Prolegomena, fundamentals of knowledge and culture, propaedeutics.
| Acronym |
Sense |
Language |
Topics |
| ATU-C |
ADSL Transmission Unit at Central Office |
In English |
→ Networks, communication → Telecommunications |
| ATU-R |
ADSL Transmission Unit for Resident |
In English |
→ Networks, communication → Telecommunications |
| ATu2L |
Association Tunisienne des Logiciels Libres |
In French |
→ Associations → Software → Tunisia |
| AU |
Access Unit |
In English |
→ Computer science |
| AUF |
Authorized User File |
In English |
→ Files |
| AUFO |
Association des Utilisateurs Français d'Oracle (www.aufo.asso.fr) |
In French |
→ Associations → Software → Data → France |
| AUI |
Asociación Española de Usuarios de Internet |
In Spanish |
→ Associations → Internet → Spain |
| AURIF |
Association des Utilisateurs de Réseaux Informatiques en Île-de-France |
In French |
→ Associations → Networks, communication → Telecommunications → France |
| AURP |
AppleTalk Update-Based Routing Protocol |
In English |
→ Networks, communication → Telecommunications |
| AUTODIN |
Automatic Digital Network |
In English |
→ Computer science |
| AUTOVON |
Automatic Voice Network |
In English |
→ Computer science |
| AV |
Audiovisual |
In English |
→ Graphical processing → Image processing → Cinema, movies |
| AV |
Access Violation |
In English |
→ Networks, communication → Telecommunications |
| AVALON |
Acquisition and Validation of Ontologies |
In English |
→ Data |
| AVC |
Advanced Video Coding |
In English |
→ Computer-based techniques |
| AVI |
Audio Video Interleaved |
In English |
→ Computer-based techniques |
| AVI |
Association for Veterinary Informatics (http://avinformatics.org) |
In English |
→ Associations → Computer science → Veterinary medicine |
| AVIM |
Aviation Intermediate Maintenance |
In English |
→ Maintenance and logistics → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AVISO |
Archiving, Validation and Interpretation of Satellites Oceanographic data (www.aviso.oceanobs.com) |
In English |
→ Knowledge management → Astronautics → Marine research, oceanography |
| AVM |
ATM Voice Multiplexer |
In English |
→ Computer-based techniques |
| AVRUL |
Agence pour la Valorisation de la Recherche Universitaire du Limousin |
In French |
→ Research policy |
| AVS |
Advanced Visual Systems |
In English |
→ Software |
| AVT |
Acceptance Vibration Testing |
In English |
→ Quality management |
| AVUM |
Aviation Unit Maintenance |
In English |
→ Maintenance and logistics → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AVVID |
Architecture for Voice, Video and Integrated Data |
In English |
→ Software → Data |
| AWF |
A Web Factory |
In English |
→ Internet |
| AWIS |
African Water Information (and Documentation) System
= SADIEau | Système Africain de Documentation et d'Information sur l'Eau | In French
|
In English |
→ Knowledge management → Hydrology → 626 → Environmental technology, water supply, waste management → Africa |
| AWT |
Abstract Windowing Toolkit |
In English |
→ Software |
| AXS |
Authentication by eXtraction and Synchronization |
In English |
→ Software |
| AXUL |
Association aiXoise des utilisateurs de Linux et des logiciels libres |
In French |
→ Associations → Software → Operating systems |
| AZS |
Azərbaycan Respublikasının Standartlaşdırma, Metrologiya və Patent üzrə Dövlət Agentliyi |
In Azerbaijani |
→ Standardization |
| B2I |
Brevet Informatique et Internet |
In French |
→ Education → Computer science → Internet |
| BA |
Besoin d'Amélioration |
In French |
→ Quality management |
| BA |
Behaviour Aggregate |
In English |
→ Networks, communication → Telecommunications |
| BA |
Basic Access |
In English |
→ Telecommunications → Networks, communication |
| BACS |
Bayesian Approach to Cognitive Systems |
In English |
→ Artificial intelligence → Mathematics |
| BAFTA |
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (www.bafta.org) |
In English |
→ Academies → Cinema, movies → Telecommunications → Software → United Kingdom |
| BAIT |
Bulgarian Association of Information Technologies |
In English |
