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Glossary


This is a collection of information warfare etc. related
acronyms. If you are looking for, maybe much more extensive
glossaries, I highly recommend following:


  • Modeling, Simulation, and Information Warfare Glossary

  • Information Warfare Glossary by Randall Whitaker, Ph.D.

  • # A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


      2D
      Two-dimensional
      3D
      Three-dimensional
      4D
      Four-dimensional

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      AAA
      Anti-aircraft artillery
      ACC
      Air Combat Command
      AFIWC
      Air Force Information Warfare Center
      AI
      Artificial Intelligence
      AIA
      Air Intelligence Agency
      AWACS
      Airborne Warning and Control System

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      BMC4I
      Battle(-space) Management Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence

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      C2
      Command and Control
      C2W
      Command and Control Warfare
      C3
      Command, Control, and Communications
      C3I
      Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence
      C4
      Command, Control, Communications, and Computers
      C4I
      Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence
      C4IFTW
      C4I for the Warrior
      C4ISR
      Command, Control, Communications, Computer Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance
      CAS
      Close Air Support
      CENTCOM
      Central Command
      CENTAF
      Central Command Air Forces
      CERT
      Computer Emergency Response Team
      CIA
      Central Intelligence Agency
      CINC
      Commander in Chief
      CNN
      Cable News Network

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      DARPA
      Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
      DBA
      Dominant Battlespace Awareness
      DBK
      Dominant Battlespace Knowledge
      DBS
      Direct Broadcast Service
      DIA
      Defense Intelligence Agency
      DII
      Defense Information Infrastructure
      DISA
      Defense Information Systems Agency
      DoD
      Department of Defense
      DSCS III
      Defense Satellite Communications System III

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      EW
      Electronic Warfare

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      FBI
      Federal Bureau of Investigation

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      GCCS
      Global Command and Control System

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      HUD
      Head-up display
      HUMINT
      Human intelligence

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      IASIW
      Institute for the Advanced Study of Information Warfare
      IBW
      Information-based Warfare
      IDW
      Information dominance warfare
      INSS
      Institute for National Strategic Studies
      ISW
      Information systems warfare
      IW
      Information warfare

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      JC2WC
      Joint Command and Control Warfare Center
      JCS
      Joint Chiefs of Staff
      JFACC
      Joint Forces Air Component Commander
      JFC
      Joint Force Commander
      JSAS
      JFACC Situational Awareness System
      JSTARS
      Joint Surveillance (and) Target Attack Radar System
      JTF
      Joint Task Force
      JTIDS
      Joint Tactical Information Data System

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      MAP
      Master Attack Plan
      MILSTAR
      Military Strategic and Tactical Relay (communication satellites)
      MTR
      Military Technical Revolution

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      NASA
      National Aeronautics and Space Administration
      NATO
      North Atlantic Treaty Organization
      NCSA
      National Computer Security Association
      NCSC
      National Computer Security Center
      NDU
      National Defense University
      NSA
      National Security Agency

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      OODA Loop
      Observation, Orientation, Decision, Action loop
      OPSEC
      Operations security

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      PGM
      Presision guided munition

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      RMA
      Revolution in Military Affairs

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      SA
      Situational Awareness
      SAM
      Surface-to-air missile
      SITREP
      Situation report
      SOS
      System of systems
      SPAWAR
      Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command
      SSA
      Situational awareness

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      UAV
      Unmanned aerial vehicle
      USAF
      United States Air Force
      USAFE
      United States Air Force Europe

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      VCJCS
      Vice Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff


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