Acronym
|
Description
|
| A&T |
Automation & Technology Department
of ISA |
| A2LA |
American Association for Laboratory
Accreditation |
| AAEE |
American Academy of Environmental Engineers |
| AAMA |
American Architectural Manufacturers
Association |
| ABMA |
American Boiler Manufacturers Association |
| ACGIH |
American Conference of Governmental
Industrial Hygienists |
| ACI |
American Concrete Institute |
| ACIL |
American Council of Independent Laboratories,
Inc. |
| ACOS |
Automatic Control Systems Division
of ISA |
| ACS |
American Chemical Society |
| AD |
Analysis Division of ISA |
| AECL |
Atomic Energy Commission Limited |
| AFT2E |
Association of Federal Technology Transfer
Executives |
| AIA |
Automated Imaging Association, Analytical
Instruments Association |
| AIAA |
American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics |
| AIChE |
American Institute of Chemical Engineers |
| AIHA |
American Industrial Hygiene Association |
| AIS |
International Association of the Soap
and Detergent Industry |
| AISC |
American Institute of Steel Construction |
| AISE |
Association of Iron and Steel Engineers |
| AISG |
American Insurance Services Group |
| AISI |
American Iron and Steel Institute |
| ANS |
American Nuclear Society |
| ANSI |
American National Standards Institute |
| API |
American Petroleum Institute |
| APPA |
American Public Power Association |
| APPA |
American Public Power Association |
| AQIRP |
Auto/Oil Quality Improvement Research
Program |
| ASAE |
American Society of Agricultural Engineers |
| ASD |
Aerospace Industries Division of ISA |
| ASES |
American Solar Energy Society |
| ASHRAE |
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating,
and Air Conditioning Engineers |
| ASME |
American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| ASMS |
American Society for Mass Spectrometry |
| ASQC |
American Society for Quality Control |
| ASSE |
American Society of Sanitary Engineering |
| ASSE |
American Society of Safety Engineers |
| ASTM |
American Society for Testing and Materials |
| ATBC |
Association of Technology Business
Councils |
| ATP |
Advanced Technology Program |
| AWMA |
Air and Waste Management Association |
| AWS |
American Welding Society |
| BIRA |
Belgian Institute for Automatic Control |
| BOCA |
Building Officials and Code Adminstrators
International |
| BOMA |
Building Owners and Managers Association |
| BSI |
British Standards Institute |
| CAAA |
Clean Air Act Amendments (1990) |
| CANARIE |
Canadian Network for the Advancement
of Research, Industry, and Education |
| CANDU |
Canada Deuterium Uranium |
| CCPS |
Center for Chemical Process Safety |
| CEA |
Canadian Electrical Association |
| CEFIC |
European Council of Chemical Manufacturer's
Federations |
| CEN |
European Standardization Committee |
| CENELEC |
European Committee for Electrotechnical
Standardization |
| CEPP |
Chemical Emercency Preparedness and
Prevention Office |
| CHEMPID |
Chemical and Petroleum Industries Division
of ISA |
| CIS |
Construction Specifications Institute |
| CLSA |
Canadian Laboratory Supplies Association |
| CMA |
Chemical Manufacturers Association |
| COMPUTEC |
Computer Technology Division of ISA |
| CONDES |
Construction and Design Division of
ISA |
| CORM |
Council on Optical Radiation Measurement |
| CPAC |
Center for Process Analytical Chemistry |
| CSA |
Canadian Standards Association |
| DOD |
Department of Defense |
| DOE |
Department of Energy |
| DOT |
Department of Transportation |
| ECNE |
Electric Council of New England |
| EEI |
Edison Electric Institute |
| ELEOP |
Electro-Optics Division of ISA |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
| EPRI |
Electric Power Research Institute |
| ETL |
Electrical Testing Laboratories |
| FACSS |
Federation of Analytical Chemistry
and Spectroscopy Societies |
| FDA |
Food & Drug Administration |
| FIFRA |
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and
Rodenticide Act |
| FM |
Factory Mutual |
| FMRC |
Factory Mutual Research Corp. |
| FPID |
Food and Pharmaceutical Industries
Division of ISA |
| FRA |
Federal Railroad Administration |
| FTC |
Federal Trade Commission |
| G&C |
Glass and Ceramics Industries Division
of ISA |
| HIMA |
Health Industries Manufacturer's Association |
| HMIP |
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Pollution |
| I&S |
Industries & Sciences Department
of ISA |
| IAETL |
International Association of Environmental
Testing Laboratories |
| ICAC |
Institute of Clean Air Companies |
| ICBO |
International Conference of Building
Officials |
| ICC |
International Chamber of Commerce |
| ICS |
Industrial Computing Society |
| IEC |
International Electrotechnical Commission |
| IEEE |
Institute of Electrical & Electronic
Engineers |
| IES |
Illuminating Engineering Society |
| IFAC |
International Federation of Automatic
Control |
| IFC |
International Fieldbus Consortium |
| IFPAC |
International Forum of Process Analytical
Chemistry |
| IMQ |
Italy Standards Organization |
| INEL |
Idaho National Engineering Laboratory |
| INEM |
International Network for Environmental
Management |
