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AAMVAnet- American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) data communications network

ACD - AAMVA Code Dictionary

ACS - Access Control Server

Acct - Account

AIM - Accident Involvement Measure

AMD - Accounts Management Database

Amt - Amount

App - Application

ARF - Accounts Request Form

ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange

Aspen - An application that officers use to enter commercial driver/vehicle roadside inspection details

ATM - Asynchronous Transfer Mode

Attn - Attention

Auth - Authority

A & I - Analysis and Information Online - FMCSA

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B

BASIC - (Behavioral Analysis and Safety Improvement Categories

BICE - Bureau of Immigration and Enforcement

BIPD - Bodily Injury, Property Damage

BOC-3 - The form used by the FMCSA to identify the Process Agent or Registered Agent used by a carrier/company.

BPI  - Bits Per Inch

 

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C

C & A  - Certification and Accreditation

Cancels - Cancellations

CAPRI - Compliances Analysis Performance and Review Information

Carrier - The mover that transports household goods.

CART - Centralized Application Resource Tool

CaseRite - Enforcement case preparation system

CDL - Commercial Driver’s License

CDLIS - Commercial Driver’s License Information System

CDMA - Cellular Digital Multiple Access or Code Division Multiple Access

CDPD - Cellular Digital Packet Data.

CD-ROM - Compact Disk – Read Only Memory

Certs - Certifications

CI - Credentials Interface

CIO - Chief Information Officer

CMV - Commercial Motor Vehicle

CO - Company Official

Co - Company

Cov - Coverage

Compass- Creating Opportunities, Methods, and Processes to Secure Safety

Compl - Completion

CoTs - Computing TechnologieS, Inc.

COTS - Commercial Off The Shelf

CR - Compliance Review

CSA - Comprehensive Safety Analysis

CSC - Circuit Switch Cellular

CSP - Carrier SAFER Profile, Carrier Safety Profile, or Credential Service Provider

CTFR - Cargo Tank Facility Review

CVARS - Commercial Vehicle Accident Reporting System

CVIEW - Commercial Vehicle Information Exchange Window

CVIS - Commercial Vehicle Information System

CVISN - Commercial Vehicle Information System and Networks

CVO - Commercial Vehicle Operations

CVSA - Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance

CVSP - Commercial Vehicle Safety Program

CWS - CAPRI Web Services

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D

DataQs  - Support tool that assists requesters, FMCSA, and State agencies in filing

DBA - Doing Business As

DCE - Distributed Computing Environment

Desc - Description

DGAF - Dirección General de Autotransporte Federal (General Directorate of Federal Motor Carriers)

Disp - Disposition

DNS - Domain Name Service

DOS - Disk Operating System

DOT - Department of Transportation

DPPA - Driver Privacy Protection Act

DSL - Digital Subscription Loop (internet access method)

DT or dt - Date

DTD - Document Type Definition

DUNS - Data Universal Numbering System (Provided by Dun & Bradstreet)

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E

EC - Electronic Credentialing

ECCB - Enterprise Change Control Board

EDI - Electronic Data Interchange

EDM - End of Message

EDMS - Electronic Document Management System

EED - Electronically Entered Data, Electronic Entry Distributors

EFF - Effective

eFOTM - Electronic Field Office Training Manual

EFT - Electronic Funds Transfer

EIN - Employer Identification Number

EMIS - Enforcement Management Information System

Ex. - Exempt

Ext - Extension (telephone)

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F

FAB - Financial, Accounting, and Budget

FARS - Fatality Analysis Reporting System

FF - Freight Forwarder

FHWA - Federal Highway Administration

FIPS - Federal Information Process Standards – Federal Information Processing System

FMCSA - Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

FMCSR - Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations

FOIA - Freedom of Information Act

FSG - Field Systems Group

FST - Field Systems Team

FTP - File Transfer Protocol

FTS2001- Federal Technology Services

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G

GPRS - General Packet Radio Service

GVWR - Gross Vehicle Weight Rating

 

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H

HELP - Heavy Vehicle Electronic License Plate Program

HHG - Household Goods - The personal effects or property used, or to be used, in a dwelling, when part of the equipment or supplies of the dwelling. Transportation of the household goods must be arranged and paid for by the individual shipper or by another individual on behalf of the shipper. Household goods includes property moving from a factory or store if purchased with the intent to use in a dwelling and transported at the request of the householder, who also pays the transportation charges.

HM/HazMat- Hazardous Material

HMR - Hazardous Materials Regulations

HMPIP - Hazardous Materials Package Inspection Program

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I

IAS - Internet Application Server

ICC - Interstate Commerce Commission

ICD - Interface Control Document

ID - Identifier or Identification

IDN - Interdepartmental Network (the network that connects all DOT administrators)

IEN - Information Exchange Network

IES - Information Exchange System

IFTA - International Fuel Tax Agreement

INS - Immigration and Naturalization Service

Interstate - The transportation of goods in the United States from a place in one State to a place in a different State (including a place outside the United States); OR between two places in one State through another State or place outside of the United States.

Intrastate - The transportation of goods within one State that never crosses State lines or includes a segment outside of that same State.

