Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Initialisms

C-5B
Cargo Aircraft

C-E
Communications-Electronics

C-SPEC
Product Specification

C-V-P
Cost, Volume, Profit

C/JTF
Combined/Joint Task Force

C/JTF
Commander/Joint Task Force

C/S
Commanders in Chief (CINC)/Services

C/S/A
CINCS/Services/Agencies

C/SCSC
Cost/Schedule Control System Criteria

C/SCSC
cost/schedule control systems criteria

C/SSR
Cost and Schedule Status Report

C/SSR
cost/schedule status report

C2
Command and Control

C2-Protection
Controlled Access Protection Level for Trusted Systems

C2IPS
Air Mobility Command and Control Information Processing System

C2ISR
Command and Control, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance

C2P
Command and Control Processor

C3
Command, Control and Communications

C3I
Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence

C3S
Center for Computer and Communications Security

C4I
Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence

C4IFTW
C4I for the Warrior

C4ISR
command, control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance

CA
certificate authority

CA
command authority

CA
commercial activities

CA
COMSEC Account

CA
contract administration

CA
Cryptanalysis

CAAP
Critical Asset Assurance Program

CAC
common avionics computer

CACM
Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery

CAD
computer-aided design

CAD/CAM
computer-aided design/computer-assisted manufacturing

CADE
Customer Account Data Engine

CADRIS
Computer-Aided Design and Reuse with intelligent Support

CADRT
Computer-Aided Dead Reckoning Tracer

CADS
Code Abuse Detection System

CAE
Common Applications Environment

CAE
Component Acquisition Executive

CAE
Computer Aided Engineering

CAE
computer-aided education

CAE
computer-aided engineering

CAE
computer-assisted education

CAE
conjecture, analysis, evaluate

CAF
CMM Appraisal Framework

CAI
Computer Aided Instruction

CAID
Clear Accountability in Design

CAIG
Cost Analysis Improvement Group

CAIR
Content Analysis and Information Retrieval

CAIS
Common APSE (Ada Programming Support Environment) Interface Set

CAIS-A
Common APSE Interface Set - Revision A

CAiSE
Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering

CAIV
Cost as an Independent Variable

CAL
computer-aided learning

CALS
Computer-Aided Acquisition and Logistics Support

CALS
Computer-Aided Lifecycle Support

CALS
Continuous Acquisition and Life-cycle Support

CAM
Computer Aided Manufacturing

CAM
computer-aided manufacturing

CAM
content-addressable memory

CAM
Core Automated Maintenance

CAMP
Common Ada Missile Package

CAN
Campus Area Network

CAO
Contract Administration Office

CAOC
Combined Air Operations Center

CAP
Carrierless Amplitude/Phase Modulation

CAP
Combat Air Patrol

CAP
Component Approval Process

CAP
Contractor Acquired Property

CAP
Contribution Assessment Process

CAP
Controlled Access Protection

CAPE
computer aided project engineering

CAPI
Comprehensive Authority, Power and Influence

CAPOC
Computer Aided Processing of Cardiograms

CAPS
Computer-Aided Prototyping System

CAPS
Computer-Aided Publishing System

CAR
Causal Analysis and Resolution

CAR
cost accural rate

CARD
Cost Analysis Requirement Document

CARDS
Central Archive for Reusable Defense Software

CARM
CMM (Capability Maturity Model) Rating Method

CARS
Consolidated Acquisition Reporting System

CART
CMM (Capability Maturity Model) Application Rating Team

CARTWG
Common Ada Run-Time Working Group

CAS
Close Air Support

CAS
contract administrative services

CASE
computer applications and software engineering

CASE
computer-aided software engineering

CASE
computer-aided systems engineering

CASS
Centralized Aircraft Support System

CASS
Consolidated Automated Support System

CAST
Computer Aided Software Testing

CAT
Center for Advanced Technology

CAT
computer aided test

CAT
Computer Aided Testing

CATF
Commander, Amphibious Task Force

CATM
Computer Aided Technical Management

CATS
Common Automatic Test System

CATS
Computer Assisted Transportation System

CATSS
Computer Aided Training Support System

CATV
Cable Television (Community Antenna Television)

