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Acronyms
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| V | Volt |
| V&M | Voice and Multimedia |
| V&V | Verification and Validation |
| V-ONT | Video-Optical Network Terminal |
| V-UNI | Virtual-User Network Interface |
| V/L | VOR/Localizer |
| V/M | Voltmeter |
| V/M/S | Vision/Mission/Strategy |
| V/R | Very Respectfully |
| V/R | Virtual Reality |
| V/STOL | Vertical/Short Take Off and Landing |
| V/STOL | Very Short Takeoff and Landing (transport aircraft) |
| V1 | Critical engine failure velocity |
| V2 | Takeoff climb velocity |
| VA | Volt-Amperes |
| VA | Department of Veterans Affairs |
| VA | Value Analysis |
| VA | Veterans Administration |
| VAA | Vulnerability Analysis and Assessment |
| VAAP | Vulnerability Analysis and Assistance Program |
| VAAS | Vulnerability Analysis and Assessment Support |
| VAB | Value Added Business |
| VAC | Volts AC |
| VAC | Value Added Channels |
| VAC | Volts Alternating Current |
| VAD | Value Added Distributor |
| VAD | Voice Activity Detector |
| VADATS | Veterans Administration Data Transmission System |
| VADS | VERDIX Ada Development System |
| VADSL | Very high speed Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line |
| VAF | Voice Activity Factor |
| VAIDC | Video Artificial Intelligence Data Collection |
| VAL | Voluntary Agency Liaison |
| VALAD | Voice Activated Logistics Anchor Desk |
| VAME | Voice on ATM Multiplication Equipment |
| VAMOSC | Visibility and Management of O&S Costs |
| VAN | Value Added Network |
| VAP | Visual Aids Panel |
| VAP | Value Added Partnership |
| VAPI | Visual Approach Path Indicator |
| VAPS | Virtual Avionics Prototyping System |
| VAPS | Virtual Applications Prototyping System |
| VAQ | Visiting Airmen's Quarters |
| VAR | Value Added Reseller |
| VARS | Vertical and Azimuth Reference System |
| VAS | Value Added Service |
| VAS | Value Added Supplier |
| VASI | Visual Approach Slope Indicator |
| VASIS | Visual Approach Slope Indicator System |
| VAT | Value Added Tax |
| VAU | Voltage Averaging Unit |
| VAWS | Vector Arbitary Waveform Synthesizer |
| VAX | Virtual Address eXtension |
| VB | Visual Basic |
| VBA | Variable Balance Architecture |
| VBA | Veterans Benefit Administration |
| VBD | Voice Band Data |
| VBI | Vertical Blanking Interval |
| VBNS | Very High Speed Backbone Network Services |
| VBR | Variable Bit Rate |
| VBRnrt | Variable Bit Rate non-real time |
| VBRrt | Variable Bit Rate real time |
| VBS | Visual Basic Script |
| VBSMC | Variable Block-Size Motion Compensation |
| VBSS | Value Based Six-Sigma |
| VBST | Variable Block-Size Transform |
| VBV | Variable Bypass Valve |
| VBV | Variable Buffer Verification |
| VC | Variable Cost |
| VC | Venture Capitalist |
| VC | Vice Chair |
| VC | Vice Chancellor |
| VC | Video Control |
| VC | Virtual Call |
| VC | Virtual Channel |
| VC | Virtual Circuit |
| VC | Virtual Connection |
| VC | Virtual Container |
| VC | Virtual Control |
| VC | Vortex Combustor |
| VC-RDI | Virtual Circuit-Remote Detect Indicator |
| VCA | Voltage Controlled Amplifier |
| VCATS | Visually Coupled Acquisition and Targeting System |
| VCC | VHSIC Central Computer |
| VCC | Verification Coordination Committee |
| VCC | Virtual Channel Connection |
| VCC | Virtual Command Center |
| VCC | Voice Control Circuit |
| VCCS | Voice Communication Council System |
| VCCT | Virtual Combat Convoy Trainer |
| VCD | Voltage Controlled Device |
| VCD | Variable Capacitance Diode |
| VCD | Variable Center Distance |
| VCDFS | Virtual Compact Disk File System |
| VCDFSD | Virtual Compact Disk File System Driver |
| VCE | Variable Cycle Engine |
| VCEG | Video Coding Experts Group |
| VCI | Virtual Channel Identifier |
