ratio) Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer Instrument (ENVISAT) Methane Remote Sensing Lidar Mission (climate satellite) Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer (Astrophysik/astrophysics) Mutitouch-Based Electronic Reliable Lab-Integrated Notebook Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Manufacturing Execution System Microsystems and Engineering Science Application (Albuquerque, NM, USA, 2007) Modulare Energie-System-Analyse und Planung

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Magnetoelastic Energy System for Even More Electric Aircraft (EU project) Metal Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging (Raumfahrt/spacecraft) Mitteleurop¨ aische Sommerzeit Memory Enhancement Technology Megachannel Extraterrestrial Assay (Suche nach außerirdischer Intelligenz/search for extraterrestrial intelligence) Mehrfachtaumelscheibe (Hubschraubertests) Metagenomics of the Human Intestinal Tract (EU project) Bundesamt f¨ ur Metrologie (Schweiz) Multi-Purpose-End-to-End-Robotic Operation Network Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (Japan) Meldesystem f¨ ur Texte auf Internet-Seiten (VG WORT) Exploitation of Bibliometric Data in National Bibliographic Databases Metabolisches Syndrom Modeling the Epidemiologic Transition Study Centrum f¨ ur Medizinische Diagnosesysteme und Visualisierung (Bremen, 1995) Seit 1.1.2008/since Jan. 1, 2008: Fraunhofer-Institut f¨ ur Bildgest¨ utzte Medizin Mars Express (spacecraft) Mobile Station Execution Environment (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multiple-Energy X-Ray Holography Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan) ¨ Mein Essen zahl ich selbst (Deutsche Arzteinitiative) [DLR-] Institut f¨ ur Methodik der Fernerkundung Medium Frequency (0,3 – 3 MHz) Mid Frequency Active (military sonar) Multifunktionsanzeige (Kfz) Macro Fiber Composites Mass Flow Control Microsoft Foundation Classes Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (automatische Sprach- oder Musik-Analyse/automatic speech or music analysis) Miniature Flight Data Acquisition System 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 Frame Number (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multi Frequency Network, Mehrfrequenznetz (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Matched Field Processing Mean Free Path Multi Function Peripheral Method of Fundamental Solutions Ministerium f¨ ur Staatssicherheit (ehem./former DDR) Multi-BSS Fast Packet Server (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multifunktionale Roboterzelle (DLR, ZLP, Augsburg) Madagaskar/Madagascar (ISO 3166) Makroglobulin (Plasmaprotein) 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) Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, MA, USA) Media and Government Relations (USA) Mars Global Surveyor (spacecraft) Multi Gigabit Transceiver (Satelliten-Telekommunikation) [Moskauer Staatliche Universit¨ at/Moscow State University] Media Gateway (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Marschallinseln/Marshall Islands (ISO 3166) Magnus-Haus Berlin (DPG) Major Histocompatibility Complex, Hauptgewebevertr¨ aglichkeitskomplex (Biochemie/biochemistry) Magnetohydrodynamics (Fusionsreaktortechnik/fusion reactor technology) Multimedia and Hypermedia Information Coding Experts Group (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Material Handling Institute of America (Atlanta, GA, USA) Mobile High-Definition Link (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Mouse Hepatitis Virus Multimedia Home Platform (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Medicine and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (GB) Magnetische Hyperthermie Marie Heim-V¨ oglin (Preis des SNF) Mouse Hepatitis Virus Minimum Information about a Microarray Experiment (Bioinformatik/bioinformatics) Managament Information Base Michigan (US-Staat/US state) Mikroelektronik Centret (DK-Lyngby) Minimal-Invasive Chirurgie

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[IASTED International Conference on] Modelling, Identification and Control Minimum Initial Capital Expenditure (International) Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (UK) MICRO Satellite ` a Traˆın´ ee Compens´ ee pour l’Observation du Principe d’Equivalence (CNES) [Dateinamenerweiterung: MIDI-Datei/file name extension: MIDI file] Musical Instruments Digital Interface Mobile Information Device Profile (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Makrophagen-Inhibitionsfaktor Mass-Independent Fractionation Multiphoton Intrapulse Interference Phase Scan M´ ethode d’isolement et d’identification des r´ esonances (gesprochen/pronounced: “mix”) Media Object Interlock and Synthesis (Video description language) (Department of Defense) (Internet, USA) Material des Instituts Lavoisier 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 M¨ ossbauer-Spektrometer Mobile Information and News Data Services Minimal Emission Fluxes (fluorescence microscopy) Mathematik, Informatik, Naturwissenschaft und Technik Minnesota Internet User’s Essential Tool (Computer-Netzwerkserver/computer network server) Modular I/O (HP) Megaframe Initilization Packet (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Mobile Internet Protocol Model Intercomparison Project (climate research) Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (ENVISAT) Mobile Industry Processor Interface Million instructions (Mega-Instructions) per second Molecularly Imprinted Polymers (Chemie/chemistry) M¨ unchner Informationszentrum f¨ ur Proteinsequenzen Mid-Infrared Music Information Retrieval Evaluation Exchange Mid-Infrared Instrument (Spektrometer f¨ ur das/spectrometer for the James West Space Telescope) Mid Infrared Innovative Lasers for Improved Sensors of Hazardous Substances (EU project) 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 f¨ ur] Minimalinvasive therapeutische Interventionen (TU M¨ unchen) Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Japan) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory Medizinisches Institut f¨ ur Umwelthygiene (D¨ usseldorf) Modelocked Integrated External-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser Marginal Ice Zone Program Michael J. Fox Foundation (funder of Parkinson’s Research) Madden-Julian-Oscillation (meteorology) Mazedonien/Macedonia (ISO 3166) Media Key Block (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Motorkennbuchstabe (Kfz) Magnetokardiographie Mund-Kiefer-Gesicht (Chirurgie/surgery) Meter – Kilogramm – Sekunde, meter – kilogram – second (Maßsystem/system of units) [Dateinamenerweiterung: Videodatei] Machine Learning Mali (ISO 3166) Maximum Likelihood (Statistik/statistics) Mercury Laser Altimeter (Raumfahrt/spacecraft) Modern Language Association Medium Level Application Programming Interface (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Major (or: Minor) League Baseball Modularer L¨ angsbaukasten (Kfz-Entwicklung) Mobile Location Center (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multileaf Collimator (R¨ ontgentechnik/X-ray technology) Mars Laser Communications Demonstration System Maximum Likelihood Confidence Factor

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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 (Parametersch¨ atzung/parameter estimation) Mycoplasma-like Organism Medium- to Long-Term Plan Mobile Location Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multi-Layer Perceptron Maximum Length Sequence (Maximalfolge) Mikrowellenlandesystem Micro Laser Terminal Martin-L¨ ofs Typentheorie Monitoring and Line Transmission Unit (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multipoint Low Voltage Differential Signaling (f¨ ur vernetzte Messger¨ ate/for crosslinked measuring instruments) Mobile Management (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multi Mode (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Myanmar (fr¨ uher/former Burma) (ISO 3166) Multi-Moment Analysis 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) Mobile Molecular Datasheet Multimedia Distribution System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Metromedia Fiber Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Massive Multi-Player Online Games Man Machine Interface Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit(ry) [Mikro-Metallpulver-Spritzgießen] 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) Molecular Medicine Partnership Unit (Universit¨ at Heidelberg) 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 Megasite Management Toolsuite Monolithic Mirror Telescope (University of Arizona, USA) Multiple Mirror Telescope Memory Management Unit Millimeter-Wave (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Mikro-Mechatronik Zentrum (Oberpfaffenhofen) 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-, Pr¨ uf- und Qualit¨ atswesen Managed Network Services (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Mononitrotoluol Deutscher Verein zur F¨ orderung des mathematischen und naturwissenschaftlichen Unterrichts Macao (ISO 3166) Missouri (US-Staat/US state) Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics Mixed-Order Ambisonics Mobilit¨ at f¨ ur Blinde durch die Interaktion mit einem Computer

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Mobile Aquatic Mesocosmos (Wasser-Ressourcen-Forschung) Mars Orbiter Camera Mission Operations Center Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition Music on Demand (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Modulation-Doped Field Effect Transistor, Modulations-dotierter Feldeffekt-Transistor Moderate (Resolution) Imaging Spectroradiometer (Satelliten-Erd-Fernerkundung/satellite remote reconnaissance) Molecular Operating Environment Mittel- und Osteurop¨ aische L¨ ander Micro-Opto-Electromechanical System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Meridional Overturning Exchange with the Nordic Seas Ministry of Earth Sciences (India) [Fraunhofer-] Zentrum f¨ ur Mittel- und Osteuropa (Leipzig) Metal-Organic Framework Microstructured Optical Fibre Multispectral Optical Filter Assembly Modified Gravity (theory) Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect, Magneto-optischer Kerr-Effekt (Festk¨ orperphysik/solid state physics) 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 Modularer Optoelektronischer Multispektral-Scanner Merging Optics and Nanotechnologies (EU project) Modified (or: Modification of) Newtonian Dynamics, Modifizierte Newton’sche Dynamik Mobile Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multi-Objective Optimization Massive Open Online Course Master Oscillator Power Amplifier (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Measurement of Pollution in the Troposphere (Satelliten-Erd-Fernerkundung/satellite remote sensing) Mobile Raketenbasis (DLR, Oberpfaffenhofen, seit 1.1.1967) Multiobject Robust Design Optimisation Maney Online Research E-Journal (digital archives) Mobility for Young Researchers from Central and Eastern Europe Mean Opinion Score (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Monitor-Server Multiobject Spectrograph Ministry of Science and the Arts (Israel) Model Driven Site Assessment, Information and Control Modular and Scalable Application Platform for ITS-Components (ITS: Intelligent Transportation System) Modulo Sperimentale Elettromeccanico (Hochwasserschutz/flood protection, Venedig, IT) Metalloxid-Silicium-Feldeffekt-Transistor, Metal Oxide Field-Effect Transistor MOS Implementation System Media Oriented Systems Transfer (or: Transport) Microvariabilty and Oscillations of Stars (Canadian Satellite) 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/file name extension: video file] 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) Message Passing Motion Picture Marine Protected Area (Meeresfischerei/sea fishing) Materialpr¨ ufungsamt (oder: -pr¨ ufanstalt) Micro-Perforated Absorber Multiport Amplifier (Architecture) Max-Planck-Institut f¨ ur Aeronomie (Lindau/Harz) Modular Process Automation Laboratory Magnetic Photonic Crystal Model Predictive Control(ler) Multicarrier Power Amplifier (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Material Protection, Control, and Accounting (US-Russian nuclear cooperation) Mesh-Based Parallel Code Coupling Interface Multi Purpose Crew Vehicle – Service Module magnetoplasmadynamisch (-er Raketenantrieb) Max Planck Digital Library (M¨ unchen)

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Multipoint Digital Radio (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Max-Planck-Institut f¨ ur extraterrestrische Physik (Garching) Maximum Permissible Exposure Multi-Photon Excitation Multiprotocol Encapsulation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [Dateinamenerweiterung: Video-Datei/file name extension: video file] 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/file name extension: video file] Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur F¨ orderung der Wissenschaften e.V. Miles per Gallon (Kraftstoffverbrauch, etwa 5,75 l/100 km) Magnetic Particle Imaging Max-Planck-Institut Message Passing Interface (Parallelrechner/parallel computer) Multi-Photonen-Ionisation Max-Planck-Institut f¨ ur biophysikalische Chemie (G¨ ottingen) Max-Planck-Institut f¨ ur Chemie (Mainz) Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (G¨ ottingen, DE) Max-Planck-Institut f¨ ur Eisenforschung (D¨ usseldorf) Max-Planck-Institut f¨ ur evolution¨ are Anthropologie (Leipzig) Max-Planck-Institut f¨ ur Festk¨ orperforschung (Stuttgart) Max-Planck-Institut f¨ ur Gesellschaftsforschung (K¨ oln) Max-Planck-Institut f¨ ur Radioastronomie (Bonn) Max-Planck-Institut f¨ ur Kernphysik (Heidelberg) Max-Planck-Institut f¨ ur die Physik komplexer Systeme (Dresden) Massively Parallel Interactive Rendering Environment Max-Planck-Institut f¨ ur die Struktur und Dynamik der Materie (Hamburg) Max-Planck-Institut f¨ ur Z¨ uchtungsforschung (K¨ oln) Marine Physical Laboratory (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, CA, USA) Mars Polar Lander Max-Planck-Institut f¨ ur die Physik des Lichts (Erlangen) 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) Magnetic Property Measurement System Multi-Parameter Optimization Multi-Protocol over ATM (Rechnernetze/computer networks) Microstructured Polymer Optical Fibre Massively Parallel Processing (Rechner/computer) Maximum Power Point (Photovoltaik/photovoltaics) Max-Planck-Institut f¨ ur Physik (M¨ unchen) Most Probable Path (Kfz-Fahrerassistenzsystem/vehicle driver assistance sytem) ¨ Multi Purpose Plattform (Flugzeug mit Uberwachungselektronik) Multi-Pixel Photon Counter Methylphenylpropionoxypiperidin (eine Designerdroge) Maximum Power-Point Tracking (Photovoltaik/photovoltaics) Max-Plack-Institut f¨ ur Quantenoptik (Garching) MPEG Query Format Multi-Path Routing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [Mathematik-Literaturservice/mathematics literature service] Mathematical and Physical Sciences Max-Planck-Institut f¨ ur Sonnensystemforschung (Katlenburg-Lindau) Max Planck Society (= MPG in deutschen Texten) Mission Planning System (Satelliten-Fernerkundung/satellie remote sensing) Mononuclear Phagocyte System Max Planck Research Group (or: Department) for Structural Dynamics (Hamburg) Multi-Path Self Routing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Mid-Pleistocene Transition (Klimageschichte/climate history) Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (Japan) Multi-Port Tubing (HPC) Methylphenyltetrahydropyridin (l¨ ost Parkinson-Krankheit aus) Master Processing Unit (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multi-Purpose Vehicle Multi-Protocol Wavelength Switching (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) MPEG Layer 3 [Dateinamenerweiterung: Audio-Datei/file name extension: audio file] Martinique (ISO 3166) Multiple Quantum Well Magnetresonanz (-Tomographie) Mauretanien/Mauritania (ISO 3166) Measurement Report

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Mineralocorticoid-Rezeptor Mutual Recognition Arrangement (Metrologie/metrology) Magnetic (or: Magnetoresistive) Random Access Memory Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory (bei/near Cambridge, UK) Mixed Reality Audio-Visual (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Main Reference Burst Medium-Range Ballistic Missile Medical Research Council (UK) Member(ship) of Royal College of Surgeons (UK) Mobile Radio Conformance Test Mobile Radio Division (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Magnetic Resonance Elastography magnetorheologisches Elastomer 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 Magnetorotational Instability, Magnetorotationsinstabilit¨ at (Astronomie/astronomy) Magnetresonanz-Mikroskopie Mesh Reduction Method(s) 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 Major Resources Support (Canadian grant program) 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 Luftwaffe/of the Air Force) Magnetic Field Surveying Mass Spectrometry (or: Spectrometer) 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) Maritime Safety Committee Master of Science Mesenchymale Stammzellen Message Sequence Chart (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Mobile (Services) Switching Centre (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Mass Selective Detector Mean Square Displacement Minimum Set of Data (Kfz-Notrufsystem) Microsoft Disk Operating System Mission Success Evaluation Mean Square Error mittlere Schmerzempfindlichkeit Mobilstations-Emulator (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Materials Science, Engineering, and Commercialization (Texas State University Program, USA) Mid-Spatial Frequency Multi Stage Flash Exploration (Meerwasserentsalzung/method for seawater desalting) Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA, Huntsville, AL, USA) Meteosat Second Generation (seit/since 2003) Microgravity Science Glovebox (ISS) Micro-Strip Gas Detector Master in Scientific Instrumentation Medium Scale Integration Mobile Station ISDN Number Minimum (or: Maximum) Shift Keying (Daten¨ ubertragung/data transmission) Mars Science Laboratory Materials Science Laboratory (at ISS) Magnetic Shape Memory (actuator)

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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-Geh¨ ause/casing) Multispectral Optoacoustic Tomography Male Shopping Pattern Mobile Service Provider (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multiplex Section Protection Multi-Service Provisioning Platform (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Mobile Station Receiver Diversity (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Molten-Salt Reactor Muon Spin Rotation Multistandard Radio Analyzer (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Microsoft Research in Cambridge (UK) Mathematical Science(s) Research Institute (Berkeley, CA, USA) Multi Standard Real-Time (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) MAN Switching System Managed Security Services (Datensicherheit/data security) Mass Storage System Mobile Satellite System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (Elementarteilchen/elementary particles) Multiple Section – Section Protection (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multiple(xer) Section Shared Protection Ring (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Missouri Southern State University (USA) Mikrosystemtechnik Minimal Spanning Tree (Signalanalyse/signal analysis) Multiple Spanning Tree (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multi-Service Transmission Platform (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Maximum Service Television Michigan State University (USA) Mississippi State University (USA) Montana State University (USA) Moscow State University Modularized Start Version (FAIR) Media Switch ¨ Maximal Sustained Yield (Okonomie/economy) Malta (ISO 3166) Montana (US-Staat/US state) Magyar Tudom´ anyos Akad´ emia (Ungarische Akademie der Wissenschaften/Hungarian Academy of Sciences) Materials Testing Accelerator Medizinisch-technische(r) Assistent(in) Multi-Threaded Computing (Parallelrechner/parallel computer) mobile Transaktionsnummer Multidisciplinary Trends in Academic Research (Conference series) Motion-Tracked Binaural (sound recording) 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 Mikrotribologie Centrum (Karlsruhe) 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) Mikroelektronik- und Technologiegesellschaft (Ostdeutschland) Mobile Testbed High-Energy Laser (US Army) Magnetic Tunnel Junction Mechanical Test Model Methyl-Trimethoxysilane Mountain (US Mail) Multilateral Trade Negotiations Mars Telecom Orbiter Mammal (or: Mechanistic) Target of Rapamycin (a protein) Message Transfer Part Methods for Testing and Specification (TC im/in the ETSI) Multifunctional Transport Satellite Middle Tennessee State University (USA) Mean Time to Failure

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Mean Time to Repair (or: Restore) 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 unges¨ attigte Fetts¨ auren) Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft Multi-Level Tree for Online Packet Statistics (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multi-User MIMO Maritime Unmanned Navigation through Intelligence and Networks (EU project, since Sep. 2012) Multi-Processing Algebra Data (Tool) Multi-Purpose Sensors for Surface and Sub-Surface Science (Rosetta project) Midwestern Universities Research Association (USA) Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative Missouri–Columbia’s University Research Reactor Microgravity User Support Center (DLR, K¨ oln-Porz, DE) Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer Multiple Sub-Nyquist-Sampling Encoding Myon Proton Scattering Experiment Multi-User Systems for Earth Sensing (DLR, ISS) Multiple Signal Classification Self-Adapting Applications for Mobile Users in Ubiquitous Computing Environmentals Masking Pattern Adapted Universal Subband Integrated Coding and Multiplexing (Digitalrundfunk/digital broadcast) Musical Instrument Computed Tomography Examination Standard Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducer Malediven/Maldives (ISO 3166) Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Bundesland/German Federal State) Market Value Added M¨ ullverbrennungsanlage Multivariate Data Analysis 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) Minenvernichtungsladung Mobile Virtual Network Operator(s) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multilayer Vertically Stacked Capacitors Multivariable Technological Systems (IFAC Symposium) Malawi (ISO 3166) Mileura Widefield Array (Astrophysik/astrophysics, Antennen/antennae) Marine Wildlife Behavior Database Mobile Wireless Internet Forum (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Ministerium f¨ ur Wissenschaft und Kunst Multiwavelength Interferometer M¨ unchner Wissenschaftsnetz Multi Wall(ed) Nanotubes Mountain Wave Project Microwave Radiometer (ENVISAT) Mikrowellen-Radio Mexiko/Mexico (ISO 3166) magnetischer R¨ ontgenzirkulardichroismus Material Exchange Format Multi-Standard Medium Access Control (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multicore Cross-Platform Architecture (computer design) Malaysia (ISO 3166) Million years ago Multilayer Ice (in the Arctic Sea) Megayears (106 years) Mach-Zehnder (Interferometer, Modulator) Mo¸cambique/Mozambique (ISO 3166) Mach-Zehnder-Interferometer Mouth-to-Ear (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Machine-to-Machine Mohole to the Mantle (ocean drilling project) Mannheim Molecular Intervention Environment (Krebsforschung/cancer research) Maskless Mesoscale Material Deposition Marine Mammal Monitoring (Meeresbiologie/marine biology)

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Nano... (Pr¨ afix/prefix): 10−9 Namibia (ISO 3166) Network Aspects (TC im/in the ETSI) Normenausschuss numerische Apertur (Optik) Network of Alabama Academic Libraries North American ALMA Science Center (Charlottesville, VA, USA)

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National Association of Broadcasters (of America) Naturschutzbund Deutschland Noise Abatement Criteria (FHWA) National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (USA) Network Access and Connectivity Channel (Daten¨ ubertragung/data transmission) National Accreditation Council for Certification Bodies (UK) Network Access Configuration Function (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) No Acknowledgement (or: Not Acknowledged) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) North Atlantic Climate National Aids Coordination Program (Simbabwe) New Aircraft Concepts Research Network Access Domain (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Network Application Division (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Nicotinamid-adenin-dinucleotid North Atlantic Drift (Golfstrom/Gulf Stream) National Academy of Engineering (USA) National Aerospace and Electronics Conference (USA) North American Free Trade Area Numerical Algorithms Group (UK) Non-Aggressive Glass Internal Engraving System Nearfield Acoustic Holography National Automated Highway System Consortium (San Diego, CA, USA) North American International Auto Show Nationally Adopted International Standards Network Abstraction Layer (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Normenausschuss Akustik, L¨ armminderung und Schwingungstechnik Nominally Anhydrous Mineral (Geologie/geology) Non-Absorbing Mirror (laser technology) National Measurement Accreditation Service (UK) [Laboratoire de] Neurobiologie de l’Apprentissage de la M´ emoire et de la Communication (Neurobiology of Learning, Memory and Commmunication) (CNRS, Univ. Paris-Sud, FR) Nanoscale Molecular Dynamics Program National Agency of Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring (Ulanbator, Mongolia) Normenausschuss Mess- und Regeltechnik Neurotechnologies for Analysis and of Neural Dynamics (course at Princeton University, USA) Nanohertz Gravitational Wave Observatory (at WVU et al.) Integration of Novel Nanoparticle Based Technology for Therapeutics and Diagnosis of Different Types of Cancer (EU project) National Air Navigation Service Company (Cairo Airport, Egypt) Nordatlantische Oszillation (Meteorologie/meteorology) National Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Science National Astronomical Observatory of Japan Nasmyth Adaptive Optics System (f¨ ur/for ESO-VLT) Network Access Point (Internet) North American Particle Accelerator Conference North American Pharmacists Licensure Exam North American Prodrome Longitudinal Study National Association of Patent Practitioners (USA) Network Address and Port Translator (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) United States National Archives and Records Administration (College Park, MD, USA) National Agricultural Research and Development Institute (Funduela, RO) 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) NASA Advanced Supercomputing (division) National Academy of Sciences (USA) Network Access Server (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Network Attached Storage Noise Abatement Society Non Access Stratum (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [Scandinavian Acoustical Society] National Aeronautics and Space Agency (or: Administration) (USA) North American Society for Bat Research National Aeronautics and Space Development Agency (Japan) National Air and Space Museum (Washington, DC, USA) 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) National Accreditation Board (HU) Network Address Translation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Nitric Acid Trihydrate (HNO3 ·3(H2 O)) National Testing Laboratory Accreditation Service (UK) North-Atlantic Treaty Organization Northern Arizona University Navigation Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist (k¨ unstliche Beatmung/artificial respiration)

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Navigational Satellite Timing and Ranging (GPS-System, seit 17. Juli 1995) North Atlantic Waveguide and Downstream Impact Experiment (DLR) 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 National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NSF, USA) New Car Assessment Program (EU-Norm, Kfz/EU standard for cars) National Center for Atmospheric Research (Boulder, CO, USA) National Centre for Atmospheric Science (UK) National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NIH, Bethesda, MD, 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 North Carolina Central University (Durham, NC, USA) National Climatic Data Center (USA) National Consortium for Data Science (USA) Noise Control Engineering Journal National Center for Environmental Prediction (weather forecast) National Center for Education Statistics (USA) National Cooperative Highway Research Program (USA) National Cancer Institute (Bethesda, MD, USA) National Computing Infrastructure (Australian National University in Canberra) 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) No Child Left Behind Act (USA) Nucleocytoplasmic Large DNA Virus Netherlands Centrum voor Laser Research National Centre for Mental Health (Wales, UK) Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience (USA) National Center for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (Noida, India) NIST Center for Neutron Research (Gaithersburg, MD, USA) Numerically Controlled Oscillator (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) National Contact Point (ESPRIT) National Center for Physical Acoustics (University of Mississippi, USA) Non-Coding RNA National Canada Research Council National Consumer Research Centre (Finland) National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (Australia) 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 (Festk¨ orperphysik/solid state physics) 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 f¨ ur Tumorerkrankungen (Heidelberg) National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan) National Central University (Jhongli City, Taiwan)

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North Dakota (US-Staat/US state) New Drug Application National Defense Authorization Act (USA) National Data Buoy Center (USA) Normalized Device Coordinates New Drug Development Office (Amsterdam, NL, EORTC) Non-Destructive Evaluation Nordic Data Grid Facility (DK, FI, NO, SE Allianz/alliance) Naphthalindiimid (Schadstoffdetektor) Nondestructive Inspection National Defense Industrial Association (USA) Network Diversity Multiple Access (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) National DNA Database (UK) Norddeutscher Rundfunk Next Data Rate (Daten¨ ubertragung/data transmission) National Defense Research Committee (USA) Netware Directory Services (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Nuclear Detection System (USA) Network for Detection of Atmospheric Change North Dakota State University (USA) Nondestructive Testing Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, Normierter differenzierter 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 National e-Research Collaboration Tools and Resources (AU) Nanoemissive Display (Flachbildschirm/flat screen) NASA Extragalactical Database Non-Exponentially Degraded (protein) Networked European Deposit Library New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (Japan) North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling Project Negative Factor (Protein) Noise Exposure Forecast Neuer Europ¨ aischer Fahrzyklus (Kfz-Test/car standard test) New England Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (USA) Nanotechnology Environmental and Health Implications (USA) Neural-Electrical Interface (Gehirn-Implantat/brain implant) Niedrig-Energie-Institut Nuclear Energy Institute Northeastern Illinois University (USA) New England Journal of Medicine National Engineering Laboratory (UK) Network Element Layer (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program Near-End Listening Enhancement (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Natural Energy Lab of Hawaii Authority North European LORAN-C System Netzwerk Elektrische Leichtbau-Traktionsantriebe (LBF) 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) Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean Nano-Electro-Mechanical System Nano-Entrepreneurship Academy Near-Earth Object (or: Orbit) Near-Earth Object Camera Near-Earth Objects Dynamic Site (astronomy) Near Earth Objects Mission Advisory Panel (USA) (Asteroidenabwehr) National Environmental Policy Act (USA) New Partnership for Africa’s Development Nepal Journals Online National Environment Information Centre (UK) North American Electric Reliability Corporation National Energy Research Scientific Computing [Center] (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, CA, USA) National e-Science Centre (UK) Nonequilibrium Steady State New and Emerging Science and Technology (EU, FP6)

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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 Development of a Next Generation European Inland Waterway Ship and Logistics System 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) Natural Frequency Deviation Nur f¨ ur den Dienstgebrauch (Geheimhaltung/secrecy) Nieders¨ achsisches Forschungszentrum Fahrzeugtechnik (Braunschweig) Near-Field Holography National Federation of Independent Business (USA) National Football League (USA) Nieders¨ achsisches Forschungszentrum f¨ ur Luftfahrt (Braunschweig) New-Forest Observatory (kleines Teleskop in einem Wald in S¨ udengland/a small telescope in Southern England) Near-Field Optical Disk Drive (Datenspeicher/data storage) National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference Nationales Forschungsprogramm (Schweiz) Nationale Forschungsschwerpunkte (Schweiz) Network File System Neuartige Fahrzeugstrukturen New (or: Next) Generation Nigeria (ISO 3166) Next Generation Broadcasting Forum New General Catalogue (Astronomie/astronomy) Next Generation Car Next Generation Digital Loop Carrier (Kommunikation/communication) Nerve Growth Factor National Grid Initiative Norwegian Geotechnical Institute Next Generation Home Location Register Next Generation Lithography Next Generation Light Source Next Generation Mobile Networks (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Next Generation Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Next Generation Nuclear Plant (USA, geplant f¨ ur etwa 2020/planned for around 2020) New Gravitational-Wave Observatory Non-Government Organization New Generation Operations Systems and Software Next Generation Operations Support Systems North Greenland Ice Core Project 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) Next Generation Train (DLR-Projekt, 2007–2013) Next Generation Turb´ıne (for aircraft) 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) National Heart Institute (USA) National Highway Institute (USA) Nippon hoso kyokai (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) Non-Hodkin-Lymphom National Heart and Lung Institute (USA) Natural History Museum (London) National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (Tallahassee, FL; Los Alamos, NM, USA) nachhaltige Holznutzung National Health Service (UK) Newborne Hearing Screening Nurses Health Study (USA) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (USA) Network Infrastructure (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Network Intelligence (Telekommunikation/telecommunication)

