Priorities for GEOINT Research at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (2006)
Chapter: Appendix A: List of Acronyms
Appendix A
List of Acronyms
ACTD
Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration
API
application programming interface
ARIVA
Advanced Research in Interactive Visualization for Analysis
BAA
Broad Area Announcement
BARO
Basic and Applied Research Office
CBRTA
Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Technology Alliance
CIA
Central Intelligence Agency
COTS
commercial off-the-shelf
CRADA
cooperative research and development agreement
DARPA
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DBMS
Database Management Systems
DHS
Department of Homeland Security
DMA
Defense Mapping Agency
DoD
Department of Defense
DTO
Disruptive Technology Office
FGDC
Federal Geographic Data Committee
GEOINT
geospatial intelligence
GIS
geographic information systems
GIScience
geographic information science
GML
geography markup language
GPS
Global Positioning System
HBCU-MI
Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions
HPC
high-performance computing
HPGIS
high-performance geospatial intelligence systems
IC
intelligence community
IFSAR
interferometric synthetic aperture radar
IGERT
Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship
IMINT
imagery intelligence
INT
intelligence
I/O
input-output
IT
information technology
LAN
local area network
LBS
location-based services
LIDAR
light detection and ranging
MULTI-INT
multiple types of intelligence
NARP
NGA Academic Research Program
NGA
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
NIMA
National Imagery and Mapping Agency
NPIC
National Photographic Interpretation Center
NRC
National Research Council
NRO
National Reconnaissance Office
NSA
National Security Agency
NSF
National Science Foundation
NSG
National System for Geospatial Intelligence
NTA
National Technology Alliance
NURI
NGA University Research Initiatives
OGC
Open Geospatial Consortium
OID
object identifier
OMB
Office of Management and Budget
R&D
research and development
RDF
resource development framework
SAR
synthetic aperture radar
SBIR
Small Business Innovation Research
S-DBMS
spatial database management system
SDTS
spatial data transfer standard
SOLAP
Spatial OnLine Analytical Processing
STAR
Synergistic Targeting Auto-extraction and Registration
ST-DBMS
spatiotemporal database management system
TPED
tasking, processing, exploitation, and dissemination
UCGIS
University Consortium for Geographic Information Science
UML
unified modeling language
USGS
U.S. Geological Survey
XML
extensible markup language
