| Acronym |
Translation |
| A |
|
| AAER |
Affirmative Action Employment Report |
| AAP |
Academic Achievement Programs |
| AAST |
Asian American Studies Program |
| AAU |
Association of American Universities |
| ACAPS |
Adjunct Committee on Procedures and Standards (Senate) |
| ACCESS |
Ad hoc Committee on Course Enrollments, Statistics and Strategies |
| ACT |
Academic Achievement Test; Applied Core Technologies |
| ACT |
Academic Computers for Terps |
| ADA |
Americans with Disabilities Act |
| ADS |
Academic and Distributed Services |
| AEA |
Administrative & Enterprise Applications |
| AES |
Agricultural Experiment Station |
| AFSCME |
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees |
| AGNR |
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| AMSC |
Applied Math and Scientific Computation |
| AMTTAC |
Academic Media, Technology and Telecommunications |
| ANA |
Account Number Authorization |
| AOSC |
Atmospheric and Oceanic Science |
| AP |
Accounts Payable or Advanced Placement |
| APAC |
Academic Planning Advisory Council |
| API |
Academic Program Inventory |
| APP |
Annual Planning Process |
| APT |
Appointment, Promotion and Tenure |
| ARAC |
America Reads/America Counts |
| ARCH |
School of Architecture |
| ARES |
Administrative Resource Enterprise Services |
| ARHU |
College of Arts and Humanities |
| ARL |
Association of Research Libraries |
| ARLIS |
Applied Research Lab for Intelligence & Security |
| ARMYR |
Army ROTC |
| ARS |
Academic Resource System |
| ASCII |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| AUG |
Acceptable Use Guidelines |
| AVL |
Advanced Visualization Laboratory |
| B |
|
| BBI |
Brain and Behavior Institute |
| BIMA |
Laboratory for Millimeter Wave Astronomy |
| BIOE |
Bioengineering Program |
| B&LM |
Building & Landscape Maintenance |
| BMGT |
The Robert H. Smith School of Business |
| BMP |
Bitmap |
| BOR |
Board of Regents |
| BOT |
Board of Trustees |
| BPR |
Business Process Re-Engineering |
| BPS |
Bits Per Second |
| BSOS |
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences |
| BTC |
Beyond the Classroom |
| C |
|
| C1 |
Contingent 1 |
| C2 |
Contingent 2 |
| CAD |
Computer Aided Design |
| CAPC |
Center for American Politics and Citizenship |
| CAPER |
Center for Addictions, Personality and Emotion Research |
| CARMA |
Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy |
| CARS |
Customer Automated Response System |
| CASL |
Center for the Advanced Study of Language |
| CASP |
Center for Astronomy and Space Physics |
| CATT |
Center for Advanced Transportation Technology |
| CAWG |
Campus Assessment Working Group |
| CBAP |
Chesapeake Bay Agriculture Programs |
| C-BERC |
Study of Business Ethics, Regulation, and Crime |
| CBMG |
Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics |
| CCCC |
Campus Computing Coordinating Committee |
| CCDH |
Center for Consumer Driven Healthcare |
| CCJS |
Criminology and Criminal Justice |
| CCJT |
Center for Criminal Justice Technology |
| CDIG |
Center for Digital International Government |
| CESAR |
Center for Substance Abuse Research |
| CFAR |
Center for Automation Research |
| CFCA |
Central Finance Control Accounts |
| CFNAP |
Center for Food, Nutrition, and Agriculture Policy |
| CFS3 |
Center for Food Systems Security & Safety |
| CGI |
Common Gateway Interface |
| CGS |
Center for Global Sustainability |
| CHE |
Center for Health Equity |
| CHEAR |
Center for High Energy Astrophysics |
| CHESS |
Center for Human Enhanced Secure Systems |
| CHIDS |
Center for Health Information and Decision Systems |
| CHRS |
Center for Heritage Resource Studies |
| CICS |
Cooperative Institute for Climate Studies |
| CICS |
Customer Information Control System |
| CIDS |
Center for International Disease Surveillance |
| CIER |
Center for Integrative Environmental Research |
| CILVR |
Center for Integrated Latent Variable Research |
| CIM |
Confucius Institute at Maryland |
| CIRCLE |
Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement |
| CIT |
Communication and Information Technology |
| CLAM |
Computer Labs at Maryland |
| CLCS |
Center for Literary & Comparative Studies |
| CLFS |
College of Chemical and Life Sciences |
| CON |
Controller |
| CM |
Curriculum Management System |
| CMLT |
Comparative Literature Program |
| CMPS |
College of Computer, Mathematical, and Physical Sciences |
