| AAM |
Application Activity Model |
| AEC |
Architecture, Engineering & Construction |
| AFNOR |
Association Francais de Normalisation; the national standards organization
in France |
| AIC |
Application Interpreted Construct |
| ANSI |
American National Standards Institute |
| AP |
Application Protocol |
| API |
Application Programming Interface |
| ARM |
Application Reference Model |
| ASCII |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| ASN1 |
Abstract Syntax Notation 1 |
| ASTM |
American Society for Testing and Materials |
| BPR |
Business Process Re-engineering |
| BSI |
British Standards Institution; the national standards organization in the
UK |
| CAD |
Computer Aided Draughting |
| CAE |
Computer Aided Engineering |
| CAM |
Computer Aided Manufacturing |
| CASE |
Computer Aided Software/Systems Engineering |
| CC |
Conformance Class |
| CIC |
Computer Integrated Construction |
| CIM |
Computer Integrated Manufacturing |
| CIME |
Computer Integrated Manufacturing and Engineering |
| CIS |
CIMsteel Integration Standards |
| DBMS |
Database Management System |
| DDL |
Data Definition Language |
| DIN |
Deutsches Institut fur Normung: the national standards organization in
Germany |
| DML |
Data Manipulation Language |
| DSTV |
Deutscher Stahlbau-Verband: the German Steel-construction Association |
| EDI |
Electronic Data Interchange |
| ESPRIT |
European Strategic Programme for the Research and development in
Information Technologies |
| GUI |
Graphical User Interface |
| ICAM |
Integrated Computer Aided Manufacturing |
| IDEF |
ICAM Definition (Language) |
| IDEF1X |
ICAM Definition (Language) One Extended |
| IEC |
International Electrotechnical Committee |
| IGES |
Initial Graphics Exchange Specification |
| IRDS |
Information Resource Dictionary System |
| ISO |
International Standardization Organization |
| KBS |
Knowledge Based System |
| LAN |
Local Area Network |
| LPM |
Logical Product Model |
| MIS |
Management Information System |
| NIAM |
Nijssen Information Analysis Method |
| NIST |
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| OO |
Object-oriented |
| OSI |
Open Systems Interconnection |
| PDES |
Product Data Exchange Specification |
| PDT |
Product Data Technology |
| PM |
Product Model |
| PMR |
Product Model Repository |
| SDAI |
Standard Data Access Interface |
| SIRDS |
STEP Information Resource Dictionary System |
| STEP |
Standard for the Exchange of Product model data (ISO 10303) |
| UoD |
Universe of Discourse |
| UoF |
Unit of Functionality |
| WAN |
Wide Area Network |
