Liste classée d'acronymes anglais

74 Pages·2006·0.25 MB·English

Acronymes anglais

Liste classée d’acronymes anglais

Version 5 octobre 2006

La première version de septembre 2001 avait rassemblé à l’intention de toutes
personnes travaillant dans l’audiovisuel (au sens large) un peu plus de 3.300 acronymes couvrant les
domaines de la vidéo, de l’audio, de l’informatique et des télécommunications rencontrés ici et là au
cours de nos lectures, afin de vous aider dans la compréhension des articles de la presse spécialisée,
des livres blancs, des documentations des constructeurs, des diapositives présentées en conférence
ou d’autres ouvrages qui en font largement usage et ne les explicite pas toujours. Parfois, nous avons
ajouté une information entre parenthèses qui permet de remettre cet acronyme dans son contexte.

Cette version 5 encore plus étoffée regroupe plus de 4.500 acronymes anglais qui
tiennent compte de nos récentes lectures. Nous avons ajouté, en fin d’alphabet, une liste d’acronymes
détournés, utilisés lors de conversations avec des collègues étrangers. Que personne n’y voit ici une
attaque personnelle contre quiconque, mais simplement une manière de vous montrer que même les
acronymes peuvent vous amener à sourire.

Un tel document ne peut évidemment pas prétendre être complet (et ne le sera
d’ailleurs jamais), mais peut en revanche recevoir, de façon régulière et avec l’aide de tous, des
compléments qui en feront un outil de plus en plus performant.

Vos remarques et votre aide nous seront toujours précieuses et nous vous en
remercions à l’avance. A vos claviers !

Les’’ auteurs-débusqueurs ‘’

Alain Delhaise Philippe Dumas
(Consultant)

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Acronymes anglais

1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z !

-Miscellaneous-

1080i 1080 lines, interlaced scan
1080p 1080 lines, progressive scan
2D-VLC Two Dimensional Variable Length Coding
24p 24 frames(/s) progressive scan (25p, 29.97p, 30p, 59.94p, 60p…)
2B1Q 2 Binary 1 Quaternary
3G Third Generation
3GPP Third Generation Partnership Project (ETSI)
3WC Three Way Call
422P@ML 4:2:2 Profile at Main Level (MPEG-2)
4Fsc Four Times Frequency of SubCarrier
8B/10B eight to ten bit conversion
8PSK Eight Phase Shift Keying
8VSB Eight Vestigal SideBand
16APSK 16 Amplitude Phase Shift Keying (DVB-S2)
16QAM 16 state Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
32APSK 32 Amplitude Phase Shift Keying (DVB-S2)
64QAM 64 state Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
128QAM 128 state Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
256QAM 256 state Quadrature Amplitude Modulation

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A Ampere
AA Associative Arrays (PERL Programming).
A/D Analog to Digital
A/TT Analog Tie Trunk (TIA-646-B)
AAA Authentication, Authorization and Accounting
AAC Advanced Audio Coding
AACCH Auxiliary Analog Control Channel
AAD Analog Analog Digital (CD)
AAF Advanced Authoring Format
AAL ATM Adaptive Layer
AAL(D) Analog PSTN Access Line (Analog PBX Interface, TIA-646-B)
AAL5-CU ATM Adaptation Layer 5 Composite User
AAV Authentication Algorithm Version
AAVS Adaptive Audio-Visual Session
ABC Auto Black Control
ABC American Broadcasting Company
ABL Automatic Black Level
ABNF Augmented Backus-Naur Form
ABR Available Bit Rate
ABR Average Bit Rate
ABSDCT Adaptive Block Size Discrete Cosine Transform (Qualcomm algorithm)
ABT Adaptive Block Transform
ABU Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union
AC Access Control
AC Access Criteria
AC Address Complete
AC Advisory Circular
AC Alternating Current
AC Area Code
AC Assistant Camera
AC Authentication Center
AC Automatic Callback
ACA Adaptive Channel Allocation
ACATS Advisory Committee on Advanced Television Systems
ACBO Automatic Cross Band Operation
ACC Analog Control Channel
ACCH Associated Control Channel
ACCU Association of C and C++ Users (Club).
ACD Application Communication Data
ACD Application Control Data
ACD Automatic Call Distribution

