| Acronym |
Sense |
Language |
Topics |
| ASTRO |
Ascent Trajectory Optimization |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| ASTS |
Avionic System Test Specification |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AT&S |
Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik (www.ats.net) |
In German |
→ Electronics → Austria |
| At2i |
Automation Assistance Traçabilité Informatique Industrielle (www.at2i.net) |
In French |
→ Computer science → Mechanical engineering |
| AT2i+ |
Auvergne Technologie Innovation Initiative Plus |
In French |
|
| ATA |
Abort Time Assembly |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ATA |
Advanced Tactical Aircraft |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ATA |
Aft Test Article |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ATA |
Avionics Test Article |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ATA |
Ammonia Tank Assembly |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ATAAM |
Advanced Tactical Air-to-Air Missile |
In English |
→ Military engineering |
| ATAC |
Advanced Technology Advisory Committee |
In English |
|
| ATACMS |
Army Tactical Missile System |
In English |
→ Military engineering |
| ATAL |
Alternate Transoceanic Abort Landing |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ATB |
Automatische treinbeïnvloeding |
In Dutch |
→ Rail transport engineering |
| ATB |
Automatic Train Protection |
In English |
→ Rail transport engineering |
| ATB-EG |
Automatische treinbeïnvloeding - Eerste Generatie |
In Dutch |
→ Rail transport engineering |
| ATB-NG |
Automatische treinbeïnvloeding - Nieuwe Generatie |
In Dutch |
→ Rail transport engineering |
| ATBM |
Anti-Tactical Ballistic Missile |
In English |
→ Military engineering |
| ATC |
Air Training Command |
In English |
→ Education → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ATC |
Aircraft Target Computer |
In English |
→ Computer hardware → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ATC |
Athens Technology Center (www.atc.gr) |
In English |
→ Greece |
| ATCA |
Attitude Translation Control Assembly |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ATCG |
Association Technique pour la Certification des Granulats |
In French |
→ Associations → Standardization → Civil engineering → Construction |
| ATDAP |
Aircraft Target Data Acquisition Program |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ATDP |
Aircraft Target Data Program |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ATDRP |
Aircraft Target Data Reduction Program |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ATDRS |
Advanced Tracking and Data Relay Satellite |
In English |
→ Astronautics → Telecommunications |
| ATE |
Aerospace Training Equipment |
In English |
→ Education → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| ATEC |
Association pour le développement des techniques de Transport, d'Environnement et de Circulation |
In French |
→ Associations → Vehicle engineering → Environmental technology, water supply, waste management → Transport and postal services |
| ATEL |
Aar et Tessin SA d'Électricité |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations → Energy economics → Electrical engineering |
| AtEn |
Atomnaia Energiia
= AtEn | Атомная энергия | In Russian
|
In Russian |
→ Serial publications, periodicals → Nuclear, atomic, and molecular physics → Nuclear technology |
| ATEnEE |
Actions Territoriales pour l'Environnement et l'Efficacité Énergétique |
In French |
→ Environmental protection → Energy economics |
| AtERv |
Atomic Energy Review |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals → Nuclear, atomic, and molecular physics → Energy economics → Mechanical engineering |
| ATG |
Aerospace Test Group |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| ATG |
Association Technique du Gaz |
In French |
→ Associations → Energy economics |
| ATGM |
Anti-Tank Guided Missile |
In English |
→ Military engineering |
| ATI |
Aide Tourangelle à l'Innovation |
In French |
→ Regional administration → Research policy |
| ATILH |
Association Technique de l'Industrie des Liants Hydrauliques |
In French |
→ Associations → Chemicals → Civil engineering → Construction |
| ATJAM |
ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Transactions Journal of Applied Mechanics |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals → Mechanical engineering → United States |
| ATJDS |
ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Transactions Journal of Dynamic Systems and Measurement Control |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals → Mechanical engineering → United States |
| ATJEG |
ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Transactions Journal of Engineering Gas Turbines and Power |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals → Mechanical engineering → United States |
| ATJEl |
ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Transactions Journal of Electronic Packaging |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals → Electronics → United States |
| ATJEM |
ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Transactions Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals → Mechanical engineering → United States |
| ATJEn |
ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Transactions Journal of Engineering Power |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals → Mechanical engineering → United States |
| ATJEP |
ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Transactions Journal of Engineering Power |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals → Mechanical engineering → United States |
