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Abbreviation	Meaning
0	Angular measure; degree
0C	Degree Celsius/centigrade
0F	Degree Fahrenheit
2DI	Two Dimensional Inspection (on Screen printing machines)
3D	Three-dimensional
3DPM	3 Dimensional Packaging Module
5 S	Seiri (Organization or sort), Seiton (Orderliness or arrange), Seisou (Cleanliness), Seiketsu (Standardized cleanup), Shitsuke (Discipline)
A	Ampere
A / D	After date
A / I	Automatic insertion
A / P	Accounts payable
A / R	Accounts receivable or All risks
A / S	After sight
AAGR	Average annual growth rate
AAR	Against all risks
ABC	Activity-based costing
ABP	Active Business Partners
ABS	Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (plastic) or antiblocking system
ac	Alternating current
AC	Alternating current
ACAR	Audit corrective action request
ACI	Axial circuit insertion
ACM	Advanced component mounter (Philips machine)
ACP	African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries
ACWP	Actual Cost of Work Performed (EVA term)
AD	After date
ADB	Asian Development Bank
ADL	Allowable dirt level
ADM	Activity Diagram Method
ADP	Avis de depannage provisoire
AEC	African Economic Community
AEC	Architecture, engineering, and construction
AfDB	African Development Bank
AFNOR	Association Francaise de Normalization
AGV	Automatic guided vehicle
AI	Artificial intelligence
AIAG	Automotive Industry Action Group
AICPA	American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
AIMS	Automated inspection & Measurement systems
AIPM	Australian Institute of Project Management
AIS	Adhesive interconnect system
AL	Arab League
ALADI	Latin American Integration Association
ALAP	As Late As Possible (flexible constraint in Microsoft Project)
ALE	Assembly line equipment
AM	Automatic module (FCM Philips machines)
AMF	American Manufacturing Facility (N. Amer. Factory/Region)
AML	Approved manufacturing list
AMU	Arab Maghreb Union
ANOVA	Analysis of variance
ANSI	American National Standards Institute
ANZUS	Australia-New Zealand-United States Security Treaty
AOA	Activity on Arrow
AOI	Automatic optical inspection
AOL	America on line
AON	Activity on Node
AOP	Annual operational plan
AOQ	Average outgoing quality
APCC	Asia Pacific Customer Center (Penang)
APEC	Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation
APICS	American production and inventory control system
APR	Asian Pacific Region
APS	Advanced Planning System
APT	Automatically programmed tools
AQC	Acceptance quality control
AQL	Acceptable quality level
AQS	Assembly quality system
AR	Action require or All risks
ARPA	Advanced Research Projects Agency
AS	After sight
ASAP	As soon as possible
ASCII	American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASEAN	Association of South-East Asian Nations
ASIC	Application specific integrated circuit
ASL	Approved supplier list
ASM	American Society for Metals
ASME	American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASP	Automatic stencil printer or Association of Shareware Professionals
ASQC	American Society for Quality Control
ASTM	American Society for Testing Materials
AT	Advanced technology
at. %	Atomic percent
ATE	Automatic test equipment
ATG	Automatic test generation
atm	Atmospheres
ATP	Advanced technology program or Available to promise
ATS	Automatic test system
AUDI	Accelerates Under Demonic Influence
AUDI	Always Unsafe Designs Implemented
AVL	Approved vendor listing
AVL	Approved vendor list
AWB	Air way bill
AWG	American Wire Gauge
AXI	Automatic X-ray inspection
BABT	British approval board for telecommunications
BAC	Budget at Completion
BATS	Basic assurance tests
BBRAM	Battery backup random access memory
BC	Business center
BCC	Blind carbon copy
BCD	Best Can Do
BCP	Business continuity plan
BCP	B.o.M. Change Proposal
BCWP	Budgeted Cost of Work Performed (EVA term)
BCWS	Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled (EVA term)
BD	Breakdown
BDX	Bordeaux (France)
BEC	Basic electronic components
Benelux	Benelux Economic Union
BER	Bit error rate
BGA	Ball grid array
BI	Barcode identification (FCM Philips machines)
BIA	Business impact analysis
BID	Business Initiative Directions
BIOS	Basic input output system
BIS	Bank for International Settlements
BIST	Built in self-test
BIT	Binary digit (value = 1 or 0, on or off)
BIT	Built in test
BL	Back load
BLEU	Belgo-Luxembourg Economic Union
BM	Bad mark
BMS	Bad mark sensing (FCM Philips machines)
BMV	Board vision module (FCM Philips machines)
BMW	Beautiful Mechanical Wonder
BMW	Big Money Works
BMW	Bought My Wife
BMW	Brutal Money Waster
BO	Business Objects
BOD	Biochemical oxygen demand
BOM	Bill of material
BPO	Business process owner
BPP	Basic productive process – reduction on tariff for parts and assemblies
BPS	Best practice sharing
BQFP	Bumper quad flat pack
BRA	Basic Rate Acces
BS	Boundary scan
BSB	Backstreet boys
BSI	British standards institute (ISO 9000 Certifier)
BTAB	Bumped tape-automated bonding
BTO	Build to order
BTTE	Built-in test equipment
BTU	British thermal unit
BTW	By The Way
BUICK	Big Ugly Indestructable Car Killer
Burn-in	Thermal chamber that heats and cools boards to detect latent failures
Byte	String of 8 bits (generally defines a keyboard character)
C & F	Cost and freight
C & I	Cost, insurance
C & I	Commission and interest
C / A	Corrective action
C / C	Communication center
C / D	Cash against documents
C4	Controlled collapse chip connect
CACM	Central American Common Market
CAD	Computer-aided (assisted) design or Cash against documents
CADDIE	Program that receives and catalogues customer CAD data
CAE	Computer-assisted engineering or Certificate in Advanced English
CAFM	Computer-aided facilities management
CAGE	Commercial and government entity
CAGR	Compounded annual growth rate
CALS	Computer-aided acquisition and logistic support
CAM	Computer-aided (assisted) Manufacturing
CAN	Controller area network (on DeK machine)
CAO	Chief Administrative Officer
CAPP	Computer-aided process planning
Caps Lock	Capital letters lock
CAR	Corrective action request or Capital approval request or Corrective action report
CARICOM	Caribbean Community and Common Market
CASE	Computer-aided software engineering
CAT	Computer-aided testing
CBA	Circuit board assembly
CBC&E	Code of Business Conduct & Ethics
CBD	Cash before delivery
CBGA	Ceramic ball grid array
CBP	CIM Bridge project (FCM Philips machine)
CC	Carbon copy
CCA	Circuit card assembly
CCAPS	Circuit card assembly and processing system
CCB	Change Control Board
CCC	Command call center or China Customer Center (Dell China Factory/Region)
CCD	Charge coupled device
CCE	Customer contact employee
CCG	Customer Configuration Groups (Common management of part numbers)
