| A (amp) |
Ampere |
| AA |
Atomic absorption |
| AAF |
Advanced Authoring Format |
| AAS |
Atomic absorption spectroscopy |
| ABS |
Antilock braking system |
| AC |
Activated carbon |
| AC |
Air Conditioner. |
| AC |
Alternating Current |
| ACA |
Anisotropically Conductive Adhesive |
| ACC |
Adaptive Cruise Control |
| ACCE.S.S |
Analysis computer for component engineering services
support |
| ACFA |
Advanced CMOS Frame Aligner |
| ACI |
Adjacent Channel Interference |
| ACI |
After clean inspection |
| ACIA |
Asynchronous Communications Interface Adapter |
| ACPR |
Adjacent Channel Power Ratio |
| ACT |
Actual Cycle Time |
| ACT |
Alternative Control Techniques |
| ACWG |
Asymmetrical CoPlanar Waveguide |
| AC/DC |
Alternating current or direct current |
| ADC |
Analog-to-digital converter |
| ADE |
Advanced development environment |
| ADI |
After develop inspection |
| ADIG |
Application development interface guidelines |
| ADIO |
Analog/digital input/output |
| ADMA |
Advanced DMA controller |
| ADP |
Administrative data processing |
| ADPCM |
Adaptive differential pulse code modulation |
| ADS |
Advanced Design System |
| ADSL |
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line |
| ADT |
Applied Diagnostic Techniques |
| ADT |
Automatic Detection and Tracking |
| ADTV |
Advanced Definition TV |
| AE |
Acoustic emission |
| AE |
Atomic emission |
| AE |
Auger electron |
| AEC |
Advanced Equipment Controller |
| AEC |
Architecture Engineering and Construction |
| AECS |
Automated Equipment Control System |
| AEI |
After etch inspection |
| AEI |
Automated equipment interface |
| AEM |
Analytical Electron Microscopy |
| AES |
Advanced Encryption Standard |
| AES |
Auger Electron (Emission) Spectroscopy |
| AESA |
Active Electronically Steered Array |
| AF |
Audio frequency |
| AFAICS |
As Far As Eyes Can See |
| AFC |
Automatic flow controller |
| AFC |
Automatic frequency control |
| AFD |
Application framework definition |
| AFT |
Automatic fine tunung |
| AGC |
Automatic gain control |
| AGP |
Accelerated Graphics Port |
| AGV |
Automated guided vehicle |
| AI |
Adobe Illustrator image format |
| AI |
Artificial Intelligence |
| AICTE |
All India Council Of Technical Education. |
| AIS |
Adhesive Interconnect System |
| ALD |
Atomic Layer Deposition |
| ALE |
Application Logic Element |
| ALS |
Advanced light source |
| ALS |
Advanced low-power Schottky |
| ALU |
Arithmetic logic unit |
| ALVT |
Advanced low voltage technology |
| AM |
Amplitude Modulation. |
| AM |
Ante Meridian (before noon) |
| AMD |
Alpha micro devices |
| AMDM |
ATM Multiplexer/DeMultiplexer. |
| AMH |
Automated material handling |
| AMHS |
AMH Systems |
| AMI |
Alternate Mark Inverse Code |
| AML |
Automatic model linking |
| AMLCD |
Active Matrix LCD |
| AMM |
Acoustic Mismatch Model |
| AMM |
Analog multimeter |
| AMPS |
Advanced Mobile Phone Systems. |
| AMRAAM |
Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile |
| AMT |
Advanced manufacturing technology |
| AMU |
Atomic mass unit |
| AM/FM |
Amplitude modulation or Frequency modulation |
| ANA |
Automated Network Analyzer |
| ANN |
Artificial Neural Network |
| ANSI |
American National Standards Institute |
| AOI |
And-Or-Invert |
| AOI |
Automatic Optical Inspection |
| AOV |
Air-Operated Valve |
| AP |
Adhesion Promoter |
| APA |
Advanced Performance Algorithm |
| APB |
Anti Phase Boundary |
| APC |
Advanced Process Control |
| APC |
Automatic phase control |
| APCD |
Add-on Pollution Control Devices |
| APCFI |
Advanced Process Control Framework Initiative |
| APCVD |
Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition |
| APC-7 |
Amphenol Precision Connector, 7 mm |
| APD |
Avalanche Photo Diode |
| APDP |
Anti-Parallel Diode Pair |
| APEC |
Advanced Process Equipment Control |