| ATJFE |
ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Transactions Journal of Fluids Engineering |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals → Mechanical engineering → United States |
| ATJHT |
ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Transactions Journal of Heat Transfer |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals → Mechanical engineering → United States |
| ATJLT |
ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Transactions Journal of Lubrication Technology |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals → Mechanical engineering → United States |
| ATJSE |
ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Transactions Journal of Solar Energy and Engineering |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals → Energy economics → United States |
| ATJTr |
ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Transactions Journal of Tribology |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals → Mechanical engineering |
| ATJTu |
ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Transactions Journal of Turbomachinery |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals → Mechanical engineering → United States |
| ATJVA |
ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Transactions Journal of Vibration Acoustics |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals → Mechanical engineering → United States |
| ATL |
Avionics Test Laboratory |
In English |
→ Research institutes → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ATLAS |
Abbreviated Test Language For Avionic Systems |
In English |
→ Quality management → 62673 |
| ATLAS |
Analysis of Thrust structure Loads And Stresses |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ATM |
Apollo Telescope Mount |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ATM |
Ascent Trajectory Model |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ATM |
Anti-Tactical Missile |
In English |
→ Military engineering |
| ATM |
Air Training Missile |
In English |
→ Military engineering → Education |
| ATM |
Anti-Tank Missile |
In English |
→ Military engineering |
| ATMAB |
Association Technique Maritime et Aéronautique - Bulletin |
In French |
→ Serial publications, periodicals → 6295 → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ATO |
Abort To Orbit |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ATOLL |
Acceptance, Test Or Launch Language |
In English |
→ Programming languages → Quality management → Astronautics |
| ATP |
Austrian Technology Platform |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations → Research policy → Austria |
| ATP |
Airborne Tracking and Pointing |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ATR |
Air Transport(ation) Rack |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft → Transport and postal services |
| ATR |
Air Transport Radio |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft → Transport and postal services |
| ATR |
Air Transport Rating |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft → Transport and postal services |
| ATR |
Accès des Tiers au Réseau |
In French |
→ Energy economics → Electrical engineering |
| ATS |
Advanced Technology Satellite |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ATS |
Applications Technology Satellite |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ATS |
Atlantic Tracking Ship |
In English |
→ 6295 |
| ATS |
Accès des Tiers aux Stockages |
In French |
→ Energy economics |
| ATST |
Autorisation de Travail Sous Tension |
In French |
→ Energy economics → Electrical engineering |
| ATTC |
Austrian Traffic Telematics Cluster (www.attc.at) |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations → Electronics → Telecommunications → Transport and postal services → Austria |
| ATV |
Automated Transfer Vehicle |
In English |
→ Vehicle engineering |
| AUB |
Aft Utility Bridge |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AUE |
Association des Usagers de l'Eau |
In French |
→ Associations → Environmental technology, water supply, waste management |
| AUF |
Australian Ultralight Federation (www.auf.asn.au) |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations → Aeronautics, aircraft → Sport, physical exercises → Australia |
| AUG |
Automotive Users Group |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations → Automobile manufacturing |
| AUGC |
Association Universitaire de Génie Civil |
In French |
→ Associations → Civil engineering |
| AUVSI |
Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (www.auvsi.org) |
In English |
→ Associations → Electronics → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AVA |
Aerodynamische Versuchsanstalt |
In German |
→ Aerodynamics → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AVCO |
The Aviation Corp of Delaware |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations → Aeronautics, aircraft → United States |
| AVCS |
Attitude and Velocity Control System |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| AVE |
Aerospace Vehicle Equipment |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| AVHRR |
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer |
In English |
→ Astronautics → Meteorology, climatology → Marine research, oceanography |
| 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 |
| AvKos |
Aviatsiia i Kosmonavtika
= AvKos | Авиация и космонавтика | In Russian
|
In Russian |
→ Serial publications, periodicals → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| AvKos |
Авиация и космонавтика
= (look above)
|
In Russian |