CCGA	Ceramic column grid array
CCIMF	Communication centre intermediate file – text file (on Fuji machines)
CCNA	Cisco Certified Network Associate
CCNM	Customer commodity and N.P.I. Management
CCRP	Customer complaint resolution process
CD	Can Do
CDA	Confidential disclosure agreement
CDQ	Customer Quality Data
CDRH	Centre for Devices and Radiological Health
CD-ROM	Compact disk – read-only memory
CDT	Corporate deployment team
CEAO	West African Economic Community
CEEAC	Economic Community of Central African States
CEFTA	Central European Free Trade Agreement (originally Visegrad Three)
CEO	Chief executive officer
CEPGL	Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries
CFC	Chloro Fluoro Carbons
cfh	Cubic feet per hour
cfm	Cubic feet per minute
CFM	Continuous flow manufacturing
CFT	Customer focus team or Centre for Manufacturing Technology
CFT	Cross-Functional Team
CGA	Column grid array
CH. PPD.	Charges prepaid
CHEVROLET	Can Hear Every Valve Rap On Long Extended Trips
CHEVROLET	Cheap, Hardly Efficient, Virtually Runs On Luck Every Time
CHIP	Ceramic capacitors or resistors
CI	Cost, insurance
CIA	Cash in advance
CIC	Condensation inert curing
CIF	Cost, insurance, freight
CIH	Condensation inert heating
CILSS	Permanent Inter-State Committee on Drought Control in the Sahei
CIM	Computer integrated manufacturing
CIS	Condensation inert soldering
CIS	Commonwealth of Independent States
CKDB	Component knowledge database
CLC	Closed loop calibration (FCM Philips machines)
CLCA	Closed loop corrective action
CLCC	Ceramic leaded chi carrier
CLCP	Closed loop corrective action
CLIP	Confirmed line item performance
CLM	Compact laser modules (FCM Philips machines)
CLS	Celestica (Solectron’s competitor)
CM	Contract manufacturers
CMA	Circuit mil area
CMC	Capacity management committee
CMD	Circuit mode data
CMO	Chief Materials Officer
CMOS	Complimentary metal oxide semiconductor
CNC	Computer numerical control
CND	Conform non-defect
CO	Change order
COA	Cost of acquisition
COB	Card on board or Chip on board
COC	Certificate of Compliance
COCOM	Co-ordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls
COD	Consumed oxygen demand or Cash on delivery
COE	Center of excellence
COF	Chip on flex
COG	Center of gravity (S.I.M.S.)
COGS	Cost of goods sold
COM	Computer output to microfilm
CON	Configuration file (on FCM Philips machines)
COO	Country of origin
COO	Chief Operating Officer
COS	Cash on shipment
CP	Process capability index or Chip placement
CPA	Critical Path Analysis
CPBGA	Cavity plastic ball grid array
CPC	Customer Project Code
CPCN	Cost procurement
CPE	Certificate of Proficiency in English
CPFF	Cost Plus Fixed Fee
CPI	Continuous process improvement
CPI	Cost Performance Index (EVA term)
CPIF	Cost Plus Incentive Fee
CpK	Adjusted process capability index (Capability performance)
CPL	Capability performance – lower
CPM	Customer program manager
CPM	Critical Path Method
CPN	Customer part number
CPU	Central processing unit
CQFP	Ceramic quad flat pack
CQM	Center of Quality Management
CR	Carriage Return
CRF	Component request form
CRM	Customer Relationship Management
CRR	Customer reject return
CRT	Cathode ray tube
CS	Customer service
CS	Control site
CSA	Customer satisfaction assessment or Canada standards Assn.
CSCE	Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe
CSCM	Customer supply chain management
CSD	Committed ship date
CSE	Customer support engineer
CSI	Customer satisfaction index
CSM	Customer satisfaction management
CSP	Chip scale package
CSS	Canadian safety standard
CTB	Clear to build
CTE	Coefficient of thermal expansion
CTEC	Certified Technical Education Center
CTF	Critical to function
CTO	Configure to order
CTP	Composite theoretical performance (used for export compliance)
CTR	Cycle time reduction
CV	Cost Variance (EVA term)
CVR	Colour Variance Request
CVT	Component verification and tracking
CWK	Chan Wah KONG
CWO	Cash with order
D	Diameter
D / A	Documents against acceptance, documents attached
D / D	Draft on demand
D / P	Documents against payment
DAC	Digital to analog converter
DARM	Defect analysis & reduction methods
DAT	Digital audio tape
dB	Decibel
DBC	Direct bonded copper
DBR	Daily business review
DC	Document control or DFA / BMS controller (FCM Philips machines)
DCA	Direct chip attach or Daily corrective action
DCE	Dicloroethylene
DCF	Discounted Cash Flow
DCP	Dynamic Control Plan (Dimensional Control Plan)
DCT	Digital cordless telephone
DD	Data Date
DDE	Dynamic data exchange
DDU	Delivery duty unpaid
DECT	Digital enhanced cordless telephone
DEF	DEMANDE D’ESSAI EN FABRICATION (PHILIPS)
DEK	DirEKt imaging
DEM	Dynamic enterprise modeler
DFA	Dynamic fiducial alignment (FCM Philips machines)
DFM	Design for manufacturability
DFMA	Design for manufacturability and assembly
DFMEA	Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
DFT	Design for testability
DFX	Design for whatever
DHL	(Adrian) Dalsey, (Larry) Hillblom, and (Robert) Lynn (courier company) or Deliver Halfway Lost
diam	Diameter
DIL	Dual inline
DIN	Deutsches Institut fur Normung (Worldwide level 2 connector)
DIP	Dual inline package
DISCRETE	A passive analog component, i.e. capacitor, resistor, inductor or diode
DLL	Dynamic link library
DMA	Direct memory access
DMD	Data management and documentation (Solectron Germany)
DMR	Defective material reject
DNC	Direct numerical control
DOC	Department for communications
DOD	Department of Defense
DODGE	Drips Oil, Drops Grease Everywhere
DOE	Design of experiments
DOR	Dropped on request
DOS	Days of supply or Disk operating system
DPM	Defects per million
DPMO	Defects per million opportunities
DPPM	Defective parts per million
DPU	Defects per unit
DRAM	Dynamic random access memory
DRC	Design rule checking
DRRP	Disaster response and recovery plan
DSC	Debt Service Coverage
DSI	Days of saleable inventory
DSM	Dynamic setup management
DSO	Days sales outstanding
DSP	Digital signal processor
DSR	Digital storage and retrieval
DT	Demand de travaille (Wavecom)
DT	Deutsche Telecom
DTM	Digital torque meter
DTS	Dock to stock
DU	Duration
DUT	Device under test
DVD	Digital video disk or digital versatile disk
DVM	Digital voltmeter
DVP&R	Design Verification Plan and Report
DVR	Destination Variance Request
DVT	Design verification test
E & OE	Errors and omissions excepted
E and O	Excess and Obsolete
EAC	Estimate at Completion
EAN	European article numbering
EBOM	Engineering bill of material
EBRD	European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
EC	Engineering change
ECA	Economic Commission for Africa
ECAD	Electronic computer-aided design
ECAR	External corrective action request
ECAT	Electronic card assembly and test (acronym used by and for I.B.M. P.C.B.)