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ACE Active Clip Eliminator
ACE Advanced Coding Efficiency
ACE Advanced Coding Extension
ACELP Adaptive Code Excited Linear Prediction
ACF Access Control Field
ACF Authentication Control Function
ACG Automatic Code Gapping
ACI Adjacent Channel Interference
ACIA Asynchronous Communication Interface Adapter
ACIL Association of Independent Scientific, Engineering and Testing Firms
ACK Acknowledgment
ACKS Acknowledgments
ACL Access Control List
ACL Auto Correct List.
ACM Access Complete Message
ACM Audio Compression Manager
ACM Adaptive Coding and Modulation (DVB S2)
ACO Alarm Cut Off
ACOS IEC Advisory Committee on Safety
ACP Adjacent Channel Power
ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
ACR Absolute Category Rating
ACR Allowed Cell Rate
ACR Anonymous Call Rejection
ACR Attenuation to Crosstalk Ratio
ACRE Authorization and Call Routing Equipment
ACS Automatic Changeover Switch
ACS Access Control Store
ACS Access Control System (DAB)
ACSB Amplitude Companded Single Side Band
ACSE Association Control Service Element
ACTE Approvals Committee for Terminal Equipment
ACTS Advanced Communications Technology Satellite
ACTS Advanced Communications Technologies and Services
ACTV Advanced Compatible TeleVision
ACU Automatic Calling Unit
AD Activity Detector
AD Administrative Domain
AD Assistant Director
A/D Analog to Digital
ADA Audio Distribution Amplifier
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act
ADAAG ADA Accessibility Guidelines
ADB Apple Desktop Bus (Mac Hardware)
AD-BES Administrative Back-End Services
ADC Analog to Digital Converter
ADCT Adaptive Discrete Cosine Transform
ADD Analog Digital Digital (CD)
ADDS Application Data Delivery Service
ADF Ancillary Data Flag
ADF Automatic Document Feeder (Scanners)
ADFS Advanced Disc Filing System
ADH Asynchronous Digital Hierarchy
ADHAG Ad Hoc Authentication Group (TR-45.2)
ADI Analog Devices Inc.
ADL All Digital Loop
ADL Automatic Determination of Location
ADLC Asynchronous Data Link Control
ADLG Automatic Determination of Location and Guidance
ADLNB Association of Designated Laboratories and Notified Bodies (European)
ADM Add Drop Multiplexer
ADN Advanced Digital Network
ADO Active/ActiveX Data Object (DataBase)
ADP Answerer Detection Pattern
ADP Automatic Data Processing
ADPCM Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation
ADR Astra Digital Radio
ADS Asynchronous Data
ADSI Analog Display Services Interface (Bellcore)
ADSL Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line

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ADSL Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line / Loop
ADSLF ADSL Forum
ADSL-R (Asynchronous) Asymetric Digital Subscriber Loop - Remote
ADSU ATM Data Service Unit
ADT Asynchronous Data Teleservice
AEC Acoustic Echo Controller
AECE Acoustic Echo Control Equipment
ADL Audio Engineering Laboratory
AES Advanced Encryption Standard
AES Audio Engineering Society
AF Adaptation Field
AF Audio Frequency
AFC Automatic Frequency Control
AFD Active Format Descriptor ((DVB)
AFE Analog Front End
AFF Above Finished Floor
AFI Authority and Format Identifier
AFS Alternative Frequency Switching
AFT Automatic Fine Tuning
AFV Audio Follow Video
AG Access Grant
AGC Audiographics Conferencing
AGC Automatic Gain Control
AGCH Access Grant Channel
agl Above Ground Level
AGNI Advisory Group for Network Issues
AGP Accelerated/Advanced Graphics Port
AH Authentication Header
AHAG Ad Hoc Authentication Group (TR-45)
AHES Ad Hoc Emergency Services (TR-45.2)
AHG Ad Hoc Group
aHIT! TIPIA merger into IMTC
AHMMG Ad Hoc Microcell/Microsystems Guidelines
AHPAI Ad Hoc PCS Air Interface Joint Group
AHSOG Ad Hoc on Self Organization Group
AHWG Ad Hoc Working Group
AI Air Interface
AI Analog Input
AI Answer Indicator (V.8)
AI Artificial Intelligence
AIC Advanced Intra Coding
AID Application IDentifier
AIG Authentication Implementation Guide
AIFF Apple Interchange File Format
AIIM Association for Information and Image Management
AIM Another Image Manager
AIM Application Interface Module
AIN Advanced Intelligent Network
AINI ATM Inter Network Interface
AIR System Active Intercooled Ribbon System
AIS Alarm Indication Signal
AIT Application Information Table
AIU Access Interface Unit
AIV Alternative Inter VLC
a.k.a. Also Known As
AL Adaptation Layer
AL Answer List
AL1 H.223 Adaptation Layer 1
AL-PDU Answer List - Protocol Data Unit
AL-SDU Answer List - Service Data Unit
ALC Automatic Level Control
ALCE Automatic Level Control Equipment
ALE Automatic Link Establishment Radios
ALE Avid Log Exchange
ALF Application Level Framing
ALI Automatic Location Identification
ALIT Automatic Line Insulation Test
ALM ALgorithmic Module
ALT Automatic Link Transfer
ALU Arithmetic Logic Unit

