4GL = Fourth Generation Language AAL = ATM Adaption Layer AC = Audio Codec ACL = Access Control List ACPI = Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ADP = Automatic Data Processing ADSL = Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line AFFS = Amiga Fast File System AFIWC = Airforce Information Warfare Center AGIL = A Goofy Interpretive Language AGP = Accelerated Graphics Port AH = Authentication Header AI = Artificial Intelligence AI = Active Ingredient AIDS = A* Infected Disk Syndrome AIS = Automated Information System AL = Artificial Life ALE = Address Lifetime Expectancy ALGOL = Algorithmic Language ALI = Automatic Location Identifier ALU = Arithmetic-Logic Unit AMIR = Advanced Macrovirus Identification and information AMR = Audio/Modem Riser ANI = Automatic Number Identifier ANSI = American National Standards Institute API = Application Programming Interface APM = Advanced Power Management ARFOR = Armed Forces ARIN = American Registry for Internet Numbers ARP = Address Resolution Protocol ARPA = Advanced Research Project Agency ASCII = American Standard Code for Information Interchange ASD = Automatic Skip Driver ASIC = Application Specific Integrated Circuits ASP = Active Server Page AT = Advanced Technology ATM = Asynchronous Transfer Mode AVPD = Anti Virus Product Developers BASIC = Beginner?s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code BBS = Bulletin Board System BCC = Blind Carbon Copy BCC = Block Control Character BD = Back Door BDC = Backup Domain Controller BDOS = Basic Disk Operating System BER = Bit Error Rate BFT = Binary File Transfer BGP = Border Gateway Protocol BIOS = Basic Input/Output System BIS = Boot Integrity Services BIU = Bus Interface Unit BLOB = Binary Large Object BMP = Bit Mapped Pattern BOOTP = Boot Protocol bps = Bits Per Second Bps = Bytes Per Second BSM = Basic Security Module BSOD = Blue Screen Of Death C2W = Command and Control Warfare C3I = Command, Control, Communication and Intelligence CA = Certificate Authority CAD = Computer Aided Design CAM = Computer Aided Manufacturing CAPI = Crypto API CASE = Computer Assisted Software Engineering CATNIP = Common Architecture for the Internet CBC = Cipher Block Chaining CC = Carbon Copy CCD = Charge Coupled Device CCP = Compression Control Protocol CD = Compact Disc CDA = Communications Decency Act CDF = Channel Definition Format CD-I = Compact Disc Interactive CDPD = Cellular Data Packet Data CD-ROM = Compact Disc read-only Memory CERT = Computer Emergency Response Team CGA = Color Graphics Adaptor CGI = Common Gateway Interface CHAP = Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol CIA = Communication Interface Adapter CICS = Customer Information Control System CIDR = Classless Inter-Domain Routing CIK = Crypto-Ignition Key CIS = Contact Image Sensor CISC = Complex Instruction Set Computer CLI = Command Line Interface CLSID = Class Identification CMDS = Computer Misuse Detection System CMOS = Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor CMS = Conversational Monitoring System CMW = Compartmented Mode Workstation CNA = Computer Network Attack COBOL = Common Business Oriented Language CODASYL = Computer Data Systems Language COMSEC = Communications Security COPS = Computer Oracle Password and Security system COTS = Commercial off-the-shelf CPI = Characters Per Inch CPLD = Complex Programmable Logic Device CPPP = Compressed Point-to-Point Protocol CPU = Central Processing Unit CR = Carriage Return CRC = Cyclic Redundancy Check CRISC = Complex/Reduced Instruction Set Computer CS = Communication Server CSDA = Common Data Security Architecture CSLIP = Compressed Serial Line Internet Protocol CSMA/CA = Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Avoidance CSMS/CD = Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Detection CSP = Cross System Product CSP = Cryptographic Service Provider CSS = Cascading Style Sheet CWD = Current Working Directory CYREC = Cyberspace Research and Education Center DAA = Designated Approving Authority DAC = Digital to Analog Converter DAC = Discretionary