→ Associations → Computer science → Telecommunications |
| BAL |
Boîte Aux Lettres |
In French |
→ Software |
| BAM |
Business Activity Monitoring |
In English |
→ Management |
| BAN |
Body Area Network |
In English |
→ Internet → Medicine |
| BANG |
Bits, Atomes, Neurones, Gènes |
In French |
→ Computer science → Neurology → Genetics |
| BASE |
Bielefeld Academic Search Engine |
In English |
→ Software → Networks, communication |
| BASE |
BioArray Software Environment |
In English |
→ Software → Genetics → Biotechnology |
| BASIAS |
Base de données des Anciens Sites Industriels et Activités de Service |
In French |
→ Databases → Industry, industrial policy → Environmental technology, water supply, waste management → 5023 |
| BASIAS |
Base des Anciens Sites Industriels et Activités de Service |
In French |
→ Databases → Industry, industrial policy → Environmental technology, water supply, waste management → 5023 |
| BASIC |
Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code |
In English |
→ Programming languages |
| BASIC |
Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code |
In English |
→ Programming languages |
| BASIS |
Business Action to Support the Information Society |
In English |
→ Economics → Computer science → Telecommunications |
| BASS |
Backup Avionics System Software |
In English |
→ Software → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| BAUM |
Bundesdeutscher Arbeitskreis für Umweltbewußtes Management (www.baumev.de) |
In German |
→ Organizations and associations → Management → 5023 → Germany |
| BBA |
Bachelor of Business Administration |
In English |
→ Higher education, universities → Management → Economics |
| BBS |
Bulletin Board System |
In English |
→ Software → Networks, communication |
| BBSG |
Bioinformatique, Biochimie Structurale et Génomique |
In French |
→ Computer science → Biotechnology → Biochemistry, biophysics → Genetics |
| BC |
Bus Coupler |
In English |
→ Computer science |
| BC |
Binary Counter |
In English |
→ Computer science |
| BCB |
Backbone Core Bridge |
In English |
→ Networks, communication → Telecommunications |
| BCD |
Binary-Coded Data |
In English |
→ Computer science |
| BCE |
Bus Control Element |
In English |
→ Computer science |
| BCEL |
Byte Code Engineering Library |
In English |
→ Programming languages |
| BCH |
Binary-Coded Hexadecimal |
In English |
→ Computer science |
| BCI |
Brain-Computer Interface |
In English |
→ Human-computer interaction |
| BCL |
Botnet Controller List |
In English |
→ Software → Networks, communication → Computer infections |
| BCM |
Business Contact Manager |
In English |
→ Software |
| BCPL |
Basic Combined Programming Language |
In English |
→ Programming languages |
| BCRD |
Budget Civil de Recherche et de Développement |
In French |
→ Finance → Research policy → Engineering, technology |
| BCS |
Basic Content Services |
In English |
→ Document processing → Knowledge management |
| BCS |
Business Connectivity Services |
In English |
→ Software |
| BCT |
Bus Configuration Table |
In English |
→ Networks, communication |
| BCU |
Bus Control Unit |
In English |
→ Networks, communication |
| BCU |
BIOS Configuration Utility |
In English |
→ Software |
| BCV |
Business Copy Volume |
In English |
→ Computer science |
| BCVA |
Belgian Veterinary Computer Association |
In English |
→ Associations → Computer science → Veterinary medicine → Belgium |
| BD |
Binary Decoder |
In English |
→ Computer hardware |
| BD |
Binary Digit |
In English |
→ Computer science |
| BD |
Binary Discrete |
In English |
→ Computer science |
| BD |
Banque de Données
= DB | Data Base | In English
|
In French |
→ Data |
| BDC |
Business Data Catalog |
In English |
→ Software |
| BDE |
Borland Database Engine |
In English |
→ Software → Databases |
| BDOS |
Basic Disk Operating System |
In English |
→ Operating systems |
| BDQA |
Base nationale de Données sur la Qualité de l'Air |
In French |
→ Databases |
| BDT |
Block Data Transfer |
In English |
→ Computer science |
| BDT |
Banque de Données sur le Territoire |
In French |
