Petit lexique de 9/11
Publié : 26 juil. 2006, 04:44
9/11 Related Acronyms and Short-Forms
Ubdated: July 25th, 2006
Government (Agencies, Departments, Institutes, Personnel, Policies):
9-11 Commission - The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
AFSC - Air Force Specialty Code
AOC - Air Operations Center
ATF - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
ATOL - Air Travel Organisers' Licensing
CAA – Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom)
CENTCOM – Central Command
CIA - Central Intelligence Agency
CBO - Congressional Budget Office
CJCSI - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction
CMSAF - Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force
CSAF - Chief of Staff, United States Air Force
DARPA - Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DCS – Deputy Chiefs of Staff
DHS - Department of Homeland Security
DLA - Defense Logistics Agency
DOD - Department of Defense
DOI - Department of Investigation
DOJ - Department of Justice
DOS - Department of State
DOT - Transportation Department
DOW – Department of War (Older DOD)
DSS - Defense Security Service
DTRA - Defense Threat Reduction Agency
EASA - European Aviation Safety Agency
EMS - Emergency Medical Service(s)
EMT - Emergency Medical Technician
EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
EU - European Union
FAA - Federal Aviation Administration
FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation
FCC - Federal Communications Commission
FDNY - New York City Fire Department
FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency
FOIA - Freedom of Information Act
FTC - Federal Trade Commission
GAO - General Accounting Office
GWB - George Washington Bridge / George W. Bush
HQ USAF – Headquarters, United States Air Force
HSS - Department of Health and Social Services
IBB - International Broadcasting Bureau
IRS - Internal Revenue Service
JFK - John F. Kennedy / John F. Kennedy International Airport
LANL - Los Alamos National Laboratory
MAJCOMs – Major Commands
MASCAL - [Pentagon] Mass Casualty
MDA - Missile Defense Agency
MP - Military Police / Member of Parliament
NAF - Naval Air Facility
NAFTA - North American Free Trade Agreement
NARA - National Archives and Records Administration
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
NATS- National Air Traffic Services Ltd. (United Kingdom)
NAU - North American Union
NEADS - North East Air Defense Sector (NORAD)
NEOCON - Neo-Conservative
NIPP - National Infrastucture Protection Plan
NIST - National Institute of Standards and Technology
NMCC - National Military Command Center
NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NORAD - North American Aerospace Defense Command
NRO - National Reconnaissance Office
NSA - National Security Agency
NSGTM - Naval Base Guantanamo Bay
NSS – National Security Service (Agency of FBI)
NTSB - National Transportation Safety Board
NYPD - New York City Police Department
OBL/TO - Osama Bin Laden / Tim Osman (CIA Name)
OEM - Office of Emergency Management
OSS - Office of Strategic Services
PANYNJ - Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
PNAC - Project for the New American Century
SEC - Securities and Exchange Commission
SECAF - Secretary of the Air Force
STRATCOM - US Strategic Command
TSA - Transportation Security Administration
UN - United Nations
USAF - United States Air Force / United States Armed Forces
USA PATRIOT Act - Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism
US CERT – Computer Emergency Readiness Team
USGS - United States Geological Survey
USMC - United States Marine Corps
USSS – United States Secret Service
Corporate (News, Private Companies, Airlines):
AA - American Airlines
ABC - American Broadcasting Company
AFP - American Free Press
AOL - America On-Line
AP – Associated Press
APA - American Psychological Association
AT&T - American Telephone & Telegraph
BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation
CBS - Columbia Broadcasting System
CDI - Controlled Demolition Inc.
