Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Initialisms

S&T
science and technology

S/N
signal to noise ratio

SA
Situation Assessment

SA
structured analysis

SA
System Administrator

SA-CMM
Software Acquisition Capability Maturity Model

SAA
System Application Architecture

SAAE
software architecture attribute engineering

SAAM
software architecture analysis method

SAB
Standards Activity Board of the IEEE Computer Society

SAC
Senate Appropriations Committee

SAC
Single Attachment Concentrator

SAC
Software Advisory Channel

SAC
Strategic Air Command

SAD
system allocation document

SADA
Special Assistant for Data Automation

SADDLE
Shared Data Description Language

SADT
Structured Analysis and Design Technique

SAE
senior acquisition executive

SAE
Service Acquisition Executive

SAE
Society of Automotive Engineers

SAE
Software Architectures Engineering

SAE-AS
Society of Automative Engineers Aeronautics Systems Division

SAE-ASD
Society of Automotive Engineers Avionics System Division

SAEM
Software Acquisition Evaluation Methods

SAF
Secretary of the Air Force

SAF
Society of Automotive

SAFE
Security Alliance for Enterprise Computing

SAFENET
Survivable Adaptable Fiber Optic Embedded Network

SAGE
System for Automatic Program Generation

SAIC
Science Applications International Corporation

SAIF
software acquisition improvement framework

SAL
SCAMPI Asset Library

SALTS
Streamlined Alternative Logistics Transmission System

SAM
Single Agency Manager

SAM
Software Aquisition Manager

SAM
Supplier Agreement Management

SAM
surface-to-air-missile

SAME
SQL Ada Module Extension

SAME
SQL (Structured Query Language) Ada Module Extensions

SAME-DC
SQL (Structured Query Language) Ada Module Extensions Design

SAMeDL
SQL Ada Module Description Language

SAMEWG
Software Acquisition Management Education Working Group

SAMM
Software Acquisition Maturity Model

SAN
Storage Area Network

SAO
Special Access Office

SAP
save all paper

SAP
service access point

SAP
Special Access Program

SAP
System Acquisition Plan

SAPD
software acquisition process development

SAR
Segmentation And Reassembly

SAR
Selected Acquisition Report

SAR
synthetic aperture radar

SARAH
Standard Automated Remote to AUTODIN Host

SARL
software architecture representation language

SARSS
Standard Army Retail Supply System

SASE
Senate Armed Services Committee

SASET
Software Architecture Sizing and Estimating Tool

SAT
Software Action Team

SAT
Software Architecture Technology (an SEI initiative)

SATAN
Security Administrator Tool for Analyzing Networks

SATCOM
Satellite Communication

SATE
Security Awareness, Training and Education

SATI
software architecture technology initiative

SATWG
Strategic Avionics Technologies Working Group

SAVA
standard army vetronics architecture

SBA
Simulation-Based Acquisition

SBA
Standards-Based Architecture

SBIL
Schema-Based Interconnection Language

SBIR
NASA's Small Business Innovation Research

SBIR
Small Business Initiate Research

SBIRS
Space-Based Infrared System

SBIS
Sustaining Base Information Systems

SBPI
Software Best Practices Initiative

SBS
Scientific and Business System

SBVT
software baseline verification

SC&M
software creation and maintenance

SC21
21st Century Surface Combatant Program

SC22
ISO/IEC JTC 1 Subcommittee for languages

SCA
Service Cost Avoidance

SCAI
Space Command and Control Architectural Infrastructure

SCAM
SCSI Configuration Auto Magically

SCAMPI
Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for Process Improvement

SCB
system control block

SCC
Software Control Center

SCC
Standards Coordinating Committees

SCC
Standards Council of Canada

SCCB
Software Configuration Control Board

SCCP
Supply Center Computer Project

SCCS
Software Change and Configuration Control System

SCCS
Source Code Control System

SCCT
Steering Committee on Conformance Testing

SCE
software capability evaluation

SCI
scalable coherent interface

SCI
Sensitive Compartmented Information

SCI
Special Compartmented Information

SCI
Strategic Computing Initiative

SCIF
Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility

SCIS
Survivable Communications Integration System

SCM
software configuration management

SCMP
software configuration management plan

SCN
specification change notice

SCN
System Change Notice

SCO
Santa Cruz Operations, Inc.