→ Knowledge management → Regional planning |
| BDU |
Banque de Données Urbaines |
In French |
→ Knowledge management → Regional planning |
| BEAB |
British Electrotechnical Approvals Board |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations → Standardization → Mechanical engineering → Electrical engineering → United Kingdom |
| BEC |
British Electrotechnical Committee |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations → Standardization → Mechanical engineering → Electrical engineering → United Kingdom |
| BEC |
Belgisch Elektrotechnisch Comité
= CEB | Comité Électrotechnique Belge | In English
|
In Dutch |
→ Standardization → Electrical engineering → Belgium |
| BECTA |
British Educational Communications and Technology Agency |
In English |
→ Central administration → Education → Central administration → Computer science → Telecommunications → United Kingdom |
| BeIA |
Be's Internet Appliance |
In English |
→ Software → Internet |
| BEP |
Büro für Europäische Programme |
In German |
→ Research policy |
| BER |
Bit Error Rate |
In English |
→ Computer science |
| BERT |
Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers |
In English |
→ Computer-based techniques → Artificial intelligence → Linguistics |
| BFC |
Backup Flight Computer |
In English |
→ Computer hardware → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| BFO |
Basic Formal Ontology |
In English |
→ Programming languages → Libraries |
| BFS |
Backup Flight Software |
In English |
→ Software → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| BFSS |
Backup Flight Software System |
In English |
→ Software → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| BGP |
Border Gateway Protocol |
In English |
→ Internet |
| BHO |
Browser Helper Object |
In English |
→ Software → Internet |
| BIA |
Bus Interface Adapter |
In English |
→ Human-computer interaction |
| BIBA |
Bayesian Inspired Brain and Artifacts |
In English |
→ Artificial intelligence → Mathematics |
| BiblioML |
Bibliographic Markup Language |
In English |
→ Libraries → Data |
| BIC |
Bus Interface Controller |
In English |
→ Human-computer interaction |
| BIC |
Business Internet Consortium |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations → Internet |
| BIDSERF |
Base d'Information de la Direction des SERvices Financiers |
In French |
→ Knowledge management → Finance |
| BIG |
Base d'Informations de Gestion |
In French |
→ Knowledge management → Economics |
| BII |
Bioinformatics Institute |
In English |
→ Research institutes → Computer science → Construction |
| BIML |
Bureau International de Métrologie Légale |
In French |
→ Standardization |
| BIN |
Belgisch Instituut voor Normalisatie (www.ibn.be)
= IBN | Institut Belge de Normalisation | In French
|
In Dutch |
→ Standardization → Belgium |
| BIND |
Berkeley Internet Name Daemon |
In English |
→ Software → Internet |
| BIND |
Berkeley Internet Name Domain |
In English |
→ Software → Internet |
| BIOS |
Basic Input/Output System |
In English |
→ Operating systems |
| BIOS |
Basic Input Output System |
In English |
→ Operating systems |
| BIPM |
Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (www.bipm.org)
= BIPM | Bureau Internacional de Pesos e Medidas | In Portuguese
= IBMG | Internationales Büro für Maß und Gewicht | In German
= BIPM | Buroo Internacia pri Pezoj kaj Mezuroj | In Esperanto
|
In French |
→ Standardization |
| BIPM |
Bureau Internacional de Pesos e Medidas (www.bipm.org)
= IBMG (look above)
|
In Portuguese |
→ Standardization |
| BIPM |
Buroo Internacia pri Pezoj kaj Mezuroj (www.bipm.org)
= IBMG (look above)
|
In Esperanto |
→ Standardization |
| BIS |
Bureau of Indian Standards (http://bis.org.in) |
In English |
→ Standardization → India |
| BIS |
Buildings Information System |
In English |
→ Knowledge management → Construction |
| BISFA |
Bureau International pour la Standardisation des Fibres Artificielles |
In French |
→ Standardization → Textile industry |
| BİSİAD |
Bilişim Sektörü İş Adamları ve Profesyonelleri Derneği (https://www.bisiad.org.tr) |
In Turkish |
→ Associations → Computer science → Turkey |