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Network Interface (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Nicaragua (ISO 3166) Niedersachsen (Bundesland/German Federal State) Northern Ireland 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 Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering National Ignition Campaign (USA) Network Information Center Network Interface Card (or: Chip) John von Neumann Institute for Computing (J¨ ulich, DE) Nuclotron-Based Ion Collider (JINR, RU) Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer Novel Innovative Competitive Effective 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) Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (Northwestern University, USA) National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics (Tallinn, Estonia) National Institute for Computational Sciences (University of Tennessee, USA) Nucleus Independent Chemical Shift National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (Japan) National Information and Communication Technology Center Australia Neonatal Intensive Care Unit 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 Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (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 Nieders¨ achsische Landesentwicklungsgesellschaft Norwegisches Institut f¨ ur Luftuntersuchungen Nanosystems Initiative Munich (DE) Negative Index Material (negativer optischer Brechungsindex/negative optical diffraction 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 for Materials Science (Tsukuba, Japan) Near-Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (Galileo) Normal Metal–Insulator–Normal Metal (Nanostructure) National Institute for Nano-Engineering (Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, USA) Numerical Injection Analysis (astrophysics) National Institute of Nuclear Physics (IT) Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology (China) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (USA) N-Isopropylacrylamide (hydrogel) Near-Infrared National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials (Japan) Near Infrared Spectroscopy, Nahinfrarotspektroskopie Nederlands Instituut voor Ruimtevaart New Independent States (fr¨ uhere Sowjetunion/former Soviet Union) Normal Metal – Insulator – Superconductor (Nanostructure) National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center (USA, seit/since 1999) National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (India) Nanoscale Informal Science Education (Network; NSF, USA, seit/since 2005) Noninvasive Stability Margin (measurement for electronic equipment) National Information Standards Organization (USA) National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA, vormals/formerly NBS) Narrowband ISDN User Part (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) National Institute of Technology (India) Network Information Table National Institute of Theoretical Physics (South Africa) Nickel-Titanium [intermetallic compound developed by the] Naval Ordnance Laboratory (1963) Noise-Induced Threshold Shift

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Niedergeschwindigkeitszentrifugenmikroskop New Jersey (US-Staat/US state) New Jersey Institute of Technology New Journal of Physics Nationalkomitee f¨ ur Kristallographie Neue K¨ unstlervereinigung M¨ unchen (1909, Expressionisten) [Narodny Kommissariat Wnutrennich Del] (sowjetischer Geheimdienst/Soviet Secret Service) Niederlande/Netherlands (ISO 3166) Nonlinear Nieders¨ achsisches Landesamt f¨ ur Bez¨ uge und Versorgung National Laser Center (South Africa) Next Linear Collider Next Linear Collider Test Accelerator Non-Linear Effect Navigation Land Earth Stations (GPS) Nieders¨ achsisches Landesamt f¨ ur Bodenforschung – Geowissenschaftliche Gemeinschaftsaufgaben (Hannover) National Library of Medicine (UK and USA) Nearest-Loudspeaker Mapping None Line of Sight (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Natural Language Processing Neuro-Linguistic Programming Nationaal Lucht- en Ruimtevaartlaboratorium, Niederl¨ andisches Luft- und Raumfahrtlaboratorium Noise Level Reduction National Labor Relations Board (USA) NASA Langley Research Center (Hampton, VA, USA) New Light Source (UK) Nonlinear Least Squares (Parametersch¨ atzung/parameter estimation) Natural Language Understanding (Sprachverarbeitung/speech processing) Nieders¨ achsischer Landesbetrieb f¨ ur Wasserwirtschaft, K¨ usten- und Naturschutz Nautical Mile/nautische Meile (1 NM = 1852 m) Network Manager (or: Management) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) New Mexico (US-Staat/US state) Neuer Markt Norwegian Mapping and Cadastre Authority Network Management Centre (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) New Mexico Consortium National Missile Defense (USA) Neuromuscular Disease National Marine Electronics Organization (GPS, Galileo) National Marine Fisheries Service (USA) Natural Marketing Institute (USA) Network Management Interface (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) NSF Middleware Initiative New Model in Technology & Engineering (UK) Network Management Layer (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Nieders¨ achsischer Monographiennachweis 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) New Mexico State University (Las Cruces, NM, USA) Noise Monitoring Terminal Nordic Mobile Telephone Neural Network National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (USA) 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) National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (USA) Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE, USA) Navy Navigation Satellite System (USA) Navada National Security Site 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)

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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 Effect Spectroscopy Noise Observation and Information Service for Europe National Conference on Noise Control Engineering (USA) Naval Ordnance Laboratory (USA) Nonlinear Optical-Loop Mirror Neutrino Oscillation Magnetic Detector (CERN) Novel Materials Discovery Network Operations and Management NuMi Off-Axis Electron Neutrino Appearance National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (Australia) Non-Obvious Relationship Analysis North American Air (or: Aerospace) Defense (Command) Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics (Copenhagen, DK; since autumn 2006: Stockholm, SE) Norddeutsche Landesbank National Optical Society (in Europe) Network Operating System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) National Ocean Sciences Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (facility at WHOI) Not only SQL Noise and Vibration: Emerging Methods (Conference series) Nationale Organisation Wasserstoff- und Brennstoffzellentechnologie Network of Workstaions Networks on Wheels Nanoparticle Nepal (ISO 3166) Nondeterministic Polynomial Nuclear Physics Network Performance Analysis (or: Analyzer) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Nomadic Personal Communications Nuclear Pore Complex (Zellbiologie/cell biology) Reaction n + p → D + γ (neutron and proton converted into deuteron and photon) Nationale Plattform Elektromobilit¨ at (in Deutschland) Network Protection Equipment (Kommunikation/communication) Nuclear Physics Electronic Nature Publishing Group Norwegian Polar Institute National Physical Laboratory (Teddington, UK) Non-Patent Literature Nearly Perfect Matched Layer (absorber of structure-borne sound) Navy Prototype Optical Interferometer (Lowell Observatory, Anderson Mesa, near Flagstaff, AZ, USA) National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (Wettersatellit/weather satellite) National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project Net Primary Production (Pflanzenmasse/plant mass) Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Project National Public Radio Neuroscience Peer Review Consortium [Department of] Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Nanoplasmatic Sensing National Park Service (USA) Naval Postgraduate School (Monterey, CA, USA) [Nuclear] Non-Proliferation Treaty (Atomsperrvertrag) Neuromorphic Processing Unit Net Present Value (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Network Quality Data Investigator (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance Nauru (ISO 3166) Naval Reactors (US Government office) Noise Rating National Radio Astronomy Observatory (Green Banks, WV, USA) Numerical-Relativity and Analytical-Relativity (astrophysics) National Research Council (USA) Network Resource Control (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Network Routing Chip Non-Resonant Cavity (LED) Nuclear Regulatory Commission Canadian Ministry of Natural Resources 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)

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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) Neural Retina-Specific Leucine Zipper Protein National Resident Matching Program (USA) National Reconnaissance Office (USA) Norwich Research Park Nichtrelativistische Quantenmechanik Noise Reduction Rating (acoustics) National Research Service Award (USA) Navy Radio and Sound Laboratory (San Diego, CA, USA) 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) National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (USA) Nuclear Science Advisory Committee (USA) Nuclear Science Advisory Committee Isotopes Subcommittee (DOE) Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (Antirheumatika/cure for rheumatism) nichtsteroidale Antirheumatika National Science Board (USA) New Steel Body (Automobiltechnik/vehicle technology) Nationalsozialistischer Bund Deutscher Technik National Scientific Balloon Facility (NASA) Nationalsozialistische Betriebszellenorganisation National Society of Black Physicists (USA) National Space Biomedical Research Institute (USA) National Security Council (USA) National Supercomputing Center (Tianjin, China) National Sound and Communications Association (USA) Neutron Sciences Directorate (at ORNL) 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) Nuclear Science and Engineering Directorate (ORNL, USA) Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Canada) National Sanitary Foundation National Science Foundation (USA) Nationalsozialistischer Deutscher Frontk¨ ampferbund 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-D¨ usenform/new aircraft nozzle shape) National Storage Industry Consortium, Inc. (Hersteller von Datenspeichern, USA) National Snow and Ice Data Center (USA) Neurogram Similarity 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) Neutron Scattering and Magnetism (Group, ETH Z¨ urich, CH) National Solar Observatory (USA) Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscope (or: Microscopy) National Space Policy (USA) Network Service Point (or: Provider, or: Platform) (Internet) National Society of Professional Engineers National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (Hsinchu, Taiwan) Non-Sequential Ray Tracing Network Subsystem (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Neutraler Salzspr¨ uhtest (auf Korrosionsbest¨ andigkeit/test on corrosion resistance) Non-Stop Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Neutron Scattering Society of America

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Neutron Scattering Science Division (ORNL, USA) National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowship (DOD, USA) North-South Station Keeping (Satelliten/satellites) Nanoscale Science and Technology (University of Florida, USA) Nanoscience and Technology National Science Teachers Association (USA) National Science and Technology Council (USA) [China] National Science and Technology Library Near-Surface Temperature Maximum National Spherical Torus Experiment (PPPL, Princeton, NJ, USA) Nieders¨ achsische Staats- und Universit¨ atsbibliothek (G¨ ottingen) Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt New Schools Venture Fund (USA) Naval Surface Warfare [fr¨ uher/formerly: Weapons] Center (e.g., Silver Spring, MD, USA) Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division (West-Bethesda, MD, USA) Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City Division (USA) National Sun Yat-Sen University (Taiwan) Network Termination (Datennetze/data networks) National Theatre Company of China Normal Tissue Complication Probability (Onkologie/oncology) National Transonic Facility (NASA, Langley Research Center) Nachrichtentechnische Gesellschaft (im/in the VDE) Nuclear Threat Initiative National Telecommunications and Information Administration (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) National Technical Information Service (Datenbank/data bank, USA) Nitrotriazolon (Sprengstoff/explosive) Network Time Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Nuclear-Thermal Propulsion National Test Pilot School (Mojave Desert, CA, USA) Nevada Test Site (Kernwaffentest/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 Nieders¨ achsischer Tennisverband Nachrichtentechnische Zeitschrift Niue (ISO 3166) National University of Defence Technology (Guangzhou, CN) National University of Ireland Non-Uniform Memory Access New University Press 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) Nutrition Science Initiative Nuclear Structure Astrophysics, and Reactions Near Ultraviolet, nahes Ultraviolett Naval Undersea Warfare Center (Newport, RI, USA) Nevada (US-Staat/US state) Nitrogen Vacancy (Stickstoff-Fehlstelle, f¨ ur Quantenkryptographie interessant/of interest for quantum cryptography) Nonvisual Desktop Access Normalized Differenced Vegetation Index Noise, Vibration and Harshness National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (USA) Non-Volatile Memory National Virtual Observatory (USA, geplant f¨ ur/planned for 2010) Near Video-On-Demand Network Voice Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Non-Volatile RAM Night Vision Safety (Auto-Blendschutzspiegel) National Variety Trials (Datenbank/database, AU) Nichtverbreitungsvertrag (Atomwaffen/non-proliferation treaty, 1968) [Niederl¨ andische Aeroakustische Gesellschaft/Netherland’s Aeroacoustic Society] Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Nordrhein-Westfalen (Bundesland/German Federal State) Niedergeschwindigkeits-Windkanal Braunschweig (DE) Navy Working Capital Fund (USA) Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk Network Analyser (DECT) Nuklearwaffenkonvention Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Niederl¨ andische Wissenschaftsorganisation/Netherland’s science organization) National Weather Service (USA)

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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 Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) New York University New York University Abu Dhabi New York Yacht Club Neuseeland/New Zealand (ISO 3166) Non-Zero Dispersion Shifted Fiber (Glasfaser/glass fiber) Nieders¨ achsischer Zeitschriftennachweis Neue Z¨ urcher Zeitung

O OA OA OAA OAAC OADM OAE OAI OAIG OAIS ¨ OAL OA[&]M OAM OAMP OAN OAP OAPEN OARE OAS OAS OAS OASIS OASIS OASPA OASPL OAT OATA OATS OAU ¨ OAW OAWRS ¨ OBB OBD OBDH OBDMS OBIRCH OBL OBMC OBMM OBMP OBP OBS OBSI OBU OBW OCaB OCAP OCC OCCAM OCCI OCCI OCD OCDM O-CDMA OCF OCH OCHRIEST OCh-SPRING

Open Access Outgoing Access Outstanding Alumni of Achievement (US Universities) Optical Aerial Attached Cable Optical Add-Drop Multiplexer (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Otoacoustic Emission, Otoakustische Emission(en) Open Archives Initiative Open Access Implementation Group Open Archival Information System ¨ Osterreichischer Arbeitsring f¨ ur L¨ armbek¨ ampfung Operation, Administration and Maintenance (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Orbital Angular Momentum (ultrasonics) OAM Provisioning Optical Access Node (Glasfasernetz/glass fiber net) Ophthalmologischer Arbeitsplatz Open Access Publishing in European Networks 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 Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association Overall Sound Pressure Level Ocean Acoustic Tomography Ornamental Aquatic Trade Association (Europ¨ aische Handelsorganisation) Open Area Test Site (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Organization of African Unity ¨ Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften 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 (tire–road noise measurement device) On-Board Unit 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 Open Cloud Computing Interface Optical Core Device (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Optical Code Division Multiplexing (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Optical Code Division Multiple Access (Glasfasernetz/glass fiber 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)

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Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (New York City) Open Compute Project Optical Character Recognition (Computer-lesbare Schrift/computer-reading of letters) Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (USA) One Channel Safe (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Optical Coherence Tomography, Optische Koh¨ arenztomographie (Augendiagnostik/eye diagnostics etc.) Optical Component Test [Dateinamenerweiterung: Programmdatei/file name extension: program file] 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 Differential Equation Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Objective Difference Grade (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Object Definition Language (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Open and Distance Learning (EU-Programm/EU program) Own-Ship Doppler Nullification (sonar technology) Ocean Drilling Project (or: Program) Open Directory Project (in the www) Open Distributed Processing Ozone-Depleting Substance Order–Disorder Transition Old Dominion University (Norfolk, VA, USA) Open Diagnostic Data Exchange Orientierungseinheit (Vorstudium) Organic Electronics Association Office Europ´ een des brevets (M¨ unchen, DE) Oro-Esophageal Cavity (in songbird’s vocal tract) Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Oxford English Dictionary Optoelectronic Integrated Circuit, opto-elektronischer IC Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences Organic Electro-Luminescent (Display) Overall Echo Loudness Rating (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Optoelectronic Modulator (or: Mixer) Original Equipment Manfacturer Optoelectronic Neural Network Optical Electronic Optical (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Old Executive Office Building (USA, White House) Office of Extramural Research (NIH) Open Education Resource Oceanic Engineering Society (IEEE) Optoelectronic Tweezers Open Fabrics Alliance Optical Fiber Amplifier Office of Foreign Assets Control (USA) One-Factor-at-a-Time (Experimentiertechnik/experimental technique) Optical Fiber Communication Optical Frequency Comb Optical Fiber Cable Competence Center Oberfinanzdirektion Optical (or: Orthogonal) Frequency Division Multiplex(ing) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Office of Fusion Energy Sciences (USA) Organischer Feldeffekt-Transistor (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Optical Field Ionization Ornamental Fish International (Handelsorganisation/trade organisation) Optical Fiber Infrasound Sensor Optofluidic Microscopy Optical Fibre Measurement Club (UK) Oberfl¨ achenwellen Optical Gateway (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) ¨ Osterreichische Gesellschaft f¨ ur Artificial Intelligence Open Geospatial Consortium Office of Governmental Ethics (USA) Oberster Gerichtshof Optical Gravitational Lens(ing) Experiment Orientierungsgeschwindigkeitsprofil (Kfz-Simulation/car simulation) Optical Ground Station Open Grid Services Architecture (Rechnernetz/computer network) Opportunity, Growth, and Security Initiative (USA) Ott–Grebogi–Yorke (Control) Ohio (US-Staat/US state) Optical Hawaii(an) Array for Nanoradiation Astronomy On His (or: Her) British Majesties Service

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OHC OHC OHEP OHG OHG OHMi OHS OIB ¨ OIB OIC OICETS OID OIDA OIE OIF OIF OIM OIM OIS OIST OIT OJMS OJPS OJS OK OKH OKM OL OLA OLCF OLE OLE OLE OLED OLEDoS OLEV OLEX OLGA OLH OLLA OLPC OLR OLS OLT OLTE OLTP OM OM OM O&M OMA OMA OMA-BCAST OMAC OMAP OMB OMC OMC OMC-CN OMCI OMCR OMF OMG OMI OMI OMI OMO OMO OMS OMS, OµS OMS OMS OMSG OMSN OMT OMUX ON

Ocean Heat Content Outer Hair Cell (in the ear) Office of High Energy Physics (DOE, Germantown, MD, USA) Offene Handelsgesellschaft Operator Harmonization Group (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Observatoire Hommes-Milieux International OH-Airglow-Suppression (Spectrograph) Operation Icebridge ¨ Ortliche Initiativen zur Besch¨ aftigung von Frauen (EU) Organization of the Islamic Conference Optical Inter-Orbit Communications Engineering Test Satellite (JAXA) Object Identifier Optoelectronic Industry Development Association (USA) ´ Office 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 Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (Graduate University, Okinawa, JP) Oxidationsinduktionszeit Open Journal Management System Online Journal Publishing Services (AIP) Open Journal Systems Oklahoma (US-Staat/US state) Oberkommando des Heeres (im Dritten Reich“) ” Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine (im Dritten Reich“) ” Output Layer (neuronales Netz/artificial neural network) Optical Line Amplifier (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility Object Linking and Embedding (Programmierung/programming) Open Library Environment Opto (since 2006: Optics) & Laser Europe (Journal, Bristol, UK) Organic Light-Emitting Diode (or: Device), organische Licht emittierende Diode OLED on Silicon Orbital Life Extension Vehicle (for satellites) Ozone LIDAR Experiment Online Guideline Assist (Medizintechnik/medicine technology) Open Library of the Humanities Organic LEDs for ICT and Lighting Application (EU project) One Laptop per Child (Initiative f¨ ur Entwicklungsl¨ ander/initiative for developing countries) Outer Lindblad Resonance (astronomy) On-Line Service (Internet) Optical Line Termination (or: Terminal) (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Optical Line Termination Equipment Online Transaction Processing Oman (fr¨ uher Maskat und Oman/former Muscat and Oman) (ISO 3166) 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 Open Multimedia Applications Platform (processor) Office 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 (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 Ozone Monitoring Instrument Oxidation Mechanism Observations (Research project for HALO) Oxford Medicine Online 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)

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Optical Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Office of Noise Abatement and Control (Environment Protection Agency, USA) Organisme National des D´ echets Radioactifs et des Mati` eres Fissiles Enrichies (BE) Organic Nanomaterials for Electronics and Photonics (EU project) Office National d’Etudes et de Recherches A´ erospatiales Optical Networking Group (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Open Network Provision(ing) Online Qualit¨ atssicherung im Autoklaven (DLR) Office of Naval Research (Arlington, VA, USA) Office of National Statistics (UK) Organization for Nucleotide Sequencing and Analysis (S˜ ao Paulo, BR) Optical Network(ing) Termination (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Oxynitrotriazol (Sprengstoff/explosive) Optical Network Unit Object-Oriented, objektorientiert Object-Oriented Database On-Off Keying (Daten¨ ubertragung/data transfer) Object-Oriented Program(ming), objektorientierte(s) Programm(entwicklung) Object-Oriented Rendering (Algorithmen/algorithms) Out of Spec objektorientierter Test Oxidationsinduktionstemperatur Old Oldtimer Club (USA) Optics and Photonics Organizational Partners Organophosphorus (nerve gas) Optical Packet Add/Drop (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Operational Path Analysis Open Programmable Acceleration Engine ¨ Offene Post-Automations-L¨ osung (Osterreich) Optical Access Line, optische Anschlussleitung (Telefon/telephone) Organische Phosphorezenzleuchtdioden f¨ ur Applikationen im Lichtmarkt (BMBF-Projekt) Optical Phase Conjugator Optical Parametric Chirped-Pulse Amplification Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Optically Powered Data Link (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Organization of Petrol Exporting Countries, Organisation Erd¨ ol exportierender Staaten Optical Pan-European Network One-Pion Exchange Potential Open Repository for Research Data in Acoustics 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) Open Planets Foundation (UK forum for digital document preservation) Ontario Power Generation (Canadian power plant) ¨ Osterreichische Physikalische Gesellschaft Optical Ground Wire (Glasfasernetz/glass fiber net) Open Platform Initiative for Multimedia Access (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [US] Overseas Private Investment Corporation Oxide Powder in Tube Origin Project (file name extension) ¨ Offentlicher Personen-Nahverkehr Optical Parametric Oscillator Optical Precipitate Profiler Offset QPSK (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Official Production System Optical Path Switch (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Optical Protection System (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Optically Pumped Semiconductor (Laser) Optically Pumped Semiconductor Laser Operationszentrale Operation Qualification 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) Ocean Research Buoy Organic Rankine Cycle (Geothermie/geothermy) Open Architecture and Spatial Data Infrastructure for Risk Management (EU project) Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier Online Research Data Office de Recherche et d’Essais ¨ Osterreichischer Rundfunk Optical and Radar Federation for Earth Observation [other organizations] (Internet, USA) Office of Research Integrity (USA)

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Operative regionale integrierte und optimierte Korridorsteuerung (Straßenverkehrssteuerung/road traffic control) Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Ordnance Research Laboratory (Pennstate, USA) Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos (La Palma) Oak Ridge Tokamak (Fusionsreaktortechnik/fusion reactor technology, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN, USA) Organically Modified Ceramic Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Oak Ridge, TN, USA) [Internationale Hilfsorganisation Frankreichs/international relief organisation of France] Open Reed Waving (Webtechnologie) Open Services Operating (or: Operations) System Open Service Architecture (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Optical Society of America (founded 1916), since 2008: The Optical Society Optical Spectrum Analyzer Ohio-Region Section of the American Physical Society Oriented Structural (or: Strand) Board (Spanplatte/chipboard) Ohio Supercomputer Center (USA) Omics Science Center (Riken, JP) Optical Supervisory Channel (Glasfasernetz/glass fiber net) Outbound Signalling Channel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Oxford Supercomputing Centre (UK) On Screen Display (or: Dialog) (Funktionsanzeige auf TV-Schirm) Open Systems (or: Service) Development (or: Delivery) Environment (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Optical Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Open Software Foundation Operation System Function Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Washington, DC, USA) Open Source Initiative Open Systems Interconnection (Datennetze/data networks) Optical (or: Orbiting) Stellar Interferometer Off-Shore Integrated Robotic Inspection System Optical Spectroscopic (or: Spectrograph) and Infrared Imager System Optical System for Imaging and Low Resolution Integrated Spectroscopy Optically Stimulated Luminescence, optisch stimulierte Lumineszenz Optical Subnetwork Connection Protection (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Optical Signal-to-Noise Ratio (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Oxford Scholarship Online (Oxford University Press) Open Services Platform (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Open Shortest Path First (Internet) Open Science Policy Platform Office of Scientific Research and Development (USA) Object Storage Server Office of Strategical Services (USA) Operation(s) (or: Operational) Support System (Internet) Oriented Scintillation Spectrometer Experiment Operations Support System Interface (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Observatoire des Sciences et des Techniques (FR) Office of Science and Technology (UK, USA) Office of Scientific and Technical Information (DOE) Office of Science and Technology Policy (USA, White House) Ohio State University (USA) Oklahoma State University (USA) Oregon State University (USA) Organisation f¨ ur Sicherheit und Zusammenarbeit in Europa Office of Technology Assessment (USA, Congress) Optical Telescope Assembly Over-the-Air (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Over the Air Performance (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Over the Air Refill() One Touch Com (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Optical Coherence Tomography, Optische Koh¨ arenztomographie Over the Corner (frei verk¨ aufliche Waren) Over the Counter (B¨ orsenhandel/stock exchange) Orthogonal Transfer Array CCD (Gigapixel-Kamera, Teleskop/gigapixel camera, telescope in Maui, HI, USA) Observed Time Difference (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Optical Time Division Multiplexing (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Observed Time (or: Timing) Difference of Arrival (Ortung/localization) Optical Time Delay (or: Domain) Reflectometry Order to Delivery Simulation Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Organic Thin-Film Transistor Optical Transport Hierarchy (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Optical Time-Domain Ionizing Matter-Wave Open Transport Network (Verkehrsleitsystem/traffic guidance) Optical Transmission (or: Transport) Network (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Offcie de Timbres-Postes One Time Password

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Oficinas de Transferencia de los Resultados de Investigaci´ on (ES) Off-the-Shelf Operativ-Technischer Sektor (DDR) Optical Transmission System (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Over-the-Top (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Open University (UK) Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center (Oklahoma City, OK, USA) Oxford University Press Optical Variance Coronagraph (Astronomie/astronomy) Output Variance Constraint Open Virtualization Format (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Optical Vortex Lens (Astronomie/astronomy) Owens Valley Radio Observatory Ostwestfalen-Lippe Overwhelmingly Large (Teleskop/telescope) Web Ontology Language (semantisches Netz/semantic net) Optical Wavelength Switched (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Optical Cross Connect (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Ozone Isopleth Plotting with Optional Mechanism

P P... p... P-Wellen PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PAA PaaS PABX PAC PAC PAC PAC PAC PACA PACAP PACC PACE PACE PACF PACS PACS PACS PACT PAD PAD PAD PAE PAF PAF PAFC PAH PAH PAHL PAI PAK PAL PAL PAL PAL PALA PALAOA PALC PALC PALM PALS PALS PALV PAM

Peta... (Pr¨ afix/prefix): 1015 Pico... (Pr¨ afix/prefix): 10−12 Kompressionswellen (Geophysik/geophysics) Panama (ISO 3166) Parametric Array (underwater sound transmitter) Pennsylvania (US-Staat/US state) Photoacoustics Plasminogenaktivator (Genetik/genetics) Polyhexamethylenadipins¨ aureamin (Nylon) Power Amplifier Press Association (multimedia news agency) Publishers Association (UK) Polyacrylic Acid Platform as a Service (cloud computing) Private Automatic Branch Exchange, Private digitale Nebenstellenanlage (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Particle Accelerator Conference (alle 3 Jahre/every 3 years) Perturbed Angular Correlation Planetary Astronomy Committee (NASA) Processing and Archiving Center Programme Advisory Committee (TC im/in the ETSI) Preventive Actions and Corrective Actions Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase Activating Polypeptide (ein Neuropeptid/a neuropeptide) Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology Center (University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA) Planar Articulating Controls Experiment Programme de recherche sur l’Aval du Cycle Electronucl´ eaire (CNRS, FR, zur Entsorgung radioaktiver Abf¨ alle/disposal of radioactive waste) Phosphoric Acid Fuel Cell (auch/also: PAFC) Photoconductor Array Camera and Spectrometer (FIRST) Physics and Astronomy Classification Scheme Picture Archiving and Communications System Parallel Architecture and Compilation Techniques (Conference) Packet Assembly/Disassembly Perturbed Angular Distribution Pixel Array Detector Power Added Efficiency (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Portable Application Format (PDF converter) Posterior Auditory Field (im Gehirn/in the brain) Phosphoric Acid Fuel Cell (auch/also: PACF) Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Pulmonale arterielle Hypertonie Portable Automated Helium Liquefier Plasminogenaktivator-Inhibitor (Genetik/genetics) Polyzyklische aromatische Kohlenwasserstoffe Permissive Action Link Phase Alternation Line (Fernsehen/TV) Photo-Activated Localization (Microscopy) Pohang Accelerator Laboratory (Korea) Platform of Applications of Lasers in Aquitaine (Bordeaux, FR) Perenniel Acoustic Observatory in the Antarctic Ocean Plasma Addressed Liquid Crystal Polygonal Audience Line Curving Photoactivated Localization Microscopy Photoacoustic Laser Spectroscopy Prague Asterix Laser System Personal Air and Land Vehicle Passive Acoustic Monitoring (Meeresbiologie/marine biology)

