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API
Application Programming Interface

ARC
Advanced Resource Connector (middleware stack)

ATP
Aggregated Topology Provider

BCP
Best Common Practices

BDII
Berkeley Database Information Index

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

DCI
Distributed Computing Infrastructure

DMSU
Deployed Middleware Support Unit

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

FP7
EU Seventh Research Framework Programme

FQAN
Fully Qualified Attribute Name

FTS
File Transfer System

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

HEP
High Energy Physics

HPC
High-performance computing

HTC
High-throughput computing

HUC
Heavy User Communities

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

JRA
Joint Research Activity

JDBC
Java DataBase Connectivity 

JSON
JavaScript Object Notation

JSPG
Joint Security Policy Group

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