CEPOS - Center for Policy Studies
CNN - Cable News Network
CSPAN - Cable Satellite Public Affairs Network
HCC - HCC Insurance Holdings
IRT - Interborough Rapid Transit Company
MSNBC - Microsoft/National Broadcasting Company
NBC - National Broadcasting Company
P&W - Pratt and Whittney
PATH - Port Authority Trans-Hudson
PBS - Public Broadcasting Service
PM - Popular Mechanics
POCLAD - Program on Corporations, Law and Democracy
RR - Rolls Royce
TWA - Trans World Airlines
UAL - United Airlines
UL - Underwriters Laboratories
Other (Education, Objects, Places, Lingo):
ºC - Degrees Celsius (Metric)
ºF - Defrees Fahrenheit
ACSE - Attitude Control System Electronics
AEW – Airborne Early Warning
APU - Auxiliary Power Unit
ATCT – Air Traffic Control Tower
AWOL - Absent Without Leave
BDU – Battle Dress Uniform
BYU - Brigham Young University
C4 - Composition 4 (Plastic Explosive)
CCD - Charge-coupled Device
CCTV – Closed Circuit Television
CGI - Computer Generated Image(s)
CT - Conspiracy Theory
CVR - Cockpit Voice Recorder
DAS – Defensive Aids
DCU – Desert Comouflage Uniform
DNA - Deoxyribonucleic Acid (Blood)
DU - Depleted Uranium
ECM – Electronic Countermeasurs
ECCM - Electronic Counter-Countermeasures
ELT – Emergency Locator Transmitter
EM – Electromagnetic
EMC – Electromagnetic Compatibility (Also known as EEE)
EMP - Electromagnetic Pulse
ESM – Electronic Support Measures
ETA – Estimated Time of Arrival
FDR - Flight Data Recorder
FLIR - Forward Looking Infrared
GDP - Gross Domestic Product
Gitmo - Guantanamo Bay
GPS - Global Positioning System
ICBM - Intercontinental Balistic Missile
IFO – Identified Flying Object
LC - Loose Change
LC2E - Loose Change 2nd Edition
LCFC - Loose Change Final Cut
LE – LondonEye
LIHOP - "Let it happen on purpose"
LRU - Line Replaceable Unit
LTW - Louder Than Words
METC - Multiple Explosives Transitional Container
MIHOP - "Make it happen on purpose"
MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MSM - Mainstream Media
NA - North America
NJ - New Jersey
NK - North Korea
NMT - New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
NPT - No Plane Theory
NRA – National Rifle Association
NYC - New York City
OKC - Oklahoma City [Bombing]
PA – Pennsylvania
PIDS - Passive Infrared Devices
PPP - Public-Private Partnership
Psyop - Psychological Operation
RDX – Cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine / Rapid Detonating Explosive
RIF – Reduction In Force
S9/11T - Scholars for 9/11 Truth
TCAS - Traffic Collision Avoidance System
UFO – Unidentified Flying Object
UK - United Kingdom
UVSC - Utah Valley State College
VMC - Visual Meteorological Conditions
WFC - World Financial Center
WMD - Weapon of Mass Destruction
WTC - World Trade Center (usually followed by a building number (1-7))
Ubdated: July 25th, 2006
Government (Agencies, Departments, Institutes, Personnel, Policies):
9-11 Commission - The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
AFSC - Air Force Specialty Code
AOC - Air Operations Center
ATF - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
ATOL - Air Travel Organisers' Licensing
CAA – Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom)
CENTCOM – Central Command
CIA - Central Intelligence Agency
CBO - Congressional Budget Office
CJCSI - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction
CMSAF - Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force
CSAF - Chief of Staff, United States Air Force
DARPA - Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DCS – Deputy Chiefs of Staff
DHS - Department of Homeland Security
DLA - Defense Logistics Agency
DOD - Department of Defense
DOI - Department of Investigation
DOJ - Department of Justice
DOS - Department of State
DOT - Transportation Department
DOW – Department of War (Older DOD)
DSS - Defense Security Service
DTRA - Defense Threat Reduction Agency
EASA - European Aviation Safety Agency
EMS - Emergency Medical Service(s)
EMT - Emergency Medical Technician
EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
EU - European Union
FAA - Federal Aviation Administration
FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation
FCC - Federal Communications Commission
FDNY - New York City Fire Department
FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency
FOIA - Freedom of Information Act
FTC - Federal Trade Commission
GAO - General Accounting Office
GWB - George Washington Bridge / George W. Bush
HQ USAF – Headquarters, United States Air Force
HSS - Department of Health and Social Services
IBB - International Broadcasting Bureau
IRS - Internal Revenue Service
JFK - John F. Kennedy / John F. Kennedy International Airport
LANL - Los Alamos National Laboratory
MAJCOMs – Major Commands
MASCAL - [Pentagon] Mass Casualty
MDA - Missile Defense Agency
MP - Military Police / Member of Parliament
NAF - Naval Air Facility
NAFTA - North American Free Trade Agreement
NARA - National Archives and Records Administration
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
NATS- National Air Traffic Services Ltd. (United Kingdom)
NAU - North American Union
NEADS - North East Air Defense Sector (NORAD)
NEOCON - Neo-Conservative
NIPP - National Infrastucture Protection Plan
NIST - National Institute of Standards and Technology
NMCC - National Military Command Center
NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NORAD - North American Aerospace Defense Command
NRO - National Reconnaissance Office
NSA - National Security Agency
NSGTM - Naval Base Guantanamo Bay
NSS – National Security Service (Agency of FBI)
NTSB - National Transportation Safety Board
NYPD - New York City Police Department
OBL/TO - Osama Bin Laden / Tim Osman (CIA Name)
OEM - Office of Emergency Management
OSS - Office of Strategic Services
PANYNJ - Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
PNAC - Project for the New American Century
SEC - Securities and Exchange Commission
SECAF - Secretary of the Air Force
STRATCOM - US Strategic Command
TSA - Transportation Security Administration
UN - United Nations
USAF - United States Air Force / United States Armed Forces
USA PATRIOT Act - Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism
US CERT – Computer Emergency Readiness Team
USGS - United States Geological Survey
USMC - United States Marine Corps
USSS – United States Secret Service
Corporate (News, Private Companies, Airlines):
AA - American Airlines
ABC - American Broadcasting Company
AFP - American Free Press
AOL - America On-Line
AP – Associated Press
APA - American Psychological Association
AT&T - American Telephone & Telegraph
BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation
CBS - Columbia Broadcasting System
CDI - Controlled Demolition Inc.