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Photoacoustic Microscopy Piezo Amplifier Module Puls-Amplituden-Modulation, Pulse-Amplitude Modulation Preassigned Multiple Access (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Projektgruppe f¨ ur Automatisierung in der Medizin und Biotechnologie (am Fraunhofer-IPA) Payload for Antimatter Exploration and Light-Nuclei Astrophysics (ESA) Personal Area Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Polyacrylonitrile Poroxyacetylnitrat Antiproton Annihilation in Darmstadt Pan-Andromeda Archaeological Survey Predictability and Dynamics of Weather Systems in the Atlantic–European Sector (for better weather forecast) Probing Acceleration now with Supernovae (Astrophysik/astrophysics) Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Astrophysik/astrophysics, on Hawaii) Password Authentication Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Prostatic Acid Phosphatase (a protein) Precision Array for Probing the Epoch of Reionisation (S¨ udafrika, Teleskop) Personal Assistent for Public Transport Systems Personal Attenuation Rating (noise control) Photoacoustic Radar Parachute and Airdrop Evaluation Laboratory (DLR, Braunschweig) Polarization and Anisotropy of Reflectances for Atmospheric Sciences Coupled with Observations from Lidar PARALAB Validation Palo Alto Research Center (Xerox) Paris Centre de Recherche Cardiovasculaire Partial Correlation Permanent Authenitc Records in Electronic Systems Parallel Annotation and Reassembly of Functional Metagenome Selections Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (Rosman, NC, USA) Partnership for Air Transportation Noise and Emissions Reduction (gegr¨ undet/founded Sept. 2003) P¨ adagogische Arbeitsstelle des deutschen Volkshochschulverbandes (Frankfurt/M.) Photoacoustic Spectroscopy Pre-Applicable Structural Adhesives Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan Preparatory Action on the Enhancement of the European Industrial Potential in the Field of Security Research Physial Acoustics Summer School (zweij¨ ahrig/biennially) Persistent Association Technology (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Photoacoustic Tomography Pilot-Assisted Transmission (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Port Address Translation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Process Analytical Technology (or: Technique) Program Association Table (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) PRACE Advanced Training Centre Patienten-Tumorbank der Hoffnung (Stiftung) PanAfrican Telecommunication Union Personal Aerial Vehicle Periphere arterielle Verschlusskrankheit Physics Achievement Year [Fraunhofer-] Pilotanlagenzentrum f¨ ur Polymersynthese und -verarbeitung (Schkopau) Petabyte (= 1015 Bytes) Polybrominated Biphenyl Provider Backbone Bridge (Telekommunikation/telecommunication, Ethernet) Packet Binary Convolutional Coding (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) polybromierter Diphenylether, Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether Photonic Basis for Engineers and Technicians (California, USA) Phononic Band Gap Physikzentrum Bad Honnef (DPG) Physics-Based Industries Public Broadcaster International (Conference series) [Gas-] Pebble-Bed Modular Reactor (Kernreaktor, geplant f¨ ur 2014 in S¨ udafrika/nuclear plant, planned for 2014 in South Africa) Performance Based Navigation pyrolytisches Bornitrid Plate Boundary Observatory (Geod¨ asie/geodesy) Polybenzobioxazol Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic(s) Polarizing Beamsplitter (Optik/optics) Primer-Bindungsstelle (in RNA) Public Broadcasting Service Polybutylenterephthalat, Poly Butylene Terephthalate Proton-Beam Therapy (cancer treatment) Plasma Beat-Wave Accelerator Plastic Bonded Explosive (Sprengstoff/explosive) Private Branch Exchange (Internet) Princeton Beta Experiment – Modified (Fusionsreaktortechnik/fusion reactor technology) parsec (astronomische Einheit/astronomical unit) Personal Computer Phononic Crystal

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Polycarbonat Project Completion Principal Component Analysis (= HKA) Proportional Counter Array (beim/at the RXTE) President’s Committee (or: Council) of Advisors on Science and Technology (USA) polychlorierte Biphenyle Printed Circuit Board Partial Correlation Coefficient polychloriertes Camphen Product Compliance Center (Fujitsu, Augsburg and Paderborn, DE) Princeton Center for Complex Materials Primary Common Control Physical Channel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Passive Cavitation Detector Power Control Device prim¨ are zili¨ are Dyskinesie (Krankheit) Peak Code Domain Error (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Power Consumption Efficiency Photonic Crystal Fibre Polymer Cladded Fiber (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Polycomb Group (Genetik/genetics) Project Coordination Group (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Publisher Communication Group Parallel Computing Institute (Illinois College of Engineering, USA) Peripheral Component Interconnect (Datenbus/data bus) PCI Industrial Computers Manufacturers Group Physical Carrier to Interference plus Noise Ratio (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Polycaprolacton (ein Kunststoff) Parallel Climate Model Phase Change Material Puls-Code-Modulation Platform Cluster Manager Advanced Edition Personal Computer Memory Card International Association Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison Personal Communications Network Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy Point of Control and Observation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Public Call Office (Telefon/telephone) Pentachlorphenol Primary Common Control Physical Power (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Peak Cell Rate (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Polymerase Chain Reaction, Polymerase-Kettenreaktion (Biotechnologie/biotechnology) Predictive Control of Reactors Principal Component Regression Program Clock Reference (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Personal Communications Service (or: System) Photon Correlation Spectroscopy Plastic-Clad Silica Pulse Chemisorption Proxy-Call State (or: Session) Control Function (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Physics and Chemistry of Surfaces and Interfaces (conference series) Personal Communication Satellite Systems [International Network on] Public Communication of Science and Technology Parity, Charge Conjugation, and Time Reversal (symmetry in particle physics) Patent Cooperation Treaty Plated Copper on Thick and Thin Film (Technology) Parallel Connected Twin Junction (Infrarotastronomie/infrared astronomy) Prominence–Corona Transition Region (solar plasma) Packet Control Unit (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Polycarbonaturethan Power Conditioning Unit Power Control Unit Planoconcave (optische Linsen/optical lenses) Perturbed Convective Wave Equation Planoconvex (optische Linsen/optical lenses) [Dateinamenerweiterung: Graphikdatei/file name extension: graphic file] Private Communication Exchange (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Photodiode Privatdozent Probability of Detection Proportional–Derivative (Control), Proportional–Differential (Regler) Patron-Driven Acquisition (e-books) Personal Digital Assistent (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Photo Diode Array (Detector) Profile Database Function (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Plateau de Bure Interferometer (FR) Personal (or: Portable) Digital Cellular (or: Communication) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control (Kfz-Entwicklung/car development) Packet Data Channels (Telekommunikation/telecommunication)

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Packet Data Compression (or: Convergence) Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Pervasive Developmental Disorder Photodynamische Diagnostik Platform Data Distribution (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Presidential Decision Directive (USA) Partial Differential Equation Phosphodiesterase Policy Decision Function (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Portable Document Format Postdoctoral Fellow Probability Density Function Packet Data Gateway (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Platelet-Derived Growth Factor (Blutpl¨ attchen-Wachstumsfaktor/blood platelets) Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Paul-Drude-Institut f¨ ur Festk¨ orperelektronik (Berlin) Page Description Language (Printer Server) Panjab Digital Library (India) Polarization Dependent Loss (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystal Polarization Division Multiplexing (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Product Data Management Polydimethylsiloxan(e) Packet Data Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Packet Data Network Gateway (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Packet Data Optimized (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Pazifische Dekadenoszillation (Meeresklima/marine climate) Packet Data Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Plasma Discharge (or: Display) Panel Policy Decision Point (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Power Delay Profile (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Protein Data Bank Personal Disk Recorder Preliminary Design Review Post-Doctoral Research Associate Payload Data Segment (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Permanent Data Storage System Personal Data Store Planetary Data System Polydioxanon Packet Data Serving Node (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Protected Data Storage System Photodynamic Therapy, Photodynamische Therapie (Augenheilkunde und Hautkrebstherapie/ophthalmology and skin cancer therapy) Packet Data Unit (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Protocol Data Unit (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Princeton Divertor Experiment (Fusionsreaktortechnik/fusion reactor technology, PPPL) Peru (ISO 3166) Phase Error (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Polyethylen Prediction Error Provider Edge (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Pulse Echo Process Execution and Communication Environment Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Perceived Evaluation of Audio Quality Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory (Canadian arctic station) Photoelectrocatalytic (Brennstoffzellen/fuel cells) Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (Acoustical Society of America) Pan-European Common Bird Monitoring Scheme Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition Precession Electron Diffraction Polyethylendioxytiophen Poly-Ether-Ether-Keton Photo-Emission Electron Microscopy, Photoemissions-Elektronenmikroskop(ie) Publishing and the Ecology of European Research (EU project) Polyethylen-2,5-furandicarboxylat Pulsed Electric Field Polyethylenglykol, Polyethylene Glykol Peripheral Equipment Interface Prince Edward Island (Province of Canada) Photon Emission Microscopy Polymer-Elektrolyt-Membran (Brennstoffzelle/fuel cell) Proton Exchange Membrane, Protonen-Austausch-Membran (Brennstoffzelle/fuel cell) Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell Physics Education News Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (USA) Polyethylene Oxide, Polyethylenoxid Peak Envelope Power

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Performance Enhancing Proxies (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Physics and Engineering Physics Physics Entrepreneurship Program (Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA, since 1999) Polymeric Electronics Packaging Positron-Electron Project (SLAC) Produktentstehungsprozess (Kfz-Elektronik) Passive-Entry – Passive-Start (Kfz) Performance Evaluation of Parallel Systems (EU research project) Potsdam Echelle Polarimetric and Spectroscopic Instrument (fertig/completed 2008) Peerage Essay Quality Packed Encoding Rule (ASN.1) Packet Error Ratio (or: Rate) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Perchlorethen Physis Education Research Polarization Extinction Ratio Physics Education Research Conference Passivated Emitter and Rear, Locally Diffused (Solarzellen/solar cells) Practical Extraction and Report Language (scherzhaft auch/ironically also: Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister) (Textmanipulation/text manipulation) Poroelastic Road Surface Porcine Endogenous Retro-Virus Packetized Elementary Stream (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Photoelektronenspektroskopie Polyethersulfone (piezoelectric polymer) Potential Energy Surface (Molek¨ ulphysik/molecular physics) Power Electronics Specialist Conference Periodic Event Scheduling Problem (Kombinatorik) Perceptual Evaluation of Speech Quality (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Princeton Equilibrium and Stability in Tokomak (Fusion Experiment) Polyethylenterephthalat Positronen-Emissions-Tomographie, Positron Emission Tomography Productivity Enhancement Technology Transfer People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Petwatt Aquitaine Laser (for HiPER, planned for 2011) Polyethylenterephthalat mit Glykol Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum/Pal¨ aoz¨ an–Eoz¨ an–Temperaturmaximum (Erderw¨ armung/earth warming) Positron-Elektron-Tandem-Ring-Anlage (DESY) Power Extraction and Transfer Structures (for the International Linear Collider) Particle Filter (ocean acoustics) Petaflops/s Franz¨ osisch-Polynesien/French Polynesia (ISO 3166) Probability of False Alarm Programm zur finanziellen Absicherung von Unternehmensgr¨ undern aus Hochschulen Perfluorcarbon Power Factor Correction (airplane electrification) Power Flux Density Publisher for Development (conference) Power Feeding Equipment Princeton Fellowship in Experimental Physics (USA) Private Fachhochschule Partner-Furnished Items (Satelliten/satellite system) Private Finance Initiative Piezoresponse Force Microscopy Perfluoroctans¨ aure Perfluoroctansulfons¨ aure Picture Failure Point (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Palomar Transient Factory (Supernova search) Papua-Neuguniea/Papua New Guinea (ISO 3166) Peer Group Pin Grid Array (Chipgeh¨ ause/electronic-chip box) Polyglykolid Partitioned Global Address Space (multicore computers) Programmable Generic Interface [Hirn-Zellkomplex: pons, corpus geniculatum, occiput] Personal Genome Project Pretty Good Privacy Physics Graduate Student Association Poly-Glycerin-Sebacat-Acrylat (elastischer Kunststoff/an elastic polymeric material) Polish-German Structured Conference on Acoustics (since 2004) Physikalische Gesellschaft zu Berlin Philippinen/Philippines (ISO 3166) Pulmonale Hypertonie (Lungenhochdruck) Polyhydroxyalkanoat Poland and Hungary Action for Economic Restructuring Photonic(s) Applications, Systems, and Technologies (Conference) Per-Hop Behavior Polyhydroxybutyrat(e) Philosophiae Doctor, Doctor of Philosophy

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Pioneering High Energy New Ion (or: Nuclear Interaction) Experiment (RHIC) Printed Circuit Boards for Higher Frequency Systems (Elektronik/electronics) Plugin Hybrid Electric Vehicle Public Health Genomics European Network Planbasierte Hilfesysteme Public (or: Protected) Health Information Pulmonale Hypertonie mit interstitieller Lungenerkrankung Parahydrogen-Induced Polarization Prognostics and Health Managament Photonics Research Coordination Europe – Photonics 21 Hypertext Processor (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Packet Header Suppression (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Personal Handyphone System Peripheral High Speed (Bus) pl¨ otzlicher Herztod Physical Layer (DECT) Physics Teacher Education Coalition Petahertz (= 1015 Hz) Peer Instruction (educational concept) Perimeter Institute (for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, ON, CA) Principal Investigator Proportional–Integral (Control), Proportional–Integral (Regelung) Photonic Integrated Amplifier (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Positronen-Intensit¨ ats-Akkumulator (DESY) Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies Projet d’Ionisation et d’Acc´ el´ eration de Faisceaux Exotiques (Grenoble, FR) Perturbation Investigation of Aerodynamic Noise [Dateinamenerweiterung: Graphikdatei/file name extension: graphic file] Particle-in-Cell (plasma simulation) Photonic Integrated Circuit Advanced Picometric Resolution Project (ER-C) Phenolic Impregnated Carbon Ablator (Material f¨ ur Raumfahrzeug-Hitzeschild/material for spacecraft heat shield) Picosecond Imaging Circuit Analysis Pilot Channel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Protocol Implementation (or: Instance) Conformance Statement (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Packet Identifier (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Pr¨ aimplantationsdiagnostik (Genetik/genetics) Proportional, Integral, Derivative (Control), Proportional–Integral–Differential (Regelung) Photonics Industry and Technology Development Association (Taiwan) Prototype International Data Center (Arlington, VA, USA) Photonic Integrated Extended Metro and Access Network (EU Project, optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Pooled Income Fund (ASFF) Pipeline Inspection Gauge Publisher Item Identifier Pyongyang International Informatiion Center of New Technology and Economy (North Korea NGO) Potsdam-Institut f¨ ur Klimafolgenforschung Praxis der Informationsverarbeitung und Kommunikation (Zeitschrift) Polarity Inversion Line (solar corona) Processor-in-the-Loop Precise and Integer Localisation and Navigation in Rail and Inlandwater Traffic Pilotprojekt Interdisziplin¨ ares Lernen und Zusammenarbeit (Univ. G¨ ottingen) Personal Information Manager (or: Management) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Processes in Isotopes and Molecules (Conference series) Pixel Imaging Mass Spectroscopy Photonic Integrated-Multimode Microspectrograph [IEEE International Symposium on] Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications Process Information Management System Protocol Independent Multicast – Sparse Mode (Internet) Personal Identification Number, pers¨ onliche Identfikationsnummer [Photodiode aus 3 Schichten/three-layer photodiode: ‘p’-type, ‘i’ntrinsic, ‘n’-type semiconductor], Positive-Intrinsic-Negative Physics Information Network Precision Icecube Next Generation Upgrade (University of Alabama, USA) Project Initiation Notification System Petersen Institute of Nanoscience and Engineering (University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA) PSTN/Internet Interworking Group (Internet) Public Information Officer Pilot Innovation Office China (Shanghai) Positive Indian Ocean Dipole (meteorology) Precision Integrated-Optics Near-Infrared Imaging Experiment (at LAOG) Picture in Picture (TV: kleines Zusatzbild von anderem Sender/small insert from a different channel) Protect IP Act Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (CA) Passivated, Implanted, Planar Silicon (Detektoren/detectors) Peak Information Rate Polyisocyanurat

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Physics Innovations Robotic Astronomical Telescope Explorer Partnership for International Research and Education (West Virginia University, USA) Programme for International Student Assessment Parallel Ice Sheet Model Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy Pittsburgh Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology Center (University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA) produktionsintegrierter Umweltschutz Particle Image Velocimetry P-Element Induced Wimpy Testis (Protein) Proton-Induced X-Ray Emission Primordial Inflation Explorer Protocol Information Extra Implementation for Testing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Projektf¨ orderung in der internationalen Zusammenarbeit (DLR) π /4 Rotated Differential Quaternary Phase Shift Keying (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Periodic Jitter (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Pakistan (ISO 3166) Public-Key Cryptography Plasma-Kristall-Experiment (DLR - RU) Pluto-Kuiper Express (Raumfahrt-Projekt/spacecraft project) Public (or: Private) Key Infrastructure (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Parallel Kinematic Machine (Robotik/robotics) Public Knowledge Project Physik komplexer Systeme Peking University (CN) Verband der Privaten Krankenversicherung Parkway (US Mail) Photoluminescence, Photolumineszenz Place (US Mail) Polen/Poland (ISO 3166) Procedural Language (programming language) Paperless Lab Academy Polylactid(acid) (Polymilchs¨ aure) Probing Lensing Anomalies Network (Astrophysik: Gravitationslinsen/astrophysics: gravitational lenses) Plasma and Suprathermal Ion and Composition (Sonnenphysik/solar physics) Planetary Transits and Stellar Oscillations of Stars (planned search for exoplanets, ESA, start 2026) Plateau Observatory (Antarctica) Packet Loss Concealment (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Planar Lightwave Circuit (Photonik/photonics) Powerline Communication Programmable Logic Controller public limited company (UK) Pr0.88 LaCe0.12 CuO4−δ (Hochtemperatursupraleiter/high-temperature superconductor) Physical Layer Convergence Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Pulsed Laser Deposition Mark VII Perceived Loudness in dB Payload Distribution and Interface Units (Satellitentechnik/satellite technology) Photolumineszenz-Anregungsspektroskopie Polymeric Light-Emitting Diode Phase-Locked Loop Product Lifecycle Management, Produkt-Lebenszyklus-Management Public Land Mobile Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Phase-Locked Oscillator Physical Layer Operations, Administration and Maintainance (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Public Library of Science Perceptual Linear Prediction Phantom Limb Pain Physical Layer Pipe (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Point of Local Repair Publishers Licensing Society Probabilistic Latent Semantic Analysis (Sprachverarbeitung/speech processing) Provider Link State Bridging (Telekommunikation/telecommunication, Ethernet) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle [Dateinamenerweiterung: Graphikdatei/file name extension: graphic file] Polar Large Telescope (geplant/planned) Princeton Large Experiment (Fusionsreaktortechnik/fusion reactor technology, PPPL) Plasma und optische Technologien (BMBF-Verbundprojekt) Plaza (US Mail) Postleitzahl Pentamode Material (acoustic metamaterial) Performance Monitoring Perona-Malik (Diffusionsgleichung/diffusion equation) Phasenmodulation Photomultiplier (tube) St. Pierre et Miquelon (ISO 3166) Porphol-Myristat-Acetat Potsdamer Multi-Apertur Spektralphotometer Polarization Mode Dispersion Personal Mobile Communicator

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Phys Math Central (open access Internet Journal) PubMed Central (biomedical and life sciences journal free archive) Protein Misfolding Cyclic Amplification Polarization-Mode Dispersion (Glasfasernetz/glass fiber net) Portable MAC Identity for Display (DECT) Project Management Dashboard permanenterregte elektrische Maschine Professional Meteorologist (Canada’s certification) Polarization Maintaining Fiber (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Postmortem-Intervall (Forensik) Precoding Matrix Indicator (data transmission) Perfectly Matched Layer (K¨ orperschallausbreitung/propagation of structure-borne sound) Plans Municipaux de Lutte contre le Bruit Posteromedial Lateral Suprasylvian Area (im Gehirn/in the brain) Polymethylmethacrylat Lead Magnesium Niobate–Lead Titanate Pine Mountain Observatory (University of Oregon, USA) Program Managament Office Passive Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode P-Channel MOS Point-to-Multipoint (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Professional (or: Private) Mobile Radio (UHF: 446.0–446.1 MHz) Pacific Missile Range Facility (US Navy) Portable Monitoring System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Puls-Magnetron-Sputtern (D¨ unne Schichten/thin layers) Physico-Mathematical Society of Japan permanentmagneterregter Synchronmotor Polymethylsilsesquioxan [Si(CH3 )O1,5 ]n Photomultiplier Tube Program Map Table (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducer Predicted Mean Vote Project Management Workbench Pitcairn (ISO 3166) Pseudo-Random Noise (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Peptide Nucleic Acid Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) Phononic Crystal Peaceful Nuclear Explosion [Dateinamenerweiterung: Graphikdatei/file name extension: graphic file] Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles Psychoneuroimmunologie Private Network-Node (or: -Network) Interface (Internet) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Washington State University, Richmond, WA, USA) Private Network Operator Polyneuropathie Purinnucleosid-Phosphorylase Product Noise Rating Peripheral Nervous System Position, Navigation and Time (DLR measuring system) Physics News Update (USA) Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles Particulate Organic Carbon Point of Care Point of Concentration (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Proof-of-Concept Push(-to-Talk) over Cellular (Mobiltelefone/mobile phones) Power-over-Camera Link (Kamera-Stromversorgung/camera power supply) Projection onto Convex Set (Bildverarbeitung/picture processing) Print on Demand Proper Orthogonal Decomposition Programme for Observation of the Earth and its Environment Power Optimization of Electro-Thermal Systems Polymer (or: Plastic) Optical Fiber Plastic Optical Fiber Trade Organization Personal Office Gateway Point of Interest (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Probability of Intercept (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Precision Optical Interferometer in Space Polar Study Using Aircraft, Remote Sensing, Surface Measurements and Models, of Climate, Chemistry, Aerosols and Transports Platform for Open, Light, Legible and Efficient Network Services (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [Fraunhofer-Themenverbund] Polymere Oberfl¨ achen 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)

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Prometheus Orthonormal System Persistent Organic Pollutant Point of Presence (Internet) Point of Purchase (Verkaufsstrategie/sales strategy) Post Office Protocol (E-Mail Server) Panel on Public Affairs (APS) Panel on Public Policy (Acoustical Society of America) 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 Office of Science and Technology (UK) Pohang University of Science and Technology (South 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 Princeton-Pennsylvania Accelerator (proton synchrotron, since 1963) Professional Publishers Association (UK) Public Policy and Administration (Journal) Pulse Processing Analog-to-Digital Converter Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (London, UK) Packet Processor and Access Unit parts per billion, 10−9 Plans de Pr´ evention du Bruit dans l’Environnement parts per billion by mass parts per billion by volume Photovoltaic Power Converter (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Posterior Pobability Density Predicted Percentage of Dissatisfied PLCP Data Unit (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Positive Position Feedback Print Production Format Private Project Financing (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Pacific Proving Ground (Atombomben-Testgebiet/atomic bombs test site) Plane Position Indication (sonar technology) Passive Photonic Loop Periodically-Poled Lithium Niobate (Wellenleiter/waveguide) parts per million, 10−6 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) Pflegepersonalregelung Pavement Profile Scanner (Straßenbau/street construction) Prepaid Postpaid Suite (Handy/Mobile Phone) The Polish Physical Society Polymer Processing Society Precision Positioning Service (GPS) Programmable Pulse Stimulus Pulses per Second (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) parts per trillion, 10−12 [Dateinamenerweiterung: Microsoft PowerPoint-Datei/file name extension: Microsoft PowerPoint file] Parks Pulsar Timing Array (Australia) Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (Internet) Pay-per-View (scientific publication) Poly(p-Phenylen Vinylen) Provider-Provisioned Virtual Private Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Performance (or: Process) Qualification Priority Queue Qu´ ebec (Province of Canada) Perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics periphere quantitative Computertomographie Pittsburgh Quantum Institute Physical Review (Journal)

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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 f¨ ur praktische Lagerst¨ attenforschung Phase-Change Random Access Memory Pseudorandom Bit (or: Binary) Sequence Physics Resources Center (AIP) Primary Reference Clock (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Product Realization Center (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Polymer Research and Development Center (Shanghai, CN) Peer Review Evaluation Physical Review E (journal for statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics) Piezo Response Force Microscopy Primary Rate Interface (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Peace Research Institute Frankfurt Pr¨ aventives Risikomanagement in der Trinkwasserversorgung Privacy and Identity Management for Europe (EU project) Produktions- und Projektionstechniken f¨ ur Immersive Medien (3D-TV) Purdue Rare Isotope Measurement (Laboratory) (Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA) Particle Replication in Nonwetting Templates Peace Research Institute (NO) Privacy Enhancing Shaping of Security Research and Technology (EU, 4 partners in 4 countries: AT, DE, DK, NO) Precision Physics, Fundamental Interactioons and Structure of Matter (at JGU) Photorefraktive Keratektomie (Augenchirurgie/eye surgery) Physical Review Letters Pseudo-Random Noise Public Record Office Proceedings of Peerage of Science (Journal) Promotion of Renewable Energy for Water Production through Desalination Programme de D´ ev´ eloppement d’Exp´ eriences Scientifiques (ESA program) Physical Review Online Archive Programming in Logic Programmable Read-Only Memory Program to Monitor Emerging Diseases Programme for a European Traffic with Highest Efficiency and Unprecedented Safety Prion-Protein Pattern Recognition Receptor Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (Schweinevirus-Infektion) Peptid-Rezeptor-Radionuklid-Therapie (Krebstherapie) Packet Ring Switch (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Position Reference Signal Program Request Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Public Regulated Services (Galileo) Personal Rapid Transport (f¨ uhrerloser Personentransfer auf Flugh¨ afen/driver-free transport on airports) Precomputed Radiance Transfer (Bildsimulation/picture simulation) Pacific Rim Underwater Acoustics Conference Packet Switched (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Pal¨ astina/Palestinian Territory (ISO 3166) Paradoxical Sleep Parametric Stereo Phone Splitter Polystyrol, Polystyrene Plataforma Solar de Almer´ıa (Solarkraftwerk/solar power plant, ES) Polysaccharid A Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Prostata-spezifisches Antigen Physics, Space and Astronomy Board (UK) The President’s Science Advisory Committeee (USA) Pilot Symbol Assisted Modulation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Public Safety Answering Point (Telekommunikation, Notrufzentrale/telecommunication, emergency call center) Pop-Up Satellite Archival Transmitter Phase Shifted Binary Transmission (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Pension Support Centre (zur F¨ orderung der Mobilit¨ at von Forschern in Europa) Personal Supercomputer (seit/since 2006) Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (USA) Polar Stratospheric Cloud (Ozonloch/hole in the ozone layer) Presidential Specialized Council for Education and Scientific Research (Egypt) 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

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PSI PSI PSI PSI PSI PSI PSI PSID PSJ PSK PSLV PSM PSM PSM PSNR PS-NSOM PSOLA PSP PSP PSPC PSQM PSR PSR PSS PSS PSS PSS PSSC PSSC PST PSTH PSTM PSTN PSTS PSTVd PSU PSU PT P&T PTA PTA PTA PTA PTA PTA PTA PTAP PTB PTBS PTC PTC PTCA PTCN PTCRB PTE PTF PTFE PTI PTM PTM PTMT p.t.o. PTO PTO PTOL PtP PTP PTR PTRA PTS PTS PTS PTS PTS PTSD PTSP PTT PTT