CAUSE
Computer-Aided User-Oriented System Evaluation

CBA
CMM-Based Appraisal

CBA
Cost Benefits Analysis

CBA-IPI
Capability Maturity Model-Based Appraisal for Internal Process Improvement

CBA-SCE
CBA software capability evaluation

CBAM
cost benefit analysis method

CBD
Commerce Business Daily

CBE
computer-based education

CBI
computer-based instruction

CBK
Common Body of Knowledge

CBL
computer-based learning

CBMS
Computer Based Mail Systems

CBR
case-based reasoning

CBR
Chemical/Biological/Radiation

CBR
Constant Bit Rate

CBRG
Cost Benefit Review Group

CBS
COTS-Based Systems

CBT
Code-Based Testing

CBT
Computer Based Test

CBT
Computer Based Training

CBT
computer-based training

CBW
Chemical Biological Warfare

CC
Century Indicator

CC
configuration control

CCA
Carrier Controlled Approach

CCA
Center for Cost Analysis

CCA
Circuit Card Assembly

CCA
Computer Corporation of America

CCB
Change Control Board

CCB
Configuration Control Board

CCC
Commander-in-Chief (CINC) Control Centers

CCC
Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.

CCCB
Contractor Configuration Control Board

CCD
Charge Coupled Device

CCDR
Contractor Cost Data Reporting

CCEF
Command & Control Evaluation Facility

CCEP
Commercial COMSEC Endorsement Program

CCES
Command Center Evaluation System

CCF
Central Computer Facility

CCI
Competence Centet Informatik

CCI
Controlled Cryptographic Item

CCIS
Command and Control Information System

CCIS
Common Channel Interswitch Signaling

CCITT
Comite Consultatif International Telegraphique et Telephonique

CCITT
Consultative Committee for International Telephone and Telegraph

CCITT
International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee

CCL
Commerce Control List

CCM
Computational Chemistry and Materials Science

CCO
Circuit Control Officer

CCO
contract change order

CCP
Certified Computer Programmer

CCP
Command & Control Processor (NOSC)

