LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
- AGV - Automatic Guided Vehicle
- AMA - Apparel Manufacturing Architecture
- AMTC - Apparel Manufacturing Technology Center
- AMP - Apparel Manufacturing Protocol Suite
- ANSI - American National Standards Institute
- CAD - Computer Aided Design
- CAM - Computer Aided Manufacturing
- CBEMA - Computer Business Equipment Manufacturers Association (now ITIC)
- CIM - Computer Integrated Manufacturing
- CNC - Computer Numerical Control
- DEC - Digital Equipment Corporation
- DNC - Direct Numerical Control
- EDI - Electronic Data Interchange
- FIGARMA - Fully Integrated GARment MAnufacturing
- FMS - Flexible Manufacturing System
- FTAM - File Transfer, Access and Management
- GM - General Motors
- HP - Hewlett Packard
- IBM - International Business Machines Corp.
- IC - Integrated Circuit
- ICAM - Integrated Computer Aided Manufacturing
- ICOM - Input, Control, Output, or Mechanism (for IDEF model)
- IDEF - ICAM Definition Models
- IDEF0 - Function Model
- IDEF1 - Information Model
- IDS - Integrated Design Support
- IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
- IIM - Information Integrated Manufacturing
- IMDAS - Integrated Manufacturing Distributed Database
- ISO - International Standards Organization
- MAP - Manufacturing Automation Protocol
- MMS - Manufacturing Message Specification
- NBS - National Bureau of Standards
- NC - Numerically Controlled
- NCSU - North Carolina State University
- NIST - National Institute of Standards and Technology (formerly NBS)
- OSI - Open Systems Interconnection
- PC - Personal Computer
- POMS - Plant Operating Management System
- RDBMS - Relational Database Management System
- SQL - Structured Query Language
- SADT - Structured Analysis and Design Technique
- TALC - Textile Apparel Linkage Council
- TAMMF - Textile and Apparel Machinery Modernization Foundation
- (TC)2 - Textile/Clothing Technology Corporation
- TLA - Three Letter Acronym
- TOP - Technical Office Protocol
- USAF - United States Air Force
- USL - University of Southwestern Louisiana
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