| API |
Application Programming Interface |
| API |
Atmospheric Pressure Ionization |
| APIMS |
Atmospheric Pressure Ionization Mass Spectroscopy |
| APM |
Acoustic Plate Mode |
| APM |
Atmospheric Passivation Module |
| APS |
American Physical Society |
| APS |
Antenna Positioning System |
| APT |
Advanced Probe Technology |
| APT |
Automatically Programmed Tools |
| APW |
Augmented Plane Wave |
| AQI |
ACCESS Query Interface |
| AQL |
Acceptance Quality Level |
| AQTX |
Aquatic Toxicity |
| AR |
Aspect Ratio |
| ARAMS |
Automated Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability
Standard |
| ARC |
Antireflective Coating |
| ARCOFI |
Audio Ringing Codec Filter |
| ARDE |
Aspect-Ratio-Dependent Etching |
| ARIB |
Association of Radio Industries and Businesses |
| ARIMA |
Auto Regressive Moving Average with Integration |
| ARINC |
Aeronautical Radio Incorporated |
| ARO |
After Receipt of Order |
| ARPA |
Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| ARPES |
Angular Resolved Photo Electron Spectroscopy |
| ARPU |
Average Revenue Per User |
| ARS |
Angle-Resolved Scattering |
| ARUPS |
Angle-Resolved UV Photoemission Spectroscopy |
| ARXPS |
Angle Resolved XPS |
| ASAP |
Advanced Stepper Application Program |
| ASCII |
Alphabetic Code For Information Exchange |
| ASCII |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| ASE |
Amplified Stimulated Emission |
| ASF |
Windows Media Technology File Format |
| ASIC |
Application Specific Integrated Circuit. |
| ASIC |
Application Specific Semiconductor |
| ASK |
Amplitude Shift Keying. |
| ASLAC |
Advanced Subscriber Line Audio processing interface |
| ASLIC |
Advanced Subscriber Line Interface |
| ASLV |
Augmented Sattelite Launch Vehicle. |
| ASO |
Automatic Shut-Off |
| ASP |
Advanced Simple Profile |
| ASP |
Advanced Strip and Passivation |
| ASP |
Advanced Strip Processor |
| ASP |
Application Service Provider |
| ASR |
Automated Send Receive |
| ASSMBE |
All Solid Source MBE |
| ASSP |
Application Specific Standard Product |
| ASTM |
American Society for Testing and Materials |
| ASTTL |
Advanced Schottky TTL |
| ASW |
Augmented Spherical Wave |
| AS/RS |
Automated Storage and Retrieval System |
| AT & T |
American Telegraph and Telegraph Co.Ltd. |
| ATC |
Air Traffic Control. |
| ATDF |
Advanced Tool Development Facility |
| ATDSEM |
Apply/Develop Track Specific Equipment Model |
| ATE |
Automatic Test Equipment |
| ATF |
Automation Test Facility |
| ATG |
Automatic Test Generation |
| ATLAS |
Abbreviated Test Language for All Systems |
| ATM |
Adobe Type Manager |
| ATM |
Asynchronous Transfer Mode. |
| ATM |
Atmosphere |
| ATM |
Automatic Teller Machine |
| ATP |
Advanced Technology Program |
| ATPG |
Automatic Test Pattern Generation |
| ATR |
Air Transport Rack |
| ATR |
Anti Transmit-Receive cells |
| ATR |
Attenuated Total Reflectance |
| ATR-FTIR |
Attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared
spectroscopy |
| ATSC |
Advanced Television Systems Committee. |
| ATT |
Attenuated |
| AVC |
Automatic Volume Control |
| AVP |
Advanced Vertical Processor |
| AVRC |
Audio Visual Research Centre |
| AVS |
Advanced Visualization System |
| AVT |
Accelerated Vesication Test |
| AWE |
Asymptotic Waveform Evaluation |
| AWG |
American wire gauge |
| AWG |
Arbitrary Waveform pattern Generator. |
| AWGN |
Additive White Gaussian Noise |
| AWS |
Advanced Wet Station |
| A/D |
Analog to digital |
|
Ac |
Actinium |
|
Ag |
Silver |
|
Ah |
Ampere hour |
| Ai |
Current gain |
| Al |
Aluminum |
| ALT |
Alternating |
| Amp |
Amplifier |
| AND |
Logic term - AND |
| antilog |
Antilogarithm |
| Ap |
Power gain |
| As |
Arsenic |
| ASPaRC |
Ability of Solder Paste to Retain Components |
| Async |
Asynchronous |
| Au |
Gold |
| Av |
Voltage gain |