CCP
Consolidated Cryptological Program

CCP
contract change proposal

CCR
Central Contractor Registration

CCR
Configuration Change Request

CCS-C
Command and Control System Consolidation

CCSS
CSIRT Collaboration Support System

CCTT
Close Combat Tactical Trainer

CCTV
Closed-Circuit Television

CD
classification of defects

Cd.
commander

CD
committee draft

CD
compact disk

CD-R
Compact Disk-Recordable

CD-ROM
Compact Disk-Read Only Memory

CD/V
Concept Development/Validation Phase

CDA
Central Design Activity

CDAd
Component Data Administrator

CDAPS
Common Display Architecture Processing System

CDAS
Central Decision/Analysis Support

CDB
Central Data Buffer

CDC
Communications Design Center

CDC
Control Data Corporation

CDD
Central Data Dictionary

CDD
Common Data Dictionary

CDE
Common Data Environment

CDE
Common Desktop Environment

CDEC
Center for Design of Educational Computing

CDI
compact disk interactive

CDIF
CASE Data Interchange Format

CDIF
CASE Design Interface Format

CDL
computer design language

CDMA
Code Division Multiple Access

CDO
Central Disbursing Officer

CDO
Command Duty Officer

CDP
Certified Data Processor

CDPD
Cellular Digital Packet Data

CDR
Critical Design Review

CDRL
consolidated data requirements listing

CDRL
contract data requirements list

CDS
Center for Dependable Systems

CDS
Circuit Data Services

CDS
Combat Direction System

CDS
Cryptographic Device Services

CDSS
career development for support staff

CDTR
Common Data Transfer Record

CDW
collision damage waiver

CDW
course development workshop

CE
computer engineering

CE
Concept Exploration Phase

CE
concurrent engineering

CE
Continuing Education

CE
Current Estimate

CE
Customer Evaluation

CE
DOE Office of Conservation and Renewable Energy

CEA
Computational Electromagnetics and Acoustics

CEB
CNO Executive Board

CeBASE
Center for Empirically Based Software Engineering

CeBASE
Center for Empirically Based Software Engineering

CEC
Cooperative Engagement Capability

CECOM
Communications-Electronics Command

CEE
Commercial Equivalent Equipment

CEM
Communication-Electronic-Meteorological

CEMS
Comprehensive Engine Management System

CEN
Computational Electronics and Nanoelectronics

CENTCOM
Central Command

CEO
chief executive Officer

CEOI
Communications Electronics Operation Instruction

CEP
continuing education project

CEP
Cooperative Engagement Processor

CEPR
Compromising Emanation Performance Requirement

CER
computer security enhancement review

CER
Cost Estimating Relationship

CERPS
Centralized Expenditure/Reimbursement Processing System

CERT
Combined Environmental Reliability Test

CERT
A registered service mark used by the CERT Coordination Center, an SEI group that focuses on Internet security