ECC	Engineering Change Control or Employee Communication Committee
ECCB	Electronic Component Certification Board
ECCN	Export compliance control number
ECE	Economic Commission for Europe
ECF	Engineering Change File
ECL	Emitter coupled logic
ECLAC	Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
ECN	Engineering change notice
ECO	Engineering change order
ECOWAS	Economic Community of West African States
ECR	Engineering change request
ECU	Environmental control unit (M.P.M.)
EDA	Electronic design automation
EDC	Engineering date code
EDC	Eau de cologne
EDF	Electronic design interchange format
EDFI	Error detection and fault isolation capability of product
EDI	Electronic data exchange for placing P.O.s and forecasting
EDM	Engineering data management
EDP	Eau de perfume
EDT	Eau de toilette
EEA	European Economic Area
EEPROM	Electronically erasable programmable read-only memory
EET	Earliest Event Time
EFD	Earliest Finish Date
EFR	External Failure Rate
EFT	Earliest Finish Time
EFTA	European Free Trade Association
EH&S	Environmental health and safety
EIA	Electronic industries association
EIAJ	Electronics Industry Association in Japan
EIB	European Investment Bank
EIS	Engineering information system
ELA	Entry Level Automatic
ELO	Enabling learning objective (on FCM Philips machines)
EMC	Electromagnetic compatibility
EMF	Electromotive force or European Manufacturing Facility (for DELL (Limeric, Ireland))
EMI	Electromagnetic interference
EMO	Emergency Off
EMP	Electromagnetic pulse
EMPF	Electronics Manufacturing Productivity Facility
EMPI	Electronic manufacturing process instruction
EMS	Environmental Management System
EMT	Electronic manufacturing technology
EOD	End of data
EOE	End of effective, work center implementation commit date
EOF	End of file
EOL	End of life
EOS	Employee opinion survey
EP&J	Electronic packaging & joining
EPA	Environmental protection agency
EPB	Emergency Push Button
EPD	Electrical proximity detector (FCM Philips machines)
EPK	Econopak
EPP	Employee preparedness program
EPROM	Erasable programmable read only memory
EPST	Earliest Possible Start Time
ERP	Enterprise requirements plan
ERS	Engineering requirements specification
ESA	European Space Agency
ESCAP	Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
ESCWA	Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
ESD	Electrostatic discharge
ESD	Earliest Start Date
ESI	Employee satisfaction Index or Early Supplier Involvement
ESPP	Employee Stock Purchase Program
ESR	Engineering shift report
ESS	Environmental stress screening (thermal or physical) – all parts testing.
EST	Environmental stress test – sample test
EST	Earliest Start Time
ETC	Estimate To Complete
EU	European Union
EVA	Earned Value Analysis
EVT	Engineering verification test
F / N	Fichier neutre (term is used on Sagem account)
F / T	Functional test
F4G	Fuji fourth generation
FA	Failure analysis or Fixed asset
FAA	Federal Aviation Administration
FAC	Forced air convection
FAI	First article inspection
FAIL	Fixed asset in leasing
FAQ	Frequently asked questions or Free alongside quay
FAR	Failure analysis report
FAS	Free alongside ship
FATF	File allocation table file or Fabmaster ASCII transfer format
FC & S	Free of capture and seizure
FCC	Federal Communications Commissions (U.S.A.)
FCE	First Certificate in English
FCM	Fast component mounter
FCM II	Fast component mounter mark II
FCS	First customer ship
FCT	Functional card test or Flip chip technology
FCU	Furnace Control Unit
FDA	Federal drug and alcohol commission
FEA	Finite element analysis
FED	Field emission displays
FEM	Finite element modeling
FET	Field effect transistor
FF	Finish-To-Finish (type of task relationship in Microsoft Project)
FF	Free Float
FFA	Fixed fiducial alignment (FCM Philips machines)
FGI	Finished goods inventory
FH	Fixture head
FHM	For him magazine
FIAT	Failure in Italian Automotive Technology
FIAT	Fix It All the Time
FIAT	Fix it again, Tony!
FIFO	First in – first out
FILO	First in – last out
FIP	Fuji interlaced placer or Fiche d’instruction de post (Sagem)
FIS	Factory information system
FLEX	Flextronics (Solectron’s competitor)
FLS	Front Line State
FLSA	Fair labor standard act
FLT	Full liquidus temperature
FMA	Failure Mode Analysis
FMEA	Failure mode and effects analysis
FMI	Foreign Machine Interface (DeK machine)
FNET	Finish No Earlier Than (semi-flexible constraint in Microsoft Project)
FNLT	Finish No Later Than (semi-flexible constraint in Microsoft Project)
FOB	Free on board
FOP	Fineness of print (stencil)
FORD	Fix or repair daily
FORD	First On Recall Day
FORD	First On Rust and Deterioration
FORD	Found On Road, Dead
FORD	Fault Of R&D
FORD	Fast Only Rolling Downhill
FORD	Features O.J. and Ron’s DNA
FOV	Field of vision
FOW	Free on waggon
FP	Fine pitch
FP	Factory Planner
FPBGA	Fine pitch ball grid array
FPF	First pass fail
FPGA	Field programmable gate array
FPP	First pass pass
FPT	Flying Probe Tester OR Fine pitch technology
FQ	Fine theta (on CP6 Fuji machines)
FQP	Fuji compact placer
FR	Failure rate
FRU	Field replaceable unit
FRY	For your reference
FS	Finish-To-Start (type of task relationship in Microsoft Project)
FT	Functional test
FTC	First Time Capability
FTIR	Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
FTP	File transfer protocol
FVS	Functional Verification (Test)
FVT	Functional verification test
FYE	For your education
FYI	For your information
FZ	Franc Zone
G / A	General Average
G / L	General ledger
G-3	Group of Three
G-7	Group of Seven
G-8	Group of Eight
GA	General availability
GAAP	Generally accepted accounting principles
GaAs	Gallium arsenide
GALI	Global American Language Institute
GAM	Global account manager
GAP	General administrative procedure
GASC	Global Account Supply ChainÂ
GBP	Great Britain pound
GCC	Gulf Co-operation Council
GDF	Generic data file
GEM	Generic Equipment Model
GenCAD	Generic CAD format (on FCM Philips machines)
Geplacea	Group of Latin American and Caribbean Sugar Exporting Countries
GERT	Graphical Evaluation and Review Technique
GIF	Graphics interchange format
GIGO	Garbage input garbage output
GM	General manager
GM	General Maintenance
GMC	Garage Man’s Companion
GMC	Got A Mechanic Coming?