Paul Scherrer Institut (Villingen, CH) Persistente Streuungsinterferometrie Phasenschiebende Interferometrie Photon Science Institute (Manchester, UK) Planetary Science Institute (Tucson, AZ, USA) Program Specific (or: Service) Information Programmable Serial Interface Panel Study of Income Dynamics (USA) The Physical Society of Japan Phase Shift Keying (Modulation) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle Performance Scale Messaging Power Supply Module Professional Science Master Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio Phase-Sensitive Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscope Pitch-Synchronous Overlap Add (Sprachsynthese/speech synthesis) Pressure Sensitive Paint Professional Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers [positionsempfindlicher Proportionalz¨ ahler] (R¨ ontgensatellit/X-ray satellite) Perceptual Speech Quality Measure (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Permanent Shadowed Region (of the Moon) Precision Segmented Reflector (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 f¨ ur die Deutsche Forschung (M¨ unchen) Post-Stimulus Time Histogram (behavioral physiology research) Photon Scanning Tunneling Microscope ¨ Public Switched Telephone Network (Offentliches Fernsprechnetz) Polish Speech Test Signal Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid (Genetik/genetics) Pennsylvania State University (USA) Portland State University (USA) Portugal (ISO 3166) Partitioning and Transmutation (of nuclear waste) Perkutane Transluminale Angioplastie Personal Travel Assistent Pharmazeutisch-technische(r) Assistent(in) Physikalisch-technische(r) Assistent(in) Polskie Towarzystwo Akustyczne Pulsar Timing Array (astronomy) Pure Tone Average (acoustics) Photonics Technology Access Programme Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (Braunschweig, ab/since 1949, vorher/formerly: PTR) Posttraumatische Belastungsst¨ orung (Medizin/medicine) Phenylthiocarbamid (ein pflanzlicher Bitterstoff) Psychophysical Tuning Curve perkutane transluminale Coronar-Angioplastie (Chirurgie/surgery) Pysics Today Career Network (AIP) PCS Type Certification Review Board (Mobilfunk/mobile radio) Physics Teacher Education (Illinois State University program) Palomar Transient Factory (astrophyics) Polytetrafluoreth(yl)en Physikalisch-Technisches Institut (ehem./former DDR, Jena) Polynomial Texture Map Posttranslational Modification (biomedicine) Point to Mult-Point (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) please turn over (= b.w.) Project Tracking and Optimization Public Telecommunications Operator Physics Today Online (Journal) Peer-to-Peer (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Point to Point (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt (Berlin, 1887–1948, sp¨ ater/later on: PTB) Physics Teaching Resource Agents Part-Time-Scientists (deutsch-¨ osterreichische Ingenieurgruppe f¨ ur Mondrover-Mission) Permanent Threshold Shift (Geh¨ or/in hearing) Phosphotransferase System Presentation Time Stamp (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Protein Tracking System Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (Medizin/medicine) PNNI Topology State Packet (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Post, Telegraph and Telephone Push-to-Talk (Telekommunikation, Mobiltelefone/telecommunication, mobile phones)

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PTV PTV PTZ PU PU PU PUB PUC PUCRS PUE PUF PUFA PUK PULSAR PULSE PUMA PUMC PUNE PUR PUR PUREX PUSC PUSD PUSH PUSH PV PV PVA PVB PVC PVC PVD PVDF PVDI PVGIS PVK P-VLAN PVM PVR PVSC PVT PVT PvT PV-TEC PV-4D PW PW PW PWAM PWE3 PWFA PWI PWLAN PWM PWR PWT PXI PXP PY P/Y PyC PYCO PZ PZEV PZN PZR PZT P2IL P2M P2P P2P P2W P4 P5

Projection Television Push-to-View (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Produktionstechnisches Zentrum (FhG, Berlin) Perceived Usefulness Polyurethan, Polyurethane produktintegrierter Umweltschutz [Dateinamenerweiterung: Microsoft Publisher-Datei/file name extension: Microsoft Publisher file] Pontifical Catholic University (Santiago de Chile) Pontif´ıcia Universidade Cat´ olico do Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) Power Usage Effectiveness Physical Unclonable Functions Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (mehrfach unges¨ attigte Fetts¨ auren) Personal Unlocking Key Pump Laser Stacks with Aerospace Reliability (EU-Programm) Program in Ultrafast Laser Science and Engineering (DARPA) Dreiachsenspektrometer mit Polarisationsanalyse und Multi-Analysator Peking Union Medical College 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) Permanent Undersecretary’s Department (UK) Partnernetz f¨ ur Unternehmensgr¨ undungen aus Stuttgarter Hochschulen 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 Polyvinylidenfluorid [Fraunhofer-] Photovoltaic Module Durability Initiative Photovoltaic Geographical Information System Poly-N-vinylcarbazol Provider VLAN (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Parallel Virtual Machine (Parallelrechner/parallel computer) Personal Video Recording (or: Recorder) [IEEE] Photovoltaic Specialists Conference Photovoltaic–Thermal Polyvinyl Toluene (Strahlungsnachweis/radiation monitoring) Power versus Time (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Photovoltaik Technologie Evaluations Center (FhG-ISE) Parallele Visualisierung in vier Dimensionen Palau (ISO 3166) Photonics West (Conference and Exhibition, USA) Pseudo Wire (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Pilot Waveform Assisted Modulation (Daten¨ ubertragung/data transfer) Pseudo Wire Emulation Edge to Edge (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Plasma Wakefield Accelerator Preliminary Work Item Public Wireless LAN (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Pulse Width Modulation Pressurized-Water Reactor (Kernreaktor/nuclear reactor) Private Wireless Telephony (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) PCI Extensions for Instrumentation Peer X-Press (AIP) Paraguay (ISO 3166) Precicion Encrypted (GPS) Pyrokohlenstoff [Fraunhofer-] Einrichtung f¨ ur Polymermaterialien und Composite Panama-Kanalzone/Panama Canal Zone (ISO 3166 bis/until 1980) Partial Zero Emission Vehicle Pharmazentralnummer Professionelle Zahnreinigung Lead Zirconate Titanate, Blei-Zirkonat-Titanat Pathways to Information Leadership Point-to-Multipoint (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Peer-to-Peer Point-to-Point (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Powered Two-Wheelers (motorcycles etc.) Plug-and-Play Pharma Package (LIMS) Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel

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Q-Factor, Quality Factor, G¨ utefaktor

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Qatar (ISO 3166) Quality Assurance Questions and Answers Quality Assurance Agency (UK) Quality-Adjusted Life Years Quadrature Amplitude Modulation Quantitative Autoradiography (Medizin/medicine) Quality Assurance System Quaid-i-Azam University (Islamabad, Pakistan) Quality Assurance Unit Quality by Design Quasi-Birth-and-Death Quantum Bit-Error Rate Quantum Bayesanism, Quanten-Bayesianismus Quasi-Biennial Oscillation (Meteorologie/meteorology) Quad-Core-Processor Quality Control Quantum Cryptography Quantum Capacitance Detector Quantum Chromodynamics, Quantenchromodynamik Integrated Project Quiet City Transport (EC) Quantum Cascade Laser Quantum Communication, Measurement and Computing Quartz Crystal Microbalance with Dissipation Monitoring Quantum Critical Point Quantum-Circuit Refrigerator Quebec-Clinical Research Organization Quantitative Computer Tomography, Quantitative Computertomographie Quasi-Continuous Wave (Diodenlaser/diode laser) Quarter Century Wireless Association (USA) Quantum Dot Quantum Dot Laser Quad Data Rate (10 Gb/s) Quantum Efficiency (Photosensor/optical sensors) Queen Elizabeth Class (aircraft carrier, GB) Quantenelektrodynamik quod erat demonstrandum (= was zu beweisen war) Quantum Electronics and Laser Science (Conference) Quantum Electron Microscope Quantum Electronics and Optics Division (EPS, European Physical Society) Quantum Frequency Conversion Quality Function Deployment Quantum Fountain Laser Quantenfeldtheorie, Quantum Field Theory Quark-Gluon Plasma Quantum Hall (Zustand/state) Quantum Hall Effect, Quanten-Hall-Effekt Quantum Hall Resistance Quantitative Imaging (for atomic force microscopy, AFM) Quantum Illumination Quantization Index Modulation (Wasserzeichen/watermarking) Quantum Information Science Quantum Information Systems (research group at GTRI) Quantum Key Distribution (Kryptographie/cryptography) Quiet Line Noise (Rauschpegel ohne Signal) Quasilichtspeicherung, Quasi-Light Storage Quality Management, Qualit¨ atsmanagement Quantum Magnetics Quantum Mechanics, Quantenmechanik Quanten-Monte-Carlo (-Technik/technique) quantitative mikrobiologische Risikobewertung Quality Management System Quasi-monokristalline Siliziumschicht Queen Mary University of London Quantum Nondemolition (measurement) (r¨ uckwirkungsfreie Quantenmessung) Quantitative Nanomechanical Property Mapping Quality of Experience Quality of Service Quadratic Programming (algorithm) QCD Parallel Computing on the Cell (supercomputer) Quick Personal Automatic Safe Screening Quantum Point Contact Quantitative Phase Imaging Quasi-Periodic Oscillations (R¨ ontgensterne/X-ray stars) Quantum Private Query Quadrature (or: Quaternary) Phase Shift Keying (Modulation) Quasi Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio Quadratic Residue (number theory)

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QR QRY QSAR QSH QSIG QSL QSM QSO QSP QSR QSVD QTVR Quad-AV QUANTOM QUARZ QUB QUIC QUS QUT QW QWI QWIP

Quick Response (quadratic reference field) [Dateinamenerweiterung: Microsoft Datenbank-Abfrage/file name extension: Microsoft data bank query] Quantitative Structure-Activity Relation(ship) (Chemie/chemistry) Quantum Spin Hall (Zustand/state) Q Interface Signaling Quantum Spin Liquid Qualitative Software Metrics Quasi-Stellar Object, quasistellares Objekt Quiet Supersonic Platform Qualit¨ atssicherung mit Routinedaten (Medizin) Quotient Singular Value Decomposition Quick Time Virtual Reality Ambient Awareness for Autonomous Agricultural Vehicles Quantitative Tomographiedatenanalyse DLR-Test- und Qualifizierungszentrum Queen’s 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

R R RA RA RA RA RAB RAB RABiTS RAC RACE RACE RACER RACH RACS RAD RAD RADAR RADIUS RADIUS RADS RADWASS RaDyO RAE RAeS RAFT RAID RAIM RAINBOW RAIRO RAL RAL RALIMS RAM RAM RAMICS RAMONA RAMS RAN RAN RANAP RANGE RANS RAP RAP RAP RAPID RAPO RAPTOR RAR RARDE RAS RAS

Router (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Radio Access (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Radio Astronomy Research Assistant (USA) Routing Area (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Radio Access Bearer (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Remote Amplifier Box (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Rolling Assisted Biaxially Textured Substrates Radio (or: Resource) Admission Control (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Regional Atlantic Circulation and Global Change Research and Development in Advanced Communication Technologies in Europe [or: Research (Programme) on (or: into) Advanced Communication(s) in Europe] Rapid and Cost-Effective Rotorcraft Random Access Channel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Resource Admission Control Subsystem (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Radiation Assessment Detector (on board of the NASA Marsrover “Curiosity”) Rapid Application Development Radio Detection and Ranging Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Research and Development in the US [International Symposium on] Room Acoustics: Design and Science Radioactive Waste Safety Standards (IAEA) Radiance in a Dynamic Ocean Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) Royal Aeronautical Society (UK) Reversible Addition/Fragmentation Chain Transfer/Reversibler Additions-Fragmentierungs-Ketten-Transfer (Polymerisation) Redundant Array of Independent (or: Inexpensive) Disks Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (Satellitentechnik/satellite technology) Reduced and Internally Biased Oxide Wafer (piezoelektrischer Aktor/piezoelectric actuator) Revue Fran¸caise d’Automatique, Informatique et Recherche Op´ erationelle Radio Astronomy Laboratory (UCB) Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory (Oxford-Chilton, UK) Research and Laboratory Information Management System Random Access Memory Remote Access Multiplexer (Internet) Rapid Airbore Mine Clearance System ¨ Realisierung automatisierter Mobilit¨ atskonzepte im Offentlichen Nahverkehr Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety Radio Access Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Remote Access Node (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Radio Access Network Application Part (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Robust Affordable Next Generation Energy Storage Systems (ARPA-E) Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (simulations) Radio Access Profile (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Radiological Assistence Program (DoE, USA) Research Assistance Professor Research and Public Information and Dissemination (USA, Programm zu EMF-Sch¨ aden/program concerning EMF hazards) Room Acoustic Property Optimizer Rapid Telescopes for Optical Response Radio Access Router (Daten¨ ubertragung/data transfer) Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment (UK) Reflectance Anisotropy Spectroscopy Registration, Admission and Status (Kommunikation/communication)

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RAS RAS RAS RASEI RASS RAST RASTI RAT RAT RAT RATP RAVE RAZ RB RBAC RBC RBC RBD RBD RBD RBD RBOC RBR RBRC RBSP RBW RC RC RC R/C RCA RCA RCAS RCC RCE RCE RCE RCE RCGI RCK RCL RCLCF RCLED RCM/OCS RCMS RCNST RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCPA RCRA RCRV RCS RCS RCS RCS RCSA RCST RCSU RCT RCTT RCUK RD RD R&D RDA RDBMS RDC RDC RDD RDD RDF RDF RDI RDK RdL

Remote Access Server (or: Service) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Royal Astronomical Society (UK) Russian Acoustical Society Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (University of Colorado, USA) Radio Acoustic Sounding System Radio Allergo Sorbent Test Rapid Speech Transmission Index Radio Access Technology (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Ram-Air Turbine (Flugzeug/aircraft) Readiness Assessment Test R´ egie Autonome des Transports Parisiennes (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Research at Alpha Ventus (offshore wind parks) Radial Azimuth (survey) Radio Bearer (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Role-Based Access Control Radio Block Center (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Red Blood Cell Recurrent Brief Depression Reference-Beam Diffraction (Festk¨ orperphysik/solid state physics) Reliability Block Diagram REM Sleep Behavior Disorder Regional Bell Operating Company Radiation Belt Remediation (Strahlungsg¨ urtel der Erde/earth radiation belt) RIKEN BNL Research Center Radiation Belt Storm Probe (astronomy) Resolution Bandwidth (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Remote Control Room Criteria (zur L¨ armbeurteilung/for noise rating) 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) Radiative Convective Equilibrium (in the atmosphere) Reconfigurable Computing Environment Relative Constellation Error (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Remote Component Environment Research Centre for Gas Innovation (University of S˜ ao Paulo, BR) Research Centre Karlsruhe Radio Communication Links Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation (UK) Resonant Cavity Light Emitting Diode Restraints Control Module/Occupant Classification System (Kfz-Technik) Remote Control and Monitoring System Research Center for Nuclear Science and Technology (Beihang University, Beijing, CN) Radio Control Part (or: Point) Random Closed Packing, zuf¨ allige geschlossene Packung (Festk¨ orperphysik, solid state physics) Rapid Control(ler) Prototyping Representative Concentration Pathways (climate research) Royal College of Physicians (UK) References to Contemporary Papers in Acoustics (JASA section) 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) Research Corporation for Science Advancement Return Channel Satellite Terminal Remote Control and Status Unit Regionale Chemotherapie (Krebsbek¨ ampfung/cancer therapy) Radio Conformance Test Tester (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Research Council UK 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 (or: Format) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Reverse Dispersion Fiber (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Reverse Defect Indication Reifendruckkontrollsystem (= TPMS) Reichsminister der Luftfahrt (im Dritten Reich“) ”

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RDM RDMA RD&NS RDS RDS RDS RDSI RDSS RDX RE RE RE REA REACH REACOL REAT REBCO REBL REC REC ReCFI RECMA RECOVER RED RED REDERC REDI REF REG REGINA RegTP REIPPPP REKLIM REL REM REM REM REM REMix REMOS REMSIM REMUS REN ReNaSS RENCI RENCON RePEc RepRap RERF RES RES RESA RE-SEED RESM RESOLFT REST RET RETSPL RETTINA REU REU REV REWIMET REX REX REXUS RF RF RF RF RFA RFC RFCP RFD RFETS RFI RFI RFI

Research Data Management Remote Direct Memory Access Radiation Detection and Nuclear Sciences (PNNL) Radio Data Service (or: System) (Europe) Resource Discovery System Respiratory Distress Syndrome Research Data Storage Infrastructure (AU) Research Data Shared Service (JISC) Trimethylentrinitramin (Hexogen, Sprengstoff/explosive) Radio Equipment (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Reunion (ISO 3166) Rough Environment Rauchgas-Entschwefelungs-Anlage Registration, Evaluation, (and) Authorization (and Restriction) of Chemicals R´ eseau Europ´ een pour l’Assemblage par Collage Real Ear Attenuation at Threshold Rare-Earth Barium Copper Oxide Reflection Electron-Beam Lithography Radiative Electron Capture (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Radio Equipment Control (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Research Center for Functional Interfaces (Seoul National University, KR) Radio and Electronics Component Manufacturers’ Association Remote Continual Verification (Atomenergie-Kontrolle/atomic energy surveillance) Radio Equipment Directive Random Early Detection R´ eseau de D´ eveloppement de R´ eserves Naturelles Communautaires Rapid E-Form Development and Implementation Research Education (or: Excellence) Framework [Dateinamenerweiterung: Windows Registrierungs-Datei/file name extension: Windows registration file] Regenerative Medizin in der Gesundheitsregion Neckar-Alb und Stuttgart Regulierungsbeh¨ orde f¨ ur Telekommunikation und Post (vorher/formerly: BAPT, davor/still earlier: FTZ) Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (South Africa) Regionale Klima¨ anderungen (Helmholtz-Verbund) Rights Expression Language (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Rapid Eye Mount (telescope, IT) Rapid Eye Movement (Schlaf-Phase/sleep period) Rasterelektronenmikroskop Reichserziehungsministerium (im Dritten Reich“) ” Renewable Energy Mix for Sustainable Electricity Supply (DLR-Modellierungsprogramm) Recession Monitoring System Radiation Exposure and Mission Strategies for Interplenetary Manned Missions Remote Environmental Monitoring Unit System (an AUV) Research and Education Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) R´ eseau National de Surveillance Seismique (Strasbourg, FR) Renaissance Computing Institute (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA) Music Performance Rendering Contest for Computer Research Papers in Economics Replicating Rapid Prototyping (3D-Drucker/3D printer) Radiation Effects Research Foundation (Japan) Radio Equipment and Systems (TC im/in the ETSI) Red Espa˜ nola de Supercomputaci´ on (Spanish Supercomputing Network) RapidEye Science Archive (Satellitensystem/satellite system) Retirees Enhancing Science Education through Experiment and Demonstration (USA) Regional Earth System Model, Regionales Erdsystemmodell Reversible Saturable/Switchable Optical Fluorescent Transitions (hochaufl¨ osende Abbildung/super-resolution imaging) 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 einschließlich Transport (Wettervorhersage/weather forecast) Radio Science Eperiment (astrophysics) Realtime Executive (ein Betriebssystem/an operating system) Raketenexperimente f¨ ur Universit¨ atsstudenten (seit Okt. 2008, SE) Radiative Forcing (unit: W/m2 ) Radio Frequency Rating Function Receptive Field (im Gehirn/in the brain) R¨ ontgenfluoreszenzanalyse Request for Comment(s) (Rechnernetz/computer network) Radio-Fluorogenic Copolymerization Request for Discussion (Rechnernetz/computer network) Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (Kernwaffenproduktion/nuclear weapon production) Radio Frequency Interference Request for Information Rete Ferroviaria Italiana

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Radio Frequency Identification (Device) Red Fluorescent Protein, rot-fluoreszierendes Protein Request for Proposal Radio Fixed Part Identity (DECT) Radio Frequency – Quadrupole Reichsforschungsrat (im Dritten Reich“) ” Rapid Single Flux Quantum (logic integrated circuit) Resistive Force Theory (fluid mechanics) Run-Flat Tyre (Kfz-Reifen mit Notlaufeigenschaften) Reflection-Free Zone (in Mars radar reflectograms) Routing Gateway (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Residual Gas Analyzer Red-Green-Blue, Rot-Gr¨ un-Blau (Bildverarbeitung/picture processing) Relative Grant Channel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Reduced Gravity Office (NASA) Reflection Grating Spectrometer Royal Geographic Society (London, 1830) Rat f¨ ur gegenseitige Wirtschaftshilfe Residential Gateway (Kommunikation/communication) R¨ omisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Forschungsinstitut f¨ ur Vor- und Fr¨ uhgeschichte (Mainz) Relative Humidity Right Hand S¨ udrhodesien/Southern Rhodesia (ISO 3166 bis/until 1980) Right-Handed Circularly Polarized Right Hemisphere Damage (Hirnsch¨ aden/brain damage) Reflection High Energy Electron Diffraction (Oberfl¨ achenanalyse, Elektronenoptik/surface analysis, electron optics) Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (NASA 2002, Satellit/satellite) Robotic Hexapod Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (Brookhaven National Laboratory, Long Island, USA) Rank Indicator (data transmission) Research Infrastructure Rhode Island (US-Staat/US state) Research and Innovation Rare Isotope Accelerator (USA, cancelled 2006) Recording Industry Association of America Rare Isotope Beam Routing Information Base (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Reactive Ion Beam Etching Rehabilitation Institue of Chicago Ring Imaging Cherenkov (LHC, CERN) Reactive Ion Etching Retins¨ aure-induzierbares Gen [Institute of Physical and Chemical Research] (Japan) RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science (Kobe, JP) R´ epertoire International de Litterature Musicale Regulatory Information Management Ranging and Integrity Monitoring Stations (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Resonance Ionization Mass Spectroscopy Relative Intensity Noise Research Information Network (UK) 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) Room Impulse Response (acoustics) Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy Reduced-Instruction-Set Computer Research Institute for Symbolic Computation (Linz, AT) RNA Induced Silencing Complex (Genetik/genetics) Raman Imaging and Scanning Electron (microscopy) Research Internship in Science and Engineering (DAAD-program) Reprogramming the Immune System for the Establishment of Tolerance (EU research programme) Rare Isotope Spectroscopic Investigations at GSI (Darmstadt, DE) Risikomanagement von neuen Schadstoffen und Krankheitserregern im Wasserkreislauf (BMBF, 2011–2016) Research Institute for Scientific Measurements (Tohoku University, Sendai, JP) Rare Isotope Science Project (at IBS, South Korea) Research Organisation for Information Science and Technology (Japan) Radio-Ionen-Triebwerk Reference Inhouse Test (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Rochester Institute of Technology Radio Frequency Ion Thruster Assembly Radio in the Loop (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Repair Information Tracking System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering (in superconductors) Random Jitter (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [Russian Space Agency] Remote-Keyless-Entry (Kfz-Schl¨ ussel) Robert-Koch-Institut (Berlin)

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Rasterkraftmikroskop Radio Link Control(ler) (Telekommunikation, Layer 2) Resistor/Inductor/Capacitor (equivalent circuit) Refractive Lens Exchange (Augenchirurgie/eye surgery) Research Laboratory for Electronics (MIT) 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) Research Libraries UK Reactive Low-Voltage Ion Plating Radiation Management (climate engineering) Racetrack Memory (Datenspeicher/data memory) Remote (or: Regional) Manager (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Room (US Mail) Radio Manufacturers’ Association Remote Memory Access (computer) RACE Management Committee Robotik und Mechatronik Zentrum (DLR, Oberpfaffenhofen) 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) Ressourceneffiziente mechatronische Verarbeitungsmaschine (Projektgruppe am IWU) Ribonucleic Acid (Genetik/genetics) RNA-Interferenz (Genetik/genetics) RNA-Polymerase (Enzym) Radio (and) Network (or: Node) Controller (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) RedaktionsNetwork Deutschland Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator (Atomwaffe/atomic weapon, USA) Re tinale 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) R´ eseau National de Recherche en T´ el´ ecommunications (France T´ el´ ecom) Radio Network Subsystem (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Ribonucleins¨ aure Radio Navigation Satellite Services Reverse Osmosis (Umkehrosmose f¨ ur Merwasserentsalzung) Rum¨ anien/Romania (ISO 3166) Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources Reconfigurable Optical Add-Drop Multiplexer (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Registry of Open Access Repository ROAR Mandates and Policies Royal Observatory of Belgium Robotische Exploration unter Extrembedingungen (DLR-Projekt) Radius of Curvature Receiver (or: Relative) Operating Characteristic (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Republic of China (Taiwan) Robust Checksum-Based Header Compression (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) RDMA over Converged Ethernet Robotic Geostationary Robotic Restorer (DLR/ESA) 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-Verifikation auf der ISS (DLR-Entwicklung) Reverse Oscillating Layer Rosetta Landing Imaging System Read Only Memory Resilient Overlay Network (Internet) Roll-on, Roll-off (Autof¨ ahren/car ferries) Reactive Oxygen Species, reaktive Sauerstoffspezies Research Outcomes Service Receiver Optical Subassembly (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) [deutscher] R¨ ontgensatellit, German X-ray Satellite (1990)

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Reflective Optics System Imaging Spectrometer Robot Technology Experiment, Roboter-Technologie-Experiment (Spacelab) Robotic Optical Transient Search Experiment (Astrophysik/astrophysics) Remotely Operated Vehicle Research-Oktan-Zahl (Kfz) Rheinland-Pfalz (Bundesland/German Federal State) Route Processor (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Random Phase Approximation Remote Procedure Call (f¨ ur vernetzte Messger¨ ate/for crosslinked measuring instruments) Robust Principal Component Regression Reichspost-Forschungsanstalt Role Playing Game Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY, USA) Regional Planetary Image Facility (worldwide 17 libraries, Nov. 2010) Radiation Portal Monitoring (Strahlungsnachweis/radiation detection) Radio Policy Matters (TC im/in the ETSI) Random Particle Mesh Model (f¨ ur aeroakustische Simulationen/for aeroacoustic simulations) Reichspostministerium Rahmenpr¨ ufungsordnung Resilient Package (or: Packet) Ring (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) The Romanian Physical Society Rear-Projection Television Ray Processing Unit (Computergrafik/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 Reconfiguration Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Ring Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (Ethernet) Reliable Replacement Warhead (USA: Ersatzsprengkopf/weapon) Raman Spectroscopy Retinols¨ aure RS: Recommended Standard (EIA) Respiratorische Sinus-Arrhythmie (Physiologie) [Ronald] Rivest, [Adi] Shamir, [Leonard A.] Adleman (Verschl¨ usselungssystem) (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 f¨ ur riskante Vorhaben/EU initiative) Rapid Single Flux Quantum Device Resource Systems Group Remote Shell Reichssicherheitshauptamt (im Dritten Reich“) ” Reaktorsicherheitskommission Review of Scientific Instruments (Journal) Rotational Shearing Interferometer Recurring Slope Lineae (on the Mars surface) Remote Station Nodal (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Response Surface Model (or: Modeling) (Motorsport-Simulation/motor sports simulation) Regular-Spiking Nonpyramidal Cells [Office of] Regional and Security Policy [Affairs] Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (UK) Repairsystem and Returns (Telekommunikation/telecommunication, USA) Reference Signal Received Power (Ortung/localization) Reference Signal Received Quality (Ortung/localization) Radio Science Subsystem (onboard Cassini) Really Simple Syndication Received-Signal Strength (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Receiver Signal Strength Indicator (DECT) (or: Radio ...) Radio Station, Terminal (Telekommunikation/telecommunication)

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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) Road-Side Unit (traffic communication) respiratorisches Syncytialvirus R´ epond, s’il vout plaˆıt (bitte antworten/please respond) Rare Symmetry-Violating Processes Resource Reservation Protocol (Telekommunikation, Internet) Resource Reservation Protocol – Traffic 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 Difference Research and Technological Development (EC) Resistance Temperature Detector (z.B./e.g., Pt) Resonant Tunneling Device Round-Trip Delay Return From Exception Run-Time Environment (f¨ ur Kfz-Entwicklung/for car development) Resistenz-Transfer-Faktor Rich Text Format [Dateinamenerweiterung: Textdatei im Rich-Text-Format/file name extension: Rich Text file] Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator Receive Transition Gap (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Real-Time Interface Research Tools and Instruments (Canadian grant program) 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 Resin Transfer Molding 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) Right Temporoparietal Junction (brain research) Real Time Packet Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Royal Television Society (GB) Rubinstein-Taylor-Syndrom (Erbkrankheit) Real-Time Streaming Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Real-Time Testing (or: Technology) 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-Universit¨ at Bochum Remote User Bus Interface Rutgers University Cell and DNA Repository (Datenbank/data bank, USA) Remote Ultra-Low Light Imaging (Astrophysik/astrophysics) Remote Underwater Manipulator Rechenzentrum Universit¨ at Stuttgart Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy Regionalverband (z.B. DPG) Richtlinienverabschiedungsausschuss (NALS) Resonating Valence Bonds (Molek¨ ulphysik/molecular physics) Royal Veterinary College Runway Visual Range Radial Velocity Spectrometer Ridge Waveguide Ruanda/Rwanda (ISO 3166)