| VCI | Virtual Circuit Identifier |
| VCI | Volatile Corrosion inhibitor |
| VCJCS | Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| VCL | Virtual Coding Layer |
| VCM | Virtual Call Manager |
| VCN | Visual Communications Network |
| VCNO | Vice Chief of Naval Operations |
| VCO | Variable Controlled Oscillator |
| VCO | Voltage Control Oscillator |
| VCO | Voltage Controlled Oscillator |
| VCOMM-CLCGF | Virtual Communications in a Corps Level Computer Generated Forces |
| VCP | Very High Speed Integrated Circuit Communications Processor |
| VCP | Virtual Channel Processor |
| VCR | Vendor Charged Rework |
| VCR | Video Cassette Recorder |
| VCS | Virtual Circuit Switch |
| VCS | Voice Controlled Services |
| VCSA | Vice Chief of Staff (Army) |
| VCSAF | Vice Chief of Staff (AF) |
| VCSEL | Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser |
| VCTE | Virtual Combat Training Excercise |
| VCV | Video Complexity Verifier |
| VCX | Virtual Component Exchange |
| VDC | Volts Direct Current |
| VDD | Version Description Document |
| VDD | Very Deep Draught |
| VDD | Virtual Device Driver |
| VDDS | Very Deep Draught Ship |
| VDE | Voice Data Entry |
| VDG | Video Display Generator |
| VDI | Verification, Design and Implementation |
| VDI | Virtual Device Interface |
| VDI | Virtual Device Interface (old name for CGI) |
| VDIF | Video Display Information Format |
| VDL | VHF Data Link |
| VDL | Vienna Definition Language |
| VDL | VHF Digital Link |
| VDLB | Very Large Databases |
| VDM | Vienna Development Method |
| VDM | Virtual Device Manager |
| VDM | Virtual Device Metafile (old name for CGM) |
| VDOP | Vertical Dilution of Precision |
| VDP | Video Decompression Processor |
| VDP | Video Display Processor |
| VDP | Voluntary Departure Plan |
| VDR | VHF Data Radio |
| VDS | Value Delivery System |
| VDS | Variable Depth Sonar |
| VDS | Voluntary Departure Scheme |
| VDSL | Very high speed Digital Subscriber Line |
| VDT | Video Display Terminal |
| VDTI | Voiceband Data Transmission Interface |
| VDU | Video Display Unit |
| VDU | Visual Display Unit |
| VDW | Virtual Data Warehouse |
| VE | Value Engineering |
| VE | Virtual Environment |
| VECP | Value Engineering Change Proposal |
| VECTAC | Vectored Attack |
| VED | Voice Enhancement Devices |
| VEIL | Variable Encryption and Intelligence Labeling |
| VEL | Visual Electrodiagnostic Laboratory |
| VEMMI | Versatile MultiMedia Interface |
| VEMMIS | Videotex Enhanced Man-Machine Interface Service |
| VEMPS | Vertically Polarized Electromagnetic Pulse Simulator |
| VER | Verification |
| VERA | Video Error Resilience Algorithm |
| VERONICA | Very Easy Rodent Oriented Net-wide Index to Computerised Archives |
| VERT | Vertical |
| Vertical Speed | The rate of change of pressure altitude, usually calibrated in hundreds of feet per minute. |
| VERTREP | Vertical Replenishment |
| VESA | Video Electronics Standards Association |
| VF | Voice Frequency |
| VFD | Voice Fax Data |
| VFDR | Variable Flow Ducted Rocket |
| VFG | Video Frame Grabber |
| VFM | Variable Format Message |
| VFO | Variable Frequency Oscillator |
| VFOP | Visual Flight Rules Operations Panel |
| VFR | Visual Flight Rules |
| VFT | Virtual Flight Test |
| VGA | Video Graphics Adapter |
| VGA | Video Graphics Array |
| VGAS | Vertical Guided Artillery System |
| VGDEM | Variable Generalized Digital Environmental Model |
| VGPO | Velocity Gate Pull Off |
| VGS | Velocity Gate Stealer |
| VGW | Variable Geometry Wings |
| VHA | Vapour Hazard Area |
| VHDL | Very High Speed Integrated Circuit Hardware Description Language |
| VHE | Virtual Home Environment |
| VHF | Very High Frequency. The portion of the radio spectrum from 30 to 300 MHz. |