SCO
Successor Contracting Officer

SCONUM
Ship Control Number

SCP
software change process

SCP
Supporting Collaborative Processes

SCP
systems concept paper

SCR
Software Change Request

SCR
Sustainable Cell Rate

SCR
System Change Request

SCS
School of Computer Science

SCSI
small computer system interface

SCWUI
Steering Committee for Windowing User Interfaces

SD
Solicitation Document

SD
Structured Design

SDC
Source Data Collection

SDC
System Development Corporation

SDCA
Software Development Capability Assessment

SDCCR
Software Development Capability/Capacity Review

SDCE
Software Development Capability Evaluation

SDD
Secure Data Device

SDD
Software Design Description

SDD
software design document

SDD
system design document

SDDD
software detailed design document

SDDM
Secretary of Defense decision memorandum

SDDS
Strategic Defense Development System

SDE
software development environment

SDF
software development file

SDF
software development folder

SDH
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy

SDI
selective dissemination of information

SDI
Software Development Integrity

SDI
Strategic Defense Initiative

SDIO
Strategic Defense Initiative Office

SDIO
Strategic Defense Initiative Organization

SDIP
Software Development Integrity Program

SDK
software development kit

SDL
software development library

SDL
systems description language

SDLC
Software Development Life Cycle

SDLC
Synchronous Data Link Control

SDM
select data message

SDM
semantic database model

SDM
system decision memorandum

SDM
System Development Methodology

SDME
Software Development and Maintenance Environment

SDNRIU
Secure Digital Net Radio Interface Unit

SDNS
Secure Data Network System

SDP
Service Delivery Point

SDP
software development plan

SDP
System Decision Paper

SDPE
Special Design Protective Equipment

SDR
Software Design Review

SDR
system design review

SDRAM
Synchronous Dynamic Read Only Memory

SDRT
Software Development Risk Taxonomy

SDS
Scientific Data Systems

SDS
software development standard

SDS
Strategic Defense System

SDSA
Software Development and Support Activity

SDSAWG
Software Development Standards and Ada Working Group

SDWG
Software Dependability Working Group

SE
software engineering

SE
System Engineer

SE-CMM
Systems Engineering Capability Maturity Model

SE/SW
systems engineering and software engineering

SEAL
Simple and Efficient Adaptation Layer

SEC
Software Engineering Center

SEC
Sponsor Executive Committee

SECAM
Systems Engineering Capability Assessment Model

SECAVINST
Secretary of Navy for Instruction

SECDEF
Secretary of Defense

SECE
Software Engineering Computing Environment

SECM
Systems Engineering Capability Model

SECNAV
Secretary of the Navy

SECP
Software Engineering Curriculum Project

SECR
Standard Embedded Computer Resources

SECT
Simulator for Electronic Combat Training

SED
Software Engineering Division

SEDP
software engineering degree program

SEE
software engineering environment

SEED
software engineering environments database

SEER-M
Software Evaluation and Estimation of Resources-Software Sizing Model

SEER-SEM
Software Evaluation and Estimation of Resources- Software Estimating Model

SEF
Software Engineering Forum

SEFT
Software Engineering Forum for Training

SEG
Software Engineering Group

SEI
Software Engineering Institute

SEI
space exploration initiative

SEIAA
SEI-assisted asssessments

SEIR
Software Engineering Information Repository

SEL
Software Engineering Laboratory (NASA)

SEMA
Software Engineering Measurement and Analysis

SEMI
Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International

SEMP
Software Engineering Master Plan

SEMP
system engineering management plan

SEMS
Systems Engineering Master Schedule

SEO
Software Executive official

SEOC
Software Executive Officials Council

SEP
Systems Evaluation Plan

SEPD
software engineering process definition

SEPG
software engineering process group

SEPG-LA
Software Engineering Process Group Latin America

SEPM
Software Engineering Process Management

SEPO
Software Engineering Process Office

SEPO
software engineering process organization

SERC
Software Engineering Research Center

SERD
system engineering requirements document

SERP
software engineering research and practice

Serpent
Software Engineering Rapid Protyotype Environment to be used a word; should not be defined)

