# JTA APPENDIX A - ACRONYMS

DATE REVISED: 22 AUGUST 1996

# APPENDIX A - ACRONYMS

    AAL           ATM Adaptation Layer

    ABOR          Abort

    ACP           Allied Communication Publication

    AES           Application Environment Specification

    AH            Authentication Header

    ALE           Automated Link Establishment

    ALSP          Aggregate Level Simulation Protocol

    ANSI          American National Standards Institute

    API           Application Programming Interface

    ARIDPCM       Adaptive Recursive Interpolated Differential Pulse Code

                  Modulation

    ARP           Address Resolution Protocol

    ASD           Assistant Secretary of Defense

    ATA           Army Technical Architecture

    ATIS          Alliance for Telecommunication Industry Solutions

    ATM           Asynchronous Transfer Mode

    AUTODIN       Automatic Digital Network

    BER           Bit Error Rate

    BGP           Border Gateway Protocol

    BOOTP         Bootstrap Protocol

    bps           Bits Per Second

    BRI           Basic Rate Interface

    BUFR          Binary Universal Format for Representation

    C/S/A         CINCs/Services/Agencies

    C2            Command and Control

    C2CDM         Command and Control Core Data Model

    C3I           Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence

    C4I           Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and

                  Intelligence

    C4ISR         Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence,

                  Surveillance, and Reconnaissance

    CADRG         Compressed Arc Digitized Raster Graphics

    CAE           Common Application Environment

    CALS          Continuous Acquisition and Life Cycle Support

    CASE          Computer Automated Software Engineering

    CBS           Commission for Basic Systems

    CC            Common Criteria for Information Technology Security

                  Evaluation

    CCB           Change Control Board

    CCITT         International Telegraph & Telephone Consultative Committee

                  (now ITU)

    CDE           Common Desktop Environment

    CDENext       Next Version of CDE

    CDMA          Code Division Multiple Access

    CFS           Center for Standards

    CG            Commanding General

    CGI           Computer Graphics Interface

    CGM           Computer Graphics Metafile

    CIB           Controlled Image Base

    CIDE          Communication Information Data Exchange

    CINC          Commander In Chief

    CIO           Central Imagery Office

    CIPSO         Common Internet Protocol Security Options

    CJCSI         Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction

    CJCSM         Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Memo

    CM            Configuration Management

    CMMS          Conceptual Models of the Mission Space

    CNR           Combat Net Radio

    COE           Common Operating Environment

    CONUS         Continental United States

    CORBA         Common Object Request Broker Architecture

    COSE          Common Open Software Environment

    COTS          Commercial Off-the-Shelf

    CRM           Computer Resources Management

    CSMA/CD       Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Detection

    CTCPEC        Canadian Trusted Computer Product Evaluation Criteria

    DAA           Designated Approving Authority

    DAMA          Demand Assigned Multiple Access

    DBDB          Digital Bathymetric Database

    DBMS          Database Management System

    DCA           Defense Communications Agency (now DISA)

    DCAC          Defense Communications Agency Circular (now DISA)