| VHF | Very High Frequency |
| VHLL | Very High-Level Language |
| VHN | Virtual Home Network |
| VHP | Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide |
| VHS | Very High Speed |
| VHSIC | Very High Speed Integrated Circuit |
| VHSIC-2 | Very High Speed Integrated Circuits - phase 2 |
| VI | Virtual Interface |
| VI | Visual Information (Army) |
| VIA | Vendor Independent ASIS |
| VIA | Versatile Interface Adaptor |
| VIA | Virtual Interface Architecture |
| VIB | Vast Interface Bulletin |
| VIB | Vibration |
| VIC | Vast Interface Change |
| VIC | Vector In Commander |
| VIC | Video Interface Chip |
| VICS | Voluntary Interindustry Communications Standards |
| VICTORS | Variable Intensity Computerized Training System |
| VID | Vendor Item Drawings |
| VID | Vertical Indication Display |
| VID | Video |
| VID | Virtual Interface Design |
| VID SIG | Virtual Interface Design Special Interest Group |
| VIDS | Visual Information Display System |
| VIDS/MAF | Visual Information Display System/Maintenance Action Form |
| VIF | Virtual Interrupt Flag |
| VIGS | Video Disk Gunnery Simulator |
| VIGV | Variable Integral Guide Vane |
| VIM | Vendor Independent Messaging |
| VIM | Very High Speed Integrated Circuit Insertion Module |
| VIM | Virtual Interconnected Management |
| VIMAD | Voice Interactive maintenance Aiding Device |
| VIMP | Virtual Interoperability Meeting Place |
| VIN | Vehicle Identification Number |
| VINCE | Vendor Independent Network Control Entity |
| VINSON | Encrypted Ultra High Frequency Communications System |
| VIP | Very Important Person |
| VIP | Virtual Interrupt Pending |
| VIP | Visual Information Processor |
| VIP | Visual Information Projection |
| VISTA | Virtual Integrated Software Testbed for Avionics |
| VISTA | Variable Stability In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft |
| VISTA | Volunteers in Service to America |
| VIT | Virtual Interactive Target |
| VITS | Video Image Tracking System |
| VIU | Video Interface Unit |
| VIU | Voice Interface Unit |
| VIVID | Voice, Video and Data |
| VIXS | Video Information Transfer System |
| VL | Vertical Landing |
| Vl | Voltage |
| VLAN | Virtual Local Area Network |
| VLB | VESA Local Bus |
| VLBR | Very Low Bit Rate |
| VLBVT | Very Low Bit rate Video Telephony |
| VLC | Variable Length Coding |
| VLC | Very Low Clearance |
| VLCC | Very Large Crude-oil Carrier |
| VLCD | Variable Length Coding and Decoding |
| VLD | Variable Length Decoding |
| VLDB | Very Large Database(s) |
| VLF | Very Low Frequency |
| VLF | Visitor Location Function |
| VLIW | Very Large Instruction Word |
| VLIW | Very Long Instruction Word |
| VLLZZ | Very Long Leg Zig Zag |
| VLM | Very Large Memory |
| VLM | Virtual Loadable Module |
| VLR | Visitor Location Registry |
| VLRIN | Visitor Location Registry Identification Number |
| VLS | Vertical Launching System |
| VLSHSIC | Very Large Scale High Speed Integrated Circuitry |
| VLSI | Very Large Scale Integration |
| VLSIC | Very Large Scale Integrated Circuit |
| VLV | Valve |
| VLWI | Very Long Word Instruction |
| VM | Verification Model |
| VM | Virtual Machine |
| VM | Virtual Manufacturing |
| VM | Virtual Memory |
| VM | Voice Mail |
| VM | Voice Messaging |
| VMA | Valid Memory Address |
| VMAC | Voice Mobile Attenuation Code |
| VMAT | Virtual-Reality Maintenance Trainer |
| VMC | Visual Meteorological Conditions |
| VME | Versa Module Eurocard |
| VME | Virtual Memory Extended |
| VME | Virtual Memory Extension |
| VMF | Variable Message Format |
| VMFI | Visual Mine Firing Indicator |
| VMI | Vendor Managed Inventory |
| VML | Vector Markup Language |
| VML | Voice Markup Language |
| VMLA | Virtual Mobile Location Area |
| VMM | Virtual Meeting Management |
