INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY
ACRONYMS

2-DTwo Dimensional
2AD2nd Armored Division
2ID2nd Infantry Division
3-DThree Dimensional
4ID4th Infantry Division
ACDAdaptive Coordinated Defense
ACOMAtlantic Command
ACT II Advanced Concept Technology II
ACTDAdvanced Concept Technical Demonstration
ACUSArea Common User Systems
ADMAdvanced Development Model
AEGIS
AIartificial intelligence
AJPAdvanced Joint Planning
ALSPAggregate Level Simulation Protocol
AMPSAdvanced Mobile Phone Service
AOCAir Operations Center
ARLArmy Research Laboratory
ARPAAdvanced Research Projects Agency
ASTO[ARPA]
ATDAdvanced Technology Demonstration
ATMAsynchronous Transfer Mode
ATOAir Tasking Order
ATRAutomatic Target Recognition
AWEAdvanced Warfighting Experiment
B-ISDN Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network
B3A Level of Security Assurance
BADDBattlefield Awareness and Data Dissemination
BC2Battlespace Command and Control
BCBL[Army] Battle Command Battlelab
BDABattle Damage Assessment
BDS-D Battlefield Distributed Simulation-Development
BFTTBattle Force Tactical Trainer
BMDOBallistic Missile Defense Organization
bpsbits per second
C­in­C Commander in Chief
C2Command and Control
C2ICommand, Control, and Intelligence
C2VCommand and Control Vehicle
C3Command, Control, and Communications
C3ICommand, Control, Communications, and Intelligence
C4Command, Control, Communications and Computers
C4ICommand, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence
CASEComputer-Aided Software Engineering
CBUConsistent Battlespace Understanding
CCTTClose Combat Tactical Trainer
CECOM U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command
CFCCombined Forces Command
CFORCommand Forces
CGSCommon Ground Station
CJTFCommander, Joint Task Force
CMMSConceptual Model of Mission Space
COACourse of Action
COECommon Operating Environment
CONUS Continental United States
CORBA Common Object Request Broker Architecture
CORBUS CORBA-Compliant Version of a Heterogeneous DCE
COTSCommercial Off-The-Shelf
CTAPS Contingency Tactical Air Planning System
DAMADemand Assignment Multiple Access
DARO
DBCDigital Battlefield Communications
DBMSDatabase Management System
DBSDirect Broadcast Satellite
DCEDistributed Computing Environment
DDBMS Distributed DBMS
DEEMDynamic Environmental Effects Model
DEWDirected Energy Weapons
DIFData Interchange Format
DISDistributed Interactive Simulation
DISADefense Information Systems Agency
DISNDefense Information Systems Network
DMADefense Mapping Agency
DMSODefense Modeling and Simulation Office
DNADefense Nuclear Agency
DoDDepartment of Defense
DOEDepartment of Energy
DOTDepartment of Transportation
DSCSDefense Satellite Communications System
DSIDefense Simulation Internet
DSPDigital Signal Processor
DSSDecision Support System
DTAPDefense Technology Area Plan
DTEDDigital Terrain Elevation Data
DTODefense Technology Objective
DVIData/Voice Integration
Eagle Army Combat Development Analysis Tool for Studying Corps and Division-Level Force Effectiveness Issues.
