| AAP | Administrative Acceptability Procedure | In English | → Public administration, government |
| AAQTE | Association pour l'Assurance Qualité en Thérapeutique et l'Évaluation | In French | → Associations → Pharmacology, toxicology |
| ACTE | Approvals Committee for Terminal Equipment | In English | → Engineering, technology |
| AENOR | Asociación Española de Normalización y Certificación | In Spanish | → Associations → Standardization |
| AFAQ | Association Française pour l’Assurance de la Qualité (www.afaq.org) | In French | → Associations |
| AMDEC | Analyse des Modes de Défaillances, de leurs Effets et de leur Criticité | In French | |
| APQP | Advanced Product Quality Planning | In English | |
| AQ | Assurance Qualité | In French | |
| AQC | Agence Qualité Construction (www.qualiteconstruction.com) | In French | → Building |
| ASQC | American Society For QUality Control | In English | → Organizations and associations |
| BA | Besoin d’Amélioration | In French | |
| BVQI | Bureau Veritas Qualité Internationale | In French | |
| CASE | Conformity Assessment Systems Evaluation | In English | |
| CDARA | Conception, Décision, Adaptation du Réseau aux Attentes | In French | → Electrical engineering |
| CQG | Comité Qualité Gestion | In French | |
| CQIM | Configuration and Quality Information Management | In English | |
| CSBTS | China State Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision | In English | → Standardization |
| CTCI | Contract Technical Compliance Inspection | In English | → 3474 |
| DMG | Data Management Group | In English | |
| DMQ | Délégation Management Qualité | In French | |
| DTV&I | Development, Test, Verification, and Integration | In English | → Engineering, technology |
| EAAB | European Accreditation Advisory Board | In English | → Organizations and associations |
| EAC | European Accreditation of Certification | In English | |
| EAL | European Accreditation of Laboratories | In English | → Research institutes |
| ECQAC | Electronic Components Quality Assurance Committee | In English | → Organizations and associations → Electronics |
| EFQM | European Foundation for Quality Management (www.efqm.org) | In English | → Foundations |
| EGCT | Expert Group on Conformance Testing | In English | |
| ELSECOM | European Electrotechnical Sectoral Committee for Testing and Certification | In English | → Organizations and associations → Electrical engineering |
| EMCIT | (Agreement Group for) European Testing of Electromagnetic Compatibility of IT Products | In English | → Electronics → Telecommunications |
| EMEDCA | European Active Medical Devices Certification Agreement | In English | → Medicine |
| EQ | Expert Qualité | In French | |
| ERQ | Enregistrement Relatif à la Qualité | In French | |
| ETCOM | European Testing Consortium for Office and Manufacturing | In English | → Standardization |
| FAQ | Fiche d’Amélioration Qualité | In French | |
| FDQ | Food and Drink Qualifications | In English | → Beverage industry → Food technology |
| FI | Formal Inspection | In English | |
| FTA | Fault Tree Analysis | In English | |
| GAQ | Groupe d’Amélioration de la Qualité | In French | |
| HQE | Haute Qualité Environnementale | In French | → Nature and society → Environmental technology, water supply, waste management |
| IIOC | Independent International Organisation for Certification | In English | → Organizations and associations → Standardization |
| ILAC | International Laboratory Accreditation Conference | In English | → Standardization |
| IMQ | Istituto Italiano del Marchio di Qualità (www.imq.it) | In Italian | |
| INTEC | Independent Terminal Testing and Certification Consortium | In English | |
| IPQ | Instituto Português da Qualidade (www.ipq.pt) | In Portuguese | |
| LRQA | Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance | In French | |
| MAQ | Manuel d’Assurance Qualité | In French | |
| MDQ | Mission Développement Qualité | In French | |
| MFQ | Mouvement Français pour la Qualité (www.mfq.asso.fr) | In French | → Organizations and associations |
| MNPQ | Messen, Normen, Prüfen und Qualitätssicherung | In German | → Engineering, technology |
| P&PQ | Productivity and Product Quality | In English | |
| P&PQI | Productivity and Product Quality Improvement | In English | |
| P&PQIC | Productivity and Product Quality Improvement Council | In English | |
| P&Q | Productivity and Quality | In English | |
| PAQ | Plan d’Assurance Qualité | In French | |
| PDCA | Plan, Do, Check, Act | In English | |
| PPQIC | Productivity and Product Quality Improvement Council | In English | |
| PQC | Product Quality Council | In English | |
| PQIC | Productivity and Quality Improvement Council | In English | |
| PQIC | Product Quality Improvement Council | In English | |
| QA | Quality Assurance | In English | |
| QA | Quality Audit | In English | |
| QA&T | Quality Assurance and Test | In English | |
| QAC | Quality Assurance Chart | In English | |
| QAD | Quality Assurance Division | In English | |
| QAP | Quality Assessment Procedures | In English | |
| QAP | Quality Assurance Product | In English | |
| QAR | Quality Assurance Report | In English | |
| QC | Quality Control | In English | |
| QDS | Quality Data System | In English | |
| QE | Quality Engineer | In English | |
| QE | Quality Engineering | In English | |
| QFD | Quality Function Deployment | In English | |
| QFD | Quality Functional Deployment | In English | |
| QI | Qualification Initiale | In French | |
| QI | Quality Information | In English | |
| QIC | Quality Information Control | In English | |
| QMS | Quality Management System | In English | |
| QO | Qualification Opérationnelle | In French | |
| QOS | Quality Operating System | In English | |
| QP | Qualification des Performances | In French | |
