EGI

European Grid Infrastructure
Towards a sustainable grid infrastructure

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A

API Application Programming Interface	ARC Advanced Resource Connector (middleware stack)
ATP Aggregated Topology Provider

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B

BCP
Best Common Practices

BDII
Berkeley Database Information Index

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C

CE European Organisation for Nuclear Research	CERN European Organisation for Nuclear Research
CIM Common Information Model	CIS Common Information Service
COD Central Operator on Duty	CSIRT Computer Security Incident Response Team
CUDA Compute Unified Device Architecture

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D

DCI
Distributed Computing Infrastructure

DMSU
Deployed Middleware Support Unit

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E

EA Early Adopter	EDGI European Desktop Grid Initiative
EEF European e-Infrastructure Forum	EGEE Enabling Grids for e-Science
EGEE OSCT EGEE Operational Security Coordination Team	EGI European Grid Infrastructure
EGI CSIRT EGI Computer Security Incident Response Team	EGI.eu Coordinates the production infrastructure on behalf of its participants (FAQ)
EGI-InSPIRE European Grid Infrastructure-Integrated Sustainable Pan-European Infrastructure for Researchers in Europe	e-IRG e-Infrastructures Reflection Group
EIRO European Intergovernmental Research Organisation (e.g. CERN, EMBL, ESA)	EMBL European Molecular Biology Laboratory
EMI European Middleware Initiative	ERIC European Research Infrastructure Consortium
ESFRI European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures	EU European Union
EUGridPMA European Grid Policy Management Authority

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F

FP7 EU Seventh Research Framework Programme	FQAN Fully Qualified Attribute Name
FTS File Transfer System

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G

GIIS Grid Index Information Server	gLite Lightweight Middleware for Grid Computing (middleware stack)
Globus Globus Toolkit Grid Middleware (middleware stack)	GOCDB Grid Operations Centre DataBase
GPU Graphics Processing Unit	GRIS Grid Resource Information Service
GRRS Grid Resource Registration Service	GSVG (The EGEE) Grid Security Vulnerability Group

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H

HEP High Energy Physics	HPC High-performance computing
HTC High-throughput computing	HUC Heavy User Communities

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I

IaaS Infrastructure as a Service	IGE Initiative for Globus in Europe
IGTF International Grid Trust Federation	IPG Infrastructure Policy Group
IRTF Incident Response Task Force

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J

JRA Joint Research Activity	JDBC Java DataBase Connectivity
JSON JavaScript Object Notation	JSPG Joint Security Policy Group

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L

LAN Local Area Network	LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LFC WLCG File Catalog	LHC Large Hadron Collider
LSGC Life Sciences Grid Community	LSF Load Sharing Facility

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