| IORC |
Inter-Organizational Relations Committee |
| IPAO |
Integrated Process Analytics Organization |
| ISA |
Instrument Society of America |
| ISAI |
Instrument Society of America International |
| ISASI |
Instrument Society of America Services,
Inc. |
| ISC |
Intersociety Committee |
| ISO |
International Standards Organization |
| ISO OSI |
International Standards Organization
Open Systems Interface |
| ISP |
InterOperable System Project |
| ISRI |
Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries |
| KEMA |
Netherlands Standards Organization |
| LCIE |
France Standards Organization |
| LEOMA |
Laser and Electro-Optics Manufacturer's
Association |
| M&CS |
Measurement & Control Society |
| M&CSI |
Measurement & Control Society International
|
| M&S |
Marketing and Sales Division of ISA |
| MAINT |
Maintenance Division of ISA |
| MAN |
Management Division of ISAK |
| MID |
Metal Industries Division of ISA |
| MMD |
Mining and Metallurgy Division of ISA |
| MSS |
Manufacturers Standardization Society |
| NACE |
North American Commission on the Environment,
National Association of Corrosion Engineers |
| NAIT |
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology |
| NAMUR |
Normen Arbeitsgen Mess Und Regeltechnik
(Standards work group for Instrumentaion and Controls - Germany) |
| NARUC |
National Association of Regulatory
Utility Commissioners |
| NASUCA |
National Association of State Utility
Consumer Advocates |
| NCA |
National Coal Association |
| NCCLS |
National Committee for Clinical Laboratories
Standards |
| NCMS |
National Center for Manufacturing Sciences |
| NCRT |
National Center for Advanced Technology |
| NEC |
National Electrical Code |
| NELPA |
Northwest Electric Light and Power
Association |
| NEMA |
National Electrical Manufacturers Association |
| NESEA |
Northeast Sustainable Energy Association |
| NFC |
Norwegian Fieldbus Consortium |
| NFPA |
National Fire Protection Association |
| NIE |
National Institute of the Environment |
| NIOSH |
National Institute for Occupational
Health and Safety |
| NIST |
National Institute of Standards and
Technology |
| NRECA |
National Rural Electric Cooperative
Association |
| NSF |
National Science Foundation, National
Sanitation Foundation |
NSF
International |
National Science Foundation International |
| NSPE |
National Society of Professional Engineers |
| NSWMA |
National Solid Waste Management Association |
| NTIS |
National Technical Information Service |
| NTTC |
National Technology Transfer Center |
| OECD |
Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development |
| OSHA |
Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| OSI |
Open Systems Interconnection Division
of ISA |
| OWMC |
Ontario Waste Management Corporation |
| PACDM |
Process Analyzer Connectivity And Data
Management Workgroup |
| PEA |
Pennsylvania Electric Association |
| PMCD |
Process Measurement and Control Division
of ISA |
| POWID |
Power Industries Division of ISA |
| PUPID |
Pulp and Paper Industries Division
of ISA |
| ROBEX |
Robotics and Expert Systems Division
of ISA |
| RRC |
Railroad Commission |
| RSPA |
Research and Special Programs Administration |
| SAA |
Standards Association of Australia |
| SAE |
Society of Automotive Engineers |
| SAGE |
Strategic Advisory Group on the Environment |
| SAMA |
Scientific Apparatus Manufacturers
Association |
| SAS |
Society for Applied Spectroscopy |
| SBCCI |
Southern Building Code Congress International |
| SCS |
Society for Computer Simulation |
| SEC |
Securities and Exchange Commission |
| SEMCO |
Sweden Standards Organization |
| SERC |
Science and Engineering Research Council |
| SERCOS |
|
| SETAC |
Society of Environmental Toxicology
and Chemistry |
| SIG |
Special Interest Group |
| SIRCH |
Scientific Instrumentation & Research
Division of ISA |
| SIRIJ |
Semiconductor Industry Research Institute
Japan |
| SP(76) |
Standards and Practices (Group of ISA) |
| SPI |
Society of the Plastics Industry |
| SPIE |
The International Society for Optical
Engineering |
| SRC |
Semiconductor Research Corporation |
| SRI |
Southern Research Institute |
| TACB |
Texas Air Control Board |
| TAG |
Technical Advisory Group |
| TAPPI |
Technical Association of the Pulp and
Paper Industries |
| TELCOM |
Telemetry and Communications Division
of ISA |
| TEMA |
Tubular Exchanger Manufacturers Association |
| TEX |
Textile Industries Division of ISA |
| TMD |
Test Measurement Division of ISA |
| TRP |
Technology Reinvestment Project |
| TWC |
Texas Water Commission |
| TWQB |
Texas Water Quality Board |
| UBC |
Uniform Building Code |
| UCS |
Ultra Clean Society |
| UL |
Underwriters Laboratories |
| UNCSD |
United Nations Commission on Sustainable
Development |
| UTC |
Utilities Telecommunications Council
|
| VDE |
German Standards Organization - Association
of German Electrotechnicians |
| VDI |
Society of German Engineers |
| WAT |
Working Party Analytical Techniques
|
| WECA |
Western Energy and Communication Association |
| WORLDFIP |
|
| WWF |
World Wide Fund for Nature |
| WWID |
Water and Wastewater Industries Division
of ISA |
