Glossary - A

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• ARCADE — Assisting Recurring Cultural and Diversity Events
• ARCTAN — American Red Cross Team and Network
• ARMIT — AIDS Response at MIT (student group)
• AS — Aerospace Studies (subject designation)
• ASA (Acoustical Society of America) — The Acoustical Society of America is the premier international scientific society in acoustics, dedicated to increasing and diffusing the knowledge of acoustics and its practical applications.
• ASA (African Students Association) — An organization that promotes African culture on the MIT campus by hosting events and providing a setting for all those interested in African culture to meet and engage in discussion.
• ASA (Association of Student Activities) — The Association of Student Activities is a joint committee of both the Undergraduate Association (UA) and the Graduate Student Council (GSC). Its main responsibility is to oversee student group activity and is the governing body of student groups on the MIT campus.
• ASAP — After School Astronomy Project
• ASC — Architecture Student Council
• ASCB — American Society For Cell Biology
• ASCI — American Society for Clinical Investigation
• ASCII — American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) in computer science is a standard way of encoding what is commonly referred to as "plain text".
• ASEAN — Association of South-East Asian Nations
• ASL — American Sign Language
• ASME — American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• ASPCC — Administrative Systems and Policies Coordinating Council
• ASPEN — Automated Speech Exchange Network
• ASRL — Aeroelastic and Structures Research Laboratory
• ASTRA — Alliance for Science and Technology Research in America
• Athena — MIT's academic computing system.
• ATIC — Adaptive Technology for Information and Computing (Lab)
• ATL — Automated Tape Libraries
• Atlas — Atlas is a single online gateway for administrative systems at MIT.
• ATO — Alpha Tau Omega
• ATP — Advanced Technology Program
• Authentication — The process of determining whether someone or something is, in fact, who or what it is declared to be.
• AUTM — Association of University Technology Managers
• AUV — Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
• AV — Audio-Visual (Services)
• AV Lab — Acoustics and Vibrations Laboratory
• AVU — African Virtual University
• AWIS — Association for Women in Science
• AWM — Association for Women in Mathematics
• AWS — Association of Women Students
• AXO — Alpha Chi Omega