→ Serial publications, periodicals → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| AVL |
Avionics Verification Laboratory |
In English |
→ Research institutes → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AVL |
Automated Vehicle Location |
In English |
→ Telecommunications → Automobile manufacturing |
| AVL |
Automatic Vehicle Location |
In English |
→ Vehicle engineering → Transport and postal services |
| AVLS |
Automatic Vehicle Localization System |
In English |
→ Vehicle engineering → Transport and postal services |
| AVNIR |
Advanced Visible and Near-Infrared Radiometer |
In English |
→ Astronautics → Earth sciences |
| AvPE |
Avtomatizatsiia Proektirovaniia Elektronike |
In Russian |
→ Serial publications, periodicals → Electronics |
| AVRADA |
Army Avionics Research and Development Activity |
In English |
→ Military engineering → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AVRCS |
Attitude, Velocity, Reaction Control System |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| AVS |
American Vacuum Society (www.avs.org) |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations → United States |
| AvSeM |
Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals → Medicine → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AvTek |
Aviatsionnaia Tekhnika |
In Russian |
→ Serial publications, periodicals → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| AvTel |
Avtomatika i Telemekhanika
= AvTel | Автоматика и телемеханика | In Russian
|
In Russian |
→ Serial publications, periodicals → Mechanical engineering |
| AvTel |
Автоматика и телемеханика
= (look above)
|
In Russian |
→ Serial publications, periodicals → Mechanical engineering |
| AVUM |
Aviation Unit Maintenance |
In English |
→ Maintenance and logistics → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AvWST |
Aviation Week Space Technology |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AW&ST |
Aviation Week and Space Technology |
In English |
→ Astronomy → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| AWF |
African Water Facility (www.africanwaterfacility.org) |
In English |
→ Environmental technology, water supply, waste management → Africa |
| AWG |
American Wire Gauge |
In English |
→ Electrical engineering → United States |
| 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 |
| AWS |
Automated Wiring System |
In English |
→ Electrical engineering → Electronics |
| AXAF |
Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility |
In English |
→ Astronautics → Astronomy |
| AZBA |
Airport Zoning Board of Adjustment |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations → Aeronautics, aircraft → Transport by air → Regional planning |
| AZT |
American Zeppelin Transport |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| B8ZS |
Bipolar with 8-Zero Substitution |
In English |
→ Telecommunications → Electronics |
| BAAC |
Budget Annexe de l'Aviation Civile |
In French |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft → Transport and postal services |
| BAB |
Bureau d'Automatisation des Bibliothèques |
In French |
→ Libraries → Electronics |
| BAC |
Boeing Aerospace Company |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| BAC |
Boeing Aircraft Company |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| BAC |
Booster Assembly Contractor |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| BAC |
Béton Armé Continu |
In French |
→ Civil engineering → Civil engineering and land transport → Construction |
| BAC |
Balanced Actuation Calipers |
In English |
→ Vehicle engineering |
| BAE |
British Aerospace |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics → United Kingdom |
| BAEL |
Béton Armé suivant la méthode des États Limites |
In French |
→ Civil engineering → Construction |
| BAGHEERA |
BAsse tension de Génération des cHarges et de calcul de l'État Électrique de Réseaux Arborescents |
In French |
→ Electrical engineering |
| BAI |
Barometric Altitude Indicator |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| BAM |
Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung |
In German |
→ Central administration → Materials science → Germany |
| BAN |
Bâtiment des Auxiliaires Nucléaires |
In French |
→ Nuclear technology |
| BANA |
Budget Annexe de la Navigation Aérienne |
In French |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft → Transport and postal services |
| BANEDA |
BÂtiment National Destiné à l'Entreposage des Déchets Activés |
In French |
→ Environmental technology, water supply, waste management → Nuclear technology |
| BAP |
Béton Autoplaçant |
In French |
→ Civil engineering → Construction |
| BAPE |
Baltycka Agencja Poszanowania Energii |
In Polish |
→ Energy economics |
| BARA |
British Automation and Robotics Association |
In English |
→ Associations → Mechanical engineering → Electronics → United Kingdom |
| BASD |
Ball Aerospace Systems Division |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| 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 |
| BASS |
Backup Avionics System Software |
In English |
→ Software → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| BAT |
Burst Alert Telescope |
In English |
→ Astronomy → Astronautics |
| BAT |
Best Available Technologies |
In English |
|
| BAT |
Best Available Technologies and Techniques |
In English |
|
| BB |
Béton Bitumineux |
In French |
→ Civil engineering → Civil engineering and land transport |
| BBC |
Béton Bitumineux Clouté |
In French |
→ Civil engineering → Civil engineering and land transport |
| BBDR |
Béton Bitumineux DRainant |
In French |
→ Civil engineering → Civil engineering and land transport |