SERR
Software Engineering Risk Repository

SES
senior executive service

SES
Software Engineering Symposium

SESC
Software Engineering Standards Committee

SESC
Software Engineering Standards Committee

SET
Secure Electronic Transaction

SETA
Software Engineering and Technical Assistance Contractor

SETA
Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance

SETA
Security Education Training & Awareness

SETC
Software Engineering Technology Center

SETL
Set Language

SEVN
Software Engineering Video Network

SEVWG
Standards Evaluation and Validation Working Group

SEWC
Space and Electronic Warfare Commander

SF
National Science Foundation

SFA
Security Fault Analysis

SFCC
Secondary Flight Control Computer

SFT
System Fault Tolerance

SFTP
Simple Fax Transport Protocol

SFW
Software Factory Workshop

SG
steering group

SGML
standard generalized markup language

SGRAM
Synchronous Graphics Random Access Memory

SGS
Ship Gridlock System

SGS/AC
Ship Gridlock System with Auto Correlation

SHA-1
secure hash algorithm

SHADE
Shared Data Environment

SHF
Super High Frequency

SHM
Software for Heterogeneous Machines

SI
Special Intelligence

SIA
Semiconductor Industry Association

SIA
Single Integrated Air Picture

SIAP
Single Integrated Air Picture

SIC
Special Intelligence Correlator segment

SICC
Systems Interface Coordination Committee

SID
Subscriber Identification

SID
Systems Integration Division

SIDPERS
Standard Installation Division Personnel System

SIDPERS
Standard Installation Personnel System

SIE
Standards Improvement Executive

SIG
Special Interest Group

SIGAda
Special Interest Group for Ada

SIGAda
Special Interest Group on Ada

SIGARCH
Special Interest Group on Computer Architecture ACM

SIGCSE
Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education

SIGINT
Signals Intelligence

SIGNA
Acoustic Signature line of the OTG message format

SIGOPS
Special Interest Group on Operating Systems

SIGPLAN
Special Interest Group on Programming Languages

SIGSEC
Signals Security

SIGSofT
Special Interest Group on Software Engineering

SII
system internal interface

SIL
system integration laboratory

SIM
security improvement model

SIMD
single instruction multiple data

SIMD
Single Instruction Stream, Multiple Data Stream

SIMM
Single In-Line Memory Module

SIMNET
simulation network

SimSPO
Simulator System Program Office

SIP
security improvement process

SIP
Signal/Image Processing

SIPP
Single In-Line Pin Package

SIPRNET
Secret IP Router Network

SIR
Savings/Investment Ratio

SIRBO
Source Instructions Reused By Others

SISD
Single Instruction Stream, Single Data Stream

SISMA
Streamlined Integrated Software Metrics Approach

SISO
Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization

SISS
Subcommittee on Information Systems Security of the NSTISSC

SISTO
Software and Intelligent Systems Technology Office

SIT
security improvement toolkit

SIT
System Integration Test

SITE
Shipboard Information, Training and Entertainment

SITF
Software Implementation Task Force

SIW
Simulation Interoperability Workshop

SJF
Shortest Job First

SLA
Service Level Agreement

SLA-BOK
SCAMPI Lead Appraiser Body of Knowledge

Slang
Serpent language

SLC
Subscriber Line Charges

SLCSE
software life cycle support environment

SLDC
Software Development Life Cycle

SLIP
Serial Link Internet Protocol

SLOC
source lines of code

SLP
Software Licensing Project

SLV
senior-level visit

SM
Spectrum Management

SM
support material

SM
system management

SM-ALC
Sacramento Air Logistics Center

SM-ALC/MMEHP
Sacramento Air Logistics Center/Directorate of Materiel Management, Engineering Division, Computer Resources Branch, Software Technology Section