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Receive Wavelength Adapter (Kommunikation/communication) Research Works Art Real World Computing Real World Computing Partnership (1992–2002) Rheinisch-Westf¨ alisches Elektrizit¨ atswerk Rheinisch-Westf¨ alisches Institut f¨ ur Wirtschaftsforschung (Essen) Rheinisch-Westf¨ alische Technische Hochschule (Aachen) Receive (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Reception Level (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Reception Quality (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer (R¨ ontgensatellit/X-ray satellite) Royal Yacht Squadron Return to Zero (Kommunikation/communication) Rechenzentrum Garching Rechnergest¨ utzte Zug¨ uberwachung Roll to Device Researcher to Reader (Conference series)

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Scherwellen (Geophysik/geophysics) Saturable Absorber (Faseroptik/fiber 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) Society of American Archivists South Atlantic Anomaly (Erdmagnetfeld/earth magnetic field) 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) System for the Analysis of Biochemical Pathways – Reaction Kinetics (Datenbank am HITS/data bank at the HITS) Science Advisory Committee Semi-Anechoic Chamber Service Admission Control (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Strategic Air Command (USA) Super Audio Compact Disk Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic (NATO) Self Aligned Contacts MOS Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science Structure All´ eg´ ee ` a Commande Dynamique (EU–ESPRIT research program 1987–1991) Single Anomalous Diffraction Spotless Activated Deposition (d¨ unne Schichten/thin layers) South(ern) Africa(n) Development Cooperation (or: Community) Society of Automotive Engineers (USA) System Achitecture Evolution (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Stochastic Approximation Expectation–Maximisation Satellite Access for European Trains (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Sensor-Aktor-gest¨ utztes Fr¨ uhwarnsystem bei Extremwetter Service des Avions Fran¸cais Instrument´ es pour la Recherche en Environnement Space Agency Forum on ISY San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (a borehole) Synthetic Aperture Focus Technique (Signalverarbeitung/signal processing) South Asian Free Trade Association Sammlung von Algenkulturen der Universit¨ at G¨ ottingen 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) Suberoylanilidhydoxams¨ aure (Genetik) Service Area Identifier (or: Interface) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Silent Aicraft Initiative Science Applications International Corporation Single Antenna Interference Cancellation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) South American Institute for Fundamental Research (ICTP) Speech Analysis and Interpretation Laboratory (University of Southern California) Scientific Algorithm Library Solvers for Algebraic Systems and Applications (Software) Systemauslegung eines Alkohol-LoX-Antriebs als Substitut f¨ ur lagerf¨ ahige Antriebsstoffe Southern African Large Telescope Speech Application Language Tags (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (or: Talks) Saharan Aerosol Long-Range Transport and Aerosol–Cloud Interaction Experiment (DLR) Sample Analysis at Mars (mobile laboratory)

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Saturable Absorber Mirror (Lasertechnik/laser technology) Scanning Acoustic Microscope Self-Assembled Monolayer, selbstaggregierende Monolagen (ein Molek¨ ul dicke Schicht/one molecule thin layer) [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 Systemzuverl¨ assigkeit, Adaptronik und Maschinenakustik 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) Sediment Acoustic Speed Measurement System Saharan Mineral Dust Experiment Synergy of Advanced Measurement Techniques for Unsteady and High Reynolds Number Aerodynamic Investigations (DLR-Projekt) Storage Area Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Wissenschaftliches Begleitprogramm zur Sanierung der Atmosph¨ are u andern ¨ber den neuen Bundesl¨ Self-Assembled Nanodielectrics Sustainable Accomodation for the New Economy (EU project) Selctive Actinide Extraction (nuclear waste processing) Smithonian Astrophysical Observatory Special Awards Organization Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks Scientific Advisory Panel (to US President) Service Access Point (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Symbolic Assembler Program (IBM 704, 1956) Systeme, Applikationen und Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung Society of African Physicists and Mathematicians Symposium on the Acoustics of Poro-Elastic Materials Safe and Autonomous Physical Human-Aware Robot Interaction Satellitenpositionierungsdienst der deutschen Landvermessung (Geod¨ asie) 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 Spatial Audio Quality Inventory Search and Rescue (Service) (Galileo) Second Assessment Report (IPCC, u anderung/on global climate change, 1995) ¨ber globale Klimaver¨ Specific Absorption Rate Synthetic Aperture Radar, Synthetik-Apertur-Radar Syst` eme Acc´ el´ erateur Rhˆ one-Alpes (Grenoble, FR) Solar and Advanced Renewable Energy State Administration for Radio Film and Television (China) Severe Asthma Research Program (USA) Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Save and Rescue Transmitter (Seenotrettungssender) Systemanalyse Raumtransport (DLR, Bremen) Scale Adaptive Simulation (turbulence model) Society of Applied Spectroscopy Special Air Service (UK) Statistik-Server Svenska Akustiska S¨ allskapet, Swedish Acoustical Society Synthetic Aperture Sonar (Wasserschall/underwater acoustics) South African Sugar Association Self-Amplified Spontaneous Emission Sound Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation Seneszenz-assoziierter sekretorischer Ph¨ anotyp (Zellalterung) SIM Application Toolkit (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Scholastic Aptitude Test: Mathematics Satellitengest¨ utztes Warnsystem Software Architecture Visualization and Evaluation Sound and Vibration Organisation Information Resources (Gesellschaft gegr¨ undet 1990, mit Unterst¨ utzung 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 Super All-Wheel Control (automotive drive control) Satellite per l’Astronomia X (italienischer R¨ ontgensatellit/Italian X-ray satellite) Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering Salomon-Inseln/Solomon Islands (fr¨ uher Britische Salomoninseln/former British Solomon Islands) (ISO 3166) Synchronization Burst (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Satellite-Based Augmentation System (GPS) Session Border Controller (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Single Board Computer Subband Codec

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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 Short-Baseline Near Detector (neutrino detector) Soci´ et´ e Belge de Physique Sugar Beet Pulp (R¨ ubenschnitzel) Space-Based Radar Spectral Band Replication (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Sustainable Bit Rate (Daten¨ ubertragung/data transfer) Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (Krebsbek¨ ampfung mit R¨ ontgenstrahlen/X-ray cancer treatment) Save British Science (Lobby Group) Stimulated Brillouin Scattering Single-Bubble Sonoluminescence, Einzelblasensonolumineszenz Science-Based Stockpile Stewardship S-Band Test Accelerator Sistema Brazileiro Televis˜ ao–Digital Space Based Wide Area Surveillance Sowjetische Besatzungszone Seychellen/Seychelles (ISO 3166) Solarkonstante/Solar Constant (≈ 1.4 kW/m2 ) South Carolina (US-Staat/US state) Subcommittee Substantial Completion Supercomputing Conference Superconductivity Supercontinuum (Weißlichtlaser/white light laser) Switch-Capacitor (Filter) Software Communications Architecture (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Sociedad Colombo Alemana de Transporto A´ ero [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Algorithmen und Wissenschaftliches Rechnen (St. Augustin) Scattering with Angular Limitation Projection Electron Beam Lithography Service Control and Monitoring Prototype Saturated-Absorption Cavity Ring-Down (Spectroscopy) Scientific 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 Reflector (Laser) Satellite Control Center (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Signaling Congestion Control (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Source Code Control (Microsoft-Interface) Steinbuch Centre for Computing (Karlsruhe, KIT) Student Cluster Competition 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) Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (EU) Server Compute Efficiency Service Creation Environment (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Strongly Correlated Electrons Self-Consistent Field Service Control Function (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) La Sociedad Colombiana de Fisica (CO) Self-Consistent Field Theory Separate Confinement 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 Deficiency Scientific Electronic Library Online Systems and Control Innovation Lab (DLR) Subcarrier Intensity Modulation Submersible Capable of Under Ice Navigation (Tauchroboter) Science in Radio Broadcasting Studiecentrum voor Kernenergie – Centre d’Etudes de l’Energie Nucl´ eaire (BE) Society of Chief Librarians Serially Concatenated Low-Density Generator Matrix

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SCM SCM SCM SCM SCMFT SCN SCN SCN SCNCER SCNT SCO SCOAP3 SCOLE SCONUL SCOOP SCOPE SCOR SCORE SCORE SCORM SCOUT SCP SCP SCP SCP SCPC SCPI SCPP SCR SCR SCRAMJET SCRF SCRG SCRI SCS SCS S-CSCF SCSI SCSSI SCTC SCU SCU SCU SCUBA SCUBA SCW SD SD SD SD SD SD SDAP SDARS SDB SDBV SDD SDE SDG SDG SdH SDH SDHC SDI SDI SDI SDIO SDK SDLC SDLS SDM SDM SDM SDMA S-DMB SDMI SDMS

Safe Communication Module (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Scanning Capacitance Microscopy Subcarrier Multiplexing Supply Chain Management Self-Consistent Mean Field Theory Suprachiasmatischer Nucleus (im Gehirn; Zentraluhr“ f¨ ur circadiane Rhythmen/in the brain; ” “central clock” for circadian rhythms) Scholarly Collaboration Network Switched Circuit Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Sub-Committee on Non-Conventional Energy Research (ASEAN) Somatic-Cell Nuclear Transfer (stem cell research) Synchronous Connection Oriented (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics Spacecraft Control Laboratory Experiment (NASA, etwa/about 1983) Society of College, National and University Libraries (UK) Solar Collectors Made of Polymers Scientific Committee on the Problems of the Environment Scientific 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) Supernova Cosmology Project Single Channel Per Carrier (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments Standing Conference of Physics Professors (UK) Selective Catalytic Reduction Spatial Capture Recapture (Raubtierforschung) ¨ Supersonic Combustion Ramjet (Uberschall-Verbrennungsstrahltriebwerk) Superconducting Radio Frequency (TESLA) Satellite Climate Research Group (NOAA) Supersomputer Computations Research Institute (Tallahassee, FL, USA) South China Sea Supply Chain Services (Fraunhofer-Arbeitsgruppe, N¨ urnberg) Service (or: Serving) Call State (or: Session) Control Function (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Small Computer Systems Interface Service Central de la Securit´ e des syst` emes d’information Speech Communication Technical Committee Santa Clara University (USA) 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 Scientific Computing World (Journal) Secure Digital (Memory Card) Security Device South Dakota (US-Staat/US state) Standard Definition (Television) Standard Deviation (statistics) Sudan (ISO 3166) Service Discovery Application Profile (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Satellite Digital Audio Radio Services (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Safety Deposit Box Scientific Databases and Visualization (HITS-group) Silicon Drift Detector, Silizium-Driftdetektor Service Development (or: Delivery) Environment (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Subjective Difference Grade (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Sustainable Development Goal Shubnikov – de Haas (effect) ¨ Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (Ubertragungsstandard/transmission standard) Secure Digital High Capacity (memory cards) Spectral Differential 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) Spectral Division Method (acoustics) Statistical Data Miner Space Division Multiple Access (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Satellite Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Secure Digital Music Initiative Scientific Data (or: Document) Management System

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SDMT SDO SDO SDO SDOF SDP SDP SDP SDR SDR SDR SDR SDR SDR SDRAM SDRF SDS SDS SDS SDS SDSC SDSL SDSS SDSU SDSU SDT SDT SDTB SDTS SDTV SDU SDVNC SDW SE SE S&E SEA SEA SEAB SEAC SEAF SEAM SEA-ME-WE3 SEAS SEATO SEB SEB SEC SEC SEC SEC SEC SecaaS SECAM SECCHI SECCRIT SECOQC SECR SECTAM SECUF Secur-ED SED SED SED SED SED SED SED SEE SEED SEED SEG SEGW SEHRS SEI SEI SEIA SEL

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) Single Data Rate (2.5 Gb/s) Software-Defined Radio (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Standard Dynamic Range (TV) S¨ uddeutscher Rundfunk Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (Computer) Software-Defined Radio Forum (seit/since 1996) Secure Data Store Short Data Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Sodium dodecyl sulphate, Natriumlaurylsulfat Solar Disk Sextant San Diego Supercomputer Center Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line Sloan Digital Sky Survey (Astrophysik/astrophysics) San Diego State University (USA) South Dakota State University (USA) Service Description Table (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Spin-Dependent Tunneling Stiftung Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin [ANSI] Spatial Data Transfer Standard Standard-Definition Television [Format] Service Data Unit (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [International Conference on] Structural Dynamics, Vibration, Noise and Control Spin-Density Wave Schr¨ odinger Equation Schweden/Sweden (ISO 3166) Science and Engineering Scientists and Engineers for America (seit/since Sept. 2006) Sociedad Espa˜ nola de Ac´ ustica Secretary of Energy Advisory Board Standard Eastern Automatic Computer (1952, 3 kB memory, 1 MHz clock speed) Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (USA) Single-Ended Assessment Model (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) South East Asia – Middle East – Western Europe (Kommunikation/communication) School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (Unversity of Pennsylvania and Harvard, USA) South-East Asia Treaty Organization Scientific Executive Board Sende-, Empfangs- und Bedienungseinheit Secondary Electron Conduction Securities and Exchange Commission (USA) Size Exclusion Chromatography Software Engineering Center (Tokyo) Solid Electrolyte Coulometry Security as a Service S´ equential ` a M´ emoire Sun–Earth Connection Coronal and Heliospheric Investigation Secure Cloud Computing for Critical Infrastructure IT Secure Communication Based on Quantum Cryptography (EU Project, Wien, AT) Spatially Explicit Capture Recapture Southeastern Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Synergetic Extreme Condition User Facility (proposed 2013 in China) Secure Urban Mass Transportation European Demonstrator Schweizerischer Erdbebendienst Single-Electron Device Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands (ehem./former DDR) Special Engineering Detachment (USA) Stochastic Electrodynamics Strategic Engineering Division Surface-Conduction Electron-Emitter Display Software Engineering Explained Science Education through Experiment and Demonstration (USA) Self-Electrooptic-Effect Device Society of Exploration Geophysicists (USA) Security Gateway (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Surface-Enhanced Hyper-Raman Scattering Seebeck Effect Imaging Software Engineering Institute Solar Energy Industries Association Sound Exposure Level

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SELANE SELENE SelK SELT SEM SEM SEM SEM Sematech SEMIC.EU SEMOS SEN SENAI SENEKA SENTHA SEO SEP SEP SEP SEP SEPA SEPA SEPAC SEPG SEPNET SEPSDA SEQ SER SERC SERCC SERDP SEReC SERI SERIS SERM SERS SERU SES SES SES SES SES SES SESA SESAM SESAME SESAME SESAME SESAR SESE SESE SESIS SESS SET SET SET SET SET SET SETA SETI SEVA SEVERI SEVIS SEWASIE SF SFA SFA SFA SFA SFAEST SFB SFB SFB SFC SFC SFF CAVE SFG

Secure Local Area Network Environment Selenological and Engineering Explorer (japanische Raumsonde zur Monderkundung) Selbstst¨ andige evangelisch-lutherische Kirche Single-Ended Line Testing Scanning Electron Microscope (or: Microscopy) Shop Efficiency Monitoring Society for Experimental Mechanics (fr¨ uher/formerly: SESA) Spectrum Emission Mask Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology (USA, IC-Firmen-Kooperation) Semantic Interoperability Centre Europe sensorgest¨ utzte Montagesysteme Service Execution Node (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Servi¸co Nacional de Aprendizagem Industrial (Brasilien) Sensornetzwerk mit mobilen Robotern f¨ ur das Katastrophenmanagement seniorengerechte Technik im h¨ auslichen Alltag (DFG-Forschergruppe) Search Engine Optimization Service Execution Point (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Soci´ et´ e Europ´ eenne de Propulsion Solar Energetic Particle Standard Evaluation Protocol Scottish Environment Protection Agency 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) Scientific 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) Shared E-Resource Understanding Satellite Earth Stations and Systems (TC im/in the ETSI) Senior Executive Service Single Electron Substance Societ´ e Europ´ eenne des Satellites (Luxembourg) Spin Excitation Spectroscopy Spracherkennungssystem Society for Experimental Stress Analysis (jetzt/now: SEM) Semiconductor Saturable Absorber Mirror Second European Stratospheric Arctic and Midlatitude Experiments Surface Electric (or: Electrical, Seismic) Sounding and Acoustic Monitoring Experiment (Rosetta project) Synchrotron Light for Experimental Science and Application in the Middle East (JO) Single European Sky Air Traffic Management Research School of Earth and Space Exploration (at Arizona State University, USA) School of Earth, Society, and Environment (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA) Schiffbauliches Entwurfs- und Simulationssystem Smart Embedded Sensor System Science, Engineering, Technology Secure Electronic Transaction (Internet, Verschl¨ usselung/encryption) Single-Electron Transistor Single-Electron Tunneling (Oscillations) Spannungs-Energie-Tensor Supercomputing Engine Technology Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Self Validating (Sensor) Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (telescope onboard MSG) Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (USA) Semantic Web and Agents in Integrated Economics Spreading Factor (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Saturated Fatty Acids (ges¨ attigte Fetts¨ auren) Soci´ et´ e Fran¸caise d’Acoustique Storage Fusion Architecture Surface Force Apparatus Stabilized Fast A Posteri Error Sequential Technique (Algorithmus/algorithm) Sender Freies Berlin Sonderforschungsbereich (DFG) Surface Force Balance Solid Fat Content Supercritical Fluid Chromatography Small Form Factor Computer-Aided Virtual Environment Sum-Frequency Generation (spectroscopy)

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SFI SFI SFIC SFL SFM SFM SFN SFN SFOAE SFOBB SFOR SFP SFR SFS SFSU SFV SFZ SG SG SG SG SG SGA SGA SGC SGC SGCP SGDBR SGE SGESS SGG SGI SGIMRI SGM SGML SGR SGS SGSN SGW SH SH SHA SHA SHA SHAPE SHARAD SHARE SHARE SHARF SHARP SHAVE SHD SHDSL SHE SHE SHEDS SHEFC SHEFEX SHEMIC SHeQUID SHF SHG SHiP SHIP SHK SHM SHO SHOP SHPM SHQP SHRIMP SHS SHT SHTML SHV SHY

Santa Fe Institute (NM, USA) Strong-Field Ionization Strategic Forum for International Cooperation (EU) Space Flight Laboratory (at UTIAS) Scanning Force Microscopy Soci´ et´ e Fran¸caise des M´ ecaniciens Single Frequency Network, Gleichwellennetz (Digitalrundfunk/digital broadcast) System Frame Number (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Stimulus Frequency Otoacoustic Emission San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge Stabilization Force (21.12.1996 bis 21.12.2004/Dec. 21, 1996 through Dec. 21, 2004, davor/formerly: IFOR, danach/thereafter: EUFOR) Soci´ et´ e Fran¸caise de Physique Societ´ e Fran¸caise Radio-´ electrique Sound Field Synthesis San Franciso State University (USA) Simian Foamy Virus (a retrovirus) Sekretariat f¨ ur Zukunftsforschung (Gelsenkirchen) Security Gateway (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Signaling Gateway (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Singapur/Singapore (ISO 3166) Strain Gage Study Group Schweizerische Gesellschaft f¨ ur Akustik S´ eminaire de G´ eom´ etrie Alg´ ebrique Spiral Ganglion Cell Structural Genomics Consortium Simple Gateway Control Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Sampled-Grating Distributed-Bragg-Reflector (Laser) Sun Grid Engine Smart Grid Energy Storage System (FhG-IFF) Superconducting Gravity Gradiometer Silicon Graphics, Inc. (Mountain View, CA, USA) Sino-German Intelligent Manufacturing Research Institute (Provinz Jiangsu, China) Semi-Global Matching (DLR algorithm for photogrammetry) Standard General(ized) Markup Language Soft Gamma Repeaters (Astrophysik/astrophysics) Southeastern Geophysical Society (USA) Serving GPRS (Support) Node (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Security Gateway (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Schleswig-Holstein (Bundesland/German Federal State) St. Helena (ISO 3166) Sample-and-Hold Amplifier Staatshochbauamt State Highway Agency (USA) Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe Shallow Radar (Mars sounding instrument) Shared Access Research Ecosystem Supporting Rescue Forcrews with Data Services and Multimodality (EU project) Simplified Hyperstable Adaptive Recursive Filter Stratospheric Change and its Role for Climate Prediction (DFG-Forschergruppe) Shared Virtual Environment Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (optische Nachrichten¨ ubertragung/optical data transfer) Single Pair (or: Synchronous) High Speed (or: Symmetric High Density) Digital Subscriber Line (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Spin Hall Effect Superheavy Element Super-High-Efficiency Diode Sources Scottish Higher Education Funding Council Sharp Edge Flight Experiment (Raumfahrt/spacecraft) Sharp Edge Microgravity Capsule (Raumfahrt/spacecraft) Superfluid Helium Quantum Interference Device Super High Frequency (3 – 30 GHz) Second Harmonic Generation Search for Hidden Particles Separator for Heavy Ion Reaction Products (GSI, Darmstadt, DE) Sanit¨ ar-, Heizungs- und Klimatechnik Structural Health Monitoring Soft Handover (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Shell Higher Olefin Process Scanning Hall Probe Microscopy Sources for the History of Quantum Physics Sensitive High-Resolution Ion Microprobe Solar Home System Systemhaus Technik (DLR, K¨ oln) Secure HTML (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Super High-Vision (h¨ ochstaufl¨ osendes Fernsehen/TV) Synaptic Homeostasis Hypothesis

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SI SI SI SI SI SIA SIAM SIAM SIB SIB SiC SIC SICAHF SICM SID SID SiD SID SIDO SIF SIF SIF SIFT SIFT SIG SIGIS SIGMA SIGN SII SIL SIL SiLA SILEX SILEX SILKS SILL SIM SIM SIM SIM SIMBA SIMBA SIMBAD SIMCOS SIMD SIMM SIMMWIC SIMO SIMPLE SIMS SimSAC SIN SINE SINFONI SINQ SINP SINR SINR SIO SIOC SIOF SiON SIOP SIOS SIP SIP SiP SiPEO SIPI SIPI SiPM SIPO SIPOC SIPRI SIPS SIPS SIR

Scintillation Index Service Information Slowenien/Slovenia (ISO 3166) Speech Intelligibility Syst` eme International d’Unit´ es Semiconductor Industry Association Scanning Infererometric Apertureless Microscopy Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (USA) Service Independent Building Block (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) System Information Block Siliziumkarbid System Integration Center(Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Studies Investigating Comorbidities Aggrevating Heart Failure (heart analysis software, UK) Scanning-Ion Conduction Microscopy Shared Information Data Model (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Signal Interface Device Silicon Detector (for the International Linear Collider) Society of Information Display Single-In, Dual-Out Small Image Format (Bildcodierung/picture coding) Societ` a Italiana di Fisica Solar-Induced Fluorescence Scale Invariant Feature Transform Scanning for Intensely Fluorescent Targets (Prionen-Nachweis/prion monitoring) Special Interest Group Scanning Infrared Gas Imaging System Support for Improvement in Governance and Management (EU) Schutz von Ideen f¨ ur die gewerbliche Nutzung (Programm des Bundesministeriums f¨ ur Wirtschaft und Technologie) Speech Intelligibility Index Safety Integrity Level Software-in-the-Loop Standardisation in Lab Automation Semiconductor Laser Inter-Satellite Link Experiment (1998) Separation of Isotopes by Laser Excitation Supercomputing Institute for Learning and Knowledge Systems (Albuquerque, NM, USA) Strategic Illuminator Laser (US-Waffe/weapon) Skalierungs-Index-Methode (nichtlineare Dynamik/nonlinear dynamics) Space Interferometry Mission Structured Illumination Microscopy Subscriber Identification (or: Identity) Module (Mobiltelefon/mobile phone) Silizium-Implantationsdetektor und Beta-Absorber (Kernphysik, GSI) Superhigh Intensity Mono-Beam Amplifier Chain (KrF-Laser) Similarity-Based Pattern Analysis and Recognition (EU project, FP7) Advanced Simulation and Control of Dynamic Stall (DLR/ONERA cooperation on helicopter technology) 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 (or: Spectrometry, or: Spectrometer) Simulating Aircraft Stability and Control Characteristics for Use in Conceptual Design (EU Project) Schweizer Institut f¨ ur Nuklearforschung (Paul Scherrer-Institut, Villingen, CH) Short Interspersed Element (Genetik/genetics) 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 (or: Institute) of Oceanography Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry Societ` a Italiana di Ottica e Fotonica Silicon Oxynitride Single Integrated Operations Plan (USA) Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observation System (at UNIS) Session Initiation Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Statistical Isolated Pass-By (road noise measurement method) System-in-Packages Modern Signal Processing Methods for the Next Generation of Earth Observation Satellite Missions Scientists’ Institute for Public Information (New York) Short Interpulse Interval (hearing acoustics) Silicon-Photo-Multiplier, Silizium-Photomultiplier State Intellectual Property Office (CN) 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)

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SIR SIR SIR Siri SIRM siRNA SIRP SIRTF SIS SIS SIS SIS SIS SIS SIS SISAB SISAL SISO SISTEC SIT SIT SIT SIT SITA SIUC SIUE SIV SIZ SJ SJTU SK SK SK SKA SKAN SKAT SKIP SKM SKT SKT PRO SKT RES SKZ SL SL SL SL SL SLA SLA SLAC SLAM SLAM SLB SLBM SLC SLC SLCM SLD SLD SLD SLED SLEE SLF SLG SLHS SLI SLIC SLIP SLIS SLM SLM SLM SLO SLP SLP SLR SLR

Signal-to-Interference Ratio Silent Information Regulator (Molekularbiologie/molecular biology) Submission Information Rate (Datennetz/data network) Speech Interpretation and Recognition Interface (Apple-Software) Scanning Infrared Microscopy Small Interfering Ribonucleic Acid Signalregulatorisches Protein Space Infrared Telescope Facility (Satellit/satellite) Schengen Information System (EU, Steckbrief-Liste/information on persons and objects sought by national judiciaries) Schwerionen-Synchrotron (bei der/at the GSI, Darmstadt) Semiconductor–Insulator–Semiconductor (solar cells) Spontaneous Information System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Stateful Inspection System (Firewall) Superconductor–Insulator–Superconductor (nanostructure) Surface Inversion Strength (Meteorologie/meteorology) Sound Insulation and Sound Absorption Sicherheitsrelevante Systeme und Ans¨ atze in der Luftfahrt Single Input – Single Output (Regelung oder System/controller or system) Simulations- und Softwaretechnik (DLR-Einrichtung) Self-Induced Transparency [Fraunhofer-] Institut f¨ ur Sichere Telekommunikation (Darmstadt) Sterile Insekten-Technik (FhG) Structured Inventive Thinking Societ´ e Internationale de T´ el´ ecommunication A´ eronautique Southern Illinois University Carbondale (USA) Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (USA) Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (Aids-Virus bei Affen/Aids virus of apes) Strategisches Innovationszentrum (der Bayerischen Polizei/of the Bavarian police) Svalbard und Jan Mayen-Inseln/Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands (ISO 3166) Shanghai Jiao Tong University Saskatchewan (Province of Canada) Sikkim (ISO 3166 bis/until 1975) Slowakei/Slovakia (ISO 3166) Square Kilometre Array (Radioteleskop, geplant f¨ ur/radio telescope, planned for 2020 in UK) SkyBridge Access Node (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Skalierbarkeit und Risikominimierung von Technologie bei innovativem Design (DLR und Airbus, Hubschrauberentwicklung, 2014–2017) Spezies-, Kontinuit¨ ats-, Identit¨ ats- und Potentialit¨ ats(argumente) (in der Diskussion u ¨ber Stammzellenforschung) Scanning Kelvin Microscopy SkyBridge Terminal (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) SkyBridge Professional Terminal (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) SkyBridge Residential Terminal (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) S¨ uddeutsches Kunststoffzentrum Saarland (Bundesland/German Federal State) Schwere L¨ ocher (Halbleiterphysik/semiconductor physics) Service Level Sierra Leone (ISO 3166) Sonoluminescence, Sonolumineszenz Service Level Agreement (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Special Libraries Association Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Scanning Laser Acoustical Microscope Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping Server Load Balancing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile Stanford Linear Collider Super-Light Car (EU project) Sea-Launched Cruise Missile Sanfte Laser-Desorption Sequential-Level Difference (auditory acoustics) Supercooled Large Droplets Superluminescent Light-Emitting Diode Service Logic Execution Environment (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Subscription Location Function (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Schweizerische Liga gegen den L¨ arm Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Single Line Injection (Faserverbund-Herstellungsverfahren/production method for fiber compounds) Subscriber Line Interface Circuit (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Spring-Loaded Inverted Pendulum Scanning Linear Imager Sensor Selective Laser Melting Service Level Management (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Spatial Light Modulator Scanning Laser Ophthalmoskop(ie) Scanning Laser Polarimetrie (Augenheilkunde/ophthalmology) Service Location Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Satelliten-Laser-Radar Send(ing) Loudness Rating (Telekommunikation/telecommunication)