| BBF |
Béton Bitumineux à Froid |
In French |
→ Civil engineering → Civil engineering and land transport |
| BBM |
Béton Bitumineux Mince |
In French |
→ Civil engineering → Civil engineering and land transport |
| BBMC |
Broughton-Bretton Motor Club (www.bbmc.org.uk) |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations → Vehicle engineering |
| BBME |
Béton Bitumineux à Module Élevé |
In French |
→ Civil engineering → Civil engineering and land transport |
| BBR |
Bundesamt für Bauwesen und Raumordnung |
In German |
→ Civil engineering → Construction → Regional planning |
| BBS |
Béton Bitumineux pour chaussée Souple |
In French |
→ Civil engineering → Civil engineering and land transport |
| BBS |
Béton Bitumineux pour couche de Surface |
In French |
→ Civil engineering → Civil engineering and land transport |
| BBSG |
Béton Bitumineux Semi-Grenu |
In French |
→ Civil engineering → Civil engineering and land transport |
| BBT |
Brenner Basistunnel |
In German |
→ Civil engineering |
| BBTM |
Béton Bitumineux Très Mince |
In French |
→ Civil engineering → Civil engineering and land transport |
| BBUM |
Béton Bitumineux Ultra Mince |
In French |
→ Civil engineering → Civil engineering and land transport |
| BC |
Battery Charge |
In English |
→ Electrical engineering |
| BC |
Battery Conditioner |
In English |
→ Electrical engineering |
| BCC |
Béton de Ciment Compacté |
In French |
→ Civil engineering → Civil engineering and land transport → Construction |
| BCCN |
Bureau de Contrôle des Chaudières Nucléaires |
In French |
→ Nuclear technology |
| BCDR |
Béton de Ciment DRainant |
In French |
→ Civil engineering → Civil engineering and land transport → Construction |
| BCE |
Backup Control Electronics |
In English |
→ Electronics |
| BCEOM |
Bureau Central d'Études pour les Équipements d'Outre-Mer |
In French |
→ Civil engineering → Construction |
| BCG |
Béton de Ciment Goujonné |
In French |
→ Civil engineering → Civil engineering and land transport → Construction |
| BCRD |
Budget Civil de Recherche et de Développement |
In French |
→ Finance → Research policy |
| BDEF |
Bundesverband Deutscher Eisenbahn-Freunde (www.bdef.de) |
In German |
→ Organizations and associations → Rail transport engineering → Entertainment |
| BDS2 |
Booster Phase Detection System |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| BEA |
Bremerhavener Energiemanagement-Agentur |
In German |
→ Energy economics |
| BEA |
Bras Élévateur Articulé |
In French |
→ Mechanical engineering |
| BEAB |
British Electrotechnical Approvals Board |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations → Standardization → Mechanical engineering → Electrical engineering → United Kingdom |
| BEBEL |
Bouclage Économique du Bilan Électrique |
In French |
→ Electrical engineering |
| 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 |
| BECO |
Booster Engine Cutoff |
In English |
→ Vehicle engineering |
| BEDZED |
Beddington Zero (fossil) Energy Development |
In English |
→ Energy economics |
| BeElM |
Beskontaktnye Elektricheskie Mashiny |
In Russian |
→ Serial publications, periodicals → Electrical engineering |
| BEF |
Baltic Energy Forum |
In English |
→ Energy economics |
| BEG |
Brück Electronic GmbH |
In German |
→ Electronics |
| BEM |
Building & Energy Management |
In English |
→ Energy economics → Construction |
| BERt |
Budapesti Erőmű Rt |
In Hungarian |
→ Energy economics → Hungary |
| BERU |
Bureau d'Études et de Réalisations Urbaines |
In French |
→ Civil engineering → Construction |
| BESS |
Biomedical Experiment Scientific Satellite |
In English |
→ Biological sciences → Medicine → Astronautics |
| BESS |
Biomedical Experiment Support Satellite |
In English |
→ Biological sciences → Medicine → Astronautics |
| BEST |
Board of European Students of Technology |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations → Specialized or polytechnical colleges |
| BET |
Best-Estimate (of) Trajectory |
In English |
→ Vehicle engineering |
| BET |
Bureau d'Études Techniques |
In French |
|
| BETHSY |
Boucle d'Études Thermo-Hydraulique SYstème |
In French |
→ Physics → Thermodynamics → Mechanical engineering |
| BFC |
Backup Flight Computer |
In English |
→ Computer hardware → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| BFC |
Backup Flight Control |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| BFCS |
Backup Flight Control System |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| BFS |
Backup Flight System |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| BFS |
Backup Flight Software |
In English |
→ Software → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| BFSPLP |
BFS Payload Preprocessor |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| BFSS |
Backup Flight Software System |
In English |
→ Software → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| BGA |
Ball Grid Array |
In English |
→ Electronics |
| BgEEF |
Bulgarische Energieeffizienzfonds (www.bgeef.com)
= BgEEF | Bulgarian Energy Efficiency Fund | In English
= ФЕЕ | Фонд Енергийна Ефективност | In Bulgarian
|
In German |
→ Energy economics |
| BgEEF |
Bulgarian Energy Efficiency Fund (www.bgeef.com)
= ФЕЕ (look above)
|
In English |
→ Energy economics |
| BHP |
Béton à Haute Performance |
In French |
→ Civil engineering → Construction |
| BHWR |
Boiling Heavy Water Reactor |
In English |
→ Nuclear technology |
| BIA |
Booster Insertion and Abort |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| BIBM |
Bureau International du Béton Manufacturé |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations → Civil engineering → Construction |