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AM Administration Mode
AM Amplitude Modulation
AMA Adaptive Motion Accuracy
AMA/CDR Automatic Message Accounting/Call Detail Recording
AMAN Advanced Modular Adaptive Network (Software)
AMBA Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture
AMD AMenDment
AMEL Active Matrix Electro-Luminescent
AMF Authentication Management Function
AML Actual Measured Loss
AMP Attached Media Processor (MPEG Decoding)
AMPS Advanced Mobile Phone Service
AMR Adaptive MultiRate
AMR-WB Adaptive Multi-Rate Wideband
AMS Advertisement Management System
AMS Array Management Software
AN Access Network
AN Access Node
AN Advisory Note
A/N Alphanumeric
ANAI Access Network Architecture and Interfaces
ANATEL Agencia Nacional de Telecomunicacoes (Brazil)
ANF Additional Network Feature
ANI Automatic Number Identification
ANL Automatic Noise Limiter
ANOVA Analysis of Variance Procedure
ANP ANnouncement Player
ANS ANnouncement Server
ANS Answer Tone
ANSam Answer Tone, amplitude modulated
ANSI American National Standards Institute (USA)
ANT Access Network Transport (Q1/15)
AOC Advice of Change
AOC ADSL Overhead Channel
AOC-D Advice Of Charge during a call
AOC-E Advice Of Charge at the End of a call
AOI Area Of Interest
AOL America On-Line (ISP)
AOS Acquisition Of Signal
AP Access Point
AP Access Provider
AP Advanced Prediction
AP Application Protocols
AP Assistant Producer
APC Automatic Phase Control
APC Automatic Predictive Coding
APCM Analog PCM Modem
APCO Associated Public Safety Communications Officers, Inc.
APD Avalanche Photo Diode
APDL Archimedes Public Domain Library
APDU Application Protocol Data Unit
APE Application Protocols Entities
APEC Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation
API Application Programming Interface
APIC APCO Project 25 Interface Committee
APL Average Picture Level
APL A Programming Language. Name for an Interpreted Programming Language
APLAC Asian Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation
APM Advanced Power Management
APON ATM PON (Passive Optical Network)
APP Application Marker
APPC Advanced Program-to-Program Communication
APPN Advanced Peer to Peer Networking
APS Advanced Photo System (Digital Cameras)
APS Asynchronous Protocol Specification
APS Automatic Protection Switch
AR Adaptive Reception Control
AR Auto-Regressive
AR Automatic Recall
ARC Adaptive Reception Control