| CMREC |
Central Maryland Research and Education Center |
| CNIS |
Center for Networking of Infrastructure Sensors |
| CNSS |
Centralized NetWare Support Services |
| COA |
Center on Aging |
| COLD |
Computer Output to Laser Disk |
| COMAR |
Code of Maryland Regulations |
| CP |
College Park |
| CPB |
Central Payroll Bureau |
| CPNPL |
Center for Philanthropy & Non-Profit Leadership |
| CP-ONE |
College Park - On-line Navigation Environment |
| CPPPE |
Center for Public Policy and Private Enterprise |
| CPS |
College Park Scholars |
| CPSLS |
College Park Scholars Life Sciences |
| CQI |
Continuous Quality Improvement |
| CRGE |
Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity |
| CRS |
Campus Recreation Services |
| C-SAVE |
Ctr for the Study of Assessment Validity and Evaluation |
| CSAPP |
Center for the Study of Advanced Professional Practice |
| CSCAMM |
Ctr for Scientific Computation and Mathematical Modeling |
| CSGR |
Center for Smart Growth Research and Education |
| CSIC |
Computer Science Instructional Center |
| CSPAC |
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center |
| CSS |
Center for Safe Solutions |
| CTC |
Maryland Center for Theory and Computation |
| CTE |
Center for Teaching Excellence |
| CUL |
Concurrent User License |
| CUPA |
College & University Personnel Administrators |
| CUSP |
Campus Unix Support Project |
| CUSS |
Council of University System Staff |
| CWS |
College Work Study |
| D |
|
| DATAC |
Data Technical Advisory Committee |
| DBD |
Data Base Dictionary |
| D&C |
Design & Construction |
| DCDC |
David C. Driskell Center |
| DCE |
Distributed Computing Environment |
| DCS |
Distributed Computing Services |
| DEMCOL |
Democracy Collaborative |
| DEMOG |
Demography Center |
| DIT |
Division of Information Technology |
| DL |
Distance Learning |
| DOTS |
Department of Transportation Services |
| DPAC |
Data Policy Advisory Committee |
| DRIF |
Designated Research Initiative Fund |
| DRF |
Department of Residential Facilities |
| DRL |
Department of Resident Life |
| DSRV |
Dining Services |
| DSS |
Disability Support Service |
| DST |
Distinguished Scholar-Teacher |
| DTR |
Department Telecommunications Representative |
| DUP |
Distinguished University Professor |
| DW |
Data Warehouse |
| E |
|
| EconDev |
Economic Development & Innovation
|
| EDHI |
Educational Leadership, Higher Education & Intl Education |
| EDI |
Electronic Data Interchange |
| EDPS |
Education Policy Studies |
| EDUC |
College of Education |
| EE |
(DIT) Enterprise Engineering |
| E&E |
Engineering & Energy |
| EFC |
Environmental Finance Center |
| EFNEP |
Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program |
| EIT |
Engineering Information Technology |
| ELF |
Electronic Forms |
| EM |
Enrollment Management |
| EMBA |
Executive MBA |
| EMOU |
Enrollment Management Operations Unit |
| ENGR |
A. James Clark School of Engineering |
| ENSP |
Environmental Science & Policy Program |
| ENST |
Environmental Science & Technology |
| EOT |
End Of Term |
| EPC |
Enterprise Personal Computing |
| EPIB |
Epidemiology & Biostatistics |
| EPSL |
Engineering and Physical Sciences Library |
| ERP |
Enterprise Resource Planning |
| ESO |
Enrollment Services Operations |
| ESSIC |
Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center |
| ETI |
Enterprise Technical Infrastructure |
| EUI |
Engaged University Initiative |
| EXST |
Office of Extended Studies |
| F |
|
| FAFSA |
Free Application for Federal Student Aid |
| FAQ |
Frequently Asked Questions |
| FAS |
Financial Accounting System |
| FDP |
Federal Demonstration Partnership |
| FICA |
Federal Insurance Contribution Act |
| FLSA |
Federal Labor Standards Act |
| FOL |
Friends of the Library |
| FRS |
Financial Resources System |
| FSEOG |
Federal Supplementary Educational Opportunity Grant |
| FSL |
Fraternity and Sorority Life |
| FSNE |
Food Supplement Nutrition Education Program |
| FTP |
File Transfer Protocol |
| FWS |
Federal Work Study |
| G |
|
| GCLF |
Global Land Cover Facility |
| GEOG |
Geographical Sciences Department |
| GIF |
Graphic Interchange Format |
| GMAT |
Graduate Management Aptitude Test |
| GRAD |
Graduate School |
| GRE |
Graduate Record Exam |
| GSA |
Government Services Administration Schedule |
| H |
|
| HAMLET |
Hierarchical, Asynchronous and Multi-Media Learning Using Electronic Textbooks |
