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 ACI  Airports Council International
 ADSL  Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
 AGP  Accelerated Graphics Port
 ANSI  American National Standards Institute
 API  Application Programming Interface
 ASCII  American Standard Code for Information Interchange
 ASEAN  Association of South East Asian Nations
 ATM  Asynchronous Transfer Mode
 BASIC  Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
 BIEM  Bureau International des societes  gerant les droit d´ Enregistrement et de reproduction Mecanique
   
 BIOS  Basic Input Output System
   
 CEPIS  Council of European Professional Informatics Societies
 CERN  Centre Europeen pour Reserche Nucleaire
 CGI  Common Gateway Interface
 CITES  Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora
   
 DECT  DIGITAL ENHANCED CORDLESS TELECOMMUNICATION STANDARD
 DPI  DOTS PER INCH
 DVD  Digital Verstile Disk
   
 ECB  European Central Bank
 EEE  Electric and Electronic Equipment
 EPA  Economic Partnership Agreements
 EU  European Union
   
 FAT  File Allocation Table
 FIATA  International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations
   
 FTP  File Transfer Protocol
 GAP  GENERAL ACCESS PROFILE
 GATT  General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (replaced by WTO)
 GESTAPO  GEheime STAat-POlizei
   
 GUI  Graphical User Interface
   
 HVAC  Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning
 HTML  Hyper Text Markup Language
 HTTP  Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
   
 IAAF  International Association of Athletics Federations
 ICANN  Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
 IEEE  Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
 IP  Internet Protocol
 IRC  Internet Relay Chat
 ISDN  Integrated Services Digital Network
 ISP  Internet Service Provider
 LAN  Local Area Network
 LCD  Liquid Crystal Display
 MBPS  Mega Bits Per Second
 MIME  Multi-purpose Internet Email Extensions
 MODEM  Modulator/Demodulator
 MOT  Ministry Of Transport
 NATO  North Atlantic Treaty Organization
 NIC  Network Interface Card
 OECD  Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
 OLAF  Office europeen de Lutte Anti-Fraude
 PBX  Private Branch Exchange
 PDA  Personal Digital Assistant
 PDF  Portable Document Format
 POP  Post Office Protocol
 PSTN  Public Switched Telephone Network
 RAPEX  Rapid Alert system for non-food Products
   
 RMI  Remote Method Invocation (Java)
 SARS  Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
 SCNF  Societe Nationale des Chemins de fer Francais
   
 SOAP  Simple Object Access Protocol
 SRS  Supplemental Restraint System (Airbags)
   
 SSL  Secure Sockets Layer
 TCP/IP  Transfer Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
 TFT  Thin Film Transistor
 UNFICYP  United Nations Force In Cyprus
   
 URL  Uniform Resource Locator
 UTP  Unshielded Twisted Pair
 VERONICA  VERy easy Oriented Net-wide Index to Computerized Archives
 VGA  Video Graphics Array
 VOIP  VOICE OVER IP
 WAIS  Wide Area Information Server
 WAN  Wide Area Network
 WTO  World Trade Organization
   
 WWW  World Wide Web
 XML  eXtensible Markup Language
 YEL  Yearbook of European Law

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ADSL: Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