| QPD | Quality Planning Document | In English | |
| QPP | Quality Program Plan | In English | |
| QPRD | Quality Program Requirements Document | In English | |
| QPRD | Quality Planning Requirements Document | In English | |
| QPRH | Quality Planning Requirements Handbook | In English | |
| QPSD | Quality and Productivity Systems Division | In English | |
| QS | Quality System | In English | |
| QSE | Qualité, Sécurité, Environnement | In French | |
| QUADS | Quality Achievement Data System | In English | |
| QUIC | Quality Information Control | In English | |
| QUIC | Quality Data Information and Control | In English | → Data |
| QUP | Quality Unit Pack | In English | |
| R&QA | Reliability and Quality Assurance | In English | |
| RADAR | Résultats, Approche, Déploiement, Appréciation, Revue | In French | |
| RAM | Reliability Assessment Model | In English | |
| RAP | Reliability Assurance Program | In English | |
| RAQ | Responsable Assurance Qualité | In French | |
| RCL | Reliability Control Level | In English | |
| RCM | Reliability-Centered Maintenance | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| RFTA | Reverse Fault Tree Analysis | In English | |
| RM&QA | Reliability, Maintainability, and Quality Assurance | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| RPN | Risk Priority Number | In English | |
| RRQ | Responsable Régional Qualité | In French | |
| SDQA | Space Division Quality Assurance | In English | → Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| SMQ | Structure Module Qualification | In English | |
| SMQ | Système de Management de la Qualité | In French | |
| SMVP | Shuttle Master Verification Plan | In English | → Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| SMVRD | Shuttle Master Verification Requirements Document | In English | → Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| SOCAR | Shuttle Operational Capability Assessment Report | In English | → Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| SPCS | Service and Performance Checkout System | In English | |
| SPEARS | Supplier Performance Evaluation and Rating System | In English | |
| SPFA | Single-Point Failure Analysis | In English | |
| SPFL | Single-Point Failure List | In English | |
| SPFM | Single-Point Failure Mode | In English | |
| SPFP | Single-Point Failure Potential | In English | |
| SPR | Software Problem Report | In English | → Software |
| SPR | Subcontractor Performance Review | In English | → 3474 |
| SPRD | System Performance Requirements Document | In English | |
| SQ | Système Qualité | In French | |
| SQA | Software Quality Assurance | In English | → Software |
| SQA | Subcontractor Quality Assurance | In English | → 3474 |
| SQC | Statistical Quality Control | In English | |
| SQE | Software Quality Evaluation | In English | → Software |
| SQE | Supplier Quality Evaluation | In English | |
| SQEP | Software Quality Evaluation Plan | In English | |
| SQH | Supplier Quality History | In English | |
| SR&PA | Safety, Reliability, And Product Assurance | In English | |
| SR&Q | Safety, Reliability, And Quality | In English | |
| SR&QA | Safety, Reliability, And Quality Assurance | In English | |
| SRH | Subsystem Requirements HAndbook | In English | |
| SRH | System REquirements HAndbook | In English | |
| SRM | Specification Requirements Manual | In English | |
| SRR | Specification Readiness Review | In English | |
| SRR | Software Requirements Review | In English | → Software |
| SRR | System Requirements Review | In English | |
| SRS | Software Requirements Specification | In English | → Software |
| SRS | Specification Revision Sheet | In English | |
| SRS | Specification Review Sheet | In English | |
| SRT | System Requirements Test | In English | |
| SRT | System Readiness Test | In English | |
| SRT | Specification Requirements Table | In English | |
| SRT | Shuttle Requirements Traceability | In English | → Spaceflight engineering, astronautics |
| SSAD | System Summary Acceptance Document | In English | |
| SSPM | Standards and Procedures Manual | In English | → Standardization |
| STMU | Special Test and Maintenance Unit | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| STR | System Test Review | In English | |
| T&E | Test and Evaluation | In English | |
| T&M | Time and Material | In English | |
| T&QA | Test and Quality Assurance | In English | |
| TACO | Test and Checkout | In English | |
| TACO | Test and Checkout Operations | In English | |
| TASPR | TEchnical and Schedule Performance Report | In English | |
| TQI | Total Quality Involvement | In English | |
| TQM | Total Quality Management | In English | |
| TQP | Total Quality Program | In English | |
| TRIS | Test and Reliability Information System | In English | |
| TRL | Test Readiness List | In English | |
| TRMS | Technical Requirements Management System | In English | |
| TRS | Troubleshooting Record Sheet | In English | |
| TRSD | Test Requirements (and) Specification Document | In English | |
| UC | Unsatisfactory Condition | In English | |
| UCAR | Unsatisfactory Condition Action Report | In English | |
| UCR | Unsatisfactory Condition Report | In English | |
| UTRS | Universal Trouble Reporting System | In English | |
| V&V | Verification and Validation | In English | |
| VAR | Verification Analysis Report | In English | |
| VAR | Verification Analysis Review | In English | |
| VCD | Verification Control Document | In English | |
| VCN | Verification Change Notice | In English | |
| VCN | Verification Completion Notice | In English | |
| VCS | Verification Control Sheet | In English | |
| VTP | Verification Test Plan | In English | |
| VTP | Verification Test Program | In English | |
| VTS | Verification Test Station | In English |