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International Development Abbreviations

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LAN — Local Area Network
FGM — Female Genital Mutilation
URL — Universal Resource Locator
HACFO — House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Foreign Operations
HIV — Human Immunodeficiency Virus I
AIDS — Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (see also SIDS and HIV)
CP — Contingency Plan
XML — Extensible Markup Language
FTP — File Transfer Protocol
IT — Information Technology
CPU — Central Processing Unit
IP — Internet Protocol
COB — close of business (End of duty day)
PDF — Portable Document Format (created by Adobe Acrobat)
MOU — Memorandum of Understanding (an MOU between Food & Drug Administratin and a regulatory agency in another country allows mutual recognition of inspections)
POC — Point Of Contact
API — Application Programming Interface
SACFO — Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Foreign Operations
WHO — World Health Organization
ISO — International Organization for Standardization
ISP — Internet Service Provider
VPN — Virtual Private Network (ATM)
SSN — Social Security Number
ROM — Rough Order of Magnitude
OECD — Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
JIT — Just in time
DOD — United States Department of Defense
O&M — Operation and Maintenance
MOA — Memorandum Of Agreement
FY — Fiscal Year
HTTP — Hypertext Transfer Protocol
WAN — Wide Area Network
PO — Purchase Order
WBS — Work Breakdown Structure
SMTP — Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SOW — Statement Of Work
FDA — Food Drug Administration
FISMA — Federal Information Security Management Act
SLA — Service Level Agreement
ICT4E — Information and Communication Technology for Education
SQL — Structured Query Language
COO — Chief Operation Officer
SSL — Secure Socket Layer
CIO — Chief Information Officer
ICT — Information and Communication Technology
ADB — Asian Development Bank
SAAS — Software as a Service
OMB — Office of Management and Budget (U.S.)
TB — Tuberculosis
ROI — Return on Investment