AAP: Administrative Acceptability Procedure
ACTE: Approvals Committee for Terminal Equipment
APQP: Advanced Product Quality Planning
ASQC: American Society for Quality Control
CASE: Conformity Assessment Systems Evaluation
CQIM: Configuration and Quality Information Management
CTCI: Contract Technical Compliance Inspection
DFT: Density-Functional Theory
DMG: Data Management Group
DTV&I: Development, Test, Verification and Integration
EAAB: European Accreditation Advisory Board
EAC: European Accreditation of Certification
EAL: European Accreditation of Laboratories
ECQAC: Electronic Components Quality Assurance Committee
EFQM: European Foundation for Quality Management
EGCT: Expert Group on Conformance Testing
ETCOM: European Testing Consortium for Office and Manufacturing
FDQ: Food and Drink Qualifications
FI: formal inspection
IIOC: Independent International Organisation for Certification
IJQC: International Journal of Quantum Chemistry
ILAC: International Laboratory Accreditation Conference
INTEC: Independent Terminal Testing and Certification Consortium
LRQA: Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance
P&PQ: Productivity and Product Quality
P&PQI: productivity and product quality improvement
P&PQIC: Productivity and Product Quality Improvement Council
P&Q: Productivity and Quality
PDCA: Plan, Do, Check, Act
PPQIC: Productivity and Product Quality Improvement Council
PQA: Procurement Quality Assurance
PQC: Product Quality Council
PQE: procurement quality engineering
PQIC: Product Quality Improvement Council
PQIC: Productivity and Quality Improvement Council
QA: Quality Assurance
QA: Quality Audit
QA&T: Quality Assurance and Test
QAC: Quality Assurance Chart
QAD: Quality Assurance Division