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AIT Automatic Identification Technology |
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AIAG Automotive Industry Action Group |
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AIM Automatic Identification Manufacturers |
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AIM-DPM Quality Guideline AIM standard relating to Direct Part Marking of Data Matrix codes |
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ANSI American National Standards Institute |
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AS9132 Aerospace Direct Part Mark Quality Standard |
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ATA Aircraft Transportation Association |
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CAGE Commercial And Government Entity (CAG) (see also NCAGE) |
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CCD Charged Couple Device |
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CEA Consumer Electronics Association |
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DI Data Identifiers |
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DUNS Data Universal Numbering System (Dun & Bradstreet) |
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DFAS Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement |
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DLIS Defense Logistics Information Service |
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DMT Dot Matrix Tracking |
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DPM Direct Part Marking |
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DPMI Direct Part Marking Identification |
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ECC Error Correction Codes or Error Check and Correction. There are several ECC levels for the Data Matrix code however ECC 200 is the preferred level |
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EIA Electronic Industries Alliance |
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EID Enterprise Identifier, such as CAGE, DUNS or EAN.UCC |
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ESN Electronic Serial Number |
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GIAI Global Individual Asset Identifier |
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GRAI Global Returnable Asset Identifier |
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GS1 Global Standards organisation |
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HRI Human Readable Identification |
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IAC Issuing Agency Code |
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IAQG International Aerospace Quality Group |
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ISO International Organisation for Standardization |
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IUID Item Unique Identification (previously known as UID) |
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LASER Light Amplification by Simulated Emission of Radiation. Main types of marking laser are Fibre Laser and Nd:YAG |
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LOT Lot Number (LOTNO) |
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MFR Manufacturer Code |
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MRI Machine-Readable Information |
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NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
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NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
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NCAGE Nato Commercial And Government Entity |
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Nd:YAG Laser using a Neodymium Yttrium Aluminum Garnet crystal as the laser source. |
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PIPC (Government) Property In Possession of Contractors |
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PNR Current Part Number TEI (PNR, PN, P/N, PIN) |
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PNO Original Part Number TEI |
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SEQ Part Serial Number TEI for Construct 2 UIIs |
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SER Part Serial Number TEI for Construct 1 UIIs (SN, S/N, SERNO) |
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SPL Supplier Code (SPLR) |
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SEMI Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International |
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SPEC 2000 Chap9 Bar code standards for traceability of aircraft parts and shipments |
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TEI Text Element Identifier. Examples are MFR, SER, PNO etc. |
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UCN Unique Component identification Number |
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UID Unique IDentification (now known as IUID see above) |
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UII Unique Item Identifier |
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VIN Vehicle Identification Number |
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