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U.C.C. - Uniform Commercial Code (model legal code adopted by many states governing commercial transactions, primarily involving the sale of goods)

UCF - Unified Compliance Framework (tools/products used for mapping cybersecurity and privacy laws)

UDDI - Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (registry that lists services provided by online service providers)

UL - Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (Nonprofit corporation, formed in 1894, which set standards and conducted testing of fire and electrical products. In 2012 it was reorganized as a for-profit company named UL, LLC, and in 2022 was reorganized as an enterprise with three separate organizations.)

UPC - Uniform Practice Code (rules of the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) setting standards for the handling of securities transactions)

USASI - United States of America Standards Institute (business standard-setting organization which became the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) in 1969)