Standards Related Acronyms

Standards Related Acronyms
International Standards Bodies National Standards Bodies
Note: In the following list: (NAA) means "Not an Acronym" and (FA) means "Foreign Acronym". All of the links were verified as of 5/6/2008.
ACM - Association for Computing Machinery AEA - American Electronics Association ADPA - American Defense Preparedness Association - Now the NDIA National Defense Industrial Association AFNOR - (FA) French National Standards Body AIA - Aerospace Industries Association AIM USA - Automatic Identification Manufacturers of America AJPO - Ada Joint Program Office AMRA - Automatic Meter Reading Association ANA - Association of Naval Aviators ANS - American National Standard ANSI - American National Standards Institute ASC - Accredited Standards Committee ASME - American Society for Mechanical Engineers ASTM - American Society for Test and Manufacturing ATIS - Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions [Previously ANSI T1) ATSC - Advanced TV Systems Committee BSI - British Standards Institution CANENA - (FA) NAFTA Regional Standards Body CBEMA - Computer Business Equipment Manufacturers Association (Now ITIC) CEN - (FA) European Committee for Standardization (a European Regional Standards Body) CENELEC (FA) European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (a European Regional Electrical Standards Body) COPANT - (FA) Pan American Standards Commission (a South American Regional Standards Body) COS - Committee on Open Systems CS - Computer Society CSA - Canadian Standards Association CTIA - Cellular Telecommunications Industries Association DAVIC - Digital Audio Visual Interchange Council DGN - (FA) Mexican National Standards Body DIN - (FA) German National Standards Body DKE - (FA) German National Electrical Standards Body DVB - (European) Digital Video Broadcast (Project) DoD - Department of Defense ECMA - European Computer Manufacturers Association EDIF - Electronic Data Interchange Format EIA - Electronic Industries association EIAJ - Electronic Industries Association of Japan EIDX - Electronic Industry Data Exchange EPA - Environmental Protection Agency ETSI - European Telecommunications Standards Institute EU - European Union EWOS - European Workshop for Open Systems FCC - Federal Communications Commission FTAA - Free Trade Area of the Americas GATT - General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GII - Global Information Infrastructure GOST - (FA) Russian Federation National Standards Body ICAITI - (FA) Central American Regional Standards Body - see FTAA - Free Trade Area of the Americas IEC - International Electrotechnical Commission IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers IES - Institute of Environmental Sciences IETF - Internet Engineering Task Force IFIP - International Federation of Information Processing IITF - Information Infrastructure Task Force IrDA - Infrared Data Association ISA - Instrument Society of America (Now the International Society for Measurement and Control) ISDN - Integrated Services Digital Network ISO - (NAA) International Organization for Standardization ISSP - Information Infrastructure Standards Panel (ANSI committee) ITA - International Teleconferencing Association ITI - Information Technology Industry Council (No, it's not ITIC) ITSA - Intelligent Transportation Society of America ITU - International Telecommunication Union JISC - (FA) Japanese National Standards Body JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group JTC1 - ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee 1 for Information Technology MITI - Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Japanese Ministry) NAFTA - North American Free Trade Association NAM - National Association of Manufacturers NB - National Body (responsible for developing national positions for international voting) NCITS - National Committee for Information Technology Standards (previously ASC X3) NEMA - National Electrical Manufacturers Association NFPA - National Fire Protection Association NII - National Information Infrastructure NIIT - National Institute on Information Technology NISO - National Information Standards Organization NIST - National Institute for Standards and Technology NNI - Netherlands National Standards body NSIA - National Security Industrial Association - - Now the NDIA National Defense Industrial Association NSSN - National Standards System Network OMG - Object Management Group OUI - Organizationally Unique Identifier PASC - Pacific Area Standards Commission - Pacific Rim Regional Standards body PCMCIA - PC Memory Card International Association RAB - ANSI Registration Accreditation Board RAC - IEEE Registration Authority for Organization Unique Identifier and Company Identifier Authority Committee SAA - (FA) Standards Australia (Australian National Standards Body) SAE - Society of Automotive Engineers (Automotive=anything that moves) SCC - (FA) Standards Council of Canada (Canadian National Standards Body) SDO - Standards Developing Organization SIA - Semiconductor Industries Association SIS - (FA) Swedish National Standards Body SMPTE - Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers T1 - (NAA) - Accredited Standards Committee for Telecommunications. [administered by ATIS but is now retired committee) TAG - Technical Advisory Group (develops the US Position on international issues) TIA - Telecommunications Industries Association UL - Underwriters Laboratories UNEP - United Nations Environmental Program USNB - US National Body (to the IEC) WTO - World Trade Organization WWWO - World Wide Web Organization X-Open - (NAA) Consortia for open X-Windows development X3 - (NAA) - Accredited Standards Committee for Information Technology (Now NCITS) XIWT - Cross Industry Working Team (on NII)