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ARC Aspect Ratio Converter
ARCH Access Response Channel
ARF Audio Resource Function
ARFCN Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number
ARIB Association of Radio Industries and Businesses (accredited standards setting body in Japan)
ARJ Admission Reject
ARLP Acoustic Reference Level Plan
ARP Address Resolution Protocol
ARPA Advanced Research Project Agency
ARPANET Advanced Research Project Agency NETwork
ARPU Average Revenue Per Unit
ARM Application Resource Manager
ARQ Automatic Repeat Request
ART ATM Router Task
ARTS Advanced Real-time Simple (Profile)
AS Administrating Station
ASC Auto Size & Centering (Monitors)
ASCII American Standards Code for Information Interchange
ASE Amplified Spontaneous Emission
ASE Applications Service Element
ASF Advanced Streaming Format (Microsoft)
ASI Asynchronous Serial Interface
ASIC Application Specific Integrated Circuit
ASID Access, Searching and Indexing of Directories
ASK Amplitude Shift Keying
ASL Active Speech Level
asl Above Sea Level
ASM ASsociated Module
ASN Abstract Symbol Notation
ASN.1 Abstract Syntax Notation One
ASO Arbitrary Slice Ordering
ASP Application Service Provider
ASP Association of Shareware Professionals
ASPI Advanced SCSI Programming Interface
ASR Access Service Request
ASR Automatic Speech Recognition
ASSD Audio Specific Synchronized Data (DAB)
AST Analog Satellite Television
AST Auto Store Tuning
AST Automatic Scan Tracking
AST Automatic Spanning Tree
ASTB Advanced Set-Top Box
ASTM formerly American Society of Testing and Measurement
ASTN Automatic Switched Transport Network
ASVD Analog SVD
AT Advanced Technology
AT Application Table
AT Asynchronous Terminal
ATA Advanced Technology Attachment
ATA Analog Terminal and Access Project
ATAAB Analog Technical Ad hoc Advisory Board
ATAc ATA's Conventional Technology WG
ATAe ATA's Enhanced Technology WG
ATAPI Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface
ATBCB Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
ATC Analog Traffic Channel
ATC Analog Transmission Channel
ATD Automatic Transfer Device
ATDE Adaptive Time Domain Equalizer
ATDM Asynchronous Time Division Multiplexing
ATDT ATtention Dial Tone dialing (Modem)
ATEL Advanced TeleVision Evaluation Laboratory
ATF Administrative Task Force
ATF Automatic Tracking Finding (CD, DVTR)
ATIS Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions
ATL Active Template Library
ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode
ATMC Asynchronous Transfer Mode Chip a.k.a. ATM Chip
ATMF ATM Forum
ATMM ATM Management

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ATMOVE Adaptive-Template Movement
ATM-Utopia Universal Test and Operations Physical Layer Interface for ATM
ATO Analog Tandem Office (TIA-646-B)
AtoA Application to Application
ATOMM Advanced super-Thin layer and high Output Metal Media technology (Disc Technology)
ATR Answer To Reset
ATR Audio Tape Recorder
ATRAC Adaptative TRansform Acoustic Coder (Mini-Disc Sony)
ATS Abstract Test Suite
ATS Assigned Time Slot
ATS Advanced Television System
ATSC Advanced Television Systems Committee (USA)
ATT Analog Terrestrial Television
ATTC Advanced TeleVision Test Center
ATVEF Advanced TeleVision Enhancement Forum
ATV Advanced TeleVision
AU Access Unit
AUP Acceptable Use Policy
AuF Authentication Function
AUI Attachment Unit Interface
AUID Advanced Unique IDentifier
AUTODIN AUTOmatic DIgital Network
AV AudioVisual
AV Audio Video
AVC Advanced Video Coding
AVC Audio Visual Coding
AVC Audiovisual Conferencing
AVC Automatic Volume Control
AVD Alternating Voice Data
AVI Audio Video Interleave
AVI Interactive Audiovisual Services
AVIS Audio Visual Information Systems
AVO Audio Visual Object
AVL Automatic Vehicle Location
AVMMS AudioVisual and MultiMedia Services
AVT Audio/Visual Transport
AWC Auto White Control
AWG American Wire Gauge
AWG Arrayed Waveguide Grating
AWGN Additive White Gaussian Noise
AWI Alert With Info
AWT Abstract Windowing Toolkit
AZ AZimuth
AZ-EL AZimuth ELevation