Access Control DAD = Duplicate Address Detection DAP = Directory Access Protocol DASD = Direct-Access Storage Device DB/DC = DBMS and Data Communications system DBA = Database Administrator DBMS = Database Management System DBRM = Database Request Module DBTG = Data Base Task Group DCA = Defense Communications Agency DCD = Data Carrier Detect DCOM = Distributed Component Object Model DDA = Digital Distributed Authentication DDBMS = Distributed Database Management System DDC = Direct Digital Control DDE = Dynamic Data Exchange DDL = Data Definition Language DDN = Defense Data Network DDP = Diagram Delivery Protocol DECT = Digital Enhanced Cordless Telephone DES = Data Encryption Standard DHCP = Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHTML = Dynamic Hypertext Markup Language DIA = Defense Intelligence Agency DIB = Dual Independent Bus DII = Defense Information Infrastructure DIMM = Dual In-line Memory Module DIN = Deutsche Industrie Norm DIRT = Data Interception by Remote Transmission DISA = Defense Information Systems Agency DISN = Defense Information System Network DLC = Data Link Control DLL = Dynamic Link Library DLTM = Don?t Lose The Manual DMA = Direct Memory Access DMI = Desktop Management Interface DML = Data Manipulation Language DNIC = Data Network Identifier Code DNS = Default Name Server DNS = Domain Name Server DNS = Domain Name System DOE = Department of Energy DOD = Department of Defense DODICS = Department Of Defense Interest Computer System DOM = Document Object Model DOS = Denial Of Service DOS = Disk Operating System DPI = Dots Per Inch DPMI = DOS Protected Mode Interface DQDB = Distributed Queue Dual Bus DRAM = Dynamic Random Access Memory DRDRAM = see RDRAM DSCS = Defense Satellite Communications Systems DSL = Digital Subscriber Line DSN = Defense Switching Network DSP = Digital Signal Processors DSP = Display Support Protocol DSS = Digital Signature Standard DSSSL = Document Style Semantics and Specification Language DTCP = Digital Transmission Content Protection DTE = Data Transmit Exchange DTLS = Descriptive Top-Level Specification DTP = Desktop Publishing DUN = Dial-Up Networking DVD = Digital Versatile Disc DVI = Digital Visual Interface DXT = Data Extract EAI = External Authentication Interface EAP = Extensible Authentication Protocol EAROM = Electronical Alterable Read Only Memory EBCDIC = Extended Binary Code Decimal Interchange Code ECC = Error Checking and Correction ECMA = European Computer Manufacturers Association ECP = Encryption Control Protocol ECP = Extended Capabilities Port ECT = European Combined Terminals EDI = Electronic Data Interchange EDO = Extended Data Out EDP = Electronic Data Processing EEROM = Electronical Erasable Read Only Memory EFT = Electronic Funds Transfer EGA = Enhanced Graphics Adaptor EGP = Exterior Gateway Protocol EIDE = Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics EISA = Enhanced Industrial Standard Architecture ELINT = Electronic Intelligence Gathering EMF = Enhanced Meta File EMI = Electromagnetic Interference EMP = Electromagnetic Pulse EMS = Expanded Memory Specifications EMSEC = Emission Security EPIC = Electronic Privacy Information Center EPIC = Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing EPROM = Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory EPS = Electronic Procurement System ESH = Encapsulation Security Header ESP = Encapsulating Security Payload ET = Eastern Time ETEP = Emanated Transient Electromagnetic Pulses ETS = European Telephone System ETSI = European Technical Standards Institute EW = Electronic Warfare FA = Foreign Agent FAT = File Allocation Table FCC = Federal Communications Commission FDC = Fixed Disk Controller FDD = Floppy Disk Drive FDM = Frequency Division Multiplexing FIFO = First In First Out FIPS = Federal Information Processing Standard FIWC = Fleet Wide Warfare Center FLOPS = Floating-point Operations Per Second FM = Frequency Modulation FNC = Federal Network Council FOOBAR = FTP Operation Over Big Address Records FP = Floating Point FP = Format Prefix FPU = Floating