Acronyms - UV

U

(after subject number) Undergraduate subject

UA

Undergraduate Association

UAP

Undergraduate Association President

UARC

University Affiliated Research Center

UASO

Undergraduate Academic Support Office

UAV

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

UAVP

Undergraduate Association Vice President

UCF

Used Computer Factory (at MIT)

UCS

Union of Concerned Scientists

UDC

Urban Design Corps

UIS

Urban Information Systems

UMIFA

Uniform Management of Institutional Funds Act

UMOC

Ugliest Manifestation on Campus (contest)

UPOP

Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program

URC

University Residential Community

URL

Uniform Resource Locator - aka web/Internet address e.g. http://mit.edu

UROP

Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program

USGS

U.S. Geological Survey

US-VISIT

U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology

VAP

Visual Arts Program (in the Department of Architecture)

VCI

Virtual Customer Initiative

VDIN

Voice, Data, and Image Networking - MIT dept - outdated as of 2004

Vera

Virtual Electronic Resource Access (in the Libraries)

VHR

Volunteer Honor Roll (in the MIT Alumni Association)

VHSIC

Very High Speed Integrated Circuits

VLBI

Very Long Baseline Interferometry

VLSI

Very Large Scale Integration

VMS

MIT Venture Mentoring Service (a program in the Provost's area to encourage entrepreneurial activities within the MIT community)

VoIP

Voice over Internet Protocol

VPF

Vice President for Finance

VPN

Virtual Private Network

VPR

Vice President for Research

VTP

Voting Technology Project