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23 November 2005 Common Acronyms and Abbreviations

Document Responsibility: Standards Coordinator

Table of Contents

A (2)

B . . . C (4)

D . . . F (6)

G . . .J (8)

K . . . M (10)

N . . . P (12)

Q . . . S (14)

T . . . Z (17)

Previous Issue: 1 December 1996 Next Planned Update: 1 December 2010

Next Update: 1 December 2010 Common Acronyms and Abbreviations

A

A/D Analog/Digital

AACE American Association of Cost Engineers

ABHD Abu Hadriya

ABJF Abu Jifan

ABQQ Abqaiq

ABSF Abu Sa'fah

AC Air Conditioning, OR Alternating Current

AC Alternating Current or Air Conditioning

ACI American Concrete Institute

ACS American Construction Society (Obsolete for Aramco Construction

Specifications, which no longer exist)

Activation Activation of all control activities; testing for stability, correctness of set

point and repeatability within the controlled element. System

velocity flushing or blow-out, and level and flow response pressure

testing. Vendor services for equipment testing and, where needed,

correction of deficiencies within their responsibility. Operational

run-in and adjustment of all plant equipment, i.e., conveyors, mills,

filters, etc., without materials and pumps with water Activity A task, or item of work, represented by a single arrow diagram.

Activities are assigned durations and may or may nor require

resources

Activity Duration The amount of time allotted to complete an activity

Actual Completion The date an activity is actually completed. Used in updating networks

ADM Arrow Diagram Method

ADP Aramco Design Practice (Obsolete: see SADP cancelled in Dec. 1996)

ADS Applications Software Development System

AEDC Award Engineering/Design Contract

AEIC Association of Edison Illuminating Companies

AEP Aramco Engineering Procedure (Obsolete: see SAEP)

AER Arabian Engineering Report

AES Aramco Engineering Standard (Obsolete: see SAES)

AFBMA Anti-Friction Bearing Manufacturers Association

AFC Approved for Construction; Automatic Frequency Control

AFE Authorization for expenditure. (An allocation taken out of a larger sum

of approved money such as a Budget Item, which is to be used for a

specified part of the BI.)

Next Update: 1 December 2010 Common Acronyms and Abbreviations

AFNOR Association Francaise de Normalization

AGC Automatic Generation Control; Associated General Contractors

AGMA American Gear Manufacturers Association

AH Arabian Heavy Crude Oil

AI Artificial Intelligence

AIMS Aramco IMS System

AIP Aramco Inspection Procedures (Obsolete: see SAIP)

AISC American Institute of Steel Construction

AL Arabian Light Crude Oil

AM Arabian Medium Crude Oil; Amplitude Modulation

AMC Area Maintenance Center

AMRS Advanced Mobile Radio System

AMS Aramco Materials System Catalog (Obsolete: see SAMS)

AMSS Aramco Materials System Specification (Obsolete: see SAMSS)

AN Alpha-numeric Identity, e.g., A099

ANDR 'Ain Dar (Ghawar)

ANSI American National Standards Institute

AOA Asian and Other Arab Employees

AOC Aramco Overseas Company

AOSM Arab Organization of Standardization & Materials

AOV Air Operated Valve

APD Automated Piping Design

API American Petroleum Institute

APP Arabian Project Proposal or Associated Professional Program

APS Applications Software

Arrow Diagram A logical plan of a project, based on the technology of the project, with

or without consideration of resource requirements or time. Each

arrow in the diagram represents an activity and the head-to-tail

relationship reflects the sequence of activity completion.

As of Date The calendar date equivalent of time-now for statusing purposes.

ASC Aramco Services Company in Houston

ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers

ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange

ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrig. & Air Condit. Engrs

ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers

ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials

AT Audit Team