Point Unit FRAM = Ferroelectric Random Access Memory FQDN = Fully Qualified Domain Name FTP = File Transfer Protocol FTPD = File Transfer Protocol Daemon GA = Genetic Algorithm Gbps = Gigabits per second GBps = GigaBytes per second GCCS = Global Command and Control Systems GGP = Gateway-Gateway Protocol GIF = Graphics Interchange Format GIGO = Garbage In Garbage Out GII = Global Information Infrastructure GIMPS = Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search GIPS = Giga Instructions Per Second GM = General MIDI GMF = Ground Mobile Force GMR = Giant Magnetoresistive GNMP = Government Network Management Profile GNOME = GNU Network Object Model Environment GNU = GNU?s Not Unix GPIB = General Purpose Interface Bus GPS = Global Positioning System GPU = Graphical Processing Unit GRE = Generic Routing Encapsulation GSOC = Global Security Operations Center GUI = Graphical User Interface GWEN = Ground Wave Emergency Network HA = Home Agent HAVi = Home Audio/Video Interoperability HEMP = High-altitude Electromagnetic Pulse HERF = High-energy Radio Frequency HGC = Hercules Graphics Adaptor HIPO = Hierarchy plus Input-Process-Output HMD = Dead-Mounted Display HMM = Hidden Markov Model HMP = Host Monitoring Protocol HPFS = High Performance File System HTML = Hypertext Markup Language HTTP = Hypertext Transfer Protocol HUMINT = Human Intelligence Gathering I/O = Input/Output IAB = Internet Activities Board IANA = Internet Assigned Number Authority ICANN = Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ICE = International Cryptography Experiment ICE = Intrusion Countermeasures Electronics ICMP = Internet Control Message Protocol ICSA = International Computer Security Association IDE = Integrated Drive Electronics IDRP = Inter-Domain Routing Protocol IEEE = Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers IESG = Internet Engineering Steering Group IETF = Internet Engineering Task Force IGMP = Internet Group Multicast Protocol IGMP = Internet Group Management Protocol IGP = Interior Gateway Protocol IHV = Independent Hardware Vendors IKMP = Internet Key Management Protocol ILP = Instruction-Level Parallelism IMAP = Internet Message Access Protocol IMC = Integrated Memory Controller IMP = Interface Message Processors IMS = Information Management System IO = Information Operations IOC = Initial Operational Capability IOD = Install on Demand IOS = International Organization for Standardization IP = Internet Protocol IPAE = Internet Protocol Address Encapsulation IPC = Integrated Peripheral Controller IPMI = Intelligent Platform Management Interface IPng = Next Generation Internet Protocol IPR = Internet Protocol Router IPRNET = Internet Protocol Router Network IPSec = IP Security Protocol IPTF = Infrastructure Protection Task Force IPTO = Information Processing Techniques Office IPX = Internet Packet exchange IR = Infrared IRC = International Record Carriers IRC = Internet Relay Chat IRP = I/O Request Packets IRQ = Interrupt Request ISA = Industrial Standard Architecture ISC = Integrated System Controller ISDN = Integrated Services Digital Network ISO = International Standards Organization ISOC = Internet Society ISP = Internet Service Provider ISV = Independent Software Vendors IT = Information Technology ITSEC = IT Security Evaluation Criteria IV = Initialization Vector IVR = Interactive Voice Response IW = Information Warfare JIT = Just In Time JPEG = Joint Photographic Experts Group JTF = Joint Task Force JTF-CND = Joint Task Force and Computer Network Defense JTFX = Joint Task Force Experiment kbps = Kilobits per second KBps = Kilobytes per second KDC = Key Distribution Center KDE = KDE Desktop Environment KNI = Katmai New Instructions KSD = Key Storage Device LAN = Local Area Network LBA = Logical Block Address LCD = Liquid Crystal Display LDAP = Lightweight Directory Access Protocol LED = Light Emitting Diode LF = Line Feed LIFO = Last In First Out LIWAC = Land Information Warfare Activity Center LOM = LAN On Motherboard LPI = Lines Per Inch LRC = Longitudinal Redundancy Check LSA = LAN Security