agp: accelerated graphics port

ansi: american national standards institute

api: application programming interface

ascii: american standard code for information interchange

autoexec.bat: executed by dos when system boots up

basic: beginners' all-purpose symbolic instruction code

bbs: bulletin board system

bios: basic input output system

bit: binary digit

buffers: storage areas used by dos

cad: computer-aided design

ccd: charge-coupled device

cgi: common gateway interface

clut: colour look-up table

cmos: complementary metal oxide semiconductor

cmx: corel media exchange

cmyk: cyan, magenta, yellow, black

command.com: standard command processor used by dos

config.sys: defines initial configuration of dos

cpu: central processing unit

crc: cyclic redundancy check

crt: cathode ray tube

dac: digital to analogue converter

dat: digital audio tape

dbms: data base management system

dde: dynamic data exchange

dimm: dual inline memory modules

dll: dynamic link library

dma: direct memory access

dns: domain name server

dos: disk operating system

dpi: dots per inch

dvd: digital versatile disk

dvi: digital video interactive

edi: electronic data interchange

eide: enhanced integrated drive electronics

eisa: extended industry standard architecture

ems: expanded memory specification

eps: encapsulated post script

faq: frequently asked questions

fat: file allocation table

ftp: file transfer protocol

gdi: graphical device interface

gif: graphics interchange format

hma: high memory area

html: hyper text markup language

http: hyper text transport protocol

irc: internet relay chat

irq: interrupt request

isdn: integrated services digital network

isp: internet service provider

jpeg: joint photographic experts group

kb: kilobytes

ldap: lightweight directory access protocol

mbr: master boot record

mca: micro channel architecture:bus design implemented by ibm

midi: musical instrument digital interface

mime: multipurpose internet mail extension

mpeg: motion picture experts group

mmx: multimedia extensions

mpeg: motion picture expert group

ms: milliseconds

network adapter: hardware card that provides interface between processor and network

ocr: optical character recognition

ole: object linking and embedding

pci: peripheral component interconnect

pda: personal digital assistant

pdf: portable document format

pdl: page description language

pif: program information file

pixel: picture element

pmpo: peak momentary power output

pop: post office protocol

ppp: point-to-point protocol

ram: random access memory

rgb: red, green, blue

rms: root mean squared

rom: read only memory

tsr: terminate and stay resident

san: storage area network

scsi: small computer system interface

set: secure electronic transactions

sgml: standard generalised markup language

simm: single inline memory modules

slip: serial line internet protocol

smtp: simple mail transfer protocol

SSL: Secure Sockets Layer  Secure Sockets Layer

tcp/ip: transmission control protocol/internet protocol

uart: universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter

uma: upper memory area

umb: upper memory block

url: uniform resource locator

vcpi: virtual control program interface

vesa: video electronics standards association

vga: video graphics array

video adapter: monochrome/cga/ega/vga

vpn: virtual private network

vrml: virtual reality modeling language

vxd: virtual device driver: performs various system-level functions

wais: wide area information server

wav: windows audio file

winsock: windows program: provides other windows programs with standard interface to network services

