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MIT lingo

AA

Aeronautics and Astronautics, Department of

AAAdministrative Assistant

AA

Affirmative Action

AAAssociate Advisor

AA

Association of Alumni and Alumnae of MIT

AA

Athletic Association

AAAS

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

AAAS

American Association for the Advancement of Science

AAC II

Administrative Advisory Council II

AACR

American Association for Cancer Research

AACSB

Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

AACU

Association of American Colleges and Universities

AAM

American Association of Museums

AAMIT

Arab Alumni of MIT

AAP

Affirmative Action Plan

AAS

American Astronomical Society

AAU

Association of American Universities

ABD

Artists Beyond the Desk (formerly Artists Behind the Desk)

ABET

Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology

ABS

Applied Biological Sciences (no longer a department)

AC

Academic Council

ACAT

Administrative Computing Advocacy Team (part of Administrative Computing)

ACCESS MIT

An information product of the Industrial Liaison Program

ACCORD

Academic Computing Coordinating Group

ACDL

Aerospace Computational Design Lab

ACE

American Council on Education

ACH

Automated Clearing House

ACM

Association for Computing Machinery

ACME

Academy of Courageous Minority Engineers

ACS

American Cancer Society

ACS

American Chemical Society

ACSA

Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture

ACSP

Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning

ACSR

Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility

ACST

Academic Computing Support Team

ACTProgram in Art, Culture, and Technology

ADA

Americans with Disabilities Act

ADONIS

The name of the gifts database

ADP

Administrative Development Program (old)

ADP

Airline Data Project

ADP

Alpha Delta Phi

ADSCMD

Associate Dean for Student Conflict Management and Discipline

A.E.

Aeronautical Engineer (degree)

AEPhi

Alpha Epsilon Phi

AEPi

Alpha Epsilon Pi

AeroAstro

(Department of) Aeronautics and Astronautics

AFMIT

Adoptive Families at MIT

AFROTC

Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps

AGREA

Analysis Group for Regional Electricity Alternatives (in MIT's Laboratory for Energy and the Environment)

AGS

Alliance for Global Sustainability

AGU

American Geophysical Union

AIA

American Institute of Architects

AIAA

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

AID

Association for India's Development-MIT

AI Lab

Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

AIM

Not an acronym. It's a group of senior administrators in central administrative departments who meet informally for mutual edification, group problem solving, and to serve as a link between their peer group and the Administrative Advisory Council II.

AIP

American Institute of Physics

AISES

American Indian Science and Engineering Society

AITI

African Internet Technology Initiative

AJAS

American Junior Academy of Science

AKA

Alpha Kappa Alpha

AKDCAga Khan Documentation Center

ALC

Alumni Leadership Conference

AMITA

Association of MIT Alumnae

AMPS

Academic Media Production Services

AMSL

Active Materials and Structures Laboratory

AMT

Anonymous Medical Transport

AMT

Arts and Media Technology

ANMI

Amsterdam New Media Institute

ANS

Alumni Network Services

AO

Administrative Officer

AO Query

An email list of administrators, maintained by the Administrative Advisory Council II (AAC II)

AP

Accounts Payable

APDA

American Parliamentary Debate Association

APhi

Alpha Phi

APL

Affiliates Program in Logistics

APMT

Aviation Portfolio Management Tool (in PARTNER)

APO

Alpha Phi Omega

APR

Association of Puerto Rican Students

APT

Automatically Programmed Tools

ARA

MIT food services vendor, ARAMARK

ARC

Academic, Research, and Careers (committee) of the Graduate Student Council

Arcade

Assisting Recurring Cultural and Diversity Events

ARCTAN

American Red Cross Team and Network

ARMIT

AIDS Response at MIT (student group)

AS

Aerospace Studies (subject designation)

ASA

Acoustical Society of America

ASA

African Students Association

ASA

Association of Student Activities

ASAP

After School Astronomy Project

ASC

Architecture Student Council

ASCB

American Society For Cell Biology

ASCI

American Association for Clinical Investigation

Asean

Association of South-East Asian Nations

ASL

American Sign Language

ASME

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

ASPCC

Administrative Systems and Policies Coordinating Council

Aspen

Automated Speech Exchange Network

ASRL

Aeroelastic and Structures Research Laboratory

ASTRA

Alliance for Science and Technology Research in America

ATHENA

A campus-wide, networked computing environment that grew out of the original Project Athena.

ATIC

Assistive Technology Information Center (7-143)

ATL

Automated Tape Libraries

ATO

Alpha Tau Omega

ATP

Advanced Technology Program

AUTM

Association of University Technology Managers

AUV

Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

AV

Audio-Visual (Services)

AV Lab

Acoustics and Vibrations Laboratory

AVU

African Virtual University

AWIS

Association for Women in Science

AWM

Association for Women in Mathematics

AWS

Association of Women Students

AXO

Alpha Chi Omega

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