Architecture LSI = Large Scale Integration MAC = Mandatory Access Control MAC = Media Access Control MAC = Message Authentication Code MAN = Metropolitan Area Network MAPI = Messaging Application Programming Interface MASS = Multimedia Audio Sample-playback System Master CIK = Master Crypto-Ignition Key MathML = Math Markup Language Mbps = Megabits per second MBps = Megabytes per second MBR = Master Boot Record MC = Modem Codec MC = Monitoring Center MCA = Micro Channel Architecture MCGA = Multi Color Graphics Adaptor MCI = Media Control Interface MCNS = Multimedia Cable Network System-standard MCP = Manhattan Cyber Project MDA = Monochrome Display Adaptor MBDS = Multi-Database System MDC = Manipulation Detection Code MDI = Multiple-Document Interface MH = Mobile Host MHRP = Mobile Host Routing Protocol MIDI = Musical Instrument Digital Interface MIME = Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions MIPS = Millions of Instructions Per Second MLD = Multicast Listener Discovery MLS = Multi-level Secure MMA = MIDI Manufacturing Association MMI = Man-Machine Interface MMU = Memory Management Unit MNG = Multiple-Image Network Graphics MOPS = Million Operations Per Second MOS = Metal Oxide Semiconductor MOS = Modem Operating System MPC = Multimedia Personal Computer MPEG = Motion Picture Expert Group MPP = Massive parallel Processing MPPC = Microsoft Point-to-Point Compression MPPE = Microsoft Point-to-Point Encryption MR = Magnetoresistive MS-CHAP = Microsoft PPP CHAP MSE = Mobile Subscriber Experiment MSM = Message Stream Modification MSN = Microsoft Network MSP = Message Send Protocol MTA = Mail Transfer Agent MTBF = Mean Time Between Failure MTP = Multicast Transport Protocol MTTF = Mean Time To Failure MTTR = Mean Time To Repair MUA = Mail User Agent MUD = Multi-user Dungeon MWT = Maximum Wait Time NACSIM = National Communications Security Information Memorandum NAP = Network Access Point NAT = Network Address Translator NCA = National Command Authority NCP = Network Core Protocol NCS = National Communications System NCSA = National Center for Supercomputing Applications NCSA = National Computer Security Association NCSC = National Computer Security Center NCTC = Naval Computer and Telecommunications Command NDDE = Network enabled Dynamic Data Exchange NDP = Neighbor Discovery Protocol NFS = Network File System NGIO = Next Generation IO NGO = Non-Governmental Organization NIC = Network Information Center NIC = Network Interface Card NII = National Information Infrastructure NIST = National Institute of Standards and Technology NIU = Network Interface Unit NNTP = Network News Transfer Protocol NOC = Network Operations Center NOS = Network Operating System NS = Network Server NS = Neighbor Solicitation NSA = National Security Agency NSFnet = National Science Foundation Network NSTAC = National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee NT = New Technology NTCB = Network Trusted Computing Base NTFS = New Technology File System NTP = Network Time Protocol NTRK = Windows NT Resource Kit NVP = Network Voice Protocol NVT = Network Virtual Terminal NWAN = National Wide Area Network OCR = Optical Character Recognition OCX = OLE ActiveX control OCX = OLE Custom Control ODBC = Open Database Connectivity ODI = Open Data-link Interface OEM = Original Equipment Manufacturer OLE = Object Linking and Embedding OLTP = On-line Transaction Processing OOP = Object Oriented Programming OS = Operating System OSF = Open Software Foundation OSI = Open System Interconnect OSPF = Open Shortest Path First P3P = Platform for Privacy Preferences PABX = Private Automatic Branch Exchange PAC = PCI/AGP Controller PAD = Packet Assembler Disassembler PAL = Programmable Array Logic PBX = Private Branch Exchange PC = Personal Computer PCI = Peripheral Component Interconnect PCM = Pulse Code Modulation PCMCIA = Personal Computer Memory Card International Association PDA = Personal Data Assistant PDA = Personal Digital Assistant PDC = Primary Domain Controller PDF = Portable Document Format PDU = Protocol Data Unit PEM = Privacy-Enhanced Mail PERL = Practical Extraction and Report Language PGA = Professional Graphics Adaptor PGML = Precision Graphics Markup Language PGP = Pretty Good Privacy PIM = Personal Information Manager PIN = Personal Identification Number PKC = Public Key Cryptosystem PKI = Public Key Infrastructure PLC = Programmed Logic Controllers PLD = Programmed Logic Device PLP = Packet Layer Protocol PMD = Physical Medium Dependent PNG = Portable Network Graphics PNNI = Private Network-to-Network Interface PnP = Plug & Play (Plug & Pray) POP = Post Office Protocol POSIX = Portable Operating System Interface POST = Power On Self Test POTS = Plain Old Telephone Service PPGA = Plastic Pin Grid Array PPP = Point-to-Point Protocol PPTP = Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol PR = Premise Router PROLOG = Programming in Logic PROM = Programmable Read-Only Memory PS/2 = Personal System/2 PSN = Public Switched Network PSTN = Public Switched Telephone Network PsyOps = Psychological Operations PUP = PARC Universal Packet Protocol PUS = Performance Upgrade Socket PVP = Packet Video Protocol PWDC = Protected Wireline Distribution System PXE = Preboot Execution Environment QMF = Query Management Facility QoS = Quality of Service RA = Remote Authentication RA = Router Advertisement RAID = Redundant Array of Independent Drives RAM = Random Access Memory RAMDAC = RAM Digital to Analog Converter RARP = Reverse Address Resolution Protocol RAS = Remote Access Service RDBMS = Relational Database Management System RDF = Resource Description Framework RDP = Reliable Datagram Protocol RDRAM = Direct Rambus DRAM REP = Resolution Enhancement Procedure RF = Radio Frequency RFC = Request For Comment RI = Ring Indicator RIMM = Rambus Inline Memory Module RIP = Routing Information Protocol RISC = Reduced Instruction Set Computer RLP = Resource Location Protocol ROM = Read-only-Memory RPC = Remote Procedure Call RRAS = Routing and Remote Access Service RSA = Rivest Shamir Adleman RSI = Repetitive Strain Injury RTC = Real Time Clock RTFM = Read The ?F***ing? Manual RTFM = Read The ?Fabulous? Manual RTOS = Real Time Operating System RVD = MIT Remote Virtual Disk RWAN = Regional Wide Area Network S/MIME = Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension SACS = Secure Access Control System SAM = Sequential Access Method SAP = Service Advertising Protocol SAR = Segmentation and Reassembly SATAN = System Administrator Tool for Analyzing Networks SCM = Service Control Manager SCSI = Small Computer System Interface SDAM = Single Dos Application Mode SDD = Secure Data Device SDI = Single-Document Interface SDK = Software Developers kit SDL = Storage Definition Language SDRAM = Synchronous Dynamic RAM SDRP = Source Demand Routing Protocol SEP = Sequential Exchange Protocol SET = Secure Electronic Transaction SFT = System Fault Tolerant SHF = Super High Frequency SHTTP = Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol SIG = Special-Interests Group SIMD = Single Instruction, Multiple Data SIP = Simple Internet Protocol SIPP = Simple Internet Protocol Plus SIPS = Security Intelligence Products and Systems SIPRNET = Secret Internet Protocol Router Network SISC = Complex Instruction Set Computing SLIP = Serial Line Internet Protocol SMART = Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Report Technology SMB = Server Message Block SMD = Surface Mounted Device SMDS = Switched Multi-megabit Data Service SMIL = Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language SMP = Symmetric Multiprocessing SMTP = Simple Mail Transport Protocol SNMP = Simple Network Management Protocol SoI = Sphere of Influence SONET = Synchronous Optical Network SOP = Standard Operating Procedure SPA = Software Publisher Association SPI = Security Parameters Index SPS = Shock Protection System SPX = Sequenced Packet exchange SQL = Structured Query Language SQUID = Super Quantum Interference Devices SRAM = Static Random-Access-Memory SSAPI = Security Service API SSL = Secure Sockets Layer SST = Simple SIPP Transition SSAPI = Security Support