SMART p-acronyms-u.html Service Migration and Reuse Technique

SMAT
software measurement and analysis testbed

SMB
Server Message Block

SMC
Space and Missile Systems Center

SMC
Structured Methods Conference

SMD
Standardized military drawings

SMDS
Switched Multimegabit Data Service

SME
small manufacturing enterprise

SME
subject matter expert

SMEB
Software Management Executive Board

SMLI
Stateful Multi Layer Inspection

SMM
Special Mission Mandatory Modification

SMM
Systems Maturity Matrix

SMO
Special Mission Optional Modification

SMO
System Management Office

SMP
Symmetric Multi-Processing

SMRC
Software Management Review Council

SMS
Softcopy Mapping System

SMS
Stores Management System

SMSC
senior management steering committee

SMTP
simple mail transfer protocol

SMTP
Simple Message Transfer Protocol

SMTS
Space & Missile Tracking System

SMU
Secure Mobile Unit

SNA
survivable network analysis

SNA
System Network Architecture

SNAP
Shipboard Non-Tactical Automated Data Processing

SNDL
Standard Navy Distribution List

SNI
simple network interface

SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol

SNT
Survivable Network Technology

SO/LIC
Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict

SOA
Service Oriented Architecture

SOAP
Simple Object Access Protocol

SOE
Standard Operating Environment

Sof
Statement of Functionality

Sof-ATS
Special Operations Forces - Aircrew Training System

SOIF
system operations and integration functions

SOLE
Society of Logistics Engineers

SOM
start of message

SON
Statement of Need

SONET
synchronous optical network

SOO
Statement of Objectives

SOP
Standing Operating Procedures

SOR
Statement of Requirements

SoRReL
Software Reuse Repository Lab

SORTS
Software Reliability Modeling and Analysis Tool Set

SOSOM
Senior Officer Software Management

SOTP
state of the practice

SOW
statement of work

SP
Security Plan

SP
standardized profile

SPA
software process appraisal

SPA
software process assessment

SPAN
Space Physics Analysis Network

SPAR
Stock Point ADP Replacement

SPARC
Scalable Processor Architecture

SPAT
Software Process Action Team

SPAWAR
Space Warfare Systems

SPAWARSYSCOM
Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command

SPC
Software Productivity Consortium

SPC
Statistical Process Control

SPC
Strategic Planning Committee

SPCC
Ships Parts Control Center

SPCR
software product change request

SPD
Software Process Development

SPD
System Program Director

SPD
System Program Directorate

SPE
software product engineering

SPECMark
Systems Performance Evaluation Cooperation

SPI
schedule performance index

SPI
service provider interface

SPI
single process initiative

SPI
software process improvement

SPI
Software Productivity Improvement

SPICE
Software Process Improvement and Capability dEtermination

SPIN
Software Process Improvement Network

SPIN
Solution Provided Information Network

SPIP
Software Process Improvement Plan

SPK
Single Point Keying

SPLC
Software Product Line Conference

SPM
Software Process Measurement

SPM
software programmer

SPM
Software Programmer's Manual

SPM
software project management

SPM
systems program manager

SPMN
Software Program Managers Network

SPMT
software process modeling technology

SPO
Special Projects Office

SPO
System Program Office

SPOOL
Simultaneous Peripheral Operation On Line

SPORT
soldier portable on-system repair tool

SPP
Software Process Program

SPP
Software Project Planning

SPQR
software productivity quality and reliability

SPR
software problem report

SPR
System Post-Deployment Review

SPS
Scratch Pad Store

SPS
Software Product Specification

SPS
Standard Procurement System

SPSC
Special Purpose Synchronous Control

SPSC
System Planning and System Control

SPT
System Performance Test

SQA
software quality assurance

SQE
Software Quality Engineer

SQEP
software quality evaluation plan

SQI
Software Quality Improvement

SQL
Structured Query Language

SQM
Software Quality Management

SQM
Software Quality Maturity

SQPP
software quality program plan

SQS
software quality standards

SQT
Software Qualifications Test

SR
special report

SR-TB
Source Routing - Network Services

SrA
Senior Airman

SRA
software requirements analysis

SRA
Systems Research and Applications

SRAM
Static Random Access Memory

SRAMII
Short-Range Attack Missile II

SRB
Source Routing Bridging

SRC
Software Re-Engineering Center

SRE
software requirements engineering

SRE
software risk evaluation

SREM
Software Requirements Engineering Methodology

SRET
Software Reliability Engineered Testing

SRG
SQL Rappoteur Group

SRI
Software Reuse Initiative

SRI
Software Reuse Initiatives

SRI
Stanford Research International

SRM
Software Risk Metrics

SRP
Software Rapid Prototypes

SRP
Software Reuse Program

