Science and knowledge, organization, computer science, information, documentation, librarianship, institutions, publications.
| Acronym |
Sense |
Language |
Topics |
| PWA |
Private Write Area |
In English |
→ Memories |
| PWasO |
Publications of the Washburn Observatory |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Astronomy |
| PWBS |
Program Work Breakdown Structure |
In English |
→ Management |
| PWC |
Pieterburen Westernieland Combinatie |
In Dutch |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Sport, physical exercises |
| PWHHO |
Publications of West Hendon House Observatory |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Astronomy |
| PWHS |
Public Works Historical Society |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations
→ History |
| PYerO |
Publications of the Yerkes Observatory |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Astronomy |
| PYunO |
Publications of the Yunnan Observatory |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Astronomy |
| PZH |
Provincie Zuid Holland |
In Dutch |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Sport, physical exercises
→ Netherlands |
| Q&A |
Question and Answer |
In English |
→ Science and knowledge |
| QA |
Quality Assurance |
In English |
→ Quality management |
| QA |
Quality Audit |
In English |
→ Quality management |
| QA&T |
Quality Assurance and Test |
In English |
→ Quality management |
| QAC |
Quality Assurance Chart |
In English |
→ Quality management |
| QAD |
Quality Assurance Division |
In English |
→ Quality management |
| QAP |
Quality Assessment Procedures |
In English |
→ Quality management |
| QAP |
Quality Assurance Product |
In English |
→ Quality management |
| QApMa |
Quarterly of Applied Mathematics |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Mathematics |
| QAR |
Quality Assurance Report |
In English |
→ Quality management |
| QAVT |
Qualification Acceptance Vibration Test |
In English |
→ Quality management
→ Mechanical engineering |
| QBF |
Qatar Basketball Federation |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Basketball |
| QBIC |
Query By Image Content |
In English |
→ Image processing |
| QC |
Quality Control |
In English |
→ Quality management |
| QCD |
Qualité, Coûts, Délais |
In French |
→ Quality management
→ Prices |
| QCV |
Quick Valken Combinatie |
In Dutch |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Sport, physical exercises |
| QDOS |
Quick and Dirty Operating System |
In English |
→ Operating systems |
| QDS |
Quality Data System |
In English |
→ Quality management |
| QE |
Quality Engineer |
In English |
→ Quality management |
| QE |
Quality Engineering |
In English |
→ Quality management |
| QED |
Quod Erat Demonstrandum
= CQFD | Ce Qu'il Fallait Démontrer | In French
|
In Latin |
→ Science and knowledge |
| QES |
Qwam E-content Server |
In English |
→ Networks, communication
→ Libraries |
| QFD |
Quality Function Deployment |
In English |
→ Quality management |
| QFD |
Quality Functional Deployment |
In English |
→ Quality management |
| QI |
Quality Information |
In English |
→ Quality management |
| QI |
Qualification Initiale |
In French |
→ Quality management |
| QIC |
Quality Information Control |
In English |
→ Quality management |
| QIS |
Quality Improvement Service |
In English |
→ Quality management |
| QIS |
Qualcomm Internet Services |
In English |
→ Internet |
| QIS |
Quantum Information Science |
In English |
→ Computer science
→ Quantum mechanics |
| QJMAM |
Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Mechanics
→ Mathematics |
| QJMat |
The Quarterly Journal of Mathematics |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Mathematics |
| QJRAS |
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Astronomy |
| QJRMS |
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Meteorology, climatology |
| QLDS |
Quick-Look Data Station |
In English |
→ Data |
| QMS |
Quality Management System |
In English |
→ Quality management |
| QO |
Qualification Opérationnelle |
In French |
→ Quality management |
| QOM |
Quick Ontology Mapping |
In English |
→ Software |
| QOS |
Quality Operating System |
In English |
→ Quality management |
| QP |
Qualification des Performances |
In French |
→ Quality management |
| QPD |
Quality Planning Document |
In English |
→ Quality management |
| QPL |
Qualified Parts List |
In English |
→ Maintenance and logistics |
| QPL |
Qualified Products List |
In English |
→ Maintenance and logistics |
| QPP |
Quality Program Plan |
In English |
→ Quality management |
| QPR |
Quarterly Progress Report |
In English |
→ Management |
| QPRD |
Quality Planning Requirements Document |
In English |
→ Quality management |
| QPRD |
Quality Program Requirements Document |
In English |
→ Quality management |
| QPRH |
Quality Planning Requirements Handbook |
In English |
→ Quality management |
| QPSD |
Quality and Productivity Systems Division |
In English |
→ Quality management |
| QQPRI |
Qualitative and Quantitative Personnel Requirements Information |
In English |
→ Personnel management |
| QR |
Quarterly Review of Historical Studies |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ History |
| QRBio |
Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Biochemistry, biophysics |
| QRSL |
Quick-Reaction Space Laboratory |
In English |
→ Research institutes
→ Astronautics |
| QS |
Quality System |
In English |
→ Quality management |
| QS |
Qualité Sûreté |
In French |
→ Quality management |
| QSA |
Quaderni di studi arabi |
In Italian |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Area studies |
| QSAE |
Quality and Standards Authority of Ethiopia |
In English |
→ Standardization |
| QSC |
Quick Sparta Combinatie |
In Dutch |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Sport, physical exercises |
| QSE |
Qualité, Sécurité, Environnement |
In French |
→ Quality management
→ Environmental technology, water supply, waste management |
| QSII |
Qualité et Sécurité des Installations Intérieures |
In French |
→ Quality management |
| QSRv |
Quaternary Science Reviews |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Mathematics and natural sciences |
| QUADS |
Quality Achievement Data System |
In English |
→ Quality management |
| QUAS |
Quaternisation of Starch Producers Association |
In English |
→ Associations
→ Chemical technology |
| QUCC |
Quaderni Urbinati di Cultura Classica |
In Italian |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Civilization, culture, progress
→ Language, linguistics, literature |
| QuFin |
Quantitative Finance |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Mathematics
→ Finance |
| QUIC |
Quality Data Information and Control |
In English |
→ Quality management
→ Data |
| QUIC |
Quality Information Control |
In English |
→ Quality management |
| QuOpt |
Quantum Optics |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Optics
→ Quantum mechanics |
| QUP |
Quality Unit Pack |
In English |
→ Quality management |
| QuRes |
Quaternary Research |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals |
| QuSOp |
Quantum and Semiclassical Optics |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Optics
→ Quantum mechanics |
| R&D |
Recherche et développement
= F&E | Forschung und Entwicklung | In German
= R&D | Research and Development | In English
= I+D | Investigación y Desarrollo | In Spanish
= R&S | Ricerca e Sviluppo | In Italian
= P&D | Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento | In Portuguese
= O&O | Onderzoek en Ontwikkeling | In Dutch
= FoU | Forsøk og Utvikling | In Norwegian
|
In French |
→ Research policy
→ Engineering, technology |
| R&D |
Research and Development
= F&E, I+D, R&S, P&D, O&O, FoU (look above)
|
In English |
→ Research policy
→ Engineering, technology |
| R&DO |
Research and Development Operations |
In English |
→ Research policy
→ Engineering, technology |
| R&E |
Research and Engineering |
In English |
→ Research policy
→ Engineering, technology |
| R&PM |
Research and Program Management |
In English |
→ Research policy |
| R&QA |
Reliability and Quality Assurance |
In English |
→ Quality management |
| R&S |
Ricerca e Sviluppo
= R&D, F&E, I+D, P&D, O&O, FoU (look above)
|
In Italian |
→ Research policy
→ Engineering, technology |
| R&T |
Research and Technology |
In English |
→ Research policy
→ Engineering, technology |
| R&T |
Réseaux & Télécoms |
In French |
→ Networks, communication
→ Telecommunications |
| R&U |
Repairs and Utilities |
In English |
→ Maintenance and logistics |
| R2DS |
Réseau Francilien de Recherche sur le Développement Soutenable |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Research policy |
| R2I |
Réseau Industriel d'Innovation |
In French |
→ Research policy
→ Industry, industrial policy
→ Engineering, technology |
| R2ML |
REWERSE Rule Markup Language |
In English |
→ Software
→ Computer hardware |
| R3S |
Rapid Records Retrieval System |
In English |
→ Records management
→ Knowledge management |
| R@S |
Réseau Associatif et Syndical |
In French |
→ Networks, communication |
| RA |
Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale |
In French |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Archeology
→ History |
| RA |
Ricerche Astronomiche |
In Italian |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Astronomy |
| RAADIS |
Réseau pour une Agriculture et une Alimentation Durables Inventives et Solidaires |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Agricultural sciences
→ Food technology |
| RAAM |
Recursive Auto-Associative Memory |
In English |
→ Artificial intelligence |
| RAAP |
Red Académica Peruana |
In Spanish |
→ Computer science
→ Higher education, universities
→ Telecommunications |
| RAC |
Rijense Amateur Club |
In Dutch |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Sport, physical exercises |
| RACC |
Racing Athlétic Club Cheminots |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Sport, physical exercises |
| RACF |
Resource Access Control Facility |
In English |
→ Software |
| RAD |
Research and Advanced Development |
In English |
→ Research policy
→ Engineering, technology |
| RAD |
Rapid Application Development |
In English |
→ Software |
| RADAR |
Résultats, Approche, Déploiement, Appréciation, Revue |
In French |
→ Management |
| RADE |
Rotaria Amikaro de Esperantistoj |
In Esperanto |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Artificial languages (linguistics) |