GPA	Graphics port accelerator
GPA	Grade Point Average
GPA	Gas Processors Association
GPA	Gas Producers Association
GPA	Gay Pilots Association
GPA	General Partitioning Algorithm
GPA	General Purpose Analysis
GPA	Geophysical Altimeter
GPA	Georgia Association of Planetariums
GPA	Gigapascal
GPA	Government Property Administrator
GPA	Governmental and Public Affairs
GPA	Graphics Performance Accelerator
GPA	Green Point Average
GPA	Guidance Platform Assembly
GPM	General purpose module (FCM Philips machines)
GPRS	General Packet Radio Service
GPS	General power supply or Global positioning system
GR&R	Gage Repeatability & Reproducibility
GSBU	Global Services Business Unit
GSM	Global System for Mobile Communications
GSP	Generalized system of preferences (trade agreement)
GUI	Graphical user interface
GWS	Gabriel Wilhelm Sohlberg
H / L	Handload
H / P	Handphone
HAL	Hot air leveling
HALT	Highly accelerated lifetime test
HAP	Heated Air Plenum
HASL	Hot air solder levelling – raw P.W.B. surface finish
HASS	High acceleration stress screening
HCB	High complexity board
HCFC	Hydro Chloro Fluoro Carbons
HDTV	High-density television
HFC	Hydro Fluoro Carbons
HFE	Hydro Fluoro Ethers
HMU	Hot muck-up
HMV	Hot Mock-up Verification (Test)
HONDA	Had One Never Did Again
HOSHIN	Top-down objective tracking (C.E.O. through sites)
HP	Hewlett Packard
HPU	Hours per unit
HR	Human resources
HS	Health & Safety
HT	Handy terminal (Fuji machines)
HTS Code	Harmonized traffic system
HVSD	High-volume systems division
HYUNDAI	Hope You Understand Nothing’s Driveable And Inexpensive…
I – NUB	Increase netable unit build
I / O	Input / Output
I/O	Input/output
IALF	Item action log form
IAW	In accordance with
IBEC	International Bank for Economic Co-operation
IBM	International business machines
IBP	Initial business process
IBRD	International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
IC	Integrated circuit
ICAM	Integrated computer-aided manufacturing
ICAR	Internal corrective action request
ICB	International Competence Baseline
ICC	International competence center
ICC	International Chamber of Commerce
ICEA	Insulated Cable Engineers Association
ICFTU	International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
ICM	Interface control module (on Q.P.242 Fuji machines)
ICO	Islamic Conference Organization
ICP	Internal control program
ICR	Internal change revision
ICSI	Internal customer satisfaction index
ICT	In-circuit test or Integrated circuit test
ID	Inner diameter
IDB	Inter-American Development Bank
IDC	Insulation displacement connector (contacts pierce conductor insulation)
IDL	Incremental dirt level
IDM	Indirect material
IEC	International Electrotechnical Commission
IECQ	International Electronic Component Qualification System
IEEE	Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
IEPS	International Electronic Packaging Society
IFB	Invitation for Bid
IFIR	Initial field incident rate
IGADD	Inter-Government Authority on Drought and Development
IL	Integration line
ILB	Inner lead bonding
ILS	Integrated Logistic Support
IM	Ingram Micro (Solectron’s competitor)
IMAC	Install, move, add, change
IMC	Intermetallic compound
IMF	International Monetary Fund
IMF	Industrial Mission Formation
InGaAs	Indium Gallium Arsenide detector
IOC	Indian Ocean Commission
IORS	Individual overtime record sheet
IPC	Institute for interconnecting and packaging electronic circuits
ipm	Inches per minute
IPMA	International Project Management Association
IPO	Interactive process optimization
IQA	Incoming quality assurance
IQC	In-coming quality check
IR	Infrared
IRDs	Integrated receivers and decoders
IRSI	Intelligent Reasoning Systems Inc.