| BISON |
Buffalo Information System Online |
In English |
→ Software → Higher education, universities |
| BIT |
Bereich für Internationale Forschungs- und Technologiekooperation |
In German |
→ Research policy → Engineering, technology |
| BIT |
Behaviour & Information Technology |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals → Psychology → Computer science |
| BITKOM |
Bundesverband Informationswirtschaft, Telekommunikation und Neue Medien (www.bitkom.org) |
In German |
→ Organizations and associations → Computer science → Telecommunications |
| BIU |
Buffer Interface Unit |
In English |
→ Computer science |
| BIU |
Bus Interface Unit |
In English |
→ Computer science |
| BLAS |
Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms |
In English |
→ Software → Algebra |
| BLAST |
Basic Local Alignment Search Tool |
In English |
→ Software → Biotechnology |
| BLER |
Block Error Rate |
In English |
→ Computer science → Electronics |
| BM |
Bench Maintenance |
In English |
→ Maintenance and logistics |
| BM |
Branch Manager |
In English |
→ Management |
| BM |
Business Manager |
In English |
→ Management |
| BMAT |
Barcelona Music and Audio Technologies |
In English |
→ Computer-based techniques → Music → Spain |
| BMB |
Base Maintenance Building |
In English |
→ Maintenance and logistics |
| BMB |
Bench Maintenance Building |
In English |
→ Maintenance and logistics |
| BMBF |
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (https://www.bmbf.de) |
In German |
→ Central administration → Education → Research policy → Germany |
| BMBWK |
Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur (www.bmbwk.gv.at) |
In German |
→ Central administration → Education → Mathematics and natural sciences → Civilization, culture, progress → Austria |
| BME |
Bench Maintenance Equipment |
In English |
→ Maintenance and logistics |
| BMFT |
Bundesministerium für Forschung und Technologie |
In German |
→ Central administration → Research policy → Engineering, technology |
| BMHD |
BitMapHeaDer |
In English |
→ Data → Graphical processing → Image processing |
| BMI |
Brain Machine Interface |
In English |
→ Human-computer interaction |
| BMI |
Bureau de Management Industriel |
In French |
→ Management |
| BMI |
Biomoleculaire Informatica |
In Dutch |
→ Computer-based techniques → Biochemistry, biophysics → Biotechnology |
| BMIDE |
Business Modeler Integrated Development Environment |
In English |
→ Software |
| BML |
Business Management Layer |
In English |
→ Management |
| BMÖ |
Bundesverband Materialwirtschaft, Einkauf und Logistik in Österreich (www.bmoe.at) |
In German |
→ Organizations and associations → Maintenance and logistics → Materials science → Austria |
| BMP |
Basic Multilingual Plane |
In English |
→ Data |
| BMTS |
Bench Maintenance Test Set |
In English |
→ Maintenance and logistics |
| BMU |
Bus Monitor Unit |
In English |
→ Computer science |
| BMVA |
British Machine Vision Association (http://https://britishmachinevisionassociation.github.io/) |
In English |
→ Associations → Artificial intelligence → Graphical processing → Image processing → United Kingdom |
| BNAE |
Bureau de Normalisation de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace (www.bnae.asso.fr) |
In French |
→ Standardization → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics → France |
| BNCM |
Bureau de Normalisation du Cinéma et de la Vidéo |
In French |
→ Standardization → Cinema, movies |
| BNIB |
Bureau de Normalisation de l'Industrie du Béton |
In French |
→ Standardization → Civil engineering → Construction |
| BNIP |
Bureau de Normalisation de l'Industrie Papetière |
In French |
→ Standardization → Paper and board industry |
| BNLH |
Bureau de Normalisation des Liants Hydrauliques |
In French |
→ Standardization → Civil engineering → Construction |
| BNML |
Business Narrative Markup Language |
In English |
→ Programming languages → Economics |
| BNSI |
Barbados National Standards Institution |
In English |
→ Standardization |
| BNTB |
Bureau de Normalisation des Techniques du Bâtiment (http://bntbweb.cstb.fr) |