| HCHL |
Horowitz Center for Health Literacy |
| HCIL |
Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory |
| HCOL |
Honors College |
| HGIC |
Home & Garden Information Center |
| HLHP |
College of Health and Human Performance |
| HPAM |
Health Policy and Management |
| HPAO |
Health Professions Advising Office |
| HRS |
Human Resource System |
| HTML |
HyperText Markup Language |
| HTTP |
HyperText Transfer Protocol |
| I |
|
| IAA |
Institute of Applied Agriculture |
| IBBR |
Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research |
| IGSR |
Institute for Governmental Service & Research |
| INFO |
College of Information Studies |
| IP |
Internet Protocol |
| IPA |
Intergovernmental Personnel Agreement |
| IPST |
Institute for Physical Science and Technology |
| IREAP |
Institute for Research in Electronic and Applied Physics |
| IRPA |
Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Assessment |
| ISDN |
Integrated Services Digital Network |
| ISSS |
International Student & Scholar Services |
| ITAC |
Information Technology Advisory Committee |
| J |
|
| JGCRI |
Joint Global Change Research Institute |
| JIFSAN |
Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition |
| JOUR |
College of Journalism |
| JPEG |
Joint Photographic Experts Group |
| JQI |
Joint Quantum Institute |
| JSI |
Joint Space Sciences Institute |
| K |
|
| KFS |
Kuali Financial System |
| L |
|
| LAMOSE |
Lab for Atomic, Molecular and Optical Science and Engineering |
| LAMP |
Language and Media Processing Laboratory |
| LAN |
Local Area Network |
| LAS |
Learning Assistance Service |
| LACS |
Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center |
| LCCD |
Laboratory for Computational Cultural Dynamics |
| LCSL |
Leadership & Community Service Learning |
| LDAP |
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
| LGBT |
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Studies Program |
| LINKS |
Laboratory for Integrated Knowledge Systems |
| LIBR |
Libraries |
| LS |
Lan Services |
| LTSC |
Office of Letters & Sciences |
| LWOP |
Leave Without Pay |
| L&A |
Labor & Assistants |
| M |
|
| MAGE |
Maryland Applied Graduate Engineering |
| MAHE |
Maryland Association for Higher Education |
| MAITI |
Maryland Applied Information Technology Initiative |
| MAPP |
Maryland Architecture, Planning, & Preservation |
| MARCES |
Maryland Assessment Research Center for Education Success |
| MARS |
Maryland Automated Registration System |
| MARYPIRG |
Maryland Public Interest Research Group |
| MAS |
Management Advisory Services |
| MAX |
Mid-Atlantic Crossroads |
| MCEA |
Maryland Classified Employees Association |
| MCI |
Maryland China Initiative |
| M-CINSE |
Maryland Center for Integrated Nano Science and Engineering |
| MESL |
Museum Educational Site Licensing |
| MFRI |
Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute |
| MHEC |
Maryland Higher Education Commission |
| MIAEH |
MD Institute for Applied Environmental Health |
| MICA |
Multicultural Involvement Community Advocacy |
| MIMAUE |
Center for Research on Latino Educational Services |
| MISSL |
Maryland Information System Security Laboratory |
| MITH |
Maryland Institute for Technology Initiative |
| MLAW |
MPower Undergraduate Law Programs |
| MLSC |
MD Language Science Center |
| MNC |
Maryland Neuroimaging Center |
| MONKEY |
Maryland Object-Oriented Network Key |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| MPE |
Math Placement Exam |
| MPRI |
Maryland Pathogen Research Institute |
| MQGE |
Medicare Qualified Government Employee |
| MRSEC |
Material Research Science and Engineering Center |
| MSSA |
Maryland State Scholarship Administration |
| MTECH |
Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute |
| MTS |
MPowering The State |
| MVS |
Multiple Virtual System |
| N |
|
| NACS |
Neuroscience and Cognitive Science |
| NASF |
Net Assignable Square Feet |
| NI |
Network Infrastructure |
| NIH |
National Institutes of Health |
| NOC |
Network Operations Center |
| NPMS |
Nonprint Media Services Library |
| NROTC |
Navy ROTC |
| NT |
Networked Technologies |
| NTS |
Networking and Telecommunications Services |
| NUI |
NetWare Users International |
| O |
|
| OACS |
Office of Academic Computing Services, BSOS |
| OCGA |
Office of Contract and Grant Accounting |
| ODA |
Office of Data Administration |
| ODEC |