| RADIUS |
Remote Authentication Dial In User Service |
In English |
→ Networks, communication
→ Telecommunications |
| RADOP |
Radiator Optimization Computer Code |
In English |
→ Software |
| RaEE |
Radio and Electronic Engineer |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Telecommunications
→ Electronics |
| RAFA |
Rafael Athletiek en Voetbal Afdeling |
In Dutch |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Sport, physical exercises
→ Football and rugby |
| RAG |
Reusable Agenda |
In English |
→ Horology |
| RAGIE |
Red Avanzada Guatemalteca para la Investigación y Educación |
In Spanish |
→ Computer science
→ Education
→ Mathematics and natural sciences
→ Telecommunications |
| RAICES |
Red Avanzada de Investigación, Ciencia y Educación Salvadoreña |
In Spanish |
→ Computer science
→ Education
→ Mathematics and natural sciences
→ Telecommunications |
| RAID |
Redundant Array of Independant Disks |
In English |
→ Memories |
| RAID |
Redundant Array of Independent Disks |
In English |
→ Memories |
| RAID |
Regional Association for Irrigation and Drainage
= ARID | Association Régionale pour l'Irrigation et le Drainage | In French
|
In English |
→ Associations
→ 627
→ Agricultural sciences |
| RAID |
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks |
In English |
→ Computer hardware |
| RAII |
Resource Acquisition Is Initialization |
In English |
→ Software |
| RAISIN |
Réseau d'Alerte, d'Investigation et de Surveillance des Infections Nosocomiales |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Infectious diseases |
| RAISOM |
Réseaux de collecte IP Sans Fil Optimisés |
In French |
→ Networks, communication
→ Telecommunications |
| RAJ |
Russian Association of Japanologists |
In English |
→ Associations
→ Language, linguistics, literature
→ Geography, biography, history
→ Russia |
| RAL |
Research in African Literature |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ 821
→ Africa |
| RAL |
Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory |
In English |
→ Research institutes |
| RAL |
Rendiconti dell'Accademia nazionale dei Lincei |
In Italian |
→ Serial publications, periodicals |
| RAM |
Random Access Memory |
In English |
→ Memories |
| RAM |
Reliability Assessment Model |
In English |
→ Quality management |
| RAM |
Responsibility Assignment Matrix |
In English |
→ Management |
| RAMDAC |
Random Access Memory Digital to Analog Converter |
In English |
→ Memories |
| RAMEAU |
Répertoire d'Autorité-Matière Encyclopédique et Alphabétique Unifié |
In French |
→ Documentation
→ Encyclopaedias, reference works |
| RAMP |
Replenishment Activity Management Plan |
In English |
→ Management |
| RAMPS |
Resource Analysis and Mission Planning System |
In English |
→ Management |
| RANN |
Research Applied to National Needs |
In English |
→ Research policy
→ Engineering, technology |
| RAOU |
Recherches Astronomiques de l'Observatoire d'Utrecht |
In French |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Astronomy
→ Netherlands |
| RAP |
Reconnaissance Automatique de la Parole
= ASR | Automatic Speech Recognition | In English
|
In French |
→ Computer-based techniques
→ Linguistics |
| RAP |
Reliability Assurance Program |
In English |
→ Quality management |
| RAP |
Run Amstel Progres |
In Dutch |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Sport, physical exercises |
| RAP |
Rapport Annuel de Performance |
In French |
→ Management |
| RAPID |
Roomse Adel Prijkt In Daden |
In Dutch |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Sport, physical exercises |
| RAPP |
Resource and Planning Program |
In English |
→ Management |
| RAPRIA |
Russian Federation Association for Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis |
In English |
→ Associations
→ Graphical processing
→ Image processing |
| RAPS |
Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (www.raps.org) |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Law, jurisprudence |
| RAQ |
Responsable Assurance Qualité |
In French |
→ Quality management |
| RAR |
Resource Accommodation Report |
In English |
→ Management |
| RaRLJ |
Radio Research Laboratories Journal |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Telecommunications |
| RaRLR |
Radio Research Laboratories Review |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Telecommunications |
| RARP |
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol |
In English |
→ Networks, communication |
| RAS |
Royal Astronomical Society |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Astronomy |
| RAS |
Rijks Ambtenaren Sportclub |
In Dutch |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Sport, physical exercises |
| RaSc |
Radio Science |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Telecommunications |
| RaScB |
Radio Science Bulletin |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Telecommunications |
| RaScS |
Radio Science Supplement |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Telecommunications |
| RASMUS |
Remote Accessible Software configurable Multi-channel Ultrasound Sampling system |
In English |
→ Software
→ Diagnostics |
| RATP |
Réseau pour l'Abolition des Transports Payants |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Transport and postal services |