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SLRI SLRV SLS SLS SLS SLS SLSA SLSC SLT SLTE SLU SLURM SM SM SM SM SM SM SMA SMA SMAC SMAD SmARPRo SMART SMART SmartLED SMATE Smavnet SMB SMB SMBH SMC SMC SMC SMD SMD SMDC SMDP SMDS SME SMES SMEX SMF SMF SMG SMGCS SMI SMIF SMIL SMILE sMIM SMIS SML SML SMLC SMLWEA SMM SMM smORF SMOW SMP SMP SMP SMP SMPAG SMPE SMPLab SMPP SMPTE SMR SMR SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS-C SMSL

Short-Lived Radioactive Isotope Safe Light Regional Vehicle (DLR, Stuttgart) Selektives Lasersintern (3D-Drucker/3D printer) Service Level Specification (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Space Launch System (NASA) Swiss Light Source, Synchron-Lichtquelle Schweiz (am Paul-Scherrer-Institut) Schweizerisch-Liechtensteinische Stiftung f¨ ur Arch¨ aologische Forschung im Ausland Scitation Library Service Center (AIP) Statistical Learning Theory Subscriber Line Terminal Equipment (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Spoken Language Understanding (automatische Spracherkennung/automatic speech recognition) Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management San Marino (ISO 3166) Session Management (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Single Mode (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Software Manager Software Module Standard Model (Elementarteilchentheorie/elementary particle theory) Shape Memory Alloy [or: Actuator] Sub-Millimeter Array (Mauna Kea, HI, USA) Stockholm Music Acoustics Conference Sowjetische Milit¨ aradministration in Deutschland Smart Assistence for Humans in Production Systems (BMBF-Projekt) Selection with Markers and Advanced Reproductive Technologies (Pflanzenz¨ uchtung) Sustainable Management of Available Water Resources with Innovative Technologies (since 2007) Smart Leading Edge Device (airfoil) Science, Math, and Technology Education Swarming Micro Air Vehicle Network for Communication Relay Server Message Block Small and Medium (Size) Business (= KMU) Supermassive Black Hole (astronomy) Service Management Center (Internet) Sheet Moulding Compound Switch Management Center (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Shaped Metal Deposition Surface Mounted Device Space and Missile Defense Command (US Army) Semi-Markov Decision Process Switched Multimegabit Data Service Small and Medium-Size(d) Enterprise(s) (ESPRIT) [= KMU] Superconductor Magnetic Energy Storage, supraleitender magnetischer Energiespeicher Small Explorer Program (USA, Raumfahrt/spacecraft) Service Management Function (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Single Mode Fiber (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Special Mobile Group (TC im/in the ETSI) Surface Movement Guidance and Control System (Rollverkehrsf¨ uhrungssystem/rolling traffic guidance system) Soil Moisture Index Standard Mechanical Interface Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Scientific Simulation Environment Scanning Microwave Impedance Microscopy Stanford Molecular Imaging Scholars (Program) Selective Laser Melting (Pulvermetallurgie/powder metallurgy) Service Management Layer (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Serving Mobile Location Center (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Self-Modulated Laser Wakefield Accelerator Solar Maximum Mission (NASA) Submillimeter (Infrarotastronomie/infrared astronomy) Small Open Reading Frame (Genetik/genetics) Standard Mean Ocean Water Service Management Point (or: Platform) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Shape Memory Polymer (or: Plastic) Strategic Military Panel (USA) Symmetric Multiprocessing Space Mission Planning Advisory Group Society of Motion Picture Engineers (USA) Straightforward Modular Prototyping Laboratory (DLR) Short Message Peer-to-Peer (Protocol) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Society of Motion Picture(s) and Television Engineers (USA) Small Modular Reactor Surface Movement Radar Service Management System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Short Message Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Single Molecule Spectroscopy Statistical Mode Sensor Stromlo Milky Way Satellites (survey, astrophysics) [Mount Stromlo, AU] Short Message Service Center (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Supermassereiches Schwarzes Loch (Astrophysik)

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Submillimeter Telescope (USA) Surface Mount Technology (Platinenherstellung/printed circuits) Surface Mount Technology Association (Edina, MN, USA) Simple Mail Transport (or: Transfer) Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Satellite Management Unit Source Measure Unit Southern Methodist University (Dallas, TX, USA) Sachsen (Bundesland/German Federal State) Senegal (ISO 3166) Service Node (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Social Network Analysis System of National Accounts (Volkswirtschaft/national economy) Study of Noise and Aerodynamics of Advanced Propellers (EU Forschungsprogramm/research project) Spherical Near-Field Acoustic(al) Holography Scanning Nearfield Acoustical Microscopy Supernova Acceleration Probe (Astrophysik/astrophysics) Societ´ e Nationale des Chemins de Fer (FR) Sub-Network Connection Protection (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [Alcatel] Submarine Networks Division (Seekabel/transatlantic cable) Sub-Network Dependent Convergence Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) STM Network Element (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Soci´ et´ e Nationale d’´ etude et de construction de moteurs d’aviation (Paris, FR) Schweizerischer Nationalfonds Spent Nuclear Fuel (rdioaktiver Abfall/radioactive waste) Scanning Near-Field Ultrasound Holography Satellite News Gathering Sensorineural Hearing Loss Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme Storage Networking Industry Association Shanghai New International Exhibition Center (CN) Subscriber’s Network Interface Unit Sandia National Laboratories (USA) Simple Network Management Protocol (Internet) Secondary Neutral Mass Spectroscopy Statistical Neural Networks Sudbury (or: Solar) Neutrino Observatory (Sudbury, ON, CA) Scanning Nearfield Optical Microscopy (or: Microscope) Services for Nomadic Workers (gesprochen: “Snip”) Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Signal-to-Noise Ratio Supernova Remnant (astrophysics) Scuola Normale Superiore (Pisa, IT) Social Network(ing) Services Spallation Neutron Source (ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN, USA, er¨ offnet/completed 2006) Superconductor–Normal Metal–Superconductor (Nanostructure) School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA) Seoul National University (Korea) Solar Neutrino Unit (1 SNU = 1 Einfang pro (1036 Targetatome·sec)/1 capture per (1036 target atoms·sec)) Studiengesellschaft Nahverkehr Berlin Somalia (ISO 3166) Safe Operating Area Scottish Optoelectronics Association Semiconductor Optical Amplifier (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Service(s)-Oriented Architecture (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Spontaneous Otoacoustic Emission, spontane otoakustische Emission Service Oriented Architecture Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Simple Object Access Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Southern Observatory for Astronomical Research Study of Oxytocin in Autism to Improve Reciprocal Social Behaviors Sonic Boom European Research [Fraunhofer-] Solar Building Innovation Center (Freiburg i.B., DE) Sociedade Brasileria de Ac´ ustica Security Operations Center (Datensicherheit/data security) Self-Organized Criticality Science Observation Center (XMM) Science Operations Center (NASA) Server-On-Chip (cmputer card) Spin-Orbit Coupling State of Charge (Batterie¨ uberwachung/battery control) System on a Chip (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Smart Optical Correlator Auxiliary Processor Southern Ocean Carbon and Climate Observations and Modeling Project (since 2014) Science Outreach Catalyst Kit (AIP, Ausbildungsprogramm/education program) Second-Order Cyclostationary Statistics Sonic Detection and Ranging Sequence of Events Standard Operating Environment School of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene (Vancouver, CA)

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Sozio-oekonomisches Panel Sound Fixing and Ranging (Schall-Leitungskanal im Ozean/sound transmission channel in the ocean) Solid Oxide Fuel Cell; Solid Electrolyte Oxygen Fuel Cell (Hochtemperaturbrennstoffzelle/high-temperature fuel cell) Scalable Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Simulated Open Field Environment (acoustics) Sofia Energy Agency (BG) Soziologisches Forschungsinstitut (G¨ ottingen) 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) Spin-On Glass (silicate coating of electronic components) Section Overhead (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) State of Health (Batterie¨ uberwachung/battery control) Small Office, Home Office (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 (f¨ ur Datenaustausch/for data exchange, Internet) Soil Data and Information Systems Action Safety of Life (Satellitentechnik/satellite technology) Senioren Online Sustainable Organization Library Solar Autocalibrating EUV/UV Spectrophotometer Solares Schmelzen von Aluminium in einem direkt bestrahlten Drehrohrofen International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea Next Generation Solar Cell and Module Laser Processing System (EU project) Solar Energy Mining (DLR) Synoptic Optical Long-Term Investigations of the Sun (USA) Scanning Optical Microscope Societ´ e Marocaine de Recherches et d’Exploitations Mini` eres 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) Second-Order Nonlinear Imaging of Chiral Crystals, nichtlineare Bildgebung zweiter Ordung von chiralen Kristallen Silizium–Oxid–Nitrid–Oxid–Silizium (Halbleiterspeicher) Standard Opening Procedure Standard Operating Procedure Start of Production (Kfz-Steuerung) State of Polarization (Optik/optics) Stop Online Piracy Act Selbstorganisierende Produktion (Fraunhofer-Projekt) Society for Optical and Quantum Electronics (McLean, VA, USA) Society of Rheology (USA) Selected Organic Reactions Database Spatially Offset Raman Spectroscopy Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (US–RU, 2002) Second-Order Statistics Silicon-on-Silicon (Photonik/photonics) Space Observatories in School (EU + ESA project) Sommersemester (in G¨ ottingen seit 2007) Sound Surveillance System Spin-Orbit Torque 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) Single Precision Speed Profile (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Surface Plasmon (elektromagnetische Grenzfl¨ achenwelle/electromagnetic boundary layer wave) Science Philanthropy Alliance (since 2013) Signals Passed at Danger Single Photon Avalanche Diode Smartphone Platform for Acquisition of Data Experiment [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 Single Particles, Clusters, and Biomolecules Statistical Pass-By (traffic noise) Science Program(me) Committee (ESA) Secretariat of the Pacific Community Simple Point Charge

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Statistical Process Control Swiss Primate Competence Center for Research Signal Processing for Communication(s) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Source Product Description (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Smart Power Distribution Junction Box (Kfz-Technik) Society of Petroleum Engineers (USA) Stanford Prison Experiemnt Superconducting Power Equipment Space Plasma Exploration by Active Radar Service de Physique de l’Etat Condens´ e (CEA Saclay, France) System (or: Standard) Performance Evaluation Cooperative (or: Corporation) (Computer-Prozessor-Leistungsf¨ ahigkeitsTest/computer processor performance test) SPEC-fixed 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) Ship Parameter Extraction System Sender Policy Framework Shortest Path First (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Special Purpose Fund (AIP) Super Plastic Forming Schweizerische Physikalische Gesellschaft Smooth(ed) Particle Hydrodynamics Spectro-Polarimetric High-Contrast Exoplanet Research Instrument 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 f¨ ur/planned for 2010) Scientific Processing and Intensive Compute Environment (UK) Simulated Pore Interactive Computing Environment (Supercomputer, 2005) Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis Science and Policy Integration for Coastal System Assessment (Meeresk¨ ustenschutz/seashore protection) 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 Spiking Neural Network Architecture (HPC) Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver (for FIRST) Space Infrared Interferometric Telescope Spam over Internet Telephony Sound Pressure Level Superconducting Proton Linac (CERN) Scientific Product Lifecycle Management 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, u anderung/on global climate change) ¨ber globale Klimaver¨ Single-Program Multiple-Data Single Point of Failure Science Prize for Online Resources in Education (USA) Satellite pour l’observation de la terre Satellites and Position Online Tracker (Satelliten-Navigation) Schwerpunktprogramm (DFG) Serial Port Profile Service Provisioning Point (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Surface Plasmon Polariton Sustained Petascale Performance Supporting Productive Queries for Research (UK) Single Path Routing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Smith-Purcell Radiation Surface Plasmon Resonance Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging Strategic Program for Innovation and Technology Transfer Standard Platinum Resistance Thermometer Spinpolarisierte Rastertunnelmikroskopie Sustainable Preservation Using Community Engagement Saudi Positioning System (Saudi Arabia) 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)

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Spatial Phase Shifting speicherprogrammierbare Steuerung (Automatisierungstechnik/automation technology) Standard Positioning Service (GPS) Super Proton Synchrotron (CERN) Society for the Protection of Science and Learning (London, UK, since 1936; formerly: AAC: Academic Assistance Council) School of Physical Science and Technology (Shanghai, CN) Southern Polytechnic State University (USA) South Pole Telescope (Amundson-Scott S¨ udpolstation, Antarktis) 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) Signal Quality (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) 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 Realit¨ at Speaker Recognition (Sprachverarbeitung/speech processing) Surface Reflection (ocean acoustics) 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 (Maße f¨ ur Nichtgleichgewichtszust¨ ande/measures of nonequilibrium states) Storage Resource Broker (supercomputer) [European] Security Research Conference Statistical Research Center (AIP) Strategic Committee and Review (TC im/in the ETSI) Science Research Development (EU) Short Range Device (Funkger¨ ate/radio transmitter) Special Report on Emission Scenarios (climate research) Scanning Reference Electrode Technique Specialized Resources Function (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Strain Rate Feedback Superconducting Radio Frequency (f¨ ur Teilchenbeschleuniger/for particle accelerators) 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) Solar Radiation Management (climate engineering) Spatial Release from Masking (Richtungsh¨ oren/directional hearing) Standard Reference Material (Temperaturstandard/temperature standard, NBS) Servicing Radio Network Controller (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Sr2 RuO4 (Supraleiter/superconductor) Scientific 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 Superresolution Radial Fluctuations Savannah River Site (NNSA) Sequence Retrieval System (Bioinformatik/bioinformatics) Shock Response Synthesis Speech Recognition System Stimulated Raman Scattering (optischer Signalverst¨ arker/optical signal amplifier) Switching and Routing Server (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Synchrotron Radiation Source (Daresbury Laboratory, GB) Sardinia Radio Telescope (Italy) Source/Receiver Transponder Speech Reception Threshold Spezielle Relativit¨ atstheorie Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Standard Reference Test Tire (ASTM) Sachverst¨ andigenrat Umwelt Single Radio Voice Call Continuity (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Sex-Determining Region Y (Genetik/genetics) Sommersemester (in G¨ ottingen ab 2007: SoSe)

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SSA SSA SSAC SSALTO SSAP SSARE SSB SSBD SSBE SSBJ SSC SSC SSC SSC SSC SSCO SSCOP SSCQE SSCU SSD SSD SSD SSD SSEC SSET SSF SSF SSG SSG SSH SSH SSH SSH SSH SSI SSI SSI SSI SSI SSIM SSK SSL SSL SSL SSL SSLDC SSLEC SSM SSM SSME SSMF SSMI SSMS SSO SSP SSP SSP SSP SSP SSP SSPA SSPS SSQ SSR SSR SSRL SSS SSRM SSRM-HR SSRM-DIA SSRN SSST SSt SST SST SST SST

Sub-Saharan Africa Space Situational Awareness (astronomy) Space Scientific Advisory Committee Segment sol multimissions d’altim´ etrie, d’orbitographie et de localisation pr´ ecise (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 abandoned 1993) Survey Scientist Consortium (XMM) Swedish Space Corporation Satellite Servicing Capabilities Office (NASA) Service Specific Connection Oriented Protocol (Datennetz/data network) Single Stimulus Continuous Quality Evaluation (TV) Signal Switching and Conditioning Unit (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Sensory Substitution Device Solid State Disk (computer memory) Solid State Drive Switching System Division (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator (1947, Columbia, USA) Superconducting Single-Electron Transistor Safe-Speed Function Service Switching Function (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Service Selection Group (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Special Study Group Sea Surface Height (Satelliten-Altimetrie/satellite height measurement) Secured Shell (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Security Server for Home Location Register (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Signaling System Handler (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Social Sciences and Humanities Site-Specific Immunomodulator, ortsspezifischer Immunmodulator Solid State Imaging (or: Imager) [Camera] (Galileo Satellit/satellite) Solid State Interlocking Stochastic Subspace Identification Synchronous-Serial Interface Structural Similarity (Bildanalyse-Verfahren) Strahlenschutzkommission Secure Socket Layer (Internet, offenes Verschl¨ usselungs-Protokoll/public encryption protocol) Solid-State Lighting Space Sciences Laboratory (UCB) Superconducting Sensor Laboratory (Chiba, JP) Solid State Lighting and Display Center (UCSB, later on: SSLEC) Solid State Lighting and Energy Center (UCSB, formerly: SSLDC) Standard Solar Model, Standard-Sonnenmodell (Astrophysik/astrophysics) Static Spectrum Management (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Space Shuttle Main Engine Standard Single Mode Fiber (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Special Sensor Microwave Imager (Fernerkundung/remote sensing) Stability Study Management System Single Sign-On (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Service Switching Point Soci´ et´ e Suisse de Physique Society for Scholarly Publishing Society for Science and the Public Species Survival Plan (for animals threatened by extinction) Stockpile Stewardship Program Solid State Power Amplifier Space (or: Small) Solar Power System Simulator Sickness Questionnaire (TV: Seekrankheit/motion sickness) Secondary Surveillance Radar Solid State Relay Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Light Source Space Segment Scanning Spreading Resistance Microscopy SSRM-High Resolution SSRM-Diamond Social Science Research Network Southeastern Symposium on System Theory Schallschutzstufen (Ruheschutz in Wohnungen/noise protection in homes, VDI-Richtlinie 4100) Sea Surface Temperature Shear Stress Transport (turbulence model) Sport Shift Transmission (Kfz-Kupplung/vehicle clutch) Subscriber Station (Teilnehmerstation)

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Super Sharp Tube (R¨ ontgenr¨ ohre/X-ray tube, Philips) Supersonic Transport (aircraft) Scalable Storage Unit Synchronization Supply Unit (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) System Software Update System Simulation and Verification Facility (ESTEC) Signaling System No. 7 (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Sachsen-Anhalt (Bundesland/German Federal State) Sao Tom´ e und Principe/Sao Tome and Principe (ISO 3166) Science and Technology Sixteen Thirty-two (Atari: 16 Bit externer/32 Bit interner Datenbus) Small Terminal Street (US Mail) Science and Technology Agency (Japan) Station (US Mail) Statistical Token Analysis (Antispamfilter/anti-spam filter) Synchronous Transfer Architecture (Signalprozessoren/signal processors) Stand-Off Alarm Bio Laser Induced Fluorescence Scientists, Technologists and Artists Generating Exploration (Institute for Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, IL, USA) Standard Method in Noise Analysis (computer program) Stereoscopic Analyzer (3D-TV) Standard(ization) NATO Agreement Space Time Adaptive Processing Stimulus-Triggered Acquisition of Pluripotency (cells) GLOBALSTAR Satellite Technology Solenoidal Tracker at RHIC Standardization and R & D Links (CEN-Arbeitsgruppe/CEN working group) Science and Technology for America’s Reinvestment: Measuring the Effect of Research on Innovation, Competitiveness and Science Software Technology for Adaptable Reliable Systems Small Tight Aspect Ratio Tokamak (Culham, UK) Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (or: Talks) Science, Technology and Research Transit Point (Datennetz/data network of the NSF, Chicago, IL, USA) Science and Technology Advisor to the Secretary Schutz der Trinkwasserversorgung im Hinblick auf CBRN-Bedrohungsszenarien (Fraunhofer-Forschungsprojekt) [NATO] Science and Technology Board Set Top Box (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Staatsbibliothek Berlin Space Time Block Coding (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Signaling and Traffic Control (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Sound Transmission Class Space Time Coding Spanning Tree Protocol (Telekommunikation, Mehrwegausbreitung/telecommunication, multipath propagation) Subscriber Trunk Dialing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity (neurology) Suite (US Mail) Serial Time-Encoded Amplified Microscopy Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (ESO) Stimulated Emission Depletion (hochaufl¨ osende Mikroskopie/high-resolution microscopy) STED–Optical Detection of Magnetic Resonances Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope Science(s), Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (USA, Hochschulkurse/University courses) Stammzell-Technologie und Experimentelle Medizin Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Health Satellite Test of Equivalence Principle [German] Students Exchange Programme Study about Therapeutic Effects of Intercessory Prayer Solar Terrestric Relations Observatory (seit/since 2006) Studentische Experimental-Raketen (DLR-Projekt) Shear-Thickening Fluid Science and Technology Facilities Council (Warrington, UK) Short Time Fourier Transform Schiffbautechnische Gesellschaft Simulationsanlage f¨ ur Treibstrahlen G¨ ottingen (DLR, Satellitenantrieb) Simulationsanlage f¨ ur Treibstrahlen G¨ ottingen–Elektrische Triebwerke (DLR, Satellitenantrieb) Scanning Thermal Microscopy Signal-Transduktions-Inhibitor (Medikamentenklasse/medicine class) Speech Transmission Index Strutural Intensity St¨ andige Impfkommission Stimulated Raman Scattering Involving Adiabatic Passage Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (on Hubble Space Telescope) Superconducting Tunnel Junction Short-Term Loan (of e-books) Sound Transmission Loss Standard Telecommunications Laboratory (Harlow, UK) Standard Tesselation Language Studio-to-Transmitter Link

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Tactical Air Navigation Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System Texas Advanced Computing Center (USA) Technical Assistence to the Commonwealth of Independent States (EU) Total Access Communication System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Transport and Composition in the Upper Troposphere (Research project for HALO) Telephone Answer Device Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Telekommunikations-Anschluss-Einheit Multi-Standard Identification Plate Technical Advisory Group Temps Atomique International Telephonic Acoustic Loss (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) ¨ [Deutsche] Transalpine Olleitung Technology Adoption Life Cycle (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Transcryption Activator-Like Effector Nuclease Thymidinanalogmutationen (Viren) Total Airport Management Total Available Market Tumorassoziierte Makrophagen Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science (USA) Tetra Amide Macrocyclic Ligands Thermal Assisted Magnetic Recording Total Airport Management Suite (DLR project) Texas A&M University (Texas, USA) Texas A&M University, Galveston Campus Total Acid Number (Chemie/chemistry) Transaktionsnummer (z.B. 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 traffic) T´ elescope ` a Action Rapide pour les Objets Transitoires (FR) Towed Array Sonar Transport Automation Solutions (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron (Ontario, CA) Thomas A. Swift’s Electric Rifle (eine Elektroschockwaffe/an electroshock weapon) Thermoacoustic Stirling Heat Engine Time Assignment Speech Interpolation Terra-, Aqua- und Sanierungs-Kompetenzzentrum Leipzig thematischer Apperzeptionstest (Psychologie/psychology) Turn Around Time Transatlantic Ring (Glasfaserkabel/glass-fiber cable USA – GB – FR) Triaminotrinitrobenzol (Sprengstoff/explosive) TAU: Triangular, Adaptive, Upwind (FVM-Variante/FVM variant) Die Tageszeitung (Berlin) Together Anywhere, Together Anytime (EU project) Time-Bandwidth (Product) Threading Building Blocks (Programmiersprache/programming language) Thermal Barrier Coating (W¨ armed¨ ammschicht) 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) Tri-n-butylphosphat 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, ETSI, IEC, ISO, ...) Traffic 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 (ASA) Technical Committee on Animal Bioacoustics (ASA)

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Technical Committee on Acoustical Oceanography (ASA) Transaction Capabilities Application Part (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Traffic Control Center (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Thermal Conductivity Detection 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlordibenzo-para-Dioxin ( Seveso-Gift“/the ”Seveso poison“) ” Transmitter Control Exciter (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) The Cancer Genome Atlas (NIH Forschungsprogramm/research project) Traffic Channel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Thermo-Chemotherapie (Krebsbek¨ ampfung/cancer treatment) Through Camera Lens (Autofocus-System f¨ ur Videocameras/auto-focus system for video cameras) Tagungszentrum Messe (Hannover) Traditionelle Chinesische Medizin Technical Committee on Noise (ASA) The College of New Jersey (USA) 8-Tetracyano-p-chinodimethan(id) Total Cost of Ownership (or: Operation) Transparent Conductive Oxide Technological Capabilities Panel (USA) Transfer (or: Transmission, or: Transport) Control Protocol (Rechnernetz, Telekommunikation/computer network, telecommunication) Tricalciumphosphat Tumor-Control Probability Technical Committee on Physical Acoustics (ASA) Tetracyclopropylmethan Trellis Coded Quantization (Daten¨ ubertragung/data transfer) T-Cell Receptor, T-Zell-Rezeptor (therapy/Therapie) Telemetry and Satellite Command and Ranging (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Transport Cooperation Research Program (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Theory and Computing Science (ANL) Technical Committee on Structural Acoustics and Vibration (ASA) Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria Technical Committee on Signal Processing in Acoustics Time-Correlated Single Photon Counting Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, TX, USA) Traction Control Unit (f¨ ur Elektrolokomotiven/for electrical locomotives) Transmission Control Unit (Kfz-Getriebesteuerung/vehicle gear) Technical Committee on Underwater Acoustics (ASA) Time Division Topological Data (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Transmit Diversity (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) 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 Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (Neuroenhancement) Time Division (or: Domain) Duplex(ing) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Tidal Disruption Event (astrophysics) Time Delay Estimation Total Development Environment T´ el´ ediffusion de France Train Describer Function Time-Delay Integration Toluylendiisocyanat Turbo Direct Injection (Dieselmotoren mit Direkteinspritzung und Turboaufladung, Kfz) Tunable Diode Laser Heterodyne Spectrometer (NPL, UK) Tunable Diode Laser Spectroscopy Text and Data Mining Time Division Multiplex(ing) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Time Division Multiple Access (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Terrestrial Digital Multimedia Broadcasting Time-Delay Neural Network Time Difference of Arrival (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Time-Domain Reflectometry Track Decay Rate (rail traffic noise) Time-Domain Spectroscopy 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)

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transversal elektrisch (Hohlleitermode/waveguide mode) Trombendarteriektomie 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 Turboshaft Engine Exhaust Noise Identification (EU project) [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) Transeurop¨ aische Netze – Integrierte Breitbandkommunikation Technologies of Noise Reduction transkutane elektrische Nervenstimulation Trans-European Network – Traffic (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Transient-Evoked Otoacoustic Emission, Transitorisch evozierte otoakustische Emission Tube Engineering Panel Advisory Committee Tissue Engineering Platforms (Industrieverband/industrial association, Straßburg, FR) Tilt Equalizer (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Terrace (US Mail) Trans-European Research and Education Networking Association Terrestrial Environmental Observatories acronym of Tb (Terbium), Dy (Dysprosium), Fe and NOL (Naval Ordnance Laboratory), see J. Appl. Phys. 50 (1979) 1674–1676 Terrestrial Ecosystems Research Initiative The Energy and Resources Institute (Delhi, India) Terrestrial Ecosystems Research Network (AU) Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Terminal Server Thermal Emission Spectrum Transition Edge Sensor (Bildbearbeitung/picture processing) Test Facility for Thermal Energy Storage in Molten Salt (DLR) TeV-Energy Superconducting Linear Accelerator (bei/at DESY, Hamburg, DE, geplant/planned) Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (NASA mission, planned for 2018) Transferable European Space Technologies Technologie-Erprobungstr¨ ager (DLR, Raumfahrt) Technologien f¨ ur zuk¨ unftige Raumtransportsysteme Trans-European (or: Terrestrial) Trunked Radio Access Transmitter Equipment for UMTS (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Tensor–Vector–Scalar Theory (Gravitationstheorie/gravitational theory) Transeuropean Wildlife Network Technische Experimente unter Schwerelosigkeit French Southern Territories (ISO 3166) Transferbereich (im/in the SFB) Time-Frequency Distribution Theodor-F¨ orster-Institut (Zentrum f¨ ur moderne bildgebende Verfahren, UMG) Thin Film Filter Tera-FLOPs/s (= 1012 FLOPs/s) Tandem-Free Operation (Mobilfunk/mobile radio) Transfer Function of the Open Ear (acoustics) Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor Transport Format Code (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Transport Format Identifier (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Temporal Fine-Structure (hearing research) Time-Frequency-Space Correlation Telegraphen- und Fernsprechtechnik (Zeitschrift, bis 1936) Telegraphen-Fernsprech-Funk- und Fernsehtechnik (Zeitschrift, 1937–1944, danach FTZ, danach ntz) Thin Film Technology Thin-Film Transistor Traffic Flow Templates (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Trivial File Transfer Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (Fusionsreaktortechnik/fusion reactor technology, PPPL)