| Vmo | The maximum airspeed at which an aircraft is certified to operate. This can be a fixed number or a function of configuration (gear, flaps,etc.) or altitude, or both. |
| VMP | Voice Message Processor |
| VMPU | Virtual Memory Processing Unit |
| VMS | Vertical Motion Simulator |
| VMS | Virtual Memory System |
| VMS | Virtual Monitor System |
| VMS | Virtual Workspace |
| VMS | Voice Mail System |
| VMT | Virtual Machine Technology |
| VMT | Voice Mail Transcription |
| VMTP | Versatile Message Transaction Protocol |
| VMU | Voice Message Unit |
| VMWI | Voice Mail Waiting Indication |
| VN | Vulnerability Number |
| VNAV | Vertical Navigation |
| VNC | Voluntary National Contribution |
| VNCS | Voluntary Naval Control of Shipping |
| VNR | VHF Navigation Receiver |
| VO | Visitors and Observers |
| VOA | Voice Of America |
| VOAD | Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster |
| VOADSL | Voice Over Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line |
| VOATM | Voice Over Asynchronous Transfer Mode |
| VOB | Visitors and Observers Bureau |
| VOB | Voice Over Broadband |
| VOC | Volatile Organic Compound |
| VOC | Volts Open Circuit |
| VOD | Vertical On-board Delivery |
| VOD | Vertical Onboard Delivery |
| VOD | Video on Demand |
| VODSL | Voice Over Digital Subscriber Line |
| VOF | Variable Operating Frequency |
| VOI | Voice Over Internet |
| VOIP | Voice Over Internet Protocol |
| Voispond | A calsel function that would automatically identify an aircraft by a voice recording. Voispond is not yet implemented. |
| VOLAG | Voluntary Agency |
| VOMBN | Voice Over Multiservice Broadband Networks |
| VOMPLS | Voice Over Multi-Protocol Label Switch |
| VOMSDN | Voice Over Multi-Service Data Networks |
| VON | Voice On Network |
| VOP | Video Object Planes |
| VOP | Voice Over Packet |
| VOQ | Visiting Officers' Quarters |
| VOR | VHF Omnidirectional Radio Range. A system that provides bearing information to an aircraft. |
| VOR | VHF Omnidirectional Range |
| VOR/DME | A system in which a VOR and DME station are colocated. |
| VOR/MB | VOR/marker beacon |
| VORTAC | A system in which a VOR and a TACAN station are colocated. |
| VOS | Velocity Of Sound |
| VOSOT | Voice Over Sound On Tape |
| VOSTM | Voice Over Synchronous Transfer Mode |
| VOX | Voice Transmission |
| VOX | Voice Actuation |
| VOX | Voice Operated Transmission |
| VP | Vice President |
| VP | Virtual Packet |
| VP | Virtual Path |
| VP | Virtual Programming |
| VP | Virtual Prototyping |
| VP | Voice Processing |
| VPA | Valid Peripheral Address |
| VPA | Voluntary Pricing Agreement |
| VPC | Virtual Path Connection |
| VPD | Virtual Prototype Demonstration |
| VPE | Video Port Extensions |
| VPF | Vector Product Formatted Data |
| VPF | Virtual Private Facility |
| VPG | Virtual Proving Ground |
| VPI | Virtual Path Identifier |
| VPICD | Virtual Programmable Interrupt Controller Device |
| VPID | Virtual Path Identifier |
| VPIM | Voice Profile for Internet Mail |
| VPL | Virtual Programming Language |
| VPM | Voice Privacy Mask |
| VPMASK | Voice Privacy Mask |
| VPN | Vendor Part Number |
| VPN | Vender Part Number |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |
| VPP | Voltage Point to Point |
| VPS | Video Programming Signal |
| VQ | Vector Quantization |
| VQE | Voice Quality Enhancement |
| VQI | Virtual Query Interface |
| VQL | Virtual Query Language |
| VQM | Voice Quality Metric |
| VR | Takeoff Rotation Velocity |
| VR | Variability Reduction |
| VR | Vertical Resolution |
| VR | Virtual Reality |
| VRAM | Video Random Access Memory |
| VRAM | Video RAM |
| VRC | Vector to Raster Converter |
| VRC | Vertical Redundancy Check |
| VRC | Visual Record Computer |
| VRMAT | Virtual-Reality Maintenance Trainer |