IS	Information systems
ISA	Instrument Society of America
ISDN	Integrated services digital network
ISF	Intelligent stick feeder
ISHM	International Society for Hybrid Microelectronics
ISO	International standards organization
ISP	Internet Service Provider or Internet Service Purveyor
ISST	Information services, systems and technology
IST	In-situation stress test
IT	Information technology
ITF	Intelligent tape feeder
ITR	Inbound Traffic Responsible
ITSS	Information technology & systems services
JBL	Jabil Circuit (Solectron’s competitor)
JD	Job description
JEDEC	Joint Electronic Device Engineering Council
JFK	John Fitzgerald Kennedy
JIT	Just in time
JOT	Just on time
JP(E)G	Joint photographic experts group
JTAG	Joint Test Action Group
KGB	Known good board
KGD	Known good die
KITA	Kick in the ass
KLT	Kheng Loon TAN (K.L. TAN)
KO	Knock out
KPA	Key personal analyze
L / C	Letter of credit
LA	Laser align (FCM Philips machines)
LAM	Laser align module (FCM Philips machines)
LAN	Local area network
LAR	Lot acceptance rate
LAS	Laser align system (FCM Philips machines)
LC	Labor cost
LCB	Low complexity board
LCBC	Lake Chad Basin Commission
LCC	Leadless chip carrier
LCCC	Leaded ceramic chip carrier
LCD	Liquid crystal display
LCL	Lower control limit
LCSOC	Leadless chip socket
LED	Light emitting diode
LEO	Lands exposed only
LEP	Leading edge procurement
LET	Latest Event Time
LFA	Logical Framework Approach
LFD	Latest Finish Date
LFMA	Light flexible mechanical assembly
LFT	Latest Finish Time
LGA	Land grid array
LID	Leadless inverted device
LIF	Low insertion force
LIFO	Last in – first out
LLCC	Leadless ceramic chip carrier
LLL	Laser lead locator (on Fuji machines)
LMS	Le Mans
LN	Deutsche Luft und Raumfahrt Norm
LOA	Letter of authorization
LP	Low productivity
LPST	Last Possible Start Time
LR	Labor revenue
LRC	Line Readiness Checklist (F-09-0024)
LRP	Long range plan
LSD	Latest Start Date
LSI	Large scale integration
LSL	Lower specification limit
LST	Latest Start Time
LT	Lead time
LTB	Last time buy
LVHM	Low volume high mix
M / C	Machine (in Fuji manuals)
MAP	Manufacturing automation protocol
MAZDA	Most Always Zipping Dangerously Along
MBA	Master business administration
MBB	Moisture barrier bag
MBNQA	Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
MC	Mission critical
MCAD	Mechanical computer-aided design
MCAE	Mechanical computer-aided engineering
MCB	Medium complexity board
MCDBA	Microsoft Certified Database Administrator
MCM	Multichip module
MCM-C	Multi-chip module ceramic
MCM-D	Multi-chip module deposited
MCM-L	Multi-chip module laminate
MCN	Manufacturing Change Note
MCOS	Material cost of sales
MCP	Microsoft Certified Professional
MCR	Master control relay
MCS	Machine control system (on Fuji machines)
MCSD	Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer
MCSE	Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
MCT	Manufacturing cycle time or Microsoft Certified Trainer
MDA	Manufacturing defect analyzer
MDB	Microsoft database
MDF	Manufacturing data format (on FCM Philips machines)
MDF	Main Distribution Frame
MDF	Macro-Defect-Free
MDF	Macular Degeneration Foundation
MDF	Main Data Feed
MDF	Main Distribution Frequency
MDF	Main Distribution(al) Facility
MDF	Manic Depression Fellowship (UK)
MDF	Manipulator Development Facility
MDF	Manual Dial Facility
MDF	Maritime Defense Force
MDF	Marketing Development Funds
MDF	Mason Dixon Farms, Inc. (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)
MDF	Master Data File
MDF	Material Discrepancy Form
MDF	Materiel Distribution Forecasting
MDF	Medium Density Fiber
MDF	Medium Density Fibreboard
MDF	Mendelsohn Difference Family
MDF	Mild Detonating Fuse
MDF	Mission Data Folders
MDF	Monitor Definition File
MDF	Morte Di Fame (Italian: Dying of Hunger)
MDF	Mule Deer Foundation
MDF	Multiband Direction Finder
MDF	Multisensor Data Fusion
MDI	Multi-document interface (on Fuji machines)
MDS	Mechanical deflection system
ME	Manufacturing engineer or Mechanical engineer or Mission essential
MEA	Monoethanol amine
MELF	Metalized electrode faced transistor
MES	Manufacturing execution system (floor control systems)
MFO	Must Finish On (inflexible constraint in Microsoft Project)
MFU	Multi feeder unit
MIL	Military
miniBGA	Mini ball grid array
MINT	Motion INTerpreter
MIR	Moisture insulation resistance
MIS	Manufacturing information systems
MIS	Manufacturing information system (FCM Philips machines)
MLB	Multi-layer board
MLM	Multi-layer metal
MLPWB	Multilayer printed wiring board
MMI	Man Machine Interface
MNR	Multiple network resistor
MO	Money order
MOC	Microsoft Oficial Curriculum
MODAPTS	MODular Arrangement of Predetermined Time Standards
MOL	Maintenance on line
MOL	Mac on Linux
MOL	Machine Oriented Language
MOL	Manned Orbital Laboratory
MOL	Märkisch-Oderland (region in East Germany)
MOL	Maximum Order Limitations
MOL	Maximum Ordering Limit
MOL	Maximum Output Level
MOL	Method of Layers
MOL	Minimum Operating Level
MOL	Molde, Norway – Aro (Airport Code)
MOL	Mole
MOL	More Or Less
MOP	Method Of Potentials
MOS	Metal oxide semiconductor
MOSFET	Metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transistor
MOUS	Microsoft Office User Specialist
MPE	Manufacturing project engineer or Manufacturing product engineer
MPEG	Moving pictures expert group
MPG	Machine program generator
MPI	Manufacturing process instruction
MPM	Manufacturing printing machine
MPN	Manufacturer part number
MPP	Manufacturing production plan
MPRE	Manufacturing product engineer
MPS	Material planning system or Master production schedule
MPX	Multiplex channel (on Q.P.242 Fuji machine)
MQS	Material quotation system
MR	Magneto resistive
MRB	Material review board
MRO	Maintenance, repair, operation
MRP	Material requirements planning
MS	Material shortage
MSCC	Material supply chain cost
MSCM	Material supply chain manager
MSD	Moisture sensitive device
MSI	Medium-scale integration (up to 1000 transistors)
MSL	Moisture sensitive level
MSO	Must Start On (inflexible constraint in Microsoft Project)
MSRP	Modelling simulation and rapid prototyping
MTBF	Mean time before failure or Mean time between failure
MTOPS	Millions of theoretical operations per second
MTTF	Mean time to failure
MTTR	Mean time to repair
MTU	Multi tray unit
MTX	Mobile Telephone eXchange
MUP	Multi-user pipette (FCM Philips machines)
MVC	Most vulnerable component
MVI	Manual visual inspection
N / A	Not applicable
N / C	Numerical control
NACC	North Atlantic Co-operation Council
NADCAP	National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Procedures
NAFTA	North American Free Trade Agreement
NAM	Non-aligned Movement
NASA	National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NAT	Nozzle arrangement table (Fuji machines)
NATO	North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NAY	Not available yet
NBS	National Bureau of Standards
NC	Nozzle changer (on Fuji machines)
NCB	National Competence Baseline
NCM	Non-conforming material
NCT	Nozzle center test
NDF	No defect found
NDT	Non-destructive testing
NEL	NatSteel (Solectron’s competitor)
NEMA	National Electrical Manufactures Association
NEMI	National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative
NFF	No Fault Found
NFPA	National Fire Protection Association
NG	No good (on S.M.T. Fuji machines)
NIBBLE	String of 4 bits = ½ BYTE
NIC	Network interface card
NIS	National Institute of Standards
NIST	National Fire Protection Association
nMOS	n-Type Metal oxide silicon
NMR	Normal mode rejection
NORD	NO Reference Designator
nPB	n-Propyl bromide
NPI	New products introduction
NPN	Non-intelligent part number
NPV	Net Present Value
NRA	No receivable area
NRE	Non-recurring expense or Non-recoverable error
NSC	National service center
NTAI	Nam Tai (Solectron’s competitor)
NWS	Non-Working Sample
O / E	Optoelectronics
OA	Organic activated
OAP	Order acceptance procedure
OAPEC	Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
OAS	Organization of American States
OAU	Organization of African Unity
OBS	Organizational Breakdown Structure
OCAP	Out-of-control action plan
OD	Outer diameter
ODBC	Open database connectivity
ODM	Original design manufacture or Ozone depleting materials
ODP	Ozone depletion potential
OECD	Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
OECS	Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
OEIC	Optical electronic integrated circuit detector
OEM	Original equipment manufacturer
OEMS	Order Entry Management System
OIC	Organization of the Islamic Conference
OJT	On job training
OLB	Outer lead bonding
OLDSMOBILE	Old Ladies Driving Slowly Make Others Behind Infuriatingly Late Every day.
