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Certification Terms - UUnderwriters Laboratories, Inc. (UL) - (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.)
Unified Compliance Framework (UCF) - (tools/products used for mapping cybersecurity and privacy laws)
Uniform Commercial Code (U.C.C.) - (model legal code adopted by many states governing commercial transactions, primarily involving the sale of goods)
Uniform Practice Code (UPC) - (rules of the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) setting standards for the handling of securities transactions)
United States of America Standards Institute (USASI) - (business standard-setting organization which became the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) in 1969)
Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI) - (registry that lists services provided by online service providers)