-B-

B Bi-directionally predicted
B2B Business To Business
B2C Business To Customer
B&W Black and White
B-HLI Broadband High Layer Information
B-ISDN Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network
B-LLI Broadband Lower Layer Information
B-NT Broadband Network Termination
B-SMS Broadcasts Short Message Service
B-PISN Broadband PISN
B-QSIG Broadband QSIG
B-VOP Bidirectional Video Object Planes
B-UNI Broadband User Network Interface
BA Basic Access (ISDN)
BACP Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol
BAI Bit Allocation Information (DAB)
BAK BacKup File
BALUN BALenced to UNbalanced
BAM Biconic Connector
BAP Body Animation Parameter (MPEG4)
BAR Before Action Review
BARAS ETSI SAGE standard encryption algorithm for audiovisual services
BAS Bit rate Allocation Signal

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BASIC Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
BAT Bouquet Association Table
BB Bandwidth Broker
BB BaseBand
BB Black Burst
BB Bulletin Board
BBD Bucket Brigade Device (delay)
BBN Bulk Billing Number
BBS Bulletin Board System
BC Baseband Controller
BC Basic Call
BC Bayonet Cap
BC Bonding Conductor
BC Broadcast Channel (modulated)
BCCA Board Committee on Conformity Assessment
BCCH Broadcast Control Channel
BCD Binary Coded Decimal
BCDIC Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
BCF Backward Control Field
BCF Bearer Control Function
BCH Bits per Circuit Hour
BCH Bose, Chaudhuri, and Hocquenghem code (DVB S2)
BCI BroadCast Interference
BCID Billing Correlation IDentifier
BCM Back Channel Message
BCS Big Close Shot
Bd Baud
BDB British Digital Broadcasting
BDC Backup Domain Controller
BDC Block Down Converter
BDP Body Definition Parameter (MPEG4)
BDS Blank Detail Specification
BDT Bulk Data Table
BDU Business Dial Up (Service).
BE Border Element
BEDO Burst Extended Data Out
BEOFD Broadband End Of Frame Delimiter
BEM Big Emerging Markets
BER Basic Encoding Rules
BER Bit Error Rate (Ratio)
BERT Bit Error Rate Test
BES Back-End Services
BEST Back-End Service Transaction
BES Best Effort Scheduling
BeV Billion electron Volt
(B)FER Burst Frame Error Rate
BF Back Focus
BF Bearer Function
BF Burst Flag (PAL)
BFD Back Focal Distance
BFI Bad Frame Indicator
BFOC Bayonet Fiber Optic Connector
BFS Broadcast File Server
BFT Binary File Transfer
BG Burst Gate (PAL, cf BF)
BGN Background Noise Conditions
BGP Border Gateway Protocol
BIB Backward Indicator Bit
BIB British Interactive Broadcasting (Digital TV)
BICC Bearer Independent Call Control
BICSI Building Industry Consulting Services International
BID Base IDentification code
BID Billing ID Numbers
BIFET BIpolar Field-Effect Transistor
BIFS Binary Format for Scenes description
BITB Boulder Industry Test Bed
BINTERMS Basic Interoperability for Terminals for Telematic Services
BIOP Broadcast Inter ORB (Object Request Broker) Protocol
BIOS Basic Input/Output System
BISDN Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network