CERT/AC
CERT Analysis Center

CERT/CC
CERT Coordination Center

CES
Cost Element Structure

CESG
Communications-Electronics Security Group

CESM
Counter Electronic Support Measures

CEW
continuing education workshop

CF
Computing Facilities

CFAS
Center For Architecture and Standards

CFC
Component Finance Center

CFD
Common Fill Device

CFD
Computational Fluid Dynamics

CFE
contract furnished equi[ment

CFE
Contractor Furnished Equipment

CFI
CAD Framework Initiative

CFI
Common Flash memory Interface

CFI
Contractor Furnished Information

CFIB
Corporate Functional Information Board

CFM
Copy For Me

CFO
Chief Financial Officer

CFOA
Chief Financial Officer's Act

CFRP
Conceptual Framework for Reuse Processes

CFS
Center for Standards

CFSR
contract funds status report

CFSW
Center for Software

CG
center of gravity

CG
Commanding General

CG
computer graphics

CGA
Color Graphics Adapter

CGI
Common Gateway Interface

CGI
computer graphics interface

CGM
computer graphics metafile

CHAMP
Computerized Harvest Bare Asset Management Project

CHAP
Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol

CHBDL
Command High Bandwidth Data Link

CHI
computer-human interaction

CHS
common hardware software

CHS
Cylinder, Head, Sector

CHSSI
Common High Performance Computing Software Support Initiative

CI
configuration item

CIA
Central Intelligence Agency

CIAC
Computer Incident Advisory Capability

CIAC
Computer Incident Assessment Capability

CIAO
Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office

CIC
Combat Information Center

CICA
Competition in Contracting Act

CICS
Customer Information Control System

CID
Commercial Item Description

CIDR
classless inter-domain routing

CIDR
Classless Internet Domain Routing

CIDS
Command Information Display System

CIDS
critical item development specification

CIDX
Chemical Industry Data Exchange

CII
configuration item identification

CII
Configuration Item Index

CIK
Crypto-Ignition Key

CIKB
Cooperating Indicator Knowledge Base

CIM
Center for Information Management

CIM
Center for Information Mangement

CIM
computer integrated manufacturing

CIM
Corporate Information Management

CIMNET
Center for Information Management Network

CIMP
Corporate Information Management Plan

CIMS
Corporate Information Management System

CINC
Commander-in-Chief

CINCACOM
CINC U.S. Atlantic Command

CINCEUR
CINC U.S. European Command

CINCNET
CINC's Network

CINCPAC
CINC U.S. Pacific Command

CINCSOC
CINC U.S. Special Operations Command

CINCSOUTH
CINC U.S. Southern Command

CINCUSAFE
Commander-in-Chief USAFE

CINCUSNAVEUR
CINC U.S. Naval Forces Europe

CIO
chief information officer

CIP
Critical Infrastructure Protection

CIP
Crypto-Ignition Plug

CIPWG
Critical Infrastructure Protection Working Group

CIRC
Centralized Intermediate Repair Center

CIRK
Common Interswitch Rekeying Key

CIRT
Computer Incident Response Team

CIS
CASE Integration Services

CIS
CASE Integration Services Committee

CIS
Command Information System

CIS
computer and information science

CISA
C4I Integration Support Activity

CISC
complex instruction set computers

CISE
Center for Information Systems Engineering

CISE
Computer and Information Science and Engineering

CISS
Center for Information System Security

CISSP
Certified Information System Security Professional

CIT
Carnegie Institute of Technology

CITIS
Contractor Integrated Technical Information Services

CIU
Channel Interface Unit

CIWS
Close In Weapon System

CJCS
Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff

CJIS
Criminal and Judicial Information Systems

CK
Compartment Key

CKG
Cooperative Key Generation

CL
classification

CL
Connectionless

CLASP
Computer Languages and Systems Program

CLASSWG
Classification Working Group

CLEF
commercial licensed evaluation facility

CLF
common Lisp framework

CLI
command language interpreter

CLIN
contract line item number

CLIP
Common Link Integration Processing

CLIP
Common Link Integrated Processor

CLMD
COMSEC Local Management Device

CLNP
Connectionless Network Protocol

CLNS
Connectionless Network Service

CLRC
customer resource life cycle

CLS
Contractor Logistics support

CLSF
Connectionless Service Functions

CLSR
computer law service reporter

CLSS
Combat Logistics Support Squadron

CLTP
Connectionless Transport Protocol

CM
Capability Model

CM
Conceptual Model

CM
configuration management

CM
Counter Measures

CM
curriculum module

CMAG
Configuration Management Advisory Group

CMC
Commandant of the Marine Corps

CMCS
COMSEC Material Control System

CMD
Charge Modulation Device

CMD
Contract Management Division

CMET
Consolidated Master Edit Table

CMF
command management facility

CMI
Client Management Indicator

CMI
Computer-Managed Instruction

CMIP
Common Management Information Protocol

CMM
Capability Maturity Model

CMMI
Capability Maturity Model Integration

CMMI-SE/SW/IPPD/SS
Capability Maturity Model Integration for Systems Engineering/Software Engineering/Integrated Product and Process Development/Supplier Sourcing

CMOS
Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor

CMOS
(COSMOS) complementary metal oxide semiconductor

CMOT
Central Management Information Management over TCP/IP

CMP
Configuration Management Plan

CMS
Configuration Management System

CMS
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Systems

CMS-2
Compiler Monitor System

CMS-2
Configuration Management System 2

CMT
component management tool

CMTU
Cartridge Magnetic Tape Unit

CMU
Carnegie Mellon University

CMU/SEI
Carnegie-Mellon University/Software Engineering Institute

CMVC
configuration management and version control

CMWG
Configuration Management Working Group

CMYK
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black

CNAM
Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers

CNC
computer numerically controlled

CNCE
Communications Nodal Control Element

CNCS
Cryptonet Control Station

CND
cannot duplicate

CNE
Center for Naval Engineering

CNI
Communication, Navigation, Identification

CNIIU
Communications Navigation Identification Interface Unit

CNK
Cryptonet Key

CNOS
Communications Network Operating System

CNRI
Corporation for National Research Initiatives

CO
Central Office

CO
Commanding Officer

CO
Connection Oriented

CO
Contracting Officer

COB
close of business

COBOL
Common Business Oriented Language

COBOL
Common Business-Oriented Language

CoCom
Coordinating Committee [for Multilateral Export Controls]

