| Abbreviation list (A - L) |
| Abbreviation |
Meaning |
| Letter A |
| AAA |
Attribute Agreement Analysis |
| AAC |
Automatic Air Conditioning |
| AAS |
Adaptive Air Suspension |
| ABC |
Active Body Control |
| ABS |
Anti-Lock Braking System |
| AC |
Alternating Current |
| A/C |
Air Conditioning |
| ACC |
Adaptive Cruise Control Automatic Climate Control |
| ACEA |
Association des Constructeurs Européens d'Automobiles (European Automobile Manufacturers' Association) |
| ADAS |
Advanced Driver Assistance Systems |
| ADC |
Automatic Distance Control |
| ADS |
Adaptive Damper System |
| AI |
Artificial Intelligence |
| AIAG |
Automotive Industry Action Group |
| ALD |
Automatic Locking Differential |
| ANFIA |
Associazione Nazionale Filiera Industria Automobilistica (Italian Association of the Automotive Industry) |
| ANOVA |
Analysis of Variance |
| ANSI |
American National Standards Institute |
| AOI |
Automatic Optical Inspection |
| API |
Application Programming Interface |
| APQP |
Advanced Product Quality Planning |
| APS |
Acoustic Parking System |
| AQL |
Acceptable Quality Limit |
| AR |
Augmented Reality |
| ASQ |
American Society for Quality |
| ASR |
Anti-Slip Regulation |
| A/T |
Automatic Transition |
| ATC |
Automatic Temperature Control |
| ASPICE |
Automotive Software Process Improvement and Capability dEtermination |
| AWD |
All Wheel Drive |
| Letter B |
| BAS |
Brake Assist System |
| BOM |
Bill of Material |
| BPO |
Business Process Outsourcing |
| B2B |
Business to Business |
| B2C |
Business to Customer |
| Letter C |
| CAD |
Computer-Aided Design |
| CAN |
Controller Area Network |
| CAPA |
Corrective and Preventive Actions |
| CDC |
Continuous Damping Control |
| CEN |
Comité Européen de Normalisation (European Committee for Standardization) |
| Cg, Cgk |
Capability - Measurement Capability Indices |
| CIP |
Continuous Improvement Process |
| Cm, Cmk |
Capability - Machine Capability Indices |
| CMM |
Coordinate Measuring Machine |
| CNC |
Computer Numerical Control |
| COGQ |
Cost of Good Quality |
| COPQ |
Cost of Poor Quality |
| COQ |
Cost of Quality |
| CP |
Control Plan |
| Cp, Cpk |
Capability - Process Capability Indices |
| CPU |
Central Processing Unit |
| CQA |
Customer Quality Assurance |
| CQE |
Customer Quality Engineer |
| CQM |
Customer Quality Management |
| CT |
Computed Tomography |
| CTD |
Critical to Delivery |
| CTP |
Critical to Process |
| CTQ |
Critical to Quality |
| CSL |
Controlled Shipping Level |
| CSR |
Customer-Specific Requirements |
| Letter D |
| DR |
Direct Current |
| DF |
Degrees of Freedom |
| DFMEA |
Design Failure Mode- and Effects Analysis |
| DFSS |
Design for Six Sigma |
| DIN |
Deutsches Institut für Normung (Standards Association of German Industry) |
| DMAIC |
Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control |
| DOE |
Design of Experiments |
| DPMO |
Defects per Million Opportunities |
| DRBFM |
Design Review Based on Failure Mode |
| DRL |
Daytime Running Lights |
| DV |
Design Validation |
| Letter E |
| EBD |
Electronic Brake Force Distribution |
| ECU |
Electronic Control Unit Engine Control Unit |
| EDL |
Electronic Differential Lock |
| EDX |
Energy Dispersive X-Ray |
| EEPROM |
Electronically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory |
| EHS |
Environment, Health and Safety |
| EMC |
Electromagnetic Compatibility |
| EMI |
Electromagnetic Interference |
| EOL (test) |
End of Line |
| EPB |
Electronic Parking Brake |
| ESC |
Electronic Stability Control |
| ESP |
Electronic Stability Program |
| EV |
Electric Vehicle |
| Letter F |
| FAI |
First Article Inspection |
| FMEA |
Failure Mode- and Effects Analysis |
| FOR |
Fall off Rate |
| FPY |
First Pass Yield |
| FTA |
Failure Tree Analysis |
| FTY |
First Time Yield |
| Letter G |
| GD & T |
Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing |
| GPS |
Global Positioning System |
| GPU |
Graphics Processing Unit |
| GR & R |
Gage Repeatability & Reproducibility |
| Letter H |
| HAST |
Highly Accelerated Stress Test |
| HD |
High Definition |
| HOQ |
House of Quality |
| HP |
Horse Power |
| HSE |
Health, Safety and Environment |
| HT |
High Temperature |
| HUD |
Head-Up Display |
| HW |
Hardware |
| Letter I |
| IAQ |
International Academy for Quality |
| IATF |
International Automotive Task Force |
| IC |
Integrated Circuit |
| ICT |
In-Circuit Test |
| IEC |
International Electrotechnical Commission |
| IMDS |
International Material Data System |
| I/O |
Input / Output |
| IOT |
Internet of Things |
| IRR |
Internal Reject Rate |
| ISIR |
Initial Sampling Inspection Report |
| ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
| ITS |
Intelligent Transport System |
| Letter J |
| JAS |
Jet Air System |
| JEDEC |
Joint Electron Device Engineering Council |
| Letter K |
| KPI |
Key Performance Indicator |
| Letter L |
| LAL |
Lower Alarm Limit |
| LCD |
Liquid Crystal Display |
| LCL |
Lower Control Limit |
| LED |
Light Emitting Diode |
| LIDAR |
Light Detection and Ranging |
| LL |
Lessons Learned |
| LSL |
Lower Specification Limit |
| LT |
Low Temperature |