SRR
Security Requirements Review

SRR
software requirements review

SRS
Self-Regenerative Systems

SRS
software requirements specification

SRS
system requirements specification

SRTF
shortest remaining time first

SRU
shop replaceable unit

SRU
Sub-Assembly Repairable Unit

SS
Survivable Systems

SS
System/Subsystem Specification

SSA
Software Support Activity

SSA
Software Support Agency

SSA
Source Selection Authority

SSA
Supporting Supply Activity

SSAC
Source Selection Advisory Council

SSACCS
Surface Ship Automatic Communication Control System

SSB
Single Sideband

SSC
Software Technology Support Center

SSC
Standard Systems Center

SSC
Standards Subcommittee

SSC SD
SPAWAR Systems Center San Diego

SSCAG
Space Systems Cost Analysis Group

SSCP
System Services Control Point

SSD
Space Systems Division

SSDD
System/Segment Design Description

SSDS
Ship Self-Defense System

SSE
Simulation Support Environment

SSE
software support environment

SSE
Source Selection Evaluation

SSE
space station environment

SSE
System Security Engineering

SSE-CMM
Systems Security Engineering Capability Maturity Model

SSEB
Source Selection Evaluation Board

SSEE
Ship Signals Exploitation Equipment

SSET
Source Selection Evaluation Team

SSF
Space Station Freedom

SSG
Standard Systems Group

SSI
small-scale industries

SSI
small-scale integration

SSL
secure socket layer

SSM
Software Subcontract Management

SSN
Social Security Number

SSN 21
USS Seawolf Submarine

SSO
Special Security Officer

SSO
System Security Officer

SSP
Simulation Support Plan

SSP
software systems program

SSP
System Security Plan

SSPM
Software Standards and Procedures Manual

SSR
software specification review

SSRS
Association for Computing Machinery Workshop on Survivable and Self-Regenerative Systems

SSRS
Survivable and Self-Regenerative Systems

SSRT
Single Stage Rocket Technology

SSS
system/segment specification

SSSG
Space Systems Support Group

SSST
Structured Survey of Software Technology

SST
System Subsystem Test

SSTO
Software & Intelligent Systems Technology Office

ST&E
Security Test & Evaluation

STAG
Senior Technical Advisory Group

STAMIS
Standard Army Management Information Systems

STANAG
(NATO) Standardization Agreement

STANAG
Standardization Agreement

STANFINS
Standard Financial System

STANFINS-R
Standard Finance Systems -Redesign

STAR
System Threat Assessment Report

STARS
Software Technology for Adaptable, Reliable systems

STC
Science and Technology Centers

STC
Society for Technical Communication

STC
Software Technology Conference

STD
Software Test Description

STD
software test document

STD
standard

STE
software test environment

STEIM
Software Engineering Environments Technology Evaluation, Integration, and Measurement

STEP
Software Test and Evaluation Panel

STEP
Standard for Exchange of Product Data

STEP
State Technology Extension Program

STEP
System for Testing and Evaluation of Potential

STINFO
scientific and technical information

STLDD
software top-level design document

STM
Software Test Management

STO
Science and Technology Objective

STO
Summary of Technical Operations

STO
Science and Technology Objective

STOC
Symposium on the Theory of Computing

STP
software test plan

STP
Software Through Pictures

STP
Straight Through Processing

STP
System Test Plan

STPR
software test procedure

STR
Software Technology Review

STR
software test report

STR
Software Trouble Report

STRADIS
Structured Analysis and Design and Implementation of Information Systems

STRATMAN
Strategic Manufacturing Initiative

STRG
Senior Technical Review Group

STRG
Software Technology Reference Guide

STRICOM
Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation Command

STS
Subcommittee on Telecommunications Security of the NSTISSC

STT
Shore Targeting Terminal

STU
Secure Telephone Unit

STU-III
Secure Telephone Unit III

STWC
Strike Warfare Commander

SUM
software user's manual

SUM
Software User Manual

SUP
Support Planning

SUPA
School of Urban and Public Affairs at CMU)

SUS
Software Unit Specification

SV&V
software verification and validation

SVD
Software Version Description

SVDD
Software Version Description Document

SVGA
Super Video Graphics Array

SVID
AT&T System V Interface Definition

SVID
UNIX System V release

SW
software

SW-CMM
Capability Maturity Model for Software

SWAN
Shipboard Wide Area Network

SWAP
Software Action Plan

SWCI
Software configuration item

SWEBOK
Software Engineering Body of Knowledge

SWF
software factory

SWSC
Space and Warning Systems Center

SWTP
Software Technology Plan

SWTS
Software Technology Strategy

SYSCOM
Systems Command

SYSGEN
System Generation

SYSTO
systems Officer

WBS.SW
work breakdown structure for software

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