Abbreviations

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0 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

0 A AI - Artificial intelligence see Artificial intelligence A-life - Artificial life see Artificial life B B&B - Bed and Breakfast see Bed and breakfast BRN - Ballistic Railway Network C CEB - Compressed Earth Block see Compressed earth block CIC - Community Investment Corporation see Foundation CIC CSOP - Consumer Stock Ownership Program D DRTTN - Down-Range Telemetry and Telecom Network E EEZ - Exclusive Economic Zone see Exclusive Economic Zone ESOP - Employee Stock Ownership Program see Employee Stock Ownership Program F FCN - Foundation Community Network FLIP - Floating Instrument Platform Research Vessel see FLIP FMF - First Millennial Foundation FPGA - Field-programmable gate array see Field-programmable gate array G GEO - Geostationary Earth Orbit see Geostationary orbit H HDPE - High-density polyethylene see High-density polyethylene HVDC - High Voltage Direct Current see High-voltage direct current I IC - Integrated Circuit see Integrated circuit ICQ - "I seek you" instant messenger see ICQ IRC - Internet Relay Chat see Internet Relay Chat ISO - International Standards Organization see International Organization for Standardization ISS - International Space Station see International Space Station J K

L LEO - Low Earth Orbit see Low Earth orbit LUF - Living Universe Foundation see Wikipedia:Living Universe Foundation M MUOF - Modular Unmanned Orbital Factory see Modular Unmanned Orbital Factory - MUOF MUOL - Modular Unmanned Orbital Laboratory see Modular Unmanned Orbital Laboratory - MUOL N NIMBY - Not In My Back Yard NIMBYism - Not In My Back Yard + -ism O OTEC - Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion see Ocean thermal energy conversion P PPT - Personal Packet Transit see Aquarian Personal Packet Transit System PRT - Personal Rapid Transit see The Aquarian Personal Rapid Transit System PSP - Pneumatically Stabilized Platform Q R RFID - Radio Frequency Identification see Radio-frequency identification ROI - Return on Investment see Rate of return RoRo - Roll-on/roll-off see Roll-on/roll-off S SSTO - Single-stage-to-orbit SWATH - Small waterplane area twin hull T TMP - The Millennial Project TMP2 - The Millennial Project 2.0 see The Millennial Project 2.0 U V VAB - Vehicle Assembly Building see Vehicle Assembly Building VR - Virtual Reality see Virtual reality VRML - Virtual Reality Modeling Language see VRML VTOL - Vertical take-off and landing see vertical take-off and landing W WIG - Wing In Ground see Wing In Ground X Y YTONG - A foamed ceramic material see Aerated autoclaved concrete Z