• AIAutomatic Identification Technology
• AIT Automatic Identification Technology
• AIAG Automotive Industry Action Group
• AIM Automatic Identification Manufacturers
• AIM-DPM Quality Guideline AIM standard relating to Direct Part Marking of Data Matrix codes
• ANSI American National Standards Institute
• AS9132 Aerospace Direct Part Mark Quality Standard
• ATA Aircraft Transportation Association
• CAGE Commercial And Government Entity (CAG) (see also NCAGE)
• CCD Charged Couple Device
• CEA Consumer Electronics Association
• DI Data Identifiers
• DUNS Data Universal Numbering System (Dun & Bradstreet)
• DFAS Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement
• DLIS Defense Logistics Information Service
• DMT Dot Matrix Tracking
• DPM Direct Part Marking
• DPMI Direct Part Marking Identification
• ECC Error Correction Codes or Error Check and Correction. There are several ECC levels for the Data Matrix code however ECC 200 is the preferred level.
• EIA Electronic Industries Alliance
• EID Enterprise Identifier, such as CAGE, DUNS or EAN.UCC
• ESN Electronic Serial Number
• GIAI Global Individual Asset Identifier
• GRAI Global Returnable Asset Identifier
• GS1 Global Standards organisation
• HRI Human Readable Identification
• IAC Issuing Agency Code
• IAQG International Aerospace Quality Group
• ISO International Organisation for Standardization
• IUID Item Unique Identification (previously known as UID)
• LASER Light Amplification by Simulated Emission of Radiation. Main types of marking laser are Fibre Laser and Nd:YAG
• LOT Lot Number (LOTNO)
• MFR Manufacturer Code
• MRI Machine-Readable Information
• NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• NASA-STD-6002 Technical Standards Program Office
• NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NCAGE Nato Commercial And Government Entity
• Nd:YAG Laser using a Neodymium Yttrium Aluminum Garnet crystal as the laser source.
• PIPC (Government) Property In Possession of Contractors
• PNR Current Part Number TEI (PNR, PN, P/N, PIN)
• PNO Original Part Number TEI
• SEQ Part Serial Number TEI for Construct 2 UIIs
• SER Part Serial Number TEI for Construct 1 UIIs (SN, S/N, SERNO)
• SPL Supplier Code (SPLR)
• SEMI Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International
• SPEC 2000 Chap9 Bar code standards for traceability of aircraft parts and shipments
• TEI Text Element Identifier. Examples are MFR, SER, PNO etc.
• UCN Unique Component identification Number
• UID Unique IDentification (now known as IUID see above)
• UII Unique Item Identifier
• VIN Vehicle Identification Number • WAWF Wide Area Work Flow |