    DCE           Distributed Computing Environment

    DDDS          Defense Data Dictionary System

    DDM           DoD Data Model

    DDRS          Defense Data Repository System

    DEF           Data Exchange Format

    DGSA          DoD Goal Security Architecture

    DHCP          Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

    DIA           Defense Intelligence Agency

    DIGEST        Digital Geographic Information Exchange Standard

    DII           Defense Information Infrastructure

    DIS           Distributed Interactive Simulation

    DIS           Draft International Standard

    DISA          Defense Information Systems Agency

    DISN          Defense Information Systems Network

    DLWG          Data Link Working Group

    DMA           Defense Mapping Agency

    DMAL          Defense Mapping Agency List

    DMS           Defense Message System

    DMTD          Digital Message Transfer Device

    DNC           Digital Nautical Chart

    DNS           Domain Name System

    DoD           Department of Defense

    DoDD          DoD Directive

    DoDISS        DoD Index of Specifications and Standards

    DoDSSP        DoD Single Stock Point

    DPPDB         Digital Point Positioning Data Base

    DSIC          Defense Standards Improvement Council

    DSN           Defense Switched Network

    DSP           Defense Standardization Program

    DTED          Digital Terrain Elevation Data

    DTOP          Digital Topographic Data

    EEI           External Environment Interface

    EHF           Extremely High Frequency

    EIA           Electronics Industries Association

    E-MAIL        Electronic Mail

    ESP           Encapsulating Security Payload

    FAQ           Frequently Asked Questions

    FDDI          Fiber Distributed Data Interface

    FDMA          Frequency Division Multiple Access

    FED-STD       Federal Telecommunication Standard

    FIPS          Federal Information Processing Standards

    FPLMTS        Future Public Land Mobile Telecommunications Systems

    FTP           File Transfer Protocol

    GCCS          Global Command and Control System

    GCSS          Global Combat Support System

    GIF           Graphics Interchange Format

    GIS           Geographic Information System

    GKS           Graphical Kernel System

    GOTS          Government Off-the-Shelf

    GPS           Global Positioning System

    GRIB          Gridded Binary

    GSS           Generic Security Service

    GUI           Graphical User Interface

    HCI           Human-Computer Interface

    HF            High Frequency

    HITL          Human-in-the-Loop

    HLA           High Level Architecture

    HTML          Hypertext Markup Language

    HTTP          Hypertext Transfer Protocol

    I&RTS         Integrated and Runtime Specification

    IAB           Internet Architecture Board

    ICCCM         Inter-Client Communications Convention Manual

    ICMP          Internet Control Message Protocol

    IDEF          Integrated (Computer-Aided Manufacturing) Definition

    IDEF1X        Integrated Definition for Information Modeling

    IDEF0         Integrated Definition for Function Modeling

    IDUP          Independent Data Unit Protection

    IEC           International Electrotechnical Commission

    IEEE          Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

    IER           Information Exchange Requirements

    IESG          Internet Engineering Steering Group

    IETF          Internet Engineering Task Force

    IF            Intermediate Frequency

    IGMP          Internet Group Management Protocol

    IMETS         Integrated Meteorological System

    IP            Internet Protocol

    IPCP          Internet Protocol Control Protocol

    IPv4          IP Next Generation/Version 4

    IPv6          IP Next Generation/Version 6

    IS            Information System

    ISDN          Integrated Services Digital Network

    ISO           International Organization for Standardization

    ISP           International Standardized Profile

    ISP           ISDN Security Program

    ISS           Intelligence Systems Secretariat

    ITSEC         European Information Technology Security Evaluation

                  Criteria

    ITSG          Information Technology Standards Guidance

    ITU           International Telecommunications Union (formerly called

                  CCITT)

    ITU-T         International Telecommunications Union - Telecommunications

                  Standardization Sector

    JCSA          Joint C4ISR System Architecture

    JFIF          JPEG File Interchange Format

    JIEO          Joint Interoperability & Engineering Organization

    JPEG          Joint Photographic Expert Group

    JTA           Joint Technical Architecture

    JTA WG        Joint Technical Architecture Working Group

    JTDLMP        Joint Tactical Data Link Management Plan

    JTIDS         Joint Tactical Information Distribution System

    kbps          Kilobits Per Second

    kHz           Kilohertz

    KMP           Key Management Protocol

    LAN           Local Area Network

    LCP           Link Control Protocol

    LDR           Low Data Rate

    LOS           Line-of-Sight

    LWD           Littoral Warfare Data

    M&S           Modeling and Simulation

    MAGTF         Marine Air Ground Task Force

    MAN           Metropolitan-Area Network

    MAU           Medium-Access Unit

    Mbits/s       Megabits per second

    MC&G          Mapping, Charting and Geodesy

    MCCDC         Marine Corps Combat Development Command

    MDR           Medium Data Rate

    MHP           Mobile Host Protocol

    Mhz           Megahertz

    MIB           Management Information Base

    MIDB          Management Information Database

    MIDS          Multi-functional Information Distribution System

    MIL-HDBK      Military Handbook

    MILSATCOM     Military Satellite Communications

    MIL-STD       Military Standard

    MISSI         Multilevel Information Systems Security Initiative

    MOSPF         Multicast Open Shortest Path First

    MPEG          Motion Pictures Expert Group

    MSMP          Modeling and Simulation Master Plan

    MSP           Message Security Protocol

    NATO          North Atlantic Treaty Organization

    NCSC          National Computer Security Center (see NSA)