OLDSMOBILE	Overpriced, Leisurely Driven Sedan Made Of Buick’s Irregular Leftover Equipment
OLK	Outlook
OMPAC	Over molded pad array carrier
OMVG	Gambia River Development Organization
OMVS	Senegal River Development Organization
OOB	Out of box
OOBA	Out of box audit
OOC	Out of control
OODA	Observe, orient, decide, act – C.F.T. process
OOO	Out of order
OP	Operational
OPC	Operational production center
OPEC	Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OQI	Outgoing Quality Inspection
OR	Owner’s risk
ORT	On-going reliability test
OSD	On-screen digital
OSF	Opened Society Foundation
OSHA	Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSN	Out-of-specification notice
OT	Over time or Overtravel
OTD	On-time delivery
OTP	One time programmable
P & L	Profit and loss
P / A	Preventive action
P / I	Packaging and interconnection
PAC	Pad array carrier or PLAN D’ACTIONS CORRECTIVES (Philips terminology)
PAO	Pickup auto offset (Q.P.242 Fuji machines)
Parlacen	Central American Parliament
PAT	Profit after taxes
PB	Project Buyer
PBC	Plated and bonded copper or PHILIPS business class
PBET	Performance-Based Equipment Training
PBGA	Plastic ball grid array
PBOM	Planning bill of material or Production bill of material
PBS	Product Breakdown Structure
PBT	Profit before taxes
PC	Production control or Personal computer
PC	Percent Complete
PCA	Printed circuit assembly
PCB	Printed circuit board
PCBA	Printed circuit board assembly
PCC	Philips Consumer Communication
PCDIU	Personal Computer Display Input Unit
PCE	Per chloro ethylene
PCI	Peripheral component interconnect or Prime customer interface
PCMCIA	Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PCO	Production change order (Sagem)
PCO	Production Control Operator
PCR	Production change request
PCT	Planned Completion Time
PD	Part data or Paid
PDCA	Process Deployment Common Activities
PDCA	Plan, Do, Check, Act
PDCA	Please don’t change anything (:-))
PDF	Portable document format
PDM	Production data management or Patient Monitoring Division
PDM	Precedence Diagramming Method
PE	Project engineer or Product engineer
PEM	Plastic encapsulated microcircuits or Preventive equipment maintenance
PERT	Program Evaluation and Review Technique
PET	Preliminary English Test
PET	Planned End Time
PF	Process functional
PF&D	Personal, Fatigue & Delay
PFC	Per Fluoro Carbons
PFMEA	Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
PFO	Profit for operations
PFU	Power feeder unit (on Q.P.132 Fuji machine)
PGA	Pin grid array
PI	Physical inventory
PIC	Passive Improvement Contract
PIM	Parts information manager (on FCM Philips machines)
PIP	Pick and placement module (FCM Philips machines)
PIR	Pilot run (Philips terminology)
PLC	Programmable logic controller
PLCC	Plastic leaded chip carrier
PLM	Placing module (on Q.P. Fuji machines)
PLSOC	Plastic leaded socket
PLXS	Plexus (Solectron’s competitor)
PM	Project manager or Placing module (on FCM Philips machines)
PM	Programme Manager or Project Management
PMBOK	Project Management Body Of Knowledge
PMC	Placing module controller (on Q.P. Fuji machines)
PMI	Process manufacturing instruction
PMI	Project Management Institute
PMO	Program management office
PMP	Process manufacturing plan (Compaq)
PMP	Project Management Professional
PN	Part number
PnP	Plug and Play
PO	Purchase order
POC	Process, organization, culture.
POD	Payment on delivery
POI	Parallel optical interconnects
POR	Purchase Order Request
POST – IR	POST – infrared
POTW	Publicly owned-treatment works
POV	Partition of variation
PPA / SI	Post-pack audit / Source inspection
PPB	Basic productive process (see BPP for English translation)
PPC	Placing pressure control (on Fuji placement machines)
PPD	Prepaid
PPM	Parts per million
PPPN	Per person, per night
PPS	Production preparation software or Production preparation system (FCM Philips machines)
PPS – Pro	Production preparation software – professional version (FCM Philips machines)
ppt	Parts per trillion
PPU	Placement phi unit (FCM Philips machines)
PPV	Purchase price variance
PQ	Pre theta (on CP6 Fuji machines)
PQE	Product quality engineer
PQIS	Procurement quality plan
PQP	Process quality plan (internal)
PQP	Product Quality Planning
PQPT	Product Quality Planning Team
PR	Pilot run
PRE – IR	Pre – infrared
PROM	Programmable read-only memory
PRT	Product realization team
PRU	Prix revient unitaire
PSA	Pressure sensitive adhesive
PSD	Particle-size distribution
PSI	Part-specific information (on FCM Philips machines)
psia	Pounds per square inch absolute
psig	Gauge pressure in pounds per square inch (pressure relative to ambient pressure)
PSO	Preliminary sales order
PST	Planned Start Time
PSTN	Public Switched Telephone Network
PTA	Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern African States
PTH	Pin through hole
PTPS	Parker Team Player Survey
PTY	ProTotYpe
PVT	Pilot verification trial
PWA	Printed wiring assembly
PWB	Printed wired board
QA	Quality assurance
QAF	Quality Alert Form
QAS	Quality assessment schedule
QBE	Query by example
QBR	Quarterly business review
QC	Quality Control
QCC	Quality control cosmetic (on DeTeWe line)
QFD	Quality Function Deployment
QFP	Quad flat pack
QIP	Quality improvement process
QIS	Quality improvement skills
QIT	Quality improvement training
QMS	Quality management system
QOH	Quantity on hand
QP	Quality partners or Quality placement
QPI	Quality productivity improvement
QPL	Qualified products list
QSR	Quality system report
QSR	Quality System Requirements
QTY	Quantity
QUBA	Qualification build assembly
R & O	Risk and opportunity
R & S	Rhode & Schwartz
R / O	Read-only
R / W	Read/write
RA	Rosin-activated
RAFA	Repair after final assembly (on Sagem line)
RAI	Repair after integration (on DeTeWe line)
RAM	Random access memory
RAM	Responsibility Assignment Matrix
RAMBUS	Re Access Memory Bus (memory)
RAS	Reliability, availability, serviceability of a product
RBS	Resource Breakdown Structure
RCA	Root cause analysis
RCD	Row Customer Demand
RCE	Region center Europe
RCO	Rolling changeover (FCM Philips machines)
RDI	Real Dead Item
RDU	Remaining Duration
RDY	Ready
REA	Request for engineering action
RegPM	Registered Project Management
REM	Rapid Eye Movement
REV	Solectron controlled revision (of Customer part number)
RF	Radiofrequency
RFI	Radio frequency interference