COCOMO
Constructive Cost Model

CODASYL
Conference on Data Systems Languages

CODEC
Coder/Decoder

CODSIA
Council of Defense and Space Industry Associations

COE
Army Common Operating Environment

COE
Common Operating Environment

COEA
Cost and Operational Effectiveness Analysis

COES
Committee on Open Electronic Systems

COLD
Computer Output to Laser Disk

COM
Component Object Model

COM
computer output microfilm

COMCAC
Commander, Component Data Automation Command

COMCTC
Commander, Component Telecommunications Command

COMINT
Communications Intelligence

COMMARCORSYSCOM
Commander, Marine Corps Systems Command

COMNAVSECGRU
Commander, Naval Security Group

COMNISMC
Commander, Naval Information Systems Management Center

COMOPTEVFOR
Commander, Operational Test and Evaluation Force

COMPES
Contingency Operation/Mobility Planning and Execution System

COMPUSEC
computer security

COMS
Collateral Monitoring System

COMSEC
communications security

CONS
Connection Oriented Network Service

CONTU
Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrights

CONUS
continental United States

COOP
Contingency of Operations Plan

COOP
Continuity of Operations

COORDWG
Coordination Working Group

COP
Concept of Operations

COPICS
Communications-Oriented Production Information and Control System

COQ
cost of quality

COR
Central Office of Record

COR
Contracting Officer's Representative

CORBA
common object request broker architecture

CORE
controlled requirements expression

COS
Component Oversight

COS
Corporation for Open Systems

COSE
Common Open Software Environment

COSINE
Cooperation for Open Systems Interconnection Networking in Europe

COSIP
Computer Open System Implementation Program

COSMIC
Computer Software Management and Information Center

COSTOC
computer supported teaching of computer science

COTR
Contracting Officers Technical Representative

COTS
commercial off-the-shelf

CP
Change Proposal

CP
Conditional Priority Ceiling Protocol

CPAB
Corrosion Prevention Advisory Board

CPAF
cost-plus award fee

CPAR
Contractor Performance Assessment Report

CPC
computer program component

CPCI
computer program configuration item

CPFF
cost-plus fixed fee

CPI
Common Programming Interface

CPI
Cost Performance Index

CPIF
cost plus incentive fee

CPL/CPS
Common Prototyping Language/Common Prototyping System

CPM
center program manager

CPM
Cost Performance Measure

CPM
critical path method

CPPC
cost plus percentage of cost

CPR
contract progress report

CPR
Cost Performance Report

CPR
Customer and Product Requirements

CPS
COMSEC Parent Switch

CPSS
Computer Systems Squadron

CPU
central processing unit

CQI
Continuous Quality Improvement

CR
Clarification Request

CR
cost reserve

CRADA
Cooperative Research and Development Agreement

CRAF
Civil Reserve Air Fleet

CRAG
Contractor Risk Assessment Guide

CRB
Configuration Review Board

CRC
Control and Reporting Center

CRC
Cyclic Redundancy Code

CRC
cyclical redundancy check

CRCB
Computer Resources Control Board

CRCO
computer resource central organization

CREASE
Catalog of Resources for Education in Ada and Software Engineering

CREN
Corporation for Research and Education Networking

CREST
Crew Escape Technologies

CRF
Central Retransmission Facility

CRF
Channel Reassignment Function

CRF
Composite Rear Fuselage

CRF
Connection - Related Function

CRFC
Component Regional Finance Center

CRG
Computer Resources Group

CRIB
Computer Resources Information Base

CRICCS
Center for Research on Intelligent, Real-time Computation in Complex Systems

CRISD
computer resource integrated support document

CRL
Carnegie Representation Language

CRLCMP
computer resources life cycle management plan

CRM
computer resource management

CRM
computer resource manager

CRM
Computer Resources Management

CRM
Continuous Risk Management

CRM
Customer Relationship Management

CRMT
Computer Resource Management Technology

CROSSBOW-S
construction of a radar to operationally simulate signals believed to originate within the Soviet Union