Service API STP = Shielded Twisted Pair STU-III = Secure Telephone Unit III SVGA = Super Video Graphics Array SWAP = Shared Wire Access Protocol Sysop = System Operator TAC = Terminal Access Control TADIXS = Tactical Data Information Exchange System TC = Transmission Convergence TCO = Transnational Criminal Organization TCP = Transmission Control Protocol TCSEC = Trusted Computer Security Evaluation Criteria TDMA = Time Division Multiple Access TDR = Time Domain Reflectometer TELNET = The Network Terminal Protocol TEMPEST = Transient Electromagnetic Pulse Emanation Surveillance Technology TEMPEST = Transient Electromagnetic Pulse Emanation Standard TFTP = Trivial File Transfer Protocol TIFF = Tagged Information File Format TIME = Timed Interactive Multimedia Extensions TIP = Terminal Interface Processor TLD = Top Level Domain TLS = Top Level Specifications TNI = Trusted Network Interpretations TPI = Tracks Per Inch TPN = Tactical Packet Network TS = Top Secret TSO = Time Sharing Option TSR = Telecommunications Service Request TSR = Terminate and Stay Resident TTL = Time To Live TTL = Transistor Transistor Logic TUBA = TCP and UDP with Bigger Addresses TWAIN = Technology Without An Important Name TW/AA = Tactical Warning and Attack Assessment U = Unclassified UAF = User Authentication File UART = Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter UDI = Uniform Driver Interface UDP = User Datagram Protocol UDP = Usenet Death Penalty UI = User Interface UIC = Universal Industrial Code UIC = User Identification Code UMB = Upper Memory Block UML = Unified Modeling Language UNI = User-Network Interface UNIX = Uniform executive UNIX = Uniplexed Information and Computing System UPC = Universal Product Code UPS = Uninterruptable Power Supply URL = Uniform Resource Locator URN = Uniform Resource Name USB = Universal Serial Bus USG = United States Government USRT = Universal Synchronous Receiver Transmitter UTP = Unshielded Twisted Pair UUCP = Unix-to-Unix Copy Protocol VAX = Virtual Address Extension VBA = Visual Basic for Applications VBI = Vertical Blank Interval VBX = Visual Basic Custom Control VCM = Version Control Manager VCS = Voice Control Systems VDL = View Definition Language VESA = Video Electronics Standards Association VGA = Video Graphics Array VLDB = Very Large Database VLSI = Very Large Scale Integration VLSM = Variable Length Subnet Masks VM = Virtual Machine VML = Vector Markup Language VMM = Virtual Machine Monitor VMS = Virtual Memory System VoIP = Voice over Internet Protocol VPN = Virtual Private Network VR = Virtual Reality VRML = Virtual Reality Modeling Language VSAM = Virtual Storage Access Method VS-DC = Virtual Storage - Data Communications VSE = Virtual Storage Extended VTOC = Virtual Table Of Contents W3 = World Wide Web W3C = World Wide Web Consortium WAF = Wireless Application Protocol WAF = Words And Figures WAI = Web Accessibility Initiative WAIS = Wide Area Information Service WAN = Wide Area Network WBEM = Web-Based Enterprise Management WDM = Windows Driver Model WELL = Whole Earth ?Lectronic Link WfM = Wired for Management WIDIWIW = What It Does Is What I Want WIMP = Windows Icons Menus and Pointer WINS = Windows Internet Name Service WORM = Write-Once Read Many-times WPA = Working Project Administration WSP = Web Standards Project WWMCCS = World Wide Military Command and Control System WWW = World Wide Web WWWC = World Wide Web Consortium WYSIWYG = What You See Is What You Get XGA = Extended Graphics Array XML = Extensible Markup Language XMS = Extended Memory Specifications XNS = Xerox Network System XSL = Extensible Style Language XTACACS = Extended Terminal Access Controller Access Control System YKYBHTLW = You Know You?ve Been Hacking Too Long When ZIF = Zero Insertion Force A2 - Air Force Intelligence AAC- Alaskan Air Command AAF- Army Air Force ACOM- Asian Communist - One of NSA's 4 major operational divisions ADC- Aerospace Defense Command ADLA- Assistant Director for Legal & Legislative Affairs - (NSA) ADPL- Assistant Director for Policy & Liason - (NSA) ADPR- Assistant