| Acronym | Sense | Language | Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Administrative Acceptability Procedure | In English | |
| AAQTE | Association pour l'Assurance Qualité en Thérapeutique et l'Évaluation | In French | → Associations → Pharmacology, toxicology |
| ACD | Accuracy Control Document | In English | |
| ACD | Architectural Control Document | In English | |
| ACE | Acceptance Checkout Equipment | In English | → Computer hardware |
| ACES | Acceptance Checkout and Evaluation System | In English | |
| ACES | Acceptance Control Equipment Section | In English | → Computer hardware |
| ACI | Age-Controlled Item | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| ACN | Acceptance Change Notice | In English | → Records management |
| ACO | Acceptance Checkout | In English | |
| ACTE | Approvals Committee for Terminal Equipment | In English | → Engineering, technology |
| ADP | Acceptance Data Package | In English | → Data |
| ADP | Acceptance Documentation Package | In English | → Records management |
| ADPS | Acceptance Data Package System | In English | → Records management → Data |
| AENOR | Asociación Española de Normalización y Certificación | In Spanish | → Associations → Standardization → Spain |
| AFAQ | Association Française pour l'Assurance de la Qualité (www.afaq.org) | In French | → Associations → France |
| AFAQ | Association Française pour l'Amélioration et le management de la Qualité (www.afaq.org) | In French | → Associations |
| AFD | Acceptance For Data | In English | → Data |
| AFF | Acceptance and Ferry Flight | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ALB | Acceptance Log Book | In English | → Records management |
| AMDEC | Analyse des Modes de Défaillances, de leurs Effets et de leur Criticité | In French | |
| API | Aerospace Performance Improvement | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| APQP | Advanced Product Quality Planning | In English | |
| AQ | Assurance Qualité | In French | |
| AQC | Agence Qualité Construction (www.qualiteconstruction.com) | In French | → Construction |
| AQL | Acceptance Quality Level | In English | |
| AQUAP | Association pour la Qualité des Appareils à Pression | In French | → Associations → Mechanical engineering → Nuclear technology |
| AR | Acceptance Readiness | In English | |
| AR | Acceptance Review | In English | |
| ASQC | American Society for Quality Control | In English | → Organizations and associations → United States |
| AST | All-Systems Test | In English | |
| AT&L | Acceptance Test & Logistics | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| ATDP | Acceptance Test Data Package | In English | → Records management → Data |
| ATLAS | Abbreviated Test Language For Avionic Systems | In English | → 62673 |
| ATOLL | Acceptance, Test Or Launch Language | In English | → Programming languages → Astronautics |
| ATP | Acceptance Test Procedure | In English | |
| ATP | Acceptance Test Program | In English | |
| ATS | Acceptance Test Specification | In English | |
| ATT | Acceptance Thermal Testing | In English | |
| AVT | Acceptance Vibration Testing | In English | |
| BA | Besoin d'Amélioration | In French | |
| BVQI | Bureau Veritas Qualité Internationale | In French | |
| CAR | Configuration and Acceptance Review | In English | |
| CAR | Customer Acceptance Review | In English | |
| CARID | Customer Acceptance Report Item Disposition | In English | |
| CARID | Customer Acceptance Review Item Disposition | In English | |
| CARR | Customer Acceptance Readiness Review | In English | |
| CASE | Conformity Assessment Systems Evaluation | In English | |
| CCI | Corps Commun d'Inspection = JIU | Joint Inspection Unit | In English |
In French | |
| COFRAC | Comité Français d'Accréditation | In French | → Standardization → France |
| CPQ | Cellule Prévention Qualité | In French | |
| CQG | Comité Qualité Gestion | In French | |
| CQIM | Configuration and Quality Information Management | In English | |
| CRMS | Clinical Risk Management System | In English | → Software → Medicine → Accidents, risks, safety |
| CROSQ | CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (www.crosq.org) | In English | → International economic cooperation → Standardization |
| CSAT | Combined Systems Acceptance Test | In English | |
| CSBTS | China State Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision | In English | → Central administration → Standardization → China |
| CTCI | Contract Technical Compliance Inspection | In English | → Contract law |
| DAI | Deferred Acceptance Item | In English | |
| DCD | Design Control Document | In English | |
| DLAT | Destructive Lot Acceptance Testing | In English | |
| DMG | Data Management Group | In English | |
| DMQ | Délégation Management Qualité | In French | |
| DPQ | Délégation Performance et Qualité | In French | |
| DQR | Data Quality Remediation | In English | |
| DQR | Designated Quality Representative | In English | |
| DQR | Direction de la Qualité et de la Recherche | In French | → Research policy |
| DQR | Data Quality Report | In English | |
| 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 |
| EAT | Environmental Acceptance Test | In English | |
| ECQAC | Electronic Components Quality Assurance Committee | In English | → Organizations and associations → Electronics |
| EERQI | European Educational Research Quality Indicators (www.eerqi.eu) | In English | → Education |
| EFQM | European Foundation for Quality Management (www.efqm.org) | In English | → Foundations |
| EGCT | Expert Group on Conformance Testing | In English | |
| EIAT | End Item Acceptance Test | In English | |
| EICD | Experiment Interface Control Document | In English | → Human-computer interaction |
| 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 |
| ENQA | European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (www.enqa.eu) | In English | → Associations → Higher education, universities → Europe |
| EOS | Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality Control (www.eos.org.eg) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Standardization → Egypt |
| EOS | Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality (www.eos.org.eg) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Standardization → Egypt |