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BISS Basic Interoperable Scrambling System (EBU)
BJ Bubble-Jet (Printer)
BKSTS British Kinematograph Sound and Television Society
BLER Block Error Rates
BLERf Error Free Block Rate
BLES Broadband Loop Emulation Service
BMC Block Multiplexer Channel
BMC Broadcast Management Centre
BMC Broadcast systems Management Committee (EBU)
BMI Base Station, Mobile Switching Center, and Interworking Function
BMP BitMap Picture
BMP Basic Multi-Lingual Plane (Character Encoding - Fonts)
BMSC Base Station Manufacturer Code
BNC British Naval Connector
BNC Bayonet Network Connector
BNC ID Backbone Network Connection Identifier
BNF Backus-Naur Form
BNT Binary File Transfer
BNTF Bi-National Task Force
BNTG Bi-National Task Group
BNWG Bi-National Working Group
BO Back Off
BOD Bandwidth On Demand
BOF Birds of a Feather
BOMA Building Owners & Managers Association
BNC Bayonet Navy Connector (twist connector)
BONDING Bandwidth On Demand Interest Group (TR-41)
bpp bits per pixel
BPF Band Pass Filter
bpi bits per inch
bps bits per Second
Bps Bytes per Second
BPSK Binary Phase Shift Keying
BRA Basic Rate Access
BRAN Broadband Radio Access Networks (ETSI Committee)
BRI Basic Rate Interface
BRI Basic Rate ISDN
BRM Bit Repetition Message
BRQ Bandwidth ReQuest
BRR Bit-Rate Reduction
BRS Binaural Room Scanning
BS Base Station
BSA Business Software Alliance
BSAC Bit Sliced Arithmetic Coding
BSC Base Station Controller
BSC Binary Symmetric Channels
BSC Binary Synchronous Communication
BSIC Base Station Identification Code
BSMAP Base Station Management Application Part
BSMC Base Station Manufacturer Code
BSR Board of Standards Review (ANSI)
BSS Base Station System (Subsystem)
BSS Broadcasting-Satellite Service
BST Broadcast SMS Teleservice
BT British Telecom (United Kingdom PTT)
BTA Basic Trading Area
BTC Business Telecommunications Committee (ETSI)
BTI Broadband Terminal Interface
BTM Basic Transfer Mode
BtoB Business to Business
BtoC Business to Consumer
BTS Base Transceiver System
BTU Broadcast Termination Unit
BTV Broadcast TeleVision
BTW By The Way
BV Bit Variation
BVS Broadcast Video Server
BVU Broadcast Video U-Matic (Sony)
B/W Black and White
BW BandWidth

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BWC Bandwidth Control
BWF Broadcast Wave Format (EBU)
BWS Building Wiring Standard
BWS Broadcast Web Site

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C Carrier
C Celsius
C&I Commands and Indications
C/I Carrier-to-Interference ratio
C/N Carrier-to-Noise ratio
CA Certificate Authority (Body)
CA Conditional Access
CA Channel Aggregation
CA Communication Application (T.611)
CA Conformity Assessment
CAB Conformity Assessment Body
CABA North America's Home and Building Automation Association
CABX Centralized private Automatic Branch eXchange
CAC Carrier Access Code
CAD Computer Assisted Design
CADA Computer Assisted Design and Analysis
CADD Computer Assisted Design and Development
CAE Computer Assisted Engineering
CAGJES Canadian Advisory Group on Joint Electrical Safety Committee
CAI Common Air Interface
CAL Client Access Licence (Networking)
CAL Common Application Language
CAL Computer Aided Learning
CALEA Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act
CAM Computer Assisted Manufacturing
CAM Conditional Access Message
CAM Constant Access Method
CAMA Centralized Automatic Message Accounting
CAN CANcel
CANACINTRA Camara Nacional de la Industria de Transformacion (Mexico)
CANIECE Camara Nacional de la Industria Electronica Y de Communicaciones Electricas (Mexico)
CAP Carrier-less Amplitude modulation Phase modulation
CAPI Common API
CAPCS Cellular Auxiliary Personal Communications Service
CARE Carrier Access Records Exchange
CAS Channel Associated Signalling
CAS Conditional Access System
CAS Customer Alert Signal
CASCO Committee on Conformity Assessment (ISO)
CASE Computer Aided Software Engineering (Programming)
CASE Conformity Assessment System Evaluation (NIST)
CASS Common Air Satellite Structure
CAT Cellular Action Team (ECSP committee)
CAT Conditional Access Table
CATS Consortium for Audiographics Teleconferencing Standards
CATV Cable Television (or) Central Aerial TeleVision
CATV Community Aerial (Antenna) TeleVision
CAUCE Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email
CAUSE Campaign Against Un-Solicited Email
CAV Component Analog Video
CAV Constant Angular Velocity (CD-ROMs)
CAVE Cellular Authentication and Voice Encryption Algorithm
CAWG Conformity Assessment Working Group (Trilateral)
CB Certification Body
CB Citizen Band
CB Color Bars
CB Color Black (cf BB)
CB Common Battery
CBCH Cell Broadcast Channel
CBCP Call Back Control Protocol
CBE Constant Bytes per Element (MXF)
CBEMA Computing Business Equipment Manufacturers Association (see ITI)
CBG Color Background Generator

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