Office of Diversity Education and Compliance |
| ODI |
Office of Diversity and Inclusion |
OEMBC
|
Office of Emergency Management & Business Continuity
|
| O&ES |
Operations & Energy Services |
| OFSL |
Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life |
| OIA |
Office of International Affairs |
| OIEP |
Office of International and Executive Programs |
| OIT |
Office of Information Technology |
| OMSE |
Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Education |
| OPP |
Office of Professional Programs |
| ORA |
Office of Research Administration |
| ORP |
Optional Retirement Plan |
| OSC |
Office of Student Conduct |
| OTB |
Office of the Bursar |
| OTC |
Office of Technology Commercialization |
| OUA |
Office of Undergraduate Admissions |
| OWL |
Open Workstation Laboratory |
| P |
|
| P&B SVCS |
Procurement & Business Services |
| P&C |
Planning & Construction |
| PHR |
Payroll, Human Resources and Time & Attendance System |
| PIRL |
Perceptual Interfaces and Reality Laboratory |
| PPL |
Parallel Processing Laboratory |
| PPP |
Point to Point Protocol |
| PRC |
Prevention Research Center |
| PRD |
Performance Review & Development |
| PSLA |
Plant Science and Landscape Architecture |
| PLCY |
School of Public Policy |
| Q |
|
| R |
|
| RAA |
Research Administration & Advancement |
| RAID |
Redundant Array of Independent Drives |
| RD |
Research Development |
| REG |
Office of the Registrar |
| RFE |
Remission of Fees |
| RFP |
Request For Proposal |
| RSTARS |
Relational State Wide Accounting and Reporting System |
| S |
|
| SAN |
Storage Area Network |
| SAR |
Student Aid Report |
| SAS |
Student Application Systems |
| SAT |
Scholastic Aptitude Test |
| SCC |
South Campus Commons |
| SESYNC |
National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center |
| SFA |
Student Financial Aid |
| SGLIBR |
Shady Grove Library |
| SI |
(IT) Support and Infrastructure |
| SIS |
Student Information System |
| SLIP |
Serial Line Internet Protocol |
| SLLC |
School of Languages, Literature and Cultures |
| SMTP |
Simple Mail Transport Protocol |
| SPAC |
Sponsored Programs Accounting and Compliance |
| SPHL |
School of Public Health |
| SPOC |
Single Point of Contact |
| SQL |
Structured Query Language |
| SRA |
Supplemental Retirement Annuity |
| SRC |
Survey Research Center |
| START |
National Center for the Study of Terrorism and Response to Terrorism |
| STUDYABR |
Study Abroad |
| SUR |
Shared University Research |
| SVPAAP |
Senior Vice President Academic Affairs and Provost |
| SWE |
Software Engineering |
| T |
|
| TCP/IP |
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol |
| TDD |
Telecommunications Device for the Deaf |
| TLPL |
Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership |
| TLS |
Teaching and Learning Support Centers |
| TRS |
Teachers' Retirement System |
| TPS |
Teachers' Pension System |
| TSP |
Thrift Savings Plan |
| TTY |
TeleTypewriter |
| U |
|
| UBO |
University Budget Office |
| UGST |
Undergraduate Studies |
| UHC |
University Health Center |
| UHR |
University Human Resources |
| UM |
University of Maryland |
| UME |
University of Maryland Extension |
| UMIACS |
Institute for Advanced Computer Studies |
| UMNUG |
University of Maryland Network User Group |
| UMSTARS |
University of Maryland-Student Transaction, Audit and Record System |
| URL |
Uniform Resource Locator |
| USG |
Universities at Shady Grove |
| USM |
University System of Maryland |
| USMH |
University System of Maryland Headquarters |
| USMSM |
University System of MD at Southern Maryland |
| UTCC |
University Technology Coordinating Committee |
| V |
|
| VENUS |
Virtual Electronic Network University Scheduler |
| VETMED |
Veterinary Medicine |
| VM |
Virtual Machine |
| VPAC |
Vice President's Advisory Committee |
| VPA |
Vice President Administration |
| VPEST |
Vice Presidents' Executive Steering Team |
| VPF |
Vice President Finance & CFO |
| VPL |
Visualization and Presentation Laboratory |
| VPR |
Vice President Research |
| VPSA |
Vice President Student Affairs |
| VPUR |
Vice President University Relations |
| W |
|
| WAM |
Workstations at Maryland |
| WCGHI |
Williams Center for Global Health Initiative |
| WMREC |
Western Maryland Research & Education Center |
| WOW |
Warehouse on the Web |
| WWW |
World Wide Web |
| X |
|
| XML |
Extensible Markup Language |
| Y |
|
| Z |
|