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AAR - Annual Activity Report
AC - Appeal Cases
ACE - Association of Computer Engineers (UK-based non-profit organization established in 2004 to promote professional standards within the IT industry)
ACET - Association of Computer Engineers and Technicians (UK-based non-profit organization established in 2004 to promote professional standards within the IT industry)
ACL - access control list (an internal computerized table of access rules regarding the levels of computer access permitted to logon IDs and computer terminals)
ACP - African, Caribbean and Pacific Program (program overseen by the European Development Fund (EDF) which provides grants and low-interest loans to seventy-nine countries)
ACT - Advance Corporation Tax (advance payment of corporation tax when a corporation pays a dividend)
ACTA - Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
AFSJ - Area of Freedom, Security, and Justice (goal of the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council of creating a uniform standard in the areas of border control, judicial cooperation, and law enforcement within the EU)
AG - Advocate General (position/office within the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) which provides legal analysis, written opinions, and recommendations to the Court related to cases being heard)
AI - artificial intelligence (advanced computer systems that can simulate human capabilities, such as analysis, based on a predetermined set of rules)
AID - Agency for International Development (U.S. federal agency created in 1961 to administer assistance programs to less developed countries (LDCs) by making loans on more favorable terms than private banks)
AISG - Accountants International Study Group (organization founded to examine and report on various topics in accounting)
ALJ - administrative law judge (judge with experience interpreting administrative rules and regulations and making decisions based on administrative law)
AML - Anti-Money Laundering (category of laws/statutes designed to prevent or limit the laundering/processing of money gained through criminal activity through the banking system)
AMP - Annual Management Plan
ANEC - European Association for the Coordination of Consumer Representation in Standardization (independent body established in 1992, separate from the European standards agencies, formed with the goal of coordinating consumer standards)
AP - access point (a wireless local area network (LAN) device that acts as a central point for all wireless traffic - generically, a system location or connection providing access to a network)
APEC - Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (regional economic forum agreement among countries in the Asia-Pacific region established in 1989)
API - application programming interface (a set of functions, routines, tools, or protocols for building applications - a method/system which allows programs to communicate or interact with a computer operating system)
APP - Australian Privacy Principles (rules governing the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information by third-party contractors)
APPI - Act on the Protection of Personal Information (Japanese statute, originally enacted in 2003, governing privacy and data security)
APS - Annual Policy Strategy
APT - advanced persistent threat (the threat posed by extended continuous attacks from an unauthorized source using a variety of tools to achieve a single and specific malicious objective)
ASE - Athens Stock Exchange (principal stock exchange in Greece)