    NIST          National Institute of Standards and Technology

    NITFS         National Imagery Transmission Format Standard

    NSA           National Security Agency

    NTIS          National Technical Information Service

    NTP           Network Time Protocol

    ODBC          Open Data Base Connectivity

    ODMG          Object Data Management Group

    OLE           Object Linking Embedding

    OMA           Object Management Architecture

    OMG           Object Management Group

    OODBMS        Object-Oriented Database Management System

    OOM           Object-Oriented Methods

    OOT           Object Oriented Technology

    OSD           Office of the Secretary of Defense

    OSF           Open Software Foundation

    OSI           Open Systems Interconnection

    OSPF          Open Shortest Path First

    PCAT          PC Access Tool

    PCMCIA        Personal Computer Memory Card International Association

    PCS           Personal Communications Services

    PDU           Protocol Data Units

    PHIGS         Programmers Hierarchical Interactive Graphics Systems

    PM            Program Manager

    PN-NI         Private Network-Network Interface

    POC           Point of Contact

    POSIX         Portable Operating System for Information Exchange

    PPP           Point-to-Point Protocol

    PPS           Precise Position Service

    PRI           Primary Rate Interface

    PSK           Phase Shift Keying

    PSM           Persistent Stored Modules

    PST           Prestructured Technology

    PSTN          Public Switched Telephone Networks

    RDBMS         Relational Database Management System

    RF            Radio Frequency

    RFC           Request for Comments

    RFP           Requests for Proposals

    RPC           Remote Procedure Call

    RPF           Raster Product Format

    RTI           Run Time Infrastructure

    SAMP          Security Association Management Protocol

    SATCOM        Satellite Communications

    SCC           Standards Coordinating Committee

    SDN           Secure Data Network

    SDNS          Secure Data Network System

    SEDRIS        Synthetic Environment and Data Representation Interchange

                  Specification

    SGML          Standard Generalized Markup Language

    SHF           Super High Frequency

    SIDR          Secure Intelligence Data Repository

    SILS          Standard for Interoperable LAN Security

    SNMP          Simple Network Management Protocol

    SNMPv1        Structure of Management Information

    SONET         Synchronous Optical Network

    SOW           Statements of Work

    SSL           Secure Socket Layer

    STANAG        Standardization Agreement

    STD           Standard

    STOU          Store Unique

    STS           Synchronous Transport Signal

    SUS           Single UNIX Specification

    TACO2         Tactical Communications Protocol 2

    TADIL         Tactical Digital Information Link

    TAFIM         Technical Architecture Framework for Information Management

    TAWDS         Tactical Automated Weather Distribution System

    TCP           Transmission Control Protocol

    TCSEC         Trusted Computer Security Evaluation Criteria

    TDL           Tactical Data Link

    TDMA          Time Division Multiple Access

    TELNET        Telecommunications Network

    TFTP          Trivial File Transfer Protocol

    TIA           Telecommunications Industry Association

    TIDP          Technical Interface Design Plan

    TIS           Technical Interface Specification

    TOS           Type-of-Service

    TP0           Transport Protocol Class 0

    TRC           Technical Reference Code

    TRM           Technical Reference Model

    TSIG          Trusted Systems Interoperability Group

    TSIX(RE)      Trusted Security Information Exchange for Restricted

                  Environments

    UCS           Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set

    UDP           User Datagram Protocol

    UHF           Ultra High Frequency

    UI            User Interface

    UNI           User-Network Interface

    URL           Uniform Resource Locator

    USD(A&T)      Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology

    USIS          United States Imagery System

    USMC          U.S. Marine Corps

    USMTF         United States Message Text Format

    UVMap         Urban Vector Map

    VHF           Very High Frequency

    VITD          Vector Product Interim Terrain Data

    VMap          Vector Map

    VMap AD       VMap Aeronautical Data

    VMF           Variable Message Format

    VPF           Vector Product Format

    VTC           Video Teleconferencing

    WGS           World Geodetic System

    WMO           World Meteorological Organization

    WNDP          Worldwide Numbering and Dialing Plan

    WVS+          World Vector Shoreline Plus

    WWW           World Wide Web

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