RFP	Ready for purchase
RFP	Request For Proposal
RFQ	Request for quote
RFq	Reverse fine theta
RFQ	Request For Quotation
RFT	Right First Time
RGB	Red Green Blue
RH	Relative humidity
RISC	Reduced instruction set chip
RLR	Received loudness ratio (on Final test equipment)
RMA	Returned material authorization or Rosin mildly activated
RNIS	Réseau Numerique (à) Integration (de) Services [French for ISDN]
ROA	Return on assets (facilities, equipment, cash)
ROM	Read-only memory
ROT	Reflow of through-hole
RP	Request to purchase or Replay paid
rpm	Revolutions per minute
RPN	Risk priority number
RPT	Raw process time
RRD	Returns and reported deficiencies
RS	Remote site
RSA	Rosin super activated
RSL	Recommended supplier list
RSSI	Receiving strength signal indicator
RTG	Resistance To Ground
RTN	Rattle noise
RTS	Return to supplier or Ready to ship
RTV	Returned to vendor
SA	Synthetic-activated
SA0	Stock at 0
SA1	Stock at 1
SAAB	Send Another Automobile Back
SAAB	Swedish Automobiles Always Breakdown.
SAARC	South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation
SADC	Southern African Development Community
SANM	Sanmina (Solectron’s competitor)
SAP	Systems applications products (in data processing)
SARS	Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
SBC	Solder ball connect
SBE	Supplier based engineering
SBIP	Single board image processor (FCM Philips machines)
SBM	Supply base management or Systems based management
SCAR	Supplier correction action request
scfh	Standard cubic feet per hour
SCI	SCI Systems (Solectron’s competitor)
SCIM	Small computer interface module
SCP	Single-chip package
SCR	Silicon controlled rectifiers
SCS	Setup control system (FCM Philips machines)
SCSI	Small computer system interface
SCU	Servo control unit or Sub-controller unit (on Fuji machines)
SDC	Solectron design center
SDE	Scope Definition Element
SDE	Secure Data Exchange
SDE	Shared Data Environment
SDE	Signal Display Editor
SDE	Signal Distribution Equipment
SDE	Simple Delay Equalization (Hekimian)
SDE	Simulated During Exercise
SDE	Software Demonstration Evaluation
SDE	Software Design Engineer
SDE	Software Development Engineer
SDE	Software Development Environment
SDE	Spatial Database Engine
SDE	Standard Data Element
SDE	Statistical Design of Experiments
SDE	Stochastic Differential Equation
SDE	Submission and Delivery Entity (ITU-T)
SDE	Support Data Extension
SDE	Susquehanna Diversified Engineering
SDE	System Development Environment
SDE	Supplier Development Engineer
SDWT	Self-directed work team
SE & O	Sauf erreurs et omissions
SEC	Securities exchange commission
SECS	Semiconductor equipment communications standard
SECS II	Semiconductor equipment communications standard – Part II (FCM Philips machines)
SELA	Latin American Economic System
SEM	Scanning electron microscope
SF	Start-To-Finish (type of task relationship in Microsoft Project)
SFAI	Supplier’s first article inspection
SFC	Shop floor control
SFDM	Shop Floor Data Management
SFI	Shopfloor implementation
SFMEA	System Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
SG&A	Sales General & Admin
SI	Systeme International d’Unites
SIA	Semiconductor industry association
SIC	Station instruction card or Standard industry classification
SIMM	Single in-line memory module
SIMS	Solectron integrated manufacturing system
SIP	Single in-line package
SIPOC	Supplier, Input, Process, Output, Customer
SIR	Surface insulation resistance
SITD	System integration and test division
SITEQ	Solectron integrated tracking environment for Quality
SLICC	Slightly larger than integrated circuit carrier
SLM	Supply line management
SLR	SOLECTRON (symbol on New York stock exchange) or Send loudness ratio (on Final test equipment)
SMA	Surface mount assembly
SMART	Save money, action, resources and time.
SMC	Surface mount component
SMD	Surface mount device
SME	Subject matter expert
SMEMA	Surface Mount Equipment Manufacturers Association
SMILE	Translates customer data into Pick and place data for S.M.T. line
SMOBC	Solder mask over bare copper
SMT	Surface mount technology
SMTA	Surface Mount Technology Association
SMV	Standard Medium Variance
SN	Serial number
SNET	Start No Earlier Than (semi-flexible constraint in Microsoft Project)
SNLT	Start No Later Than (semi-flexible constraint in Microsoft Project)
SO	Small outline
SOD	Small outline diode
SOIC	Small outline integrated circuit
SOJ	Small outline I.C. with J leads
SOL	Small outline large (body)
SOP	Small outline package
SOP	Standard Operation Plan
SOS	Small outline specials or Save Our Souls
SOT	Small outline transistor
SOW	Small outline wide (body)
SOW	Statement Of Work
SP	Service pack (on FCM Philips machines)
SPC	Statistical Process Control
SPC	South Pacific Commission
SPD	Shipment per person per day or Sales per direct
SPE	Lithium-ion solid polymer electrodes (batteries)
SPF	South Pacific Forum
SPI	Schedule Performance Index (EVA term)
SPN	Solectron part number
SPQL	Shipped product quality level
SPRS	Single-pass reflow soldering
SQACAR	Supplier quality assurance corrective action request
SQC	Statistical quality control
SQE	Supplier quality engineer
SQL	Structured query language
SQM	Solectron quality manual
SQP	Statistical quality process
SQT	Structured query tool
SRAM	Static random access memory
SS	Start-To-Start (type of task relationship in Microsoft Project)
SSD	Solid solder deposition
SSG	Systems and services group
SSI	Small-scale integration (up to 100 transistors)
SSOP	Shrink small outline package
SSR	Standard setup report or Station shift report
SST	Silicon Storage Technology
STARS	Shopfloor tracking and reporting system
STB	Still To Build
STC	Solectron technical center
STQEA	Solectron Total Quality Excellence Award
STU	Single tray unit (on Q.P. Fuji machines)
SV	Schedule Variance (EVA term)
SVGA	Super video graphics adapter
SVS	Synthetic vision system (used for defect detection)
SWOT	Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
SWP	Standard work procedure
T	Temperature
TAB	Tape automated bonding
TAM	Total available market or Telephone answering machine
TBC	To be checked or To be confirmed
TBD	To be defined or To be determined
TBF	Twin bulb feeder (on FCM Philips machines) or To be fired
TBGA	Tape ball grid array or Thermal ball grid array.
