Glossary - A

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• 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