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Acronyms and Abbreviations


AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
AC Alternating current
ANSI American National Standards Institute
ATC Advanced Traffic Controller
ATIS Advanced Traffic Information System
AWS American Welding Society
C2F Center-to-Field
CALTRANS California Department of Transportation
CCB Configuration Control Board
CCTV Closed Circuit Television
CDR Critical Design Review
CDRL Contract Deliverable Requirements List
CI Configuration Item
CM Configuration Management
CMM Capability Maturity Model
CMMI Capability Maturity Model Integration
COTS Commercial-Off-The-Shelf
CSC Computer Software Component
CSCI Computer Software Configuration Item
DAT Design Acceptance Test
DC Direct Current
DMS Dynamic Message Sign
DSRC Direct Short Range Communications
DUT Device Under Test
FAT Factory Acceptance Test
FDS Field Device Simulator
FDOT Florida Department of Transportation
FHWA Federal Highway Administration
GIS Geographical Information System
GUI Graphics User Interface
HRS Hardware Requirements Specification
HWC Hardware Component
HWCI Hardware Configuration Item
ICD Interface Control Document
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
ISO International Organization for Standardization
ISTEA Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
ITE Institute of Traffic Engineers
ITS Intelligent Transportation System
LCD Liquid Crystal Display
MIB Management Information Base
MIL Military
MS/ETMCC Message Set for External TMC Communications
MTBF Mean Time Between Failures
MTTF Mean Time To Failure
MTTR Mean Time To Restore
NEMA National Electrical Manufacturers Association
NMS Network Management System
NTCIP National Transportation Communications for ITS Protocol
NY New York (State)
OTDR Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
QA Quality Assurance
QPL Qualified Products List
PC Personal Computer, Printed Circuit (Board)
PDR Preliminary Design Review
R &D Research and Development
RDBM Relational Data Base Management
RF Radio Frequency
RFC Request for Comment
SDF Software Development Folder
SEP Systems Engineering Process
SFMP Simple Fixed Message Protocol
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
SPCR System Problem/Change Request (Form)
SRS Software Requirements Specification
STMP Simple Transportation Management Protocol
TEA Transportation Equity Act
TEES Traffic Engineering Electrical Specification
TERL Traffic Engineering Research Laboratory
TCIP Transit Communication Interface Protocol
TMC Traffic Management Center
TMDD Transportation Management Data Dictionary
TMS Transportation Management System
TTP Technical Test Procedure
USDOT United States Department of Transportation
V & V Verification and Validation
VCRM Verification Cross Reference Matrix

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