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Terrestrial Flight Telephone System Timing and Frequency Unit (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Task Group Technical Group (INCE) Togo (ISO 3166) Thermal Gravimetric Analysis, Thermogravimetrie Tr¨ agergemeinschaft f¨ ur Akkreditierung Technical Group on Computer and Business Equipment (INCE) Tr` es Grand Centre de Calcul (bei/near Paris, FR) Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flash Transforming Growth Factor Time Gated Holographic Imaging Tag gegen L¨ arm Third Generation Mobile Communication System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Technologie- und Gr¨ underzentrum Spreeknie (Berlin) Ticket-Granting Service (Datennetz/data network) Train ` a grande vitesse (franz¨ osische Hochgeschwindigkeits-Bahn/French high-speed train) Trunking Gateway (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Technologie- und Gr¨ underzentrum Technische Hochschule Thailand (ISO 3166) Th¨ uringen (Bundesland/German Federal State) Theater High Altitude Area Defense (USA) Tetrahydrocannabinol (Wirkstoff/effective substance in Cannabis) Tsinghua Center for Astrophysics (China) Total Harmonic Distortion (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Times Higher Education Tactical High-Energy Laser (US-Waffe/weapon) Thermal Emission Imaging System (Mars-Sonde/Mars probe Odyssey) Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen (Giessen) [Fraunhofer-] Technologiezentrum Halbleitermaterialien (Freiberg) Thermo Haline Overturning Circulation – at Risk? (Golfstrom-Forschung/Gulf stream research) The Observing System Research and Predictability Experiment (for better weather forecast) Terabit-Throughput Optical Satellite System Technology (DLR project) Thorium-Hochtemperatur-Reaktor (Hamm i. Westf.) Total Human Model for Safety (Toyota, virtuelles Dummy/virtual dummy) Institut f¨ ur Telematik e.V. (Trier) Texas Instruments Telecom(munications) Industry Association (USA) transitorische isch¨ amische Attacke (Medizin) Technische Informationsbibliothek (Hannover) Technology and Innovation Centre (Glasgow, GB) Total Inorganic Carbon Texas Institute of Computational Mathematics (College Park, MD, USA) Time Interval Error (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [Dateinamenerweiterung: Graphikdatei/file name extension: graphic file] Tag(ged) Image File Format (Graphikformat/graphic file) Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications (University of Trento, Northern Italy) Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (Mumbai, IN) Tungsten-Inert Gas (Schutzgasschweißen/gas-shielded welding) The Institute for Genomic Research Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes, tumorinfiltrierende Lymphozyten (Zellen/cells) Track Illuminator Laser (US-Waffe/weapon) Targeting Induced Local Lesions in Genomes Terrestrial Interface Module (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Triosephosphate Isomerase Telekommunikation, Informationstechnologie, Multimedia, Entertainment und Sicherheitsdienstleistungen (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 Thermal Infrared Imagery Total Internal Reflection (Optik/optics) Tracking and Imaging Radar Total Internal Reflection 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 Thunderstorm Identification Tracking Analysis and Nowcasting (meteorology) Turbular Furnace with Integrated Thermal Analysis Under Space Conditions Thermally Induced Voltage Alteration

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Tadschikistan/Tajikistan (ISO 3166) Total Jitter (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Newport News, CA, USA) Telekommunikation Tokelau (ISO 3166) Telekommunikationsgesetz (25.7.96) Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Teel¨ offel (in Rezepten) Timor–Leste (ISO 3166) Transmission Loss Top Level Aircraft Requirements Technologie-Lizenz-B¨ uro (Universit¨ at Karlsruhe, seit 1987) Thin Layer Chromatography Toll-Like Receptor (Protein) Taiwan Light Source Thermisches Lasrstrahlseparieren (Halbleiterfertigung) Total Least Squares (Algorithmus/algorithm) Transparent LAN Service(s) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Transport Layer Security (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Transport LSP (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Threshold Limit Value (noise control) 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) Target Motion Analysis (passive sonar) Trimethylamin Trimethylamin-N-Oxid Telecommunication Metrology Center (China) Traffic Message Channel (Verkehrsnachrichtenkanal) Transmission and Multiplexing Configuration (and) Control (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Transition-Metal Dichalcogenide Transition Minimizer Differential Signalling (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Technologie- und Methodenplattform f¨ ur die vernetzte medizinische Forschung Telecommunications Management Forum (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Texas Materials Institute Transfer Matrix Method Telecommunication(s) Management Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Turbomolekularpumpe Targeted Muscle Reinnervation Training and Mobility of Researchers (EU-Programm/EU program) Tunneling Magnetoresistance transkranielle Magnetstimulation Transportable Monitoring System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Thirty Meter Telescope (Baubeginn/start of construction: 2014) Telemetry/Telecommand Tetramethyltetraselenanafulvalen (organischer Supraleiter/organic superconductor) Tennessee (US-Staat/US state) Tunesien/Tunisia (ISO 3166) Twisted Nematic (Fl¨ ussigkristalle/liquid crystals) Trinitroazetin (Sprengstoff/explosive) Tumor Nekrose Factor, Tumor Necrosis Factor (Medizin/medicine) Transport Network Layer (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Traffic Noise Model (FHWA) Tumor, Nodi [Lymphknoten], Metastasen (Krebsstadium-Klassifizierung/cancer state classification) Trauma-Netzwerk Nordwest (Medizin) [Nederlandse organisatie voor] Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek Telocator Network Paging Protocol Trinitrotoluol (Sprengstoff/explosive) Tunneling Nanotube Thermo-Optical [Effects] Tonga (ISO 3166) Time of Arrival Top of Atmosphere (meteorology) Total Organic Carbon Take Our Daughters to Work Theory of Everything Test of English as a Foreign Language (Sprachtest f¨ ur Austauschstudenten) Time-of-Flight (z.B. im Massenspektrometer/e.g. in mass spectrometers) Time of Flight Modulation Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer Transportable Optical Ground Station (DLR) Third-Order Intercept (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [russ. Abk.: Ringkammer mit Magnetspule/Russian abbrev.: ring chamber with magnets] (Kernfusionsreaktor/nuclear fusion reactor) Topical Meeting Total Ozone Mapping Sensor (or: Spectrometer)

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Taiwan Oscillation Network Tagesordnungspunkt Technical and Office Protocol (Datennetz/data networks) thermooptisch variabler Polymerwerkstoff Time-Averaged Orbiting Potential Tankfahrzeug mit optimierten passiven und aktiven Sicherheitseinrichtungen Temperaturoptimierte Batteriemodule mit instrumentierten Zellen (BMBF-Projekt) Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contact (Solarzellen, FhG-Projekt) Tagging of Pacific 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) Target of Rapamycin (Protein) Temporal Orthogonal Ripple Combination (stimulus in behavioral physiology experiments) Torque-Controlled Humanoid Robot (DLR) TETRA Operation Server (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) The Obesity Society The Operating System Type of Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Time Offset Table Technologieorientierte Unternehmensgr¨ undungen (Modellversuch, neue Bundesl¨ ander) Transparent Optical Cross-Connect (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Throughput Traffic Program (Verkehrsfunk) Teaching Public Administration (Journal) Transfer Path Analysis Transient Program Area Time Projection Chamber (ALICE, CERN) Transmission Power Control (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Transpacific Cable Link (Glasfaserkabel/glass-fiber cable USA – Japan) Technisch Physische Dienst (TNO-TU Delft, NL) Thermoplastisches Elastomer Transport Protocol Expert Group (Verkehrsinformationsstandard) Terrestrial Planet Finder (planned for 2020, but since 2006 indefinitely postponed) 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 Third Party Maintenance Tyre Pressure Monitoring (Kfz/motor vehicle) Tire Pressure Monitoring System (= RDK) Technical Program Organizing Meeting (ASA) Tympanometric Peak Pressure (physiological acoustics) Taiwan Photon Source 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 Tensor Processing Unit Thermoplastisches Polyurethan Thermophotovoltaik Tokamak Physics Experiment (Fusionsreaktortechnik/fusion reactor technology, PPPL) Total Quality Management Thermal Quasi-Reflectography (for analyzing art) Time Reversal (signal processing) Transmit/Receive [Modus] (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) T¨ urkei/Turkey (ISO 3166) Telegraphentechnisches Reichsamt (Berlin, 1.10.1920–31.3.1928/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) Transport Rotorcraft Airframe Crash Testbed (NASA) Transatlantic Research and Development Environment Traffic Monitoring with Radar (DLR project) Technologien aus der Raumfahrt f¨ ur Anwendungen in Nicht-Raumfahrtsparten (DLR und MST Aerospace GmbH, K¨ oln) Transmitter + Receiver Trans-Mediterranean Interconnection for Concentrating Solar Power Transmission Security (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Transmitter + Responder Temporal Pattern (Spracherkennung/speech recognition) Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope

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[Terahertz rays], 0.3 × 1012 – 10 × 1012 Hz Technische Regeln f¨ ur brennbare Fl¨ ussigkeiten Tone Reproduction Curve (Bildverarbeitung/picture processing) Traction Control (Kfz/motor vehicle) Transducer Research Center (University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA) Transportation Research Center (Ohio State University, USA) Tsukuba Research Consortium (Japan) Transition Radio Detector Transceiver Equipment (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Text Retrieval Conference Th´ eorie des R´ eseaux et Communications 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 Terminal Fragment Length Polymorphism (DNA analysis) Technische Regeln f¨ ur Gefahrstoffe 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 Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights [Kanadisches Kernforschungszentrum/Canadian nuclear research center] Teoriya Resheniya Izobratelskikh Zadatch (russische Abk¨ urzung f¨ ur TIPS/Russian abbreviation of TIPS) Technische Richtkonzentration Thermal Radiation Management (climate engineering) Thermal Remanent Magnetization Time Reversal Mirror Translationszentrum f¨ ur Regenerative Medizin (Universit¨ at Leipzig) Transmission Resource Management (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Transmit–Receive Module (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Topology Representing Network (Selbstorganisation/self organization) Die Telefunken-R¨ ohre (Zeitschrift) Tropical Convection, Cirrus, and Nitrogen Oxides Experiment Testbed for Robotic Optical Navigation, Testumgebung f¨ ur robotische optische Navigation (DLR-Institut f¨ ur Raumfahrtsysteme, Bremen) Tropospheric Monitoring Instrument 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) Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid (Ionenkanal/ion channel) 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) Target Strength Terrestrial/Satellite (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Time Slot (Daten¨ ubertragung/data transmission) Topic Segmentation (Sprachverarbeitung/speech processing) Transition State (Molek¨ ulphysik/molecular physics) 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) Total Solar Eclipse Targeted Socio-Economic Research Programme (EC) Transport Signaling Gateway (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) (Benzinmotoren mit Direkteinspritzung und Aufladung, Kfz) Technical Specifications (or: Standard) for Interoperability (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Total Solar Irradiance Thermosensitives Liposom Thymisches stromales Lymphopoietin, Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin Tandem Scanning Microscope Transport Stream Multiplexing Frame (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Technical Specifications Organizations Traffic and Service Optimization Module (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Temerature Sensitive Paint

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Thiele Small Parameter (Lautsprechertest/loudspeaker test) Traveling Salesman Problem Tag Switched Routing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Terminate and Stay Resident Test-Speicher-Ring (in Heidelberg) Technical Sales Support (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Teleworker Success Suite (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) TETRA Security System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Trierer Sozial-Stress Test Transition State Theory (Molek¨ ulphysik/molecular physics) Trusted Signature Terminal Tennessee State University Through Silicon Via (Chip-Fertigung/chip manufacturing) Technology Transfer Terrestrial Time (vorher/formerly: ET) Traffic Trunk (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Trinidad und/and Tobago (ISO 3166) Trust Territory (US Mail) Telecommunications Technology Association (Korea) Tax and Trade Bureau (USA) Threshold Test Ban Treaty Telecommunications Technology Council (Japan) Telemetry and Telecommand Time-to-Collision Tracking, Telemetry and Command (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Testing and Test Control Notation Tree and Tabular Combined Notation The Technical Cooperation Program Task Force on Teacher Education in Physics (USA 2008) Tetrathiafulvalen Time to First Fix (GPS-Ortung) Transmit Transition Gap (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Testzentrum f¨ ur Tragstrukturen Hannover Transmission Time Interval (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Transmit Terminal Identification Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership 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 (Geh¨ or/in Hearing) Text-to-Speech (Sprachsynthese/speech synthesis) The Transplantation Society Transport Theory and Statistical Physics (Journal) Texas Tech University (USA) Technische Universit¨ at Terminal Unit Transmission Unit (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Technische Universit¨ at Berlin (DE) Tribhuvan University Central Library (Nepal) Technical University of Denmark Technische Universit¨ at Darmstadt (DE) Technische Universit¨ at Dresden (DE) [National astronomical observatory of Turkey] TEX User Group Technische Universit¨ at Gdansk (PL) Technische Universit¨ at Hamburg-Harburg (DE) Touristik Union International GmbH & Co. KG The University Licensing Program Technische Universit¨ at M¨ unchen (DE) Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory (USA) Task Force on Undergraduate Physics Program Tshwane University of Technology (Pretoria, South Africa) European Confederation of Trade Unions (Technical Bord) [Europ¨ aischer Gewerkschaftsbund (Technisches B¨ uro)] Technische Universit¨ at Wien (AT) Television Tuvalu (ISO 3166) Tennessee Valley Authority (USA) Thrust Vector Control [System] (Mechatronics/mechatronics) Total Variation Diminishing (numerisches Rechenverfahren/numerical computation) Time-Varying Gain (underwater sound transducer) Time-Varying Intensity Transmission Voie-Machine (im grenz¨ uberschreitenden ICE-Verkehr zwischen Deutschland

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Ukraine (ISO 3166) University of Alaska (USA) User Agent (or: Access) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) User Access Authorization Function (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) University of Alabama at Birmingham (USA) User Agent Client (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) United Arab Emirates University of Alaska Fairbanks Universal Access Gateway (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Universit¨ atsarchiv G¨ ottingen Universit¨ atsarchiv der Humboldt-Universit¨ at Berlin University of Arkansas at Little Rock (USA) Universidad Aut´ onoma de Nuevo Le´ on (Monterrey, MX) Upper Atmosphere Research Collaboratory Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Universal Access Server (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Unmanned Aircraft (or: Aerial) System, unbemanntes Aerosystem User Agent Server (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Ultrasound Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation Underwater Acoustics Signal Processing Unified Astronomy Thesaurus Unmanned Aer(ial) Vehicle Umweltbundesamt (Berlin) University of Buenos Aires (AR) Uniform Building Code (USA) University of British Columbia (Vancouver, CA) Ultrasound Biomicroscopy Universit´ e de Bretagne Occidentale (FR) Unspecific (or: Unspecified) Bit Rate (Datennetz/data network) Universit¨ atsbibliothek und Technische Informations-Bibliothek (Hannover) Unit Circle University for the Creative Arts University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (USA) University of California at Berkeley User-Centric Broadband (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Universal Copyright Convention University College Dublin (IE) University of Colorado Denver (USA) Uplink Channel Descriptor (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) University of California Division of War Research

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University of Central Florida (USA) University of California at Irvine (USA) Universit´ e Catholique de Louvain (BE) University College London (UK) University of California at Los Angeles User Controlled Light Path (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Ultracold Neutron University Control Officer (after WW2 in Germany) University of California Observatories Ultracold Plasma 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 Cape Town (ZA) Ultra Definition (4 × Full HD) University of Delaware (USA) Uhrig’s Dynamic Decoupling (Ionenfallen/ion traps) Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Universit¨ at Duisburg-Essen University of Delaware (USA) Ultradiffuse Galaxy (astronomy) Unrestricted Digital Information (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Universit¨ at des Dritten Lebensalters Uni-Directional Link Routing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Unified Data Model Uridindiphosphat User Data(gram) Protocol (Internet) User Differential Range Error (Satelliten-Ortung/satellite locating) Upper-Data-Strobe (Atari computer) Unterhaltungselektronik User Equipment (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) University of East Anglia (UK) Utra-High Efficiency Lighting Ultraschnelle Elektronenmikroskopie Unequal Error Protection (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Union Europ´ eenne de Radiodiffusion Unidad de fomento (Chile) University of Florida (USA) Universities Funding Council (UK) [IEEE] Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society Universal Filtered Multi Carrier (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Uhlandsh¨ ohe Forschungsobservatorium (DLR) Unbekanntes Flugobjekt [Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte] (Natal, Brazil) Umweltforschungsstation Schneefernerhaus Helmholtz-Zentrum f¨ ur Umweltforschung (Leipzig/Halle/Magdeburg) Uganda (ISO 3166) Unification 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) Ultra High Bypass Ratio (Triebwerk/engine)) University of Houston Clear Lake (USA) Ultra High Definition Television Ultra High Energy (neutrino experiment) Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays Ultra High Frequency (0,3 – 3 GHz) Universit¨ at Hamburg 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 Ultrasonics International (congress) User Interface University of Bergen (Norway) Union internationale des chemins de fer

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University of Illinois at Chicago University–Industry Demonstration Partnership Unstructured Information Management Architecture (Textbearbeitung/text processing) User Information Management Entities (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Umwelt- und Prognose-Institut (Heidelberg) Union Internationale de Radiot´ el´ ephonie (1925), seit/since 1929: de Radiodiffusion (Weltrundfunkverein) Union Internationale des T´ el´ ecommunications Union Internationale des Transports Publics University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Universit´ e Joseph Fourier (Grenoble, FR) unabk¨ ommlich United Kingdom (auch im/also in the Internet) UK Atomic Energy Authority UK Armstrong Technology Centre UK Chemistry and Aerosol (climate research) United Kingdom Council of Research Repositories United Kingdom Consortium for Photonics and Optics Unscented Kalman Filter Umwelt- und Kriseninformationssystem (DLR) UK National Grid Service Ultrakurzpuls(laser) UK Space Agency UK Students for the Exploration and Development of Space UK Trade and Investment Ultrakurzwelle (87,5 – 100 MHz) Uplink Universit´ e Libre de Bruxelles (BE) University of London Computer Centre Ultra Low-Cost Handset (Mobiltelefon/mobile phone) Unabh¨ angiges Landeszentrum f¨ ur Datenschutz Unit Load Device (Luftfrachtcontainer/airfreight container) Ultra Long Duration Balloon Ultra Low Expansion (Teleskopspiegelglas/glass for telescope mirrors) Ultrafast Low-Energy Electron Diffraction Ultra Low Emission Vehicle (Kfz-Technik/motor vehicles) [Laserforschungslaboratorium, Iraklion, GR] Ultraluminous, Infrared-Emitting Galaxy Ultra Low Power Ultra Large Scale Integration Ultralow Temperature Ultrasonic Level Transmitter (for liquids in tanks) Universal Laboratory Training and Research Aid Ultraluminous X-Ray Source United States Minor Outlying Islands (ISO 3166) Universal Messaging (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) University of Miami (FL, USA) University of Michigan (USA) 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) Unusual Mortality Event (e.g., whale stranding) Zentrum f¨ ur Umweltmessungen, Umwelterhebungen und Ger¨ atesicherheit Baden-W¨ urttemberg (Karlsruhe) Universit¨ atsmedizin G¨ ottingen (DE) Ultra High-Speed Mobile Information and Communication (Exzellenzcluster, RWTH Aachen) Unique Material Identifier University of Manchester’s Intellectual Property Commercialisation (UK) universelles mobiles Informationssystem University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology Umweltministerkonferenz University of Missouri – Kansas City (USA) Unified (or: Universal) Modelling Language (Computerprogramm-Struktur/computer program structure) Unified Medical Language System Unified Messaging Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Universal Measurement Spectrometer Universal Monitoring System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [Fraunhofer-Institut f¨ ur] Umwelt-, Sicherheits- und Energietechnik (Oberhausen und Sulzbach-Rosenberg) Universal Mobile Telecommunication(s) Standard (or: System) Unmanned Marine Vehicle United Nations Atomic Energy Commission Universidad Nacional Aut´ onoma M´ exico (Mexico City) Universe Awareness (Astronomie f¨ ur benachteiligte Kinder/astronomy for handicapped children) University of North Carolina (USA) University of Northern Colorado (USA) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United Nations Conference on Disarmament United Nations Capital Development Fund

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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, Scientific, and Cultural Organization [S˜ ao Paulo State University] (BR) Ungdommens Naturvidenkabelige Forening (DK) University of North Florida (Jacksonville, FL, USA) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change University of North Georgia (USA) University of New Hampshire (USA) Union Network International (Gewerkschaftsorganisation, seit 1.1.2000/Trade Union, since Jan. 1, 2000) User–Network Interface (Datennetz/data network) Universidad de los Andes (Bogot´ a, Colombia) United Nations Information Center (viele Standorte weltweit/worldwide many locations) Universidade Estadual de Campinas (BR) Universal Linear Accelerator (GSI) Universit` a degli Studi di Pavia (IT) University Centre in Svalbard (NO) [Consortium of European Railway Signaling Supplies] Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (South Korea) 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 Nebraska at Omaha (USA) University of New Orleans (LA, USA) United Nations Post Administration United Nations Post Office United Nations Protection Force University of Nevada in Reno (USA) United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation United Nations Special Commission University of New South Wales (Sydney, AU) University of North Texas (USA) Update Notification Table (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) United Nations University University of Oregon (USA) Ultrasound-Encoded Optical Tomography Ultrafast Photonics Collaboration (UK) Ultraperipheral Collision (particle physics) Unified Parallel C (Programmiersprache/programming language) Universal Product Code (Strichcode/bar code) Universidad Polit` ecnica de Catalunya Barcelona Tech (ES) Ultra Power Capacitor University Press Content Consortium User Profile Directory (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography Universidad Polit´ ecnica de Madrid (ES) University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (USA) Universal Plug and Play (Multimediager¨ ate) Uplink Pilot Time Slot (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Ultra-Precision Surfaces Unified Profile Scheme (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Uninterruptable Power Supply (= USV) United Parcel Service University Press Scholarship Online (Oxford University Press) Unidirectional Path Switching (or: Switched) Ring (optische Kommunikation/optical communcation) Universal Personal Telecommunications Ukrainian Institute of Physics and Technology Universal Postal Union Unpiloted Vehicle Universal Routing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Unit´ e de recherche associ´ ee au CNRS Universities Research Association (USA) UMTS Radio Access Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Unsteady Renolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (turbulence model) Urbaner Raum: Benutzergerechte Assistenzsysteme und Netzmanagement (DLR-Projekt) University Research, Engineering, and Technology Institute (befristete NASA-Gr¨ undungen/temporary NASA foundations in USA) Uranium Recovery by Extraction Uniform Resource Identifier (Telekommunikation/telecommunication)

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University of Rhode Island (USA) Universal Resource Locator (or: Location) (Internet) Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Minorities User Requirements Specification Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale User Registration Tool (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) United States of America (ISO 3166) Upstream United States of America Universidad de Santiago de Chile 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 (Daten¨ ubertragung/data transfer) Unkonventionelle Spreng- und Brandvorrichtung Uniform Scalar Quantization (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) University of South Carolina University of Southern California US Climate Action Partnership Universal Service Component Model US-$ US Department of Agriculture Unified Service Description Language Ultimate Science Environment Upstream Sequence Element University of South Florida (Tampa, FL, USA) US Fish and Wildlife Service (NOAA) Unsolicited Grant Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) US Global Change Research Program US Geologic(al) Survey (Denver, CO, or Woods Hole, MA, or Menlo Park, CA, USA) Universal Subscriber Identification (or: Identity) Module (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) User Service Manager (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) US Naval Academy US National Committee US Naval Test Pilot School (Maryland, USA) United States Pharmacopoeia University of S˜ ao Paulo (Brazil) US Particle Accelerator School US Patent Classification Universal Structure Predictor: Evolutionary Crystallography US Patent and Trademark Office Universities Space Research Association (USA) Underwater Sound Reference Laboratory (at CUDWR, 1942) Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Usage Specification and Specification Testing Umweltsensortechnologie Universidade de S˜ ao Paulo (BR) Utah Science, Technology and Research Initiative (University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA) University of Science and Technology of China (Hefei and Beijing, CN) Unmanned Space Vehicle (Raumgleiter) unterbrechungsfreie Stromversorgung Universal Time (seit/since 1928, zuvor/formerly: Greenwich Mean Time, GMT) University of Texas (USA) University of Toledo (OH, USA) Utah (US-Staat/US state) University of Texas at Arlington University of Texas at Brownsville (USA) Universal Time Coordinated (or: Continuous) Uniform Geometric Theory of Diffraction University of Texas at Dallas Ultrafast Transmission Electron Microscope University of Texas El Paso (USA) Umwelt-Technologisches Gr¨ underzentrum (Augsburg) University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies University of Tennessee, Knoxville (USA) Universal Transversal Mercator (Kartographie/cartography) University of Toronto Mssissauga Ultraviolet Optical Telescope (an Bord von/aboard SWIFT Orbiter) Unshielded Twisted Pair (Datenkabel/data cable) University of Texas Pan American (Edinburg, TX, USA) University of Texas of the Permian Basin (Odessa, TX, USA) Untranslated Region (in RNA) UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication)

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University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (USA) Ultimate Tensile Strength University of Technology, Sydney University of Texas at San Antonio (USA) University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 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) University of Victoria (USA) UV-Optical Telescope Umweltvertr¨ aglichkeitspr¨ ufung Umweltvertr¨ aglichkeitsstudie Unfall-Verh¨ utungs-Vorschrift University of Washington (Seattle, WA, USA) University of Waterloo (Canada) University of Western Australia Underwater Acoustic Communication Ultra Wide Band (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Universal Wireless Communication Consortium (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Universit¨ at W¨ urzburg Experimentalsatellit (Pikosatellit) Gesellschaft f¨ ur Umwelt- und Wirtschaftsgeologie mbH (Berlin) University of West Georgia (Carrolton, GA, USA) University of the West Indies (campuses in Jamaica, Trindad and Tobago, and Barbados) University Wide Interdisciplinary Research Center (at UAB) University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (USA) University of Western Ontario (Canada) Universal Wireless System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) User Experience Underwater Unexploded Ordnance (sea disposal of munitions) Uruguay (ISO 3166) unserer Zeitrechnung (= nach Christus/after Christ) Usbekistan/Uzbekistan (ISO 3166)

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Vatikanstaat/Holy See (ISO 3166) Veterans Affairs (USA) Virginia (US-Staat/US state) Virtuelle Akustik Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (Verkehrsmanagement bei Großereignissen und Katastrophen) (DLR) Voice Activity Detection (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Virtual Acoustic Environment Vibraoacustic Harp Therapy (“musical massage”) Validation of Advanced, Collaborative Robotics for Industrial Applications Valorisation and Utilisation for Europe (EU) Versailles Project on Advanced Materials and Standards Virtual Aircraft Multidisciplinary Analysis and Design (or: Design and Optimization) Process Varotsos, Alexopoulos, Nomikos (griechische Forscher, Erbebenvorhersagemodell/Greek researchers, earthquake forecast model) Vertically Lined Nematic (Fl¨ ussigkristalle/liquid crystals) Versatile Array for Neutron Detection at Low Energies Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks Virtuelles Alpenobservatorium Visual and Auditory Process Branch (HRED, ARL, USA) Value Added Reseller Value at Risk (Wertpapier/bond) Vector Autoregression Value Added Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Virginia Academy of Science (USA) Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (USA) Volcanic Ash Transport and Dispersal Model Variable Air Volume Vergleichende Analyse von ingenieurrelevanten Mess- und Simulationsdaten (FhG-SCAI) Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine Vertical Bridge (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [Microsoft] Visual Basic for Applications Vienna BioCenter (Wien, AT) Voice Band Data (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Verein zur F¨ orderung der Forschung und Anwendung von Betriebsfestigkeits-Kenntnissen in der Eisenh¨ uttenindustrie e.V. Verwaltungs-Berufsgenossenschaft Verzeichnis der Einzel-Unfallverh¨ utungsvorschriften der gewerblichen Berufsgenossenschaften Vertical-Blank-Interrupt, Vertical Blanking Interval Very High Performance Backbone Network Service (USA, Gbit/s-Netz/net) Variable Bit Rate (Daten¨ ubertragung/data transmission)

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St. Vincent und die Grenadinen/St. Vincent and the Grenadines (ISO 3166) Vehicle Controller (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Venture Capital(ist) Vinylchlorid Virtual Circuit (Internet) Virtual Channel (Internet) Virtual Container (Kommunikation/communication) Virtual Concatenation (Telekommunikation, Ethernet) Vital Command Computer Vehicle Control Center (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Virtual Channel Connection (Internet) Voice Call Continuity Virtual Circuit Connection Verification (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Venture Capital-Gesellschaft Virtual Connection Group Verband der Chemischen Industrie Virtual Channel Identifier Voltage Contrast Imaging Visual Communications and Image Processing Conference Ventral Cochlear Nucleus Voltage Controlled Oscillator Vibration Control of Space Structures Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology (Wien, AT) Video Cassette Recorder V-Groove Connector System (Telefon, Steckverbinder) Vapor-Cooled Shield (Infrarotastronomie, Kryostat/infrared astronomy, cryostat) Voice Communication System Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting [Semiconductor] Laser, Vertikalresonator-Laserdiode Virginia Commonwealth University Voltage-Controlled Crystal Oscillator (f¨ ur RB-Atomuhr/for Rb atomic clock) 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 Eisenh¨ uttenleute e.V. Vector Directional Filter (Bildverarbeitung/picture processing) Verein Deutscher Ingenieure e.V. Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Virtual Device Interface VDI-Gesellschaft Entwicklung Konstruktion Vertrieb Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau(er) Variable Depth Sonar Vereinigung Deutscher Strahlenschutz¨ arzte e.V. 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 Virtual Electronic Control Unit Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor, vaskul¨ arer endotheliarer Wachstumsfaktor Volcanic Explosivity Index Virtuell European Laser Institute Vestibular-Evoked Myogenic Potentials, vestibul¨ ar evozierte myogene Potentiale (im Ohr/in the ear) Virtual European Music School Vienna Environmental Research Accelerator Versorgungsassistentin in der Hausarztpraxis Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (Tucson, AZ, USA, 2005) Very High Energy Gamma Ray Astrophysics (Observatory) Very Easy Rodent-Oriented Net-Wide Index to Computerized Archives (Rechnernetz/computer network, Gopher) Victorian Electronic Records Strategy (Australia) Vertical-Cavity Emitters Based on GaN for Optical Fiber Sensors (research project) Video Electronic Standards Association Virtual ECU Testing (ECU: Electronic Control Unit) Verkehrsentwicklung und Umwelt (DLR-Projekt) Voice-Excited Vocoder Vacuum Fluorescence Verband Forschender Arzneimittelhersteller e.V.

