4DDA: 4-Dimensional Data Assimilation
AAC: Advanced Audio Coding
ADAP: Automated Data Analysis Program
ADASS: Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems
AdGDP: Advances in Geophysical Data Processing
ADMS: Automated Data Management System
ADO: ActiveX Data Objects
ADO.NET: ADO for .NET
ADP: Automated Data Processing
ADP: Automatic Data Processing
ADPE: Automated Data Processing Equipment
ADPE: Automatic Data Processing Equipment
ADPF: Automated Data Processing Facility
ADS: Alternate Data Stream
ADT: abstract data type
AFD: Acceptance For Data
AIDS: Airborne Integrated Data System
AIF: Auto Increment Field
AIML: Artificial Intelligence Markup Language
AMeDAS: Automated Meteorological Data Acquisition System
ANHD: ANimation HeaDer
ASCII: American Standard Code for Information Interchange
AVALON: Acquisition and Validation of Ontologies

BDC: Business Data Catalog
BDE: Borland Database Engine
BiblioML: Bibliographic Markup Language
BMHD: Bitmap Header
BMP: Basic Multilingual Plane
BPML: Business Process Management Language
BSML: Bioinformatic Sequence Markup Language
CADH: Communications and Data Handling
CDB: Central Data Buffer
CDB: Command Data Base
CDB: Computer Data Bus
CDBFR: Common Data Buffer
CDD: Common Data Dictionary
CDF: Central Data Facility
CDF: Combined Data File
CDF: Compound Document Format
CDP: Command Data Processor