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International Development Abbreviations

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FGM — Female Genital Mutilation
URL — Universal Resource Locator
LAN — Local Area Network
HACFO — House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Foreign Operations
CP — Contingency Plan
HIV — Human Immunodeficiency Virus I
SACFO — Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Foreign Operations
XML — Extensible Markup Language
AIDS — Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (see also SIDS and HIV)
FTP — File Transfer Protocol
POC — Point Of Contact
IT — Information Technology
SSN — Social Security Number
ICT4E — Information and Communication Technology for Education
FISMA — Federal Information Security Management Act
ROM — Rough Order of Magnitude
COB — close of business (End of duty day)
CPU — Central Processing Unit
PDF — Portable Document Format (created by Adobe Acrobat)
ISO — International Organization for Standardization
PO — Purchase Order
IP — Internet Protocol
C-TIP — Countering Trafficking in Persons
ISP — Internet Service Provider
WHO — World Health Organization
MOU — Memorandum of Understanding (an MOU between Food & Drug Administratin and a regulatory agency in another country allows mutual recognition of inspections)
O&M — Operation and Maintenance
MOA — Memorandum Of Agreement
API — Application Programming Interface
POA&M — Plan Of Action & Milestones
WBS — Work Breakdown Structure
OECD — Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
C/VEI — Countering Violent Extremism and Insurgency
SMTP — Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
NGO — Non-governmental organization. (Red Cross/Crescent, Doctors without Borders, etc.)
K4DEV — Knowledge for Development
SLA — Service Level Agreement
ICT — Information and Communication Technology
K4HEALTH — Knowledge for Health
FY — Fiscal Year
ADB — Asian Development Bank
VPN — Virtual Private Network (ATM)
SOW — Statement Of Work
ARV — Associative Remote Viewing
HTTP — Hypertext Transfer Protocol
M&PSS — Management & Professional Support Services
DOD — United States Department of Defense
SAAS — Software as a Service
FDA — Food Drug Administration
CIO — Chief Information Officer