EDCSEvolutionary Design of Complex Systems
EHFExtremely High Frequency
EIRPEffective Isotropic Radiated Power
EISEngineering Information System
ELFExtremely Low Frequency
EMDEngineering and Manufacturing Development
EMIElectromagnetic Interference
EPAEnvironmental Protection Agency
EPLRS Enhanced Position Location Reporting System
FASTLANE An Encryption Device
FDRFuture Digital Radio
FECForward Error Correction
FLOPFloating Point Operations
FOFiber-Optic(S)
FPRAForecasting, Planning and Resource Allocation
FYFiscal Year
GbpsGigabit Per Second
GBSGlobal Broadcast Services
GCCSGlobal Command and Control System
GFLOP Giga-Floating Point Operations
GHzGigahertz
GloMo Global Mobile Information System
GOTSGovernment Off-the-Shelf
GPSGlobal Positioning System
H/WHardware
HCIHuman-Computer Interface
HCTRHigh-Capacity Trunk Radio
HFHigh Frequency
HLAHigh-Level Architecture
HPCHigh Performance Computing
HPCCHigh Performance Computing and Communications
HQHavequick
IADSIntegrated Air Defense Simulation
IFMIntegrated Force Management
IFSAR Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar
INCInternet Controller
IPInternet Protocol
IPngInternet Protocol, Next Generation
IR&D Internal Research and Development
IS&T Information Systems and Technology
ISDNIntegrated Services Digital Network
ISRIntelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance
ISxxIS&T DTO Number Xx
ITU-TSS International Telecommunications Union Telecommunication Standardization Section (Formerly Comité Consultatif International Des Télégraphique Et Téléphonique [CCITT])
IUImage Understanding
IUAImage Understanding Architecture
IWInformation Warfare
JCSJoint Chiefs of Staff
JMASS Joint Modeling and Simulation System
JOINT STARS Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System
JPSJoint Precision Strike
JPSDJPS Demonstration
JSIMS Joint Simulation System
JTCTS Joint Tactical Combat Training System
JTFJoint Task Force
JTFC2 JTF Command and Control
JWARS Joint Warfare System
JWIDJoint Warrior Interoperability Demonstration
kbpsKilobits Per Second
kmKilometers
LACLocal Attack Controller
LANLocal-Area Network
LES[DISA] Leading Edge Services [Network]
LOSLine of Sight
LPI/D Low Probability of Interception/Detection
M&S Modeling and Simulation
MbpsMegabits Per Second
MCCMicroelectronics and Computer Technology Consortium
MCEModular Control Element
MCOPS Maritime Campaign Operations Planning System
MICOM U.S. Army Missile Command
MLSMultilevel Secure
MMITS Modular, Multifunction Information Transfer System
ModSAF Modular Semi-Automated Force
MOUTMilitary Operations in Urban Terrain
MPPMassively Parallel Processors
MRLMultiple Rocket Launcher
MSRRModeling and Simulation Resource Repository
N-ISDN Narrowband Integrated Services Digital Network
NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASMNational Air and Space [Warfare] Model
NCCOSC Naval Command, Control and Ocean Surveillance Center
NISTNational Institute of Standards and Technology
NOAANational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NRaDNCCOSC Research and Development Division
NRLNaval Research Laboratory
NSANational Security Agency
NSFNational Science Foundation
NSSNaval Simulation System
NSSNNext Generation Attack Submarine
OCONUS Outside Continental United States
OODObject-Oriented Database
OODBMS Object-Oriented DBMS
ORBObject Request Broker
OTMOn the Move
PCpersonal computer
PCIPeripheral Component Interface
PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PCSPersonal Communications System
POTSPlain Old Telephone Service
PPPPredictive Planning and Preemption
R&D Research and Development
RAPRadio Access Point
RBVRapid Battlefield Visualization
RDEC[CECOM] Research Development Engineering Center
RFRadio Frequency
RFIRF Interference
RFPIRapid Force Projection Initiative
RISTA
RLU.S. Air Force Rome Laboratory
S&T Science and Technology
S/WSoftware
SARDB Survivable Armed Reconnaissance on the Digital Battlefield
SASSurvivable Adaptive Systems
SATCOM Satellite Communications
SBDSimulation Based Design
SC-21 21st-Century Surface Combatant
SHFSuper High Frequency
SINCGARS Single-Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System
SONET synchronois optical network
SPCSoftware Productivity Consortium
SSCNSecure Survivable Communications Network
STOWSynthetic Theater Of War
STRICOM [U.S. Army] Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation Command
T&E-EW Test and Evaluation - Electronic Warfare
TCPTransmission Control Protocol
TD ATD Total Distribution ATD
TEEDTactical End-to-End Encryption Device
TFTask Force
TFLOP Tera-Floating Point Operations
TFXXI Task Force Twenty-One
THAAD Theater High-Altitude Air Defense
TMDTheater Missile Defense
TMGTactical Multinet Gateway
TOCTactical Operations Center
TRADOC [U.S. Army] Training and Doctrine Command
TRANSCOM Transportation Command
TRI-TAC Tri-Service Tactical Communications
UAVUnmanned Aerial Vehicle
UDPUser Datagram Protocol
UHFUltra-High Frequency
USFKUnited States Forces Korea
VHFVery High Frequency
VRVirtual Reality
WANWide-Area Network
WARSIM 2000 Warrior Simulation for year 2000
XVIII ABC 18th Airborne Corps