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AA

Application Area

AAI

Authentication and Authorization Infrastructure

Accounting record

An entry in an accounting database identifying the quantitative usage of Resources by Users.

ACF

ATLAS Computing Facility

ACID

Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability

ACL

Access Control List

ADD

Architecture Design Document

AFS

Andrew File System

AG

Access Grid

AGSC

Access Grid Support Centre

AHE

Applications Hosting Environment

AII

Automated Installation Infrastructure

AJO

Abstract Job Object

AKT

Advanced Knowledge Technologies

ALFA

América Latina - Formación Académica

ALICE

A Large Ion Collider Experiment

ALiEn

ALICE Environment

AMGA

ARDA Metadata Catalogue Project

AMI (1)

Amazon Machine Images

AMI (2)

Atlas Metadata Interface

AMS

Advanced Multi-threaded Server

ANL

Argonne National Laboratory

AOD

Analysis Object Data

APAC

Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing

API

Application Programming Interface

APEL

Accounting Processor for Event Logs

APGrid

Asia Pacific Grid

Appliance

A predefined collection of software products that are deployed together so that it appears as a single undividable service or application that implements one or more IT Capabilities.

APROC

Asia Pacific Regional Operation Center

APT

Advanced Package Tool

APART

Automatic Performance Analysis: Resources and Tools

ARC (1)

Advanced Resource Connector

ARC (2)

Authenticated Remote Control

ARDA

A Realisation of Distributed Analysis for LHC

AS

Autonomous System

ASN.1

Abstract Syntax Notation One

ASP

Application Service Provider

ASTA

Advanced Support for TeraGrid Applications

ATF

Architecture Task Force

ATLAS

A Toroidal LHC ApparatuS

ATP

Aggregated Topology Provider

AUP

Acceptable Use Policy

A set of terms and conditions applicable to the Users of an IT Infrastructure.

AVO

Astrophysical Virtual Observatory

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