Director for Plans / Resources - (NSA) ADT- Assistant Director for Training ADVA- Advanced Soviet - One of the 4 major operational divisions of NSA's production organization: Combined with GENS into a group AEC- Atomic Energy Commission AFB- AIR FORCE BASE AFESC - AIR FORCE ELECTRONIC SECURITY COMMAND AFGWC - AIR FORCE GLOBAL WEATHER CONTROL AFIS- AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE SERVICE AFOC- AIR FORCE OPERATIONS CENTER AFR- AIR FORCE REGULATION AFSA- ARMED FORCES SECURITY AGENCY AFSAC - ARMED FORCES SECURITY AGENCY COUNCIL AFSS- AIR FORCE SECURITY SERVICE ALLO- ALL OTHERS- ONE OF THE 4 MAJOR OPERATIONAL DIVISIONS OF NSA'S PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION - NOW KNOWN AS G GROUP ALP- ADVANCED LANGUAGE PROGRAM AMB- AMBASSADOR ANCIB - ARMY-NAVY COMMUNICATIONS INTELLIGENCE BOARD ANCICC- ARMY-NAVY COMMUNICATIONS INTELLIGENCE COORDINATING COMMITTEE ANG- AIR NATIONAL GUARD APRO- AERIAL PHENOMENA RESEARCH ARC- AD HOC REQUIREMENTS COMMITTEE ARDF- AIRBORNE RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING ARFCOS- ARMED FORCES COURIER SERVICE ARPA- ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY ASA- ARMY SECURITY AGENCY ASD- APPLIED SCIENCE DIVISION (CIA) AST- ATLANTIC STANDARD TIME ATIC- AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER (AIR FORCE) UFORC - UFO REPORTING CENTER BMW- BOMB WING UFOIS - UFO INFORMATION SERVICE CAUS- CITIZENS AGAINST UFO SECRECY CFS- CANADIAN FORCES STATION CGS- COAST GUARD STATION CIA- CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY CIC- COUNTER INTELLIGENCE CORPS CINC/NORAD - COMMANDER IN CHARGE, NORAD CUFOS- CENTER FOR UFO STUDIES COMINT- COMMUNICATIONS INTELLIGENCE (NSA) CP - COMMAND POST CSC- CENTRAL SECURITY CONTROL (AIR FORCE) DATT- DEFENSE ATTACHE (US EMBASSY) DCD- DOMESTIC COLLECTIONS DIVISION (CIA) DCSOPS- DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF FOR OPERATIONS ANDPLANS (AIR FORCE) DDO- DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (AIR FORCE) DIA- DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY DMZ- DEMILITARIZED ZONE (VIETNAM) DO - DUTY OFFICER FAA- FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION FBI- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FISA- FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT FOIA- FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT G2 - ARMY INTELLIGENCE GAO- GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING OFFICE GCCS- GOVERNMENT CODE AND CYPHER SCHOOL GCHQ- GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS HEADQUARTERS GCI- GROUND CONTROL INTERCEPT GENS- GENERAL SOVIET - ONE OF THE 4 MAJOR OPERATIONAL DIVISIONS OF NSA'S PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION COMBINED WITH ADVA INTO (A GROUP) GG - GOVERNMENT GRADE - USED IN PLACE OF GS1 TO GS18 - ONLY FOR GOV'T EMPLOYEES SUCH AS NSA EMPLOYEES GMT- GREENWICH MEAN TIME GSW- GROUND SAUCER WATCH HFDF- HIGH FREQUENCY DIRECTION FINDING HUAC- HOUSE UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE HUMINT- HUMAN INTELLIGENCE ICI- INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE IDA-CRD - INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSIS-COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH DIVISION IDP- INTERCEPT DEPLOYMENT PLAN IEC- INTELLIGENCE EVALUATION COMMITTEE INSCOM- U.S. ARMY INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY COMMAND INTELPOST - INTERNATIONALELECTRONIC POST INTELSAT- INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMINCATIONS SATELLITE INYSA - ASSISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF INTELLIGENCE, USAF, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BRANCH, DIRECTORATE OF RESPONSE MANAGEMENT INZ- AEROSPACE INTELLIGENCE DIVISION (AFIS) INZA- EDITING, DEBRIEFING, AND CONTINUITY BRANCH (AFIS) IPB- INTERCEPT PRIORITIES BOARD JACL- JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL, LITIGATION DIVISION (USAF) JANAP - JOINT ARMY NAVY AIR FORCE PUBLICATION JCS- JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF JOSAF - JOINT OPERATIONS SUPPORT ACTIVITY - FRANKFURT JRC- JOINT RECONNAISSANCE CENTER JSPC- JOINT SOBE PROCESSING CENTER JTLS- JOINT TECHNICAL LANGUAGE SERVICE KGB- KOMITET GOSUDARSTVENNOY BEZOPASNOSTI (COMMITTEE FOR STATE SECURITY) USSR KISR- KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH KM - KILOMETER LASP- LOW ALTITUDE SURVEILLANCE PLATFORM LCF- LAUNCH CONTROL FACILITY (AIR FORCE) LOB- RAYMOND E. LINN OPERATIONS BUILDING LPMEDLEY - CIA CRYPTONYM FOR AN OPERATION IN SUPPORT OF THE NSA LRTS- LONG RANGE TECHNICAL MI-8- MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SECTION 8 - CODES AND CIPHERS SEARCH MID- MILITARY INTELLIGENCE DIVISION M5 - NSA OFFICE OF SECURITY MIT- MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MPRO- MACHINE PROCESSING SECTION OF NSA'S PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION MUFON - MUTUAL UFO NETWORK NAVSPASUR - NAVAL SPACE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM NCOC- NATIONAL COMBAT OPERATIONS CENTER NEPA- NUCLEAR ENERGY FOR THE PROPULSION OF AIRCRAFT NICAP - NATIONAL INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE ON AERIAL PHENOMENA NM - NAUTICAL MILE NMCC- NATIONAL MILITARY COMMAND CENTER NORAD - NORTH AMERICAN AEROSPACE DEFENSE COMMAND NPIC- NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER NRL- NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY NSA- NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY NSF- NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION OAM- OPERATION ANIMAL MUTILATION ONI- OFFICE OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE OSI- OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS (AIR FORCE) OSI- OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS (CIA) OSS- OFFICE OF STRATEGIC SERVICES PSAPR - PUGET SOUND AERIAL PHENOMENA RESEARCH INC. RAPCOM - RADAR APPROACH COMMUNICATIONS RAPCON - RADAR APPROACH CONTROL RCMP- ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE SA - SPECIAL AGENT SAC- STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND SAC/HO - STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND OFFICE OF HISTORY SAFOI - SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE OFFICE OF INFORMATION SAO- SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY SAT- SECURITY ALERT TEAM SBI- SPECIAL BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION SDS- STUDENTS FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY SIGLEX- SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP ON LEXICOGRAPHY SIGNIT- SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE (NSA) SIGTRAN - SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP ON TRANSLATION SIGVOICE- SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP ON VOICE SIPG- SPECIAL INTERCEPT PRIORITIES GROUP SIS- SIGNAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE SOLIS - SIGNIT - ON LINE INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM SPADATS - SPACE DETECTION AND TRACKING SYSTEM (NORAD) SPS- SECURITY POLICE SQUADRON SSA- SIGNAL SECURITY AGENCY SSB- SOFT SUPPORT BUILDING (USAF) TIA- TEMPERATURE INVERSION ANALYSIS USAF- UNITED STATES AIR FORCE USG- UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Z- ZULU (UNIVERSAL TIME) C O M M O N E - M A I L A C R O N Y M S AFAIK As Far As I Know AOL America Online BBFN Bye Bye For Now BTA But Then Again BTW By The Way BWG Big Wide Grin CIS CompuServe Information Service CU L8R See You Later EOF End Of File FAQ Frequently Asked Questions FDROTFL Falling Down Rolling On The Floor Laughing FOAF Friend Of A Friend FOTCL Falling Off The Chair Laughing FWIW For What It's Worth FYEO For Your Eyes Only FYI For Your Information ICOCBW I Could, Of Course, Be Wrong IMO In My Opinion IMHO In My Humble Opinion IOW In Other Words KISS Keep It Simple Stupid LOL Laughing Out Loud NTYMI Now That You Mention It OTOH On The Other Hand PITA Pain In The A__ PMJI Pardon My Jumping In ROFL Rolling On Floor Laughing ROTM Right On The Money RTFM Read The Manual SIG Special Interest Group TAFN That's All For Now TTBOMK To The Best Of My Knowledge TTFN Ta Ta For Now TTYL Talk To You Later Grin