| ATP |
Advanced
Technology Program |
| BRS |
Business Reporting
System |
| CAFE |
Corporate average
fuel economy |
| CCAR |
Closed-cycle
air refrigeration |
| CPRS |
Composite performance
rating system |
| DCCT |
Diabetes Control
and Complication Trial |
| DDS |
Digital data storage |
| DSG |
Diamond Semiconductor
Group |
| EAO |
Economic Assessment
Office |
| FCM |
Flow-control machining |
| GAO |
General Accounting
Office |
| GDP |
Gross domestic
product |
| GPRA |
Government Performance
and Results Act of 1993 |
| IIH |
Information Infrastructure
for Healthcare |
| IRR |
Internal rate
of return |
| MEMS |
Micro-electromechanical
systems |
| NAS |
National Academy
of Sciences |
| NBER |
National Bureau
of Economic Research |
| NSIC |
National Storage
Industry Consortium |
| NIST |
National Institute
of Standards and Technology |
| NPV |
Net present value |
| NRC |
National Research
Council |
| OIG |
Office of Inspector
General |
| PDM |
Pit depth modulation |
| PWB |
Printed wiring
board |
| QALY |
Quality Adjusted
Life Year |
| REMI |
Regional Economic
Modeling, Inc. |
| RTI |
Research Triangle
Institute |
| STEP |
Science, Technology,
and Economic Policy |
| SWAT |
Short-wavelength
sources for optical recording |
