Science telecommunications acronyms and abbreviations

3-D: 3-Dimensional 
AARQ: A-Associate Request 
AAS: Advanced Automation System 
AEC: Architecture, Engineering and Construction 
AES: Auger Electron Spectroscopy 
AFM: Atomic Force Microscopy 
AGI: Association for Geographic Information 
AGNIC: Agriculture Network Information Center 
AM: Activity manager 
AMEL: active-matrix electroluminescent 
AOS: Alternative Operator Services 
AQP: Association for Quality and Participation 
AR: access rate 
ATL: Advanced Technology Laboratory 
ATMS: automatic transmission measuring system 
AWG: arrayed waveguide grating 
BCH: Binary Coded Hexadecimal 
BCS: Business Continuity Services 
BHC: Busy Hour Calls 
BOSS: binary object storage system 
BS: Busy Season 
BTS: Base Transmission Station 
CACM: Communications of the ACM 
CALS: Computer-aided acquisition and logistic support 
CAM: Computer aided mapping 
CASE: computer-aided software engineering 
CCC: ceramic chip carrier 
CCCI: Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence 
CCLC: carrier common line charge 
CCO: Component Coordinator 
CD: critical dimension 
CD-R: Compact disk-recordable 
CD-ROM: Compact Disc Read-Only Memory 
CDA: Command and Data Acquisition 
CDB: Configuration Data Base 
CDF: Communications Data Field 
CDRM: Cross-Domain Resource Manager 
CEC: Commission of European Communities 
CHM: Changeover and Changeback Messages 
CIESIN: Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network