NMIS Project Final Report 1993 - 1997

7.3 Acronyms and Abbreviations

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ARPAAdvanced Research Projects Agency
ACMAssociation for Computing Machinery
ANSIAdvanced Network and Services, Inc.
ATMAsynchronous Transfer Mode
CAESCenter for Advanced Education Services
(Formerly the Center for Advanced Engineering Studies)
CECICenter for Educational Computing Initiatives
CLICompression Labs Inc.
CMUCarnegie Mellon University
CNNCable News Network
CTPIDCenter for Technology, Policy and Industrial Development
DARPADefense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DMSDartmouth Medical School
DNSDomain Name Server
DUETDual Use Education and Training (DUET) Server and Local Access Project
DVFDigital Video Facility
EMTEmergency Medical Technician
GBGigabyte
HHSHealth and Human Services
HTMLHyper Text Markup Language
IBMInternational Business Machines, Inc.
IETFInternet Engineering Task Force
IMLInteractive Media Laboratory
INIInformation Networking Institute
IPInternet Protocol
ISDNIntegrated Services Digital Network
K-12Kindergarten through 12th grade
KMPKaleida Media Player
LANLocal Area Network
MBONEMulticast Backbone
MPEGMotion Picture Experts Group
MITMassachusetts Institute of Technology
NIINational Information Infrastructure
NMISNetworked Multimedia Information Services
NRENNational Research and Education Network
NSFNETNational Science Foundation Network
NSOCNetwork Services Operations Center
ODPHPOffice of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
PMCTPreventitive Medicine in the Combat Theater
RPCPResearch Program on Communications Policy
SCSISmall Computer System Interface
SGMLStandardized General Markup Language
SMPTESociety of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
SONETSynchronous Optical Network
SVMLSmart Video Markup Language
TCP/IPTransfer Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TESITurner Educational Services, Inc., A Division of Turner Broadcasting
USPHSU.S. Public Health Service
WANWide Area Network
WWWWorld Wide Web

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