| RAU |
Red Académica Uruguaya |
In Spanish |
→ Computer science
→ Higher education, universities
→ Telecommunications |
| RAWA |
Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
= راوا | جمعیت انقلابی زنان افغانستان | In Persian
|
In English |
→ Associations
→ Feminism |
| RAX |
Remote Access Computing System |
In English |
→ Computer hardware |
| RAX |
Remote Access Terminal |
In English |
→ Human-computer interaction |
| RB |
Revue Biblique |
In French |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Religion, theology |
| RBC |
Roosendaalse Boys Combinatie |
In Dutch |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Sport, physical exercises |
| RBMT |
Retrospective Bibliographies on Magnetic Tape |
In English |
→ Libraries |
| RBrFi |
Revista Brasileira de Física |
In Portuguese |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Physics
→ Brazil |
| RC |
Ricerca e Cooperazione |
In Italian |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Research policy
→ International relations |
| RC |
Repos Compensateur |
In French |
→ Personnel management
→ Labour, labour economics |
| RC |
Rémunération Complémentaire |
In French |
→ Personnel management
→ Labour, labour economics |
| RC&VV |
Rotterdamsche Cricket en Voetbal Vereniging |
In Dutch |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Sport, physical exercises
→ Football and rugby
→ Netherlands |
| RCA |
Rugby Club Auxerrois |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Football and rugby |
| RCA |
Racing Club Amsterdam |
In Dutch |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Sport, physical exercises
→ Netherlands |
| RCAC |
Racing Club Animo Combinatie |
In Dutch |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Sport, physical exercises |
| RCACP |
Rugby Club Agglomération Cergy Pontoise |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Football and rugby |
| RCAV |
Rugby Club Aubenas Vals |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Football and rugby |
| RCC |
Rugby Club Châteaurenard |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Football and rugby |
| RCD |
Rugby Club Dijonnais |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Football and rugby |
| RCD |
Racing Club Dordrecht |
In Dutch |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Sport, physical exercises |
| RCDA |
Ring Christlich-Demokratischer Akademiker |
In German |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Christian-democratic parties |
| RCDÉC |
Réseau Canadien de Développement Économique Communautaire (www.ccednet-rcdec.ca) |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Economics |
| RCEA |
Revue Canadienne des Études Africaines |
In French |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Area studies
→ Canada |
| RCF |
Radios Chrétiennes en France |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Telecommunications
→ Christianity
→ France |
| RCFI |
Rugby Club de Flandre Intérieure |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Football and rugby |
| RCGC |
Rugby Club Grand-Couronnais |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Football and rugby |
| RCGM |
Rugby Club Grande Motte |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Football and rugby |
| RCH |
Racing Club Haarlem |
In Dutch |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Sport, physical exercises |
| RCH |
Racing Club Heemstede |
In Dutch |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Sport, physical exercises |
| RCL |
Reliability Control Level |
In English |
→ Quality management |
| RCL |
Racing Club Leiderdorp |
In Dutch |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Sport, physical exercises |
| RCM |
Reliability-Centered Maintenance |
In English |
→ Quality management
→ Maintenance and logistics |
| RCM |
Rugby Club de Montréal |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Football and rugby |
| RCM |
Reliability Centred Maintenance |
In English |
→ Maintenance and logistics |
| RCMD |
Rugby Club Municipal Déolois |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Football and rugby |
| RCNM |
Racing Club Narbonne Méditerranée |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Football and rugby |
| RCO |
Rencontres de Chimie Organique |
In French |
→ Congresses
→ Organic chemistry |
| RCO |
Rugby Club Orléans (www.rcorleans.com) |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Football and rugby
→ France |
| RCO |
Rencontres Chimiques de l'Ouest |
In French |
→ Congresses
→ Chemistry |
| RCO |
Rugby Club Orangeois |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Football and rugby |
| RCP |
Rugby Club de Plabennec |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Football and rugby |
| RCP |
Rich Client Platform |
In English |
→ Software |
| RCP |
Rémunération pour Copie Privée |
In French |
→ Software
→ Cinema, movies |
| RCR |
Racing Club Rotterdam |
In Dutch |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Sport, physical exercises
→ Netherlands |
| RCS |
Revision Control System |
In French |
→ Software |
| RCS |
Racing Club de Strasbourg |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Sport, physical exercises |