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Vacuum Fluorescent Display Vereinigung f¨ ur Kristallographie 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) Very High Speed Integrated Circuits Hardware Description Language VLSI Hardware Description Language Very High Density Medium Very High Energy Virtual Home Environment (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Very High Efficiency Solar Cell Very High Frequency (30 – 300 MHz) Very High Level Language (Computer) Very High Throughput (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) US Jungferninseln/US Virgin Islands (ISO 3166) Virtual Instrument Vienna Institute of Archeological Science (Wien, AT) Van de Graaf-Isochron-Cyclotron-Kombination f¨ ur Schwere Ionen Vehicle Information and Communication System VLAN Identification Virtuelles Institut f¨ ur Energiemeteorologie Virtuelle und erweiterte Realit¨ at f¨ ur h¨ ochste Sicherheit und Zuverl¨ assigkeit von Eingebetteten Systemen (Embedded Systems) (BMFT-Projekt) Visible InGaN Injection Laser Vanderbilt Institute for Integrative Biosystems Research and Education Vereinigtes Institut f¨ ur Kernforschung (Dubna, RU) virtuelles Labor Vibration Isolation Module Visible and Infared Mapping Spectroscopy (or: Spectrometer) Visually Induced Motion Sickness Vanderbilt Institute for Nanoscale Science and Engineering (Vanderbilt University, USA) 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 Realit¨ at in der Medizin Virtuelle Hochschule Oberrhein (seit Mitte 1998/since mid 1998) Visible and Infrared Thermal Imaging Spectrometer (Rosetta project) Visible Integral-Field Replicable Unit Spectrograph (HET) 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 f¨ ur Software Engineering 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) Vacuum-Induced Transparency VME bus International Trade Association vernetzte intelligente Objekte in der Logistik Vital Interface Unit (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Virtuelles Kompetenznetzwerk zur Virtuellen und Erweiterten Realit¨ at Interactive Virtual Reality Environment (EU) Virtual Journal Verbundkatalog maschinenlesbarer Daten Verein f¨ ur Kernverfahrenstechnik und Analytik Rossendorf e.V. Verband kommunaler Unternehmen Virtual Laboratory Vertical Line Array (ocean acoustics) Very Large Array (Radioteleskop/radio telescope) Virtual Local Area Network (Internet) Verzeichnis lieferbarer B¨ ucher Very Long Baseline Array (USA) Very Long Baseline Interferometry Variable Length Coding

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Virtual Learning Environment Very Low Frequency (3 – 30 kHz) Very Long-Haul (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Very Large Hadron Collider (geplanter Nachfolger f¨ ur LHC/planned successor of LHC) Very Long Instruction Word (Computer) Virtual Leasing (or: Leased) Line (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Virtual Leased Line Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Virtual Liver Network Ventolaterale pr¨ aoptische Region (im Gehirn/in the brain) 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) Vessel Monitoring Virtual Machine (computer) Virtual MAN (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Venus Monitoring Camera Visual Molecular Dynamics Verband der Materialpr¨ ufungsanstalten ventromedialer pr¨ afrontaler Cortex, Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex Visiting Mobile Switching Center (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Vietnam/Viet Nam (ISO 3166) Vector Network Analysis (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Virtual Network Computing Very-Near Infrared Variable Optical Attenuator (Photonik/photonics) Voice over ATM (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Verdingungsordnung f¨ ur Bauleistungen Vehicle Onboard Controller (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Volatile Organic Carbon (or: Compound) Voice Encoder Voice Communication Research and Evaluation System (at AFRL) Video on Demand Voice Operation Demonstrator (1939) Voice over Digital Subscriber Line (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Voice over Frame Relay (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Voice over Internet Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Volcanic Ash Impact on the Air Transport System (DLR project) Voice over LTE (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Voice over Packet (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) VHF Omnidirectional Range (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornados Experiment Voice Onset Time Voice over Wireless Local Area Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Voice-Operated Switch [volume pixel, quaderf¨ ormige Volumenelemente] Vice President Virtual Path (Internet) Voluntary Product Accessibilty Template Virtual Path Connection (Internet) Virtual Product Development Video Preservation and Discovery Service Verband Philatelistischer Experten Virtual Physiological Human Virtual Path Identifier (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Virtual Protocol Interconnect 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) Vice President for Research 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 Virtual Reality Center Aachen (DE)

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Vibrational Response Function (Chemie/chemistry) Virtual Routing and Forwarding (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Virtual Reference Grinding Virtual Router Identification (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 Sound Environment 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 (or: Vibration) Sample Magnetometer Virtual Satellite Mode (Galileo system) Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water Versatile Symmetric Multiprocessor (computer) Virtual School of Molecular Sciences (Nottingham, UK) Video Sensor Node (Association of Universities in the Netherlands) Versatile Scalable On Board Processing Unit (Einplatinenrechner/single board computer) Very special old pale (Cognac) Variable Sensitivity Photodetector Cell Vector Signal Transceiver Vertical and Short Take-off and Landing Vermont (US-Staat/US state) Virtual Test Virtual Tributary (Kommunikation/communication) Vocal Tract 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-off and Landing Video Tape Recorder Vessel Traffic Service (f¨ ur Schiffsverkehr im Hafen/for ship traffic in the harbor) Valtion teknillinen tutkimuskeskus (Technical Research Centre of Finland, Espoo, FI) Vanuatu (fr¨ uher: Neue Hebriden/former New Hebrides) (ISO 3166) Vrije Universiteit (Amsterdam, NL) [Free University of Brussels] (BE) Virtuelle Universit¨ at Berlin Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity Vakuumultraviolett, Vacuum-Ultraviolet Vacuum UV Absorption Spectrophotometer 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) Von-Willebrand-Faktor (Blutgerinnung) Volkswirtschaftslehre Voice Web Manager (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Vertikalwindtunnel Voluntary Exploratory Data Submission Voice Extensible Markup Language (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Vehicle to Grid (Elektroauto/electric vehicle) Vocabularies for Open Access

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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) West African Cable System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Wavelength Add/Drop (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Wide Area Differential (Satellitennavigation/satellite navigation) Welt-Antidopingagentur

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Wavelength Add/Drop Multiplexer (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) World Association for the Development of Philately [Dateinamenerweiterung: Sounddatei/file name extension: sound file] WLAN Access Gateway (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Western Australian Group of Universities Librarians Consortium 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) West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (DLR) Wide Area Search for Planets (Observatorium auf La Palma/observatory on La Palma) Wide-Angle X-Ray Scattering Wide Azimuth (Survey) Waveguide Below Cutoff Web Based Element Management (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Wissenschaftlicher Beirat der Bundesregierung f¨ ur Globale Umweltver¨ anderungen Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft Blaue Liste Wave-Based Substructuring Wireless Base Station (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Work Breakdown Structure WEB-basierte Trainingssysteme Whole Body Vibration (Kfz-Schwingung/vehicle vibration) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines World Conference on Computational Mechanics Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Worst-Case Execution Time (Computer) World Cocoa Foundation Water Column Image (underwater acoustics) 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 Waste Control Specialist West China School of Stomatology (Sichuan University, CN) WIPO Copyright Treaty Wayside Control Unit (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) West Chester University (Pennsylvania, USA) 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, warme dichte Materie 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) W¨ armed¨ ammverbundsystem Wavelength Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Windenergieanlage Wake Encounter Avoidance & Advisory System (DLR) Word-Embedding Association Test 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 Wohnungseigentumgesetz 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)

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Word Error Rate (Sprachverarbeitung/speech processing) Western Electronic Show and Convention (USA) Western Pacific Acoustics Conference Water and Earth System Science Western Pacific Regional Acoustics Conference Wavelength Extension Unit (for femtosecond lasers) Wallis und Futuna-Inseln/Wallis and Futuna Islands (ISO 3166) Weighted Fair Buffer Allocation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Wide Field Camera WiMAX Forum Designated Certification Labs Wavefront Error (Teleskop-Technologie/telescope technology) Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (geplant/planned for the mid 2020s) Wide-Field Multi-Object Spectrograph World Food Programme (UN) Wide Field Planetary Camera Weighted Fair Queuing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Wave Field Synthesis, Wellenfeldsynthese Wavefront Sensor Wavefront Sensing and Control World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology Wohngemeinschaft Working Group Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Wallenberg Global Learning Network (cooperation between Stanford and Swedish universities) Whispering Gallery Mode (optics) Women’s and Gender Studies Research Network Wireless Gateway (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) World Heart Federation Wasserhaushaltsgesetz Werthamer-Helfand-Hohenberg (Supraleitungstheorie/superconduction theory) Warm-Hot Intergalactic Medium Wound Highly Porous Oxide Composite (Faserverbundwerkstoff, 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) Wireless Backhaul (Richtfunk) 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/scientific data network) Wheather-Information on Demand (Unwetter-Fr¨ uhwarnsystem/storm early warning system) 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) Wisconsin Icecube Particle Astrophysics Center (neutrino observatory at the south pole) World Intellectual Property Organization Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (radioaktive Abf¨ alle/radioactive waste, Carlsbad, NM, USA) Women in Research Decision Making Wide-Field Infrared Explorer Wyoming Infrared Observatory (USA) WAN Interface Sublayer (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Wirtschaftsorientierte Strategische Allianz (FhG) Water Related Information System for the Sustainable Development of the Mekong Delta Widespread Security Domains Using Optical Monitoring (EU Project, optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Wide Field Infrared Survey Explorer (satellite) Wintersemester (in G¨ ottingen seit/since 2007) Women in Space Education Weakly Interacting Slim Particle 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 f¨ ur Holzforschung/Institute for wood research, Braunschweig, DE) Wertpapierkennnummer Wechselsprech- und Lautsprecherkommunikation Wavelength Adapter (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication)

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WLAN WLC WLCG WLIC WLL WLPP WLS WL-SiP WLT WM WMA WMA WMAP WMD WM-DPAR WMF WMF WMI WML WMO WMRS WMS WNA WNS WNT WNV WOCE WOKS WOLED WOLV WORM WOT WPA WPAN WPC WPD WPG WPI WPI WPMC WPPT WPRM WPTC WPV WR WRC WRCC WRED WREO WRF WRI WRI WRL WRR WRRL WRRO WRS WS WS WS WS WSA WSDL WSEG WSES WSF WSF WSIS WSMR WSO WSP WSRT WSS WSS WSS WSU WSU

Wireless Local Area Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Worm-Like Chain (Polymerphysik/polymer physics) Worldwide LHC Computing Grid World Library and Information Congress (IFLA) 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/file name extension: video file] Windows Media Audio Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (NASA-Sonde bis/until 2010, Kosmologie/cosmology) Weapons of Mass Destruction Wavelength-Modulated Differential Photoacoustic Radar [Dateinamenerweiterung: Graphikdatei/file name extension: graphic file] Windows-Metafile World Metal Index (Stahlinstitut, D¨ usseldorf, DE) Wireless Markup Language (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) World Meteorological Organization Working Memory Rating Scale WorldShare Management Services World Nuclear Association World Numbering System (UPU, f¨ ur Briefmarken/for stamps) Wireless Network Termination (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) West-Nil-Virus World Ocean Circulation Experiment [Allunionsgesellschaft f¨ ur kulturelle Verbindungen mit dem Ausland] (RU) White Organic Light Emitting Diode Wetteroptimierter Luftverkehr (DLR-Projekt) Write Once – Read Many (Opto-Disk) Wide Open Throttle (car: maximum acceleration) Wireless Fidelity Protected Access (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Wireless Personal Area Network Wood Polymer (or: Plastic) Composites Work Package Definition [Dateinamenerweiterung: WordPerfect-Graphikdatei/file name extension: WordPerfect graphic file] Worcester Polytechnic Institute World Premier International Research Center Initiative (Japan 2007) [International Symposium on] Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty Wave Propagation in a Random Medium Wireless Performance Test Chamber (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Weltpostverein Wissenschaftsrat World Radiocommunication(s) Conference Weed Resistance Competence Center (Frankfurt) Weighted Random Early Detection (or: Discard) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) White Rose ETheses Online Weather Research and Forecasting (Computermodell/computer model) [Dateinamenerweiterung: Windows Writer-Textdatei/file name extension: Windows Writer text file] World Resources Institute (Washington, DC, USA) Wallenberg Research Link (cooperation between Stanford and Swedish universities) Weighted Round Robin (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) (Europ¨ aische) Wasserrahmenrrichtlinie White Rose Research Online Wirtschaftsf¨ orderung Region Stuttgart Samoa (fr¨ uher Westsamoa/former Western Samoa) (ISO 3166) Werkzeugstahl Wintersemester (in G¨ ottingen ab 2007: WiSe) Wireless Substation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [ITG/IEEE] Workshop on Smart Antennas Web Services Description Language (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Weapons Systems Evaluation Group (USA) World Scientific 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 f¨ ur UV/successor 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) Winona State University

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Wasser- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung des Bundes Wavelength Selective Cross-Connect (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Waterjet Technology (Schneidtechnik/cutting technology) Wavelet Transform Wireless Terminal (Daten¨ ubertragung/data transfer) Wireless Telephony Application (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Wireless Telephony Application Interface (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Wired Trigger Bus (f¨ ur vernetzte Messinstrumente/for crosslinked measuring instruments) 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) Waste Treatment Plant Willingness to Pay Wind-Temperatur-Radar Wissenschaftlich-Technische Zusammenarbeit (BMBF) Wireless Unversal Serial Bus Washington University in St. Louis (USA) West Virginia (US-Staat/US state) Wiedervorlage Wigner-Ville Distribution (signal processing) Web-Sphere Voice Server West Virginia University (USA) World Wind Energy Association (alt/old:) World Wildlife Fund, (neu/new:) World-Wide Fund for Nature World Wide Grid (Rechnernetz/computer network) Wireless World Initiative (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) World Wide Lightning Location Network Wireless World Research Forum World-Wide Military Control and Communication System Westf¨ alische Wilhelms-Universit¨ at (M¨ unster) World Wide Web (Rechnernetz/computer network) World War Two, Zweiter Weltkrieg (1939–1945) Weather Fusion of User Specifc Information for Operational Nowcasting (DLR-Ausgr¨ undung) Wyoming (US-Staat/US state) World Year of Physics (2005) What You See Is What You Get Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin f¨ ur Sozialforschung GmbH Wissenschaftliches Zentrum Heidelberg (der/of the IBM) Werkzeugmaschinenlabor (RWTH Aachen) World-Wide Web Consortium

X XAFS XANES XAS xBIOS XBS XBT XCA XCELS XCML xCP XCR XDR xDSL XEUS XFEL XFEM XIPS XIVA XJTU XLS XLT XLV XM XMCD XML XMM XMP XMPP XOR XPCS XPD X-PEEM XPM XPS

X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure X-Ray Absorption Near Edge Structure X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy Extended BIOS Exchange Base(band) Station (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Expandable Bathythermographs Extended Conditional Access Exawatt Center for Extreme Light Studies (Nishny Novgorod, RU) Extensible Commerce Markup Language (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Extensible Content Protection (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Cross-Correlation Function Extensively Drug Resistant (Krankheitserreger) Digital Subscriber Line (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) X-Ray Evolving Universe Spectroscopy X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Extended Finite Element Method Xenon Ion Propulsion Subsystem (Satellit/satellite) Externally Induced Voltage Alteration Xi’an Jiaotong University (Western China) [Dateinamenerweiterung: Microsoft Excel-Datei/file name extension: Microsoft Excel file] [Dateinamenerweiterung: Microsoft Excel-Vorlage/file name extension: Microsoft Excel template] X-Ray Light Valve Cross Modulation (Distortion) X-Ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism 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 Extrudierter Polystyrol-Hartschaum (zur W¨ armed¨ ammung)

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XPS XQUL XRB XRD XRF XRI XRM XROI XRT X-SAR XSE XSEDE XSEM XSL XSLT XTS XUV XWB

X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy XML Query & Update Language (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) X-Ray Background (Astrophysik/astrophysics) X-Ray Diffraction [Sensors] X-Ray Fluorescence Extensible Resource Identifier X-Ray Microscope, R¨ ontgenmikroskop 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 Extra Wide Body (Airbus)

Y y... Y... YAC YAG YAN YBCO YCbCr YCC YE YEBN YES YIG YIP YITP yocto YOTO YP yr YSF YSN YSZ YT YT Y2K

Yocto... (Pr¨ afix/prefix) 10−24 Yotta... (Pr¨ afix/prefix) 1024 Yeast Artificial Chromosome Yttrium-Aluminum Garnet (Laser) Young Acoustician Network (EAA) Yttrium-Barium-Kupfer-Oxid YBa2 Cu3 O7−x (HTSL) Luminance, Chrominance Blue, and Chrominance Red (Bildverarbeitung/picture processing) Youth Climate Conference Jemen/Yemen (ISO 3166) Young European Biotech Network Year of Engineering Success Yttrium-Iron Garnet, Yttrium-Eisen-Granat Young Investigator Program (ONR, USA) C. N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics (Stony Brook University, USA) 10−24 (Vorsilbe/prefix) International Year of the Ocean (1998) Young Professionals Year Yield Stress Fluid Young Scientists Network (USA) Yttriumoxid-stabilisiertes Zirkonoxid Mayotte (ISO 3166) Yukon Territories (Province of Canada) Year 2000 [problem]

Z z... Z... ZA ZAE Bayern ZAG ZALF ZAMM ZAMN ZaPF ZARM ZARI ZAV ZAVIR ZBL ZBT ZDB ZDC ZDF ZDH ZdK ZDK ZDL ZDW ZEAM ZEBET ZEF ZEFFPP ZEG ZEI

Zepto... (Pr¨ afix/prefix) 10−21 Zetta... (Pr¨ afix/prefix) 1021 S¨ udafrika/South Africa (ISO 3166) Bayerisches Zentrum f¨ ur Angewandte Energieforschung (W¨ urzburg) Zentrum f¨ ur Angewandte Geowissenschaften (Universit¨ at T¨ ubingen) Zentrum f¨ ur Agrarlandschaftsforschung und -gestaltung (oder: Zentrum f¨ ur Agrarlandschafts- und Nutzungsforschung) (M¨ uncheberg) Zeitschrift f¨ ur angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik Zentralarchiv f¨ ur Mathematiker-Nachl¨ asse (SUB, G¨ ottingen) Zusammenkunft aller Physik-Fachschaften Zentrum f¨ ur Angewandte Raumfahrttechnologie und Mikrogravitation ( Fallturm“, Univ. Bremen) ” Zentrum Anaesthesiologie, Rettungs- und Intensivmedizin Zentralstelle f¨ ur Arbeitsvermittlung (Frankfurt/M) Zurechenbarkeit von Aktionen in virtuellen Welten Zentralbibliothek der Landesbauwissenschaften (Bonn) Zentrum f¨ ur Brennstoffzellen-Technik (Duisburg) Zeitschriftendatenbank Zero Degree Calorimeter (CERN) Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen Zentralverband des Deutschen Handwerks Zentralkomitee der deutschen Katholiken Zentralverband Deutsches Kraftfahrzeuggewerbe Zivildienstleistender Zero-Dispersion Wavelength (Laser) Zentraleinrichtung f¨ ur Audiovisuelle Medien (FU Berlin) Zentralstelle zur Erfassung von Ersatz- und Erg¨ anzungsmethoden beim Tierversuch Zentrum f¨ ur Entwicklungsforschung (Bonn, seit/since 1997) Zero Emission Fossil Fuel Power Plant Zweirad Einkaufsgenossenschaft Zentrum f¨ ur Europ¨ aische Integrationsforschung (Bonn, seit/since 1997)

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ZEKE ZEM ZENIT ZENS ZERIN ZET ZETA ZEV ZEvA ZEW ZFB ZFC ZFK ZFMK ZFO ZfP ZFW ZFW ZfW ZGDV ZGI ZGV ZHAW ZHG ZIA ZIB ZIE ZIG ZiM ZIO ZIP ZIP ZIPE ZISW ZK ZKA ZKI ZKI ZKLM zKLS ZKRD ZLP ZM ZMB ZMBH ZMNH ZNL ZNS ZNT ZNV ZOS ZP ZPID ZR ZSb ZSK ZSW ZSZ-e ZULIP ZUMA ZVE ZVE ZVEI ZW ZWARP ZWG

Zero Kinetic Energy (Spektroskopie/spectroscopy) Zentrale Einrichtung Medien (G¨ ottingen) Zentrum f¨ ur Innovation und Technik (M¨ uhlheim, NRW) Zentrum f¨ ur Europa- und Nordamerika-Studien (G¨ ottingen) Zentrum f¨ ur Rieskrater- und Impaktforschung in N¨ ordlingen Zentrum f¨ ur Energie und Technik (Rendsburg) Zero-Energy Toroidal Assembly (1950s) Zero Emission Vehicle Zentrale Akkreditierungs- und Evaluationsagentur Hannover Zentrum f¨ ur Europ¨ aische Wirtschaftsforschung (Mannheim) Zentrum f¨ ur Bucherhaltung (Leipzig) [Ernst] Zermelo, [Abraham] Fraenkel [Axiom of] Choice (Axiomensystem f¨ ur die nat¨ urlichen Zahlen) Zentralinstitut f¨ ur Kernforschung (Rossendorf, bis 1991) Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander K¨ onig (Bonn) Forschungs[- und Entwicklungs]personal-Zuwachsf¨ orderung Ost (BMFT) Zerst¨ orungsfreie Pr¨ ufung Zeitschrift f¨ ur Flugwissenschaften Zentralinstitut f¨ ur Festk¨ orperphysik und Werkstoffforschung (Akademie der Wissenschaften, ehem./former DDR) Zentrum f¨ ur Funktionswerkstoffe (G¨ ottingen) Zentrum f¨ ur Graphische Datenverarbeitung (Darmstadt) Zentrales Geologisches Institut (ehem./former DDR) Zero-Group-Velocity Z¨ urcher Hochschule f¨ ur Angewandte Wissenschaften Zentrales H¨ orsaalgeb¨ aude Zentrale Intelligenz Agentur (Berlin) Zuse Institut Berlin Zentralinstitut f¨ ur Elektronenphysik (ehem./former DDR) Zentrum f¨ ur Interdisziplin¨ are Gesundheitsforschung (Universit¨ at Augsburg) Zentrum f¨ ur interdisziplin¨ are Medienwissenschaft (G¨ ottingen) Zentrum f¨ ur Intelligente Objekte (am Fraunhofer-IIS) [Dateinamenerweiterung: Archivdatei, komprimiert/file name extension: compressed archive file] Zone Improvement Plan (Postleitzahlen/postal code, USA) Zentralinstitut f¨ ur die Physik der Erde (ehem./former DDR) Zentralinstitut f¨ ur Sprachwissenschaft (Berlin) Zentralkomitee (der kommunistischen Partei, UdSSR) Zentraler Kreditausschuss Zentren f¨ ur Kommunikation und Informationsverarbeitung in Lehre und Forschung e.V. Zentrum f¨ ur Satellitengest¨ utzte Kriseninformation (DLR, Oberpfaffenhofen) Zentrum f¨ ur Kfz-Leistungselektronik und Mechatronik (N¨ urnberg) zentrale Kommission f¨ ur Lehre und Studium Zentrales Knochenmarkspender-Register Deutschland [DLR-] Zentrum f¨ ur Leichtbauproduktionstechnologie (Stade, Augsburg) Sambia/Zambia (ISO 3166) Zentralbibliothek der Medizin (K¨ oln) Zentrum f¨ ur Molekulare Biologie der Universit¨ at Heidelberg Zentrum f¨ ur Molekulare Neurobiologie (Hamburg) (Transfer-) Zentrum f¨ ur Neurowissenschaften und Lernen (Ulm) Zentralnervensystem Zentrum Neue Technologien (Deutsches Museum, M¨ unchen) Zentrum f¨ ur Neurobiologie des Verhaltens (G¨ ottingen) Zentralinstitut f¨ ur Optik und Spektroskopie (ehem./former DDR) Zona Pellucida (biomembrane) Zentralstelle f¨ ur Psychologische Information und Dokumentation (Trier) Zaire (ISO 3166 bis/until 1997) Zentrale Studien- und Studentenberatung Zentrum f¨ ur Sicherheits- und Katastrophenschutztechnik (in Hemer) Zentrum f¨ ur Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-W¨ urttemberg Zentrum f¨ ur Systemzuverl¨ assigkeit mit Schwerpunkt Elektromobilit¨ at (LBF) Zeiss Universal Laser Image Projector (Planetarium/planetarium) Zentrum f¨ ur Umfragen, Methoden und Analysen (Mannheim) Zentrum f¨ ur Verbindungstechnik in der Elektronik (Oberpfaffenhofen) [Fraunhofer-] Zentrum f¨ ur Virtuelles Engineering (am IAO) Zentralverband der Elektrotechnik- und Elektronikindustrie Simbabwe/Zimbabwe (fr¨ uher: S¨ udrhodesien/former Southern Rhodesia) (ISO 3166) Zweiaxiale Radpr¨ ufung, Zweiaxialer Radpr¨ ufstand Zentralinstitut f¨ ur Wissenschaftlichen Ger¨ atebau (Adlershof, ehem./former DDR)

Ziffern/Numerals 10GE 2D 2DEG 2dFRGS 2G 2.5G 2R 3D 3DCIC

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 3D Collaboration and Interoperability Conference

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3D-COFORM 3DCRT 3DIC 3DNRFL 3DP 3G 3G.IP 3GL 3GPP 3GRC 3G3P 3µP 3PP 3R 4-D-CARMA 4G 8DPSK 8PSK

Tools and Expertise for 3D Collection Formation (EU project to digitize art collections) 3-Dimensional Conformal Radiotherapy 3D Innovation Center (HHI) Three-Dimensional Negative Refraction Flat Lense 3D Printing 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 Microfiche Platform (research project) Three-Photon Polymerization (Chemie/chemistry) Retime, Reshape and Regenerate (or: Reshaping, Retiming, Reamplification) (optische Daten¨ ubertragung/optical data transmission) Four Dimensional Cooperative Arrival Manager (DLR) Fourth Generation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) 8-Phase Differential Phase Shift Keying (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) 8 Phase Shift Keying (Telekommunikation/telecommunication)

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