| EQ | Expert Qualité | In French | |
| ERQ | Enregistrement Relatif à la Qualité | In French | → Records management |
| ETCOM | European Testing Consortium for Office and Manufacturing | In English | → Standardization |
| FACO | Fabrication and Acceptance Checkout | In English | → Engineering, technology |
| FACO | Factory Acceptance Checkout | In English | → Engineering, technology |
| FACT | Flight Acceptance Composite Test | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| FAQ | Fiche d'Amélioration Qualité | In French | |
| FAR | Final Acceptance Review | In English | |
| FAR | Flight Acceptance Review | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| FAT | Factory Acceptance Test | In English | → Engineering, technology |
| FAT | Final Acceptance Test | In English | |
| FDM | Fiche de Demande de Modification | In French | |
| FDQ | Food and Drink Qualifications | In English | → Beverage industry → Food technology |
| FEAT | Final Engineering Acceptance Test | In English | |
| FI | Formal Inspection | In English | |
| FISA | Facility Inspection Shakedown Acceptance | In English | |
| FM | Fiche de Modification | In French | |
| FSA | Final-Stage Acceptance | In English | |
| FTA | Fault Tree Analysis | In English | |
| GAQ | Groupe d'Amélioration de la Qualité | In French | → Organizations and associations |
| GATP | Ground Acceptance Test Procedure | In English | |
| GCS | Groupe de Continuité de Services | In French | |
| GQC | Guaranted Quality Service | In English | |
| GT&A | Ground Test and Acceptance | In English | |
| ICD | Interface Control Document | In English | → Human-computer interaction |
| ICD | Interface Control Documentation | In English | → Human-computer interaction |
| ICDS | Interface Control Document Schedule | In English | → Human-computer interaction |
| 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 | → Italia |
| INTEC | Independent Terminal Testing and Certification Consortium | In English | |
| IPQ | Instituto Português da Qualidade (www.ipq.pt) | In Portuguese | → Portugal |
| IQ | Ingénieur Qualité | In French | |
| JFACT | Joint Flight Acceptance Composite Test | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| JIU | Joint Inspection Unit = CCI (look above) |
In English | |
| LAME | Laboratoire Africain de Métrologie | In French | → Standardization |
| LAT | Lot Acceptance Test | In English | |
| LRQA | Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance | In French | |
| LRQA | Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance | In English | |
| MAP | Message Acceptance Pulse | In English | |
| MAQ | Manuel d'Assurance Qualité | In French | |
| MDQ | Mission Développement Qualité | In French | |
| MFQ | Mouvement Français pour la Qualité | In French | → Organizations and associations → France |
| MNPQ | Messen, Normen, Prüfen und Qualitätssicherung | In German | → Engineering, technology |
| MPICD | Mission-Peculiar Interface Control Document | In English | → Human-computer interaction |
| MPR | Malfunction Problem Record | In English | → Records management |
| MSAD | Materials Summary Acceptance Document | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| NORMCERQ | Secrétariat régional de la Normalisation, de la Certification et de la promotion de la Qualité | In French | → United Nations → Standardization |
| OAT | Operational Acceptance Test | In English | |
| OFT | Orbital Flight Test | In English | → Astronautics |
| 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 | |
| PACE | Product Acceptance Configuration Element | In English | |
| PAE | Problem Assessment Engineering | In English | |
| PAQ | Plan d'Assurance Qualité | In French | |
| PAR | Problem Accountability Record | In English | → Records management |
| PAR | Product Acceptance Review | In English | |
| PAT | Production Acceptance Test | In English | |
| PCD | Procurement Control Document | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| PCR | Power Change Request | In English | → Electrical engineering |
| PCR | Procedure Change Request | In English | |
| PCR | Program Change Request | In English | |
| PCR | Publication Change Request | In English | |
| PDCA | Plan, Do, Check, Act | In English | |
| PF | Performance Factor | In English | |
| PIA | Preinspection Acceptance | In English | |
| PIA | Preinstallation Acceptance | In English | |
| PIP | Product Improvement Program | In English | |
| PIP | Product Improvement Proposal | In English | |
| PPQIC | Productivity and Product Quality Improvement Council | In English | |
| PPQT | Preproduction Qualification Test | In English | → Engineering, technology |
| PQA | Procurement Quality Assurance | In English | → 34745 |
| PQC | Product Quality Council | In English | |
| PQE | Procurement Quality Engineering | In English | → 34745 |
| PQIC | Product Quality Improvement Council | In English | |
| PQIC | Productivity and Quality Improvement Council | In English | |
| PQS | Prévention, Qualité, Sécurité | In French | |
| PQT | Production Qualification Test | In English | → Engineering, technology |
| 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 | |
| QAVT | Qualification Acceptance Vibration Test | In English | → Mechanical engineering |
| QC | Quality Control | In English | |
| QCD | Qualité, Coûts, Délais | In French | → Prices |
| 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 | Quality Information | In English | |
| QI | Qualification Initiale | In French | |
| QIC | Quality Information Control | In English | |
| QIS | Quality Improvement Service | 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 Planning Requirements Document | In English | |
| QPRD | Quality Program Requirements Document | In English | |
| QPRH | Quality Planning Requirements Handbook | In English | |
| QPSD | Quality and Productivity Systems Division | In English | |
| QS | Quality System | In English | |
| QS | Qualité Sûreté | In French | |
| QSE | Qualité, Sécurité, Environnement | In French | → Environmental technology, water supply, waste management |
| QSII | Qualité et Sécurité des Installations Intérieures | In French | |
| QUADS | Quality Achievement Data System | In English |