CEPOS - Center for Policy Studies
CNN - Cable News Network
CSPAN - Cable Satellite Public Affairs Network
HCC - HCC Insurance Holdings
IRT - Interborough Rapid Transit Company
MSNBC - Microsoft/National Broadcasting Company
NBC - National Broadcasting Company
P&W - Pratt and Whittney
PATH - Port Authority Trans-Hudson
PBS - Public Broadcasting Service
PM - Popular Mechanics
POCLAD - Program on Corporations, Law and Democracy
RR - Rolls Royce
TWA - Trans World Airlines
UAL - United Airlines
UL - Underwriters Laboratories
Other (Education, Objects, Places, Lingo):
ºC - Degrees Celsius (Metric)
ºF - Defrees Fahrenheit
ACSE - Attitude Control System Electronics
AEW – Airborne Early Warning
APU - Auxiliary Power Unit
ATCT – Air Traffic Control Tower
AWOL - Absent Without Leave
BDU – Battle Dress Uniform
BYU - Brigham Young University
C4 - Composition 4 (Plastic Explosive)
CCD - Charge-coupled Device
CCTV – Closed Circuit Television
CGI - Computer Generated Image(s)
CT - Conspiracy Theory
CVR - Cockpit Voice Recorder
DAS – Defensive Aids
DCU – Desert Comouflage Uniform
DNA - Deoxyribonucleic Acid (Blood)
DU - Depleted Uranium
ECM – Electronic Countermeasurs
ECCM - Electronic Counter-Countermeasures
ELT – Emergency Locator Transmitter
EM – Electromagnetic
EMC – Electromagnetic Compatibility (Also known as EEE)
EMP - Electromagnetic Pulse
ESM – Electronic Support Measures
ETA – Estimated Time of Arrival
FDR - Flight Data Recorder
FLIR - Forward Looking Infrared
GDP - Gross Domestic Product
Gitmo - Guantanamo Bay
GPS - Global Positioning System
ICBM - Intercontinental Balistic Missile
IFO – Identified Flying Object
LC - Loose Change
LC2E - Loose Change 2nd Edition
LCFC - Loose Change Final Cut
LE – LondonEye
LIHOP - "Let it happen on purpose"
LRU - Line Replaceable Unit
LTW - Louder Than Words
METC - Multiple Explosives Transitional Container
MIHOP - "Make it happen on purpose"
MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MSM - Mainstream Media
NA - North America
NJ - New Jersey
NK - North Korea
NMT - New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
NPT - No Plane Theory
NRA – National Rifle Association
NYC - New York City
OKC - Oklahoma City [Bombing]
PA – Pennsylvania
PIDS - Passive Infrared Devices
PPP - Public-Private Partnership
Psyop - Psychological Operation
RDX – Cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine / Rapid Detonating Explosive
RIF – Reduction In Force
S9/11T - Scholars for 9/11 Truth
TCAS - Traffic Collision Avoidance System
UFO – Unidentified Flying Object
UK - United Kingdom
UVSC - Utah Valley State College
VMC - Visual Meteorological Conditions
WFC - World Financial Center
WMD - Weapon of Mass Destruction
WTC - World Trade Center (usually followed by a building number (1-7))