Acronyms, abbreviations and lingo used at MIT
This wiki aims to help community members decipher the "alphabet soup" of acronyms and other mysterious terms used at the Institute. It builds on a list created in the MIT Libraries in 1989 that morphed into a web site managed at various times by Janet Snover, Bill Litant and Catherine Avril. Old and even defunct acronyms and abbreviations are included here because some people still use them. Most of the items are MIT terms, but some external organizations that are referred to at MIT are also included.
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