IRP - International Registration Plan

IP - Internet Protocol

ISSO - Information Systems Security Officer

ISS - Inspection Selection System

ISTEA - Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act

ITS - Intelligent Transportation Systems (formerly IVHS)

ITSA - Intelligent Transportation Society of America

IMAP - Internet Message Access Protocol

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L

LAN - Local Area Network

LIFIS - Licencia Federal Information System

LPG - Liquid Propane Gas

LSI - Legacy System Interface

L & I - Licensing and Insurance

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M

MAN - Metropolitan Area Network

MARS - Master Activity Reporting System

Max - Maximum

MC - Motor Carrier

MCREGIS  -Specialized text retrieval system for Federal Safety regulations, operations manuals, rosters & data tables

MCRIS - FMCSA Information Systems Division

MCSAP - Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program

MCSIP - Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Process (rating process)

MCMIS - Motor Carrier Management Information System

MCS - Motor Carrier Safety

MIME - Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension

Min - Minimum

Mod - Modified

MOP -Method of Payment

MP - Motor Property, Motor Passenger

MTU - Maximum Transmission (Transfer) Unit

MX - Mexico or Mexican

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N

NAFTA - North American Free Trade Agreement

NAT - Network Address Translation

NCIC - National Crime Information Center

NHTSA - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

NLETS - National Law Enforcement Telecommunications Systems

No. - Number

NOC - Notice of Claim

NOL - Network Operations Center

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O

OC -Organization Coordinator

OCD - Operational Concept Document

OIC - Officer-in-charge

OMC - Office of Motor Carriers

OOS - Out of Service

OP-1 - Operating authority for non-Mexican domiciled motor carriers, property (regulated property and household goods) brokers, and enterprise carriers.

OP-1 (ETA/TA) - Temporary or emergency (official natural or national emergencies) operating authority for a specified period of time (either 120 or 180 days).

OP-1 (F) - Operating authority for freight forwarders.

OP- (P) - Operating authority for motor carriers of passengers.

OP-2 - Registration form for Mexico-domiciled for-hire motor carriers and motor private carriers who transport property only in municipalities in the United States on the United States-Mexico international border, or within the commercial zones of such municipalities.

Orig - Original, Origination, or Originating

ORM - Other Regulated Material

OSF - Open Software Foundation

OpCon - Operator Console

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P

PDF - Portable Document Format

PDM - Physical Data Mode

PDPS - Problem Driver Pointer System

PIQ - Vehicle (Past Inspection Query) (180 Days) goes to SAFER to retrieve data

P.O. - Post Office Box

POP 3 - Post Office Protocol, (Receiving)

PPTP - Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol

PRISM - Performance & Registration Information Systems Management (previously called CVIS)

Prov -Province

ProVu - Standard motor carrier profile viewer

PVC - Private Virtual Connection \ Permanent Virtual Circuit

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Q

QC - Query Central

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R

RAM - Radioactive Materials Inspections – Level 6

RDTP - Roadside Data Technology Project

REC - Request for Change

Recv - Received

Reg - Regular

Req - Required

RFC - Registro Federal de Causantes

RFC - Request for Change (The process and/or form used for the ECCB)

RIDGE - Roadside Inspection Database Generator

ROB - Rules of Behavior

ROC - Roadside Operations Computer

RPC - Remote Procedure Call

Rq. - Required

Rt - route

RTT - Round Trip Time

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S

SAFER  - Safety and Fitness Electronic Records

SAFETYNET- Networked PC Data Collection and Deliver System

SAVI - Security Awareness Virtual Initiative

SCAPI - SAFER / CVIEW Application Programming Interface (used by Eric King @ APL)

SCAPI AFF- SAFER / CVIEW Application Programming Interface – Application File Format

SCT - Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes (Ministry of Communications and Transportation)

SDM - SAFER Data Mailbox

Shipper - Any person or company that is the consignor or consignee of a household goods shipment; and is identified as such in the bill of lading contract.

SI - Safety Investigator

SICP - SAFER Interface Certification Procedures

SMS - Safety Measurement System

SMTP - Simple Mail Transport Protocol, (Sending)

SOWG - SAFER Option Working Group

SSO - Systems Security Officer

ST -State, Status

ST/Prov - State/Province

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T

TAPI - Telephony Application Program Interface

TCIRC - Technology Crime Initial Response Cadre

TCP/IP - Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol

TIN - Taxpayer ID Number (either carrier social security or Employer ID number)

TraCS - Traffic and Criminal Software

Trans -Transaction

TS - Transaction Set

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U

UAS - User Authentication System

UAT - User Acceptance Testing

UDP - User Datagram Protocol

UFA - Uniform Fine Assessment

Underl - Underlying

USCS - United States Customs Services

USDOT - United States Department of Transportation

URL - Universal Resource Locator

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V

VIN - Vehicle Identification Number

VPN / IPSec- Virtual Private Network / Internet Protocol Security

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W

WAN - Wide Area Network

WC - Water Carrier

WV - Waived

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X

X12 - Accredited Standards Committee X12, the ANSI standard group for EDI

XML - eXtensible Markup Language

 

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