TBH	To be hired
TBR	To be replaced
TBU	To be updated
Tbulk	Twin bulk (on FCM Philips machines)
TC	Transport controller (FCM Philips machines)
TCC	Temperature coefficient of capacitance
TCE	Thermal coefficient of expansion or Trichloroethane
TCN	Temporary change notice or Telefono cordless numerico
TCO	Total cost of ownership or Temporary change order
TCP	Tape carrier package (is another name for TAB) or Transmission control protocol
TCP / IP	Transmission control protocol / Internet protocol
TCR	Temperature coefficient of resistance
TCS	Total customer satisfaction
TCU	Temperature Control Unit
TDMA	Time division multiplies access
TDO	Table of denial orders
TDR	Time demand reflect (days of material in hub, goal = 10)
TE	Test Engineer
TEU	Toolbit exchange unit
TF	Total Float
TGA	Thermogravimetric analyzer
TGIF	Thank God is Friday
TGR	Things Gone Right
TGW	Things Gone Wrong
TH	Tooling hole
THD	Third harmonic distortion
THT	Through-hole technology
TIB	Temporary import in bond (Trade agreement)
TIG	Technology implementation group
TIM	Test, inspection and measurement
TLO	Terminal learning objective (on FCM Philips machines) or Total loss only
TOS	Type of Service
TOYOTA	Too Often Yankees Overprice This Auto
TPE	Transfer Project Engineer
TPI	Test process instruction
TPM	Technical project manager
TPM	Technical Production Meeting
TPR	Technique de Plastic Roumaine
TPS	Toyota Production System
TPT	Total process time
TPU	Tape pack unit (on Fuji machines)
TQ	Tel quel = tale quale = just as the goods
TQC	Total quality control
TQFP	Thin quad flat pack
TQM	Total quality management
TRR	Trial run request
TRRPL	Trial run request in production line
TRS	Turbo Reflow Solder
TSB	Target share of business (with suppliers)
TSBU	Technology solutions business unit
TSCPA	Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants
TSCR	Temporary Sagem change request
TSOP	Thin small outline package
TSSOP	Thin shrink small outline package
TTL	Transistor-to-transistor logic
TTL	Time To Live
TU	Touch up
TUV	Technisher uberwachungs verein
TWG	Technology working group
UC	Unit cost
UCL	Upper control limit
UDEAC	Central African Customs and Economic Union
UDMA	Ultra direct memory access
UES	User Earth Station
UFPT	Ultra fine pitch technology
UL	Underwriters Laboratory
ULSI	Ultra large-scale integration (exceeds 1 million transistors)
UMC	Unit manufacturing cost
UN	United Nations
UPS	Uninterruptible Power Supply or United Parcel Service (transport company)
URL	Uniform Resource Locator
USA	United States of America
USI	Unscheduled issues
USL	Upper specification limit
USR	U.S. Robotics
UUT	Unit under test
V	Volt
VAC	Variance at Completion
VAR	Value added reseller
VAT	Value added tax
VBA	Visual basic for applications
VBE	Visual Basic editor
VCD	Various center distance
VDE	German / European safety standards
VDR	Verify defect repair
VDU	Video Display Unit
VE/VA	Value Engineering/Value Analysis
VER	Solectron assigned unique 2 digit version code
VG	Verteidigungasgerte Norm
VGA	Video graphics adapter
VH1	Video hits 1
VI	Visual inspection
VIAFA	Visual inspection after Final assembly
VIAM	Visual inspection after milling
VIAMI	Visual inspection after Manual insertion
VIAR	Visual inspection after reflow
VIBR	Visual inspection before reflow
VIFIR	Dell field returns
VLRR	Verified Line Reject Rate (Dell line fallout returns)
VLSI	Very large-scale integrated circuits (up to 1 million transistors) or Very large scale integration
VMI	Vendor managed inventory
VMS	Volatile methyl-siloxanes
VOC	Volatile organic compound
vol	Volume
VOLVO	Very Odd-Looking Vehicular Object
VPS	Vapor phase soldering
VR	Voltage regulator
VRAM	Video random access memory
VRM	Voltage regulator module (controls voltage into processor)*
VSPA	Very small peripheral array
VTU	View & Touch up.
VUE	Virtual University Enterprises
VW	Virtually Worthless
W	Watt
W / B	Way bill
W / O	Work order
W / W	Warehouse warrant
WA	With average
WAC	Weighted average cost
WAN	Wide area network
WAP	Wireless Application Protocol
WB	Waybill
WBR	Weekly business review
WBR	With Best Regards
WBS	Work breakdown structure
WC	Work cell or Water closet
WEU	Western European Union
WG	Weight guaranteed
WH	Warehouse
WHO	World Health Organization
WI	Wettability index
WIIFM	What’s in it for me (PPS Pro manual – for Philips machines)
WIP	Work in progress
WMD	Weller multi digital
WORD	Word size of a given computer (8 bits or 18 bits, or 32 bits etc.)
WPA	With particular average
WPM	Wide placement module (FCM Philips machines)
WRAM	Windows random access memory
WTC	World Trade Center
WVM	Wide vision module (FCM Philips machines)
WW	World wide
WWMS	Worldwide materials system
WWW	World wide web
WYSIWYG	What you see is what you get
X’fer	Transfer
XPI	Customer electronic design data for CADDIE
Y2K	The year 2000
ZFT	Zero-failure throughput
ZIF	Zero insertion force (connector)
ZIP	Zig-zag in-line package (socket)

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