In French |
→ Standardization → Construction → France |
| BNTEC |
Bureau de Normalisation des Techniques et des Équipements de la Construction |
In French |
→ Standardization → Civil engineering → Construction |
| BOAI |
Budapest Open Access Initiative |
In English |
→ Libraries → Research policy → Hungary |
| BOBS |
Botswana Bureau of Standards |
In English |
→ Standardization |
| BOCA |
Building Officials Code Administrators International |
In English |
→ Standardization → Construction |
| BOCC |
Big Oxford Computer Company (www.bocc.co.uk) |
In English |
→ Software → Networks, communication → United Kingdom |
| BOESR |
Bulletin Officiel de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche |
In French |
→ Serial publications, periodicals → Higher education, universities → Research policy → France |
| BOF |
Beginning Of File |
In English |
→ Files |
| BOI |
Bałtycka Olimpiada Informatyczna |
In Polish |
→ Computer science |
| BOM |
Byte-Order Mark |
In English |
→ Computer science |
| BOS |
Base Operating System |
In English |
→ Operating systems |
| BP |
Bletchley Park (http://https://bletchleypark.org.uk) |
In English |
→ Museums → Computer science → United Kingdom |
| BP |
Boilerplate |
In English |
→ Newspapers, journalism → Computer science |
| BP |
Bande Passante |
In French |
→ Networks, communication → Telecommunications |
| BP |
Before Present |
In English |
→ Horology → Prehistory → History |
| BPEL4WS |
Business Process Execution Language for Web Services |
In English |
→ Networks, communication → Economics |
| BPF |
Berkley Packet Filter |
In English |
→ Software → Networks, communication |
| BPM |
Business Performance Management |
In English |
→ Management |
| BPM |
Business Process Management |
In English |
→ Management |
| BPM |
Business Process Model(l)ing |
In English |
→ Management → Economics |
| BPML |
Business Process Modelling Language |
In English |
→ Programming languages → Economics |
| BPML |
Business Process Management Language |
In English |
→ Programming languages → Data |
| BPML |
Business Process Markup Language |
In English |
→ Programming languages → Economics |
| BPMS |
Business Process Management Systems |
In English |
→ Management |
| BPN |
Bloc Primaire Numérique |
In French |
→ Telecommunications → Networks, communication |
| BPQL |
Business Process Query Language |
In English |
→ Programming languages → Economics |
| BPS |
Bureau of Product Standards |
In English |
→ Standardization |
| BPS |
Basic Programming Support |
In English |
→ Software |
| BQN |
Bloc Quaternaire Numérique |
In French |
→ Telecommunications → Networks, communication |
| BRI |
Basic Rate Interface |
In English |
→ Telecommunications → Networks, communication |
| BRICKS |
Building Ressources for Integrated Cultural Knowledge Service |
In English |
→ Civilization, culture, progress |
| BRMIC |
Behavior Research Methods, Instruments and Computers |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals → Psychology → Computer science |
| BRML |
Biroul Român de Metrologie Legală |
In Romanian |
→ Standardization |
| BRS |
Business Requirement Specifications |
In English |
→ Standardization → Economics |
| BRZ |
Bundesrechenzentrum |
In German |
→ Computer science → Mathematics |
| BS |
British Standards (https://www.bsigroup.com) |
In English |
→ Standardization → United Kingdom |
| BSA |
Business Software Alliance |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations → Software |
| BSC |
Bluetooth Smart Card |
In English |
→ Networks, communication → Telecommunications |
| BSCM |
Business Service Configuration Manager |
In English |
→ Computer hardware |
| BSCS |
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science |
In English |
→ Higher education, universities → Computer science |
| BSD |
Berkeley System Distribution |
In English |
→ Operating systems |
| BSD |
Berkeley Software Distribution |
In English |
→ Operating systems |
| BSD |
Berkeley Standard Distribution |
In English |
→ Operating systems |
| BSF |
Bean Scripting Framework |
In English |
→ Programming languages |