xms: extended memory specification

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Acronym Description
ACI Airports Council International
AG Advocate General
All ER All England Law Reports
ASEAN Association of South East Asian Nations
BENELUX Customs Union Of Belgium,the Netherlands and Luxembourg
BF Bonded Factory
BIEM Bureau International des societes  gerant les droit d´enregistrement et de reproduction mecanique
BIMCO Baltic and International Maritime Council
BIS Bank for International Settlements
B-ISDN Broadband Éntegrated Services Digital Network
BSA British Software Alliance
CARICOM The Caribbean Community
CBM Confidence Building Measures
CCCI Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry
CCCN Customs Cooperation Council Nomenclature
CCLEC Caribbean Customs Law Enforcement Council
CCN  Customs Cooperation Council ( see WCO )
CCT Common Customs Tariff
CERN European Council for Nuclear Research
CFC ChloroFluoroCarbon
CFSP Common Foreign and Security Policy
CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora 
CMLR Common Market Law Reports
CMLRev Common Market Law Review
COEA Cyprus Offshore Enterprise Association
COR  Committee of the Regions
COREPER Council of Permanent Representatives (EU)
CSCE Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (ÄÁÓĊ)
CYS Cyprus Organisation for Standards and Control Quality
DEA Drug Enforcement Administration
EAEC European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom)
EBRD European Bank for Recontruction and Development
EC European Community
ECB European Central Bank
ECHR European Convention on Human Rights
ECJ European Court of Justice (EU)
ECLRev European Competition Law Review
ECOSOC Economic and Social Council (UN)
ECR European Court Reports
ECSC European Coal and Steel Community
ECU European Currency Unit
EDF European Development Fund (EU)
EE European Union
EEA European Economic Area
EEC European Economic Community
EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone
EFTA European Free Trade Association
EIB European Investment Bank (EU)
EJIL European Journal of International Law
ELRev European Law Review
EMU Enonomic and Monetary Union
EP European Parliament
ERM European Exchange Rate Mechanism (EU)
ETSI European Telecomunication Standards Institute
EU European Union
EURATOM European Atomic Energy Community 
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization (UN)
FEDEMAC Federation of European Movers Association 
FIATA International Federation of Freight Forwearders Accociations
FIDI Internaytional Federation of International Movers
FONASBA Federation of National Associations of Ship Brokers and Agents
G7 Group of Seven major industrial countries (Canada,France,Germany,Italy,Japan,UK,USA & Russia)
GATT General Agreement on Tarrifs and Trade
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GNP Gross National Product
GSP Generalized System of Preferences
IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations
IAEA International Atomic  Energy Agency
IAPH International Association of Ports and Harbors
IATA International Air Tranport Association
IBFD International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation
IBRD International Bank of Reconstruction and Development
IBSA Inernational Banking Security Association
ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization 
ICC Internatinal Chamber of Commerce
ICCA International Council of Chemical Associations
ICCCCS International Chamber of Commerce Commercial Crime Services
ICLQ International  & Comparative Law Quarterly
ICMPD International centre for Migration Policy Development
ICO  Islamic Conference Organization
ICOM International Council of Museums
ICS International Chamber of Shipping
IECC International Express Carriers Conference
IFCBA International Federation of Customs Brokers and Agents
IFPI International Federaration of the Phonographic Industry
IFZ Industrial Free Zone
IGC Inter-Governemental Conference
ILC International Law Commission
ILO International Labor Organisation
IMF Internayionl Monetary Fund
IMO International Maritime  Organization
INIS International Nuclear Information System
INTERPOL International Criminal Police Organization
IOC International Olympic Committee
IP Intellectual Property
IRLR Industrial Relations Law Reports
IRU International Road Transport Union
ITU Inernational Telecomunications Union
JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies
LQR Law Quarterly Review
MEP Member of the European Parliament
MLR Modern Law Review
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
MPA Motion Picture Association ( America and Motion Picture Association)
NATO North Atlantic  Treaty Organization
NGO Non-governmental Organization 
NPT Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
OAPEC Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
OAS Organization of American States
OAS CICAD OAS: Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) 
OEA Organization of Americn States
OECD Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
OIPC ICPO ICPO / interpol
OJ Official Journal of the European Communities
OPEC Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
PLO Palestine Liberation Organization
QMV Qualified Majority Voting
SBC Secretariat of the Basel Convention
SDR Special Drawing Rights (IMF)
STABEX System of Stabilization of Export Earnings (Lome Convention)
SYSMIN System of Stabilization of Mining Exports (Lome Convention)
TEU Treaty on European Union (Maastricht)
TIACA International Air Cargo Association
TLR Times Law Reports
TRIPS Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property 
UDEAC Central African Customs and Economic Union
UNCITRAL U.N Commission on International Trade Law
UNCTAD U.N. Conference on Trade and Development
UNDCP United Nations Internation Drug Control Programme
UNDP U.N Developent Programme
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Sientific and Cultural Organization
UNFICYP United Nations Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus
UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNICEF United Nations Childrens Fund
UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization
UNIFIL United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon 
UNITAR United Nations Institute for Training and Reasearch
UNU United Nations University
UPU Universal Postal Union
WCMC World Conservation Monitoring Center
WCO World Customs Organization
WEU Western European Union
WFC World Food Council
WFP World Food Programme (UN/FAO)
WHO World Health Organization
WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization
WMO World Meteorological Organization
WPO World Post Organization
WTO World Trade Organization
YEL Yearbook of European Law

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