.. _`Acronyms & Abbreviations`:

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Acronyms & Abbreviations
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.. NOT IN A TABLE 
   because hyperlink jumps INTO a table are problematic
   (and the targets make the table difficult to maintain)
   Used 'ACRO-' prefix to make sure targets are unique


.. _`ACRO-AMQP`:

**AMQP**
  Advanced Message Queuing Protocol

.. _`ACRO-CDR`:

**CDR**
  Common Data Representation

.. _`ACRO-CORBA`:

**CORBA**
  Common Object Request Broker Architecture

.. _`ACRO-DDS`:

**DDS**
  The Data Distribution Service

.. _`ACRO-DDSI`:

**DDSI**
  Data Distribution Service Interoperability Wire Protocol

.. _`ACRO-DISR`:

**DISR**
  DoD Information-Technology Standards Registry

.. _`ACRO-DOD`:

**DoD**
  Department of Defense (US)

.. _`ACRO-DP`:

**DP**
  Domain Participant

.. _`ACRO-DR`:

**DR**
  Data Reader

.. _`ACRO-DW`:

**DW**
  Data Writer

.. _`ACRO-GDS`:

**GDS**
  Global Data Space

.. _`ACRO-I2`:

**I2**
  Industrial Internet

.. _`ACRO-IDL`:

**IDL**
  Interface Definition Language

.. _`ACRO-IoT`:

**IoT**
  Internet of Things

.. _`ACRO-JMS`:

**JMS**
  Java Message Service

.. _`ACRO-MILVA`:

**MILVA**
  Military Vehicle Association

.. _`ACRO-MoD`:

**MoD**
  Mistry of Defence (UK)

.. _`ACRO-MQTT`:

**MQTT**
  Message Queuing Telemetry Transport

.. _`ACRO-OMG`:

**OMG**
  Object Management Group

.. _`ACRO-OS`:

**OS**
  Operating System

.. _`ACRO-PUBSUB`:

**Pub/Sub**
  Publish/Subscribe

.. _`ACRO-QoS`:

**QoS**
  Quality of Service

.. _`ACRO-SoS`:

**SoS**
  Systems-of-Systems

.. _`ACRO-SQL`:

**SQL**
  Structured Query Language

.. _`ACRO-ULS`:

**ULS**
  Ultra Large Scale Systems

.. _`ACRO-UML`:

**UML**
  Unified Modeling Langauge

.. _`ACRO-XML`:

**XML**
  eXtensible Markup Langauge



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