CRP
COMSEC Resources Program

CRP
Control and Reporting Post

CRR
Comparison Risk Ranking

CRSIP
Computer Resources Support Improvement Program

CRT
cathode ray tube

CRTT
Computer Resources Technology Transition

CRTTP
Computer Resources Technology Transition Program

CRWG
Computer Resource Working Group

CRWG
Copernicus Requirements Working Group

CS
computer science

CS/SA
Client/Server Architecture

CSA
Chief of Staff Army

CSA
Client Server Architecture

CSA
Configuration Status Accounting

CSAB
Computing Sciences Accreditation Board

CSAF
Chief of Staff, Air Force

CSAR
Configuration Status Accounting Report

CSAS
Configuration Status and Accounting System

CSC
Computer Science Conference

CSC
Computer Sciences Corporation

CSC
computer software component

CSCI
computer software configuration item

CSCS
configuration software control system

CSCW
computer-supported collaborative work

CSCW
computer-supported cooperative work

CSD
Constant Speed Drive

CSDM
computer system diagnostic manual

CSE
Center for Software Engineering

CSE
Client-Server Environment

CSE
Communications Security Element

CSE
Control Systems Engineering

CSECA
Contractor Software Engineering Capability Assessment

CSEE
Conference on Software Engineering Education

CSEL
Communication System Evaluation Laboratory

CSF
critical success factor

CSG
Carrier Strike Group

CSGS
Computer Systems Group Software

CSI
Computer Security Institute

CSIRT
Computer Security Incident Response Team

CSITE
Combat System Integrated Training Equipment

CSL
Computer Systems Laboratory

CSM
Center for Systems Management

CSM
Computational Structural Mechanics

CSMA/CA
Carrier Sensed, Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance

CSOM
computer software operation manual

CSOM
Computer System Operator's Manual

CSP
Certified Systems Professional

CSP
Common Software Process

CSP
Communicating Sequential Processes

CSP
Communication Support Processor

CSP
cryptography service provider

CSPI
Critical Systems Protection Initiative

CSR
control status register

CSRB
Computer Systems Requirement Board

CSRO
Center for Software Reuse Operations

CSS
CATS System Software

CSS
Coded Switch System

CSS
Combat Service Support

CSS
Combat Support System

CSS
COMSEC Subordinate Switch

CSS
Constant Surveillance Service

CSS
Continuous Signature Service

CSS
Contractor Support Services

CSS
Naval Coastal Systems Station

CSSO
Computer Special Security Officer

CSSO
Computer Systems Security Officer

CSTA
Computer Support Telecommunications Applications

CSTAR
Center for Strategic Technology and Research

CSTB
Computer Science and Telecommunications Board

CSTO
Computing Systems Technology Office

CSTO
Country-Specific Technical Order

CSTVRP
Computer Security Technical Vulnerability Reporting Program

CSU
Channel Service Unit

CSU
Channel Sharing Unit

CSU
coding/computer software unit

CSU
Computer Software Unit

CTA
Computer Technology Associates

CTAK
Cipher Text Auto-Key

CTE
common test executive

CTEA
Cost and Training Effectiveness Analysis

CTF
Combined Task Force

CTFE
Chlorotrifluoroethylene

CTI
Computer Telephony Integration

CTN
CALS (Computer-Aided Acquisition and Logistics Support) Test Network

CTOM
Centralized Tech Order Management

CTP
Common Tactical Picture

CTS
COHESION ª Team/SEE

CTTA
Certified TEMPEST Technical Authority

CUP
COMSEC Utility Program

CURE
COTS Usage Risk Evaluation

CVC
CAIS (Common APSE Interface Set) Validation Capability

CVCWG
CVC (CAIS Validation Capability) Working Group

CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

CVS
Cylo-Voltametric Stripping

CVT
continuous verification and testing

CVWS
CASE Vendor's Workshop

CW
Carrier Wave

CW
Chemical Warfare

CWBS
contract work breakdown structure

CWBS
Cost Work Breakdown Structure

CWO
Climate/Weather/Ocean Modeling and Simulation

CY
Calendar Year

DASN (C4I/EW/Space)
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for (C4I/EW/Space)

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