| VRML | Virtual Reality Modeling Language |
| VRMS | Volts Root Mean Square |
| VROC | Vertical Rate Of Climb |
| VRPE | Virtual Reality Presentation Engine |
| VRR | Voice Recognition Response |
| VRS | Video Recording System |
| VRT | Variable Resolution Terrain Model |
| VRU | Voice Response Unit |
| VS | Vertical Speed |
| VS | Virtual Storage |
| VSA | Vendor Security Analyst |
| VSAM | Virtual Sequential Access Method |
| VSAM | Virtual Storage Access Method |
| VSAT | Very Small Aperture Terminal |
| VSAT | Very Small Aperture Satellite Terminal |
| VSB | Vast System Bulletin |
| VSB | Vestigial Side Band |
| VSC | Vast System Change |
| VSC | Vertical Service Codes |
| VSCF | Variable Speed Constant Frequency |
| VSCS | Voice Switching and Control System |
| VSCS | Voice Switching and Control Systems |
| VSD | Vendor Shipping Document |
| VSD | Vendor Specific Driver |
| VSD | Vertical Situation Display |
| VSE | Virtual System Environment |
| VSELP | Vector Sum Excited Linear Predictive Coding |
| VSHORAD | Very Short Range Air Defense |
| VSHORADS | Very Short Range Air Defense System |
| VSI | Vertical Speed Indicator |
| VSIPL | Vector Signal Image Processing Library |
| VSL Advisory | Vertical Speed Limit advisory may be preventive or corrective (TCAS). |
| VSLED | Vibration Structural Life and Engine Diagnostics |
| VSM | Vertical Separation Minimum |
| VSM | Very High Speed Integrated Circuit Submicron |
| VSOG | Vertical Service Ordering Guidelines |
| VSOP | Very Small Outline Package |
| VSP | Value-added Sales Partner |
| VSP | Variable Site Parameters |
| VSP | Vertical Service Provider |
| VSP | Video Signal Processor |
| VSR | Visual Stimulation Research |
| VSTI | Vehicle Signature Test Instrumentation |
| VSTOL | Vertical/Short Take Off and Landing |
| VSU | Virtual Simulation Units |
| VSURV | Vendor Survey |
| VSV | Variable Station Vane |
| VSW | Very Shallow Water |
| VSWR | Voltage-Standing Wave Ratio. The ratio of the amplitude of the voltage (or electric field) at a voltage maximum to that of an adjacent voltage minimum. Vswr is a measurement of the mismatch between the load and the transmission line. |
| VSWR | Variable Standing Wave Ratio |
| VSWR | Voltage Standing Wave Ratio |
| VSYNC | Vertical SYNC |
| VSYNC | Vertical Synchronization |
| VT | Varied Time |
| VT | Virtual Terminal |
| VT | Virtual Tributary |
| VTAM | Virtual Telecommunications Access Method |
| VTB | Very High Speed Integrated Circuit Technology Brassboard |
| VTB | Vestibular Test Battery |
| VTC | Video Teleconference |
| VTC | Video Teleconferencing Capability |
| VTL | Variable Threshold Logic |
| VTL | Virtual Tape Library |
| VTO | Volumetric Top-Off |
| VTO | Vertical Takeoff |
| VTOA | Voice and Telephony Over ATM |
| VTOL | Vertical Takeoff and Landing |
| VTOL | Vertical Take Off and Landing |
| VTQME | Voice Transmission Quality Mouth to Ear |
| VTR | Video Tape Recording |
| VTRAT | Visual Threat Recognition and Avoidance Trainer |
| VTS | Vessel Traffic Service |
| VTS | Virtual Terminal Service |
| VTT | Video Teletraining |
| VTTR | Virtual Test and Training Range |
| VTU | VDSL Transceiver Unit |
| VTU-R | VDSL Transceiver Unit - Remote |
| VUAV | Virtual Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
| VUE | Virtual-User Environment |
| VUPS | VAX Units of Performance |
| VV&A | Verification, Validation and Accreditation |
| VV&A/C | Verification, Validation and Accreditation/Certification |
| VV&C | Verification, Validation and Certification |
| VVandA | Verification, Validation, and Accreditation |
| VWC | Vector Wavelet Coding |
| VxD | Virtual Device Driver |
| VXI | VMEBUS Extensions for Instrumentation |
| VXML | Voice eXtensible Markup Language |
