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Acronym Definition
100% A1R 100% Alpha 1 Release
100% A2R 100% Alpha 2 Release
100% BR 100% Beta Release
100% CVER Concept Vehicle Engineering Release - 100%
100% IVER Integration Vehicle Engineering Release - 100%
100% PPAP 100% Sourced PPAP parts (-15 weeks for MFD parts). To mark that point in time at which all
General Assembly parts have successfully passed the Production Part Approval Process
(PPAP).
100% SVER Structure Vehicle Engineering Release - 100%
24/7 24 hours a day / 7 days a week.
24/7/365 24 hours a day / 7 days a week / 365 days a year.
2D Two Dimensional.
2D Codes Two-dimensional optically scannable symbols related to bar codes.
2WD Two Wheel Drive.
2WS Two-Wheel Steer
3-2 DS 3-2 Down Shift.
3D Three Dimensional.
3GR Third Gear
3M Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Corporation
4 PHASE GM Product Program Management Process.
4GR Fourth Gear
4ØPDP Four Phase Powertrain Development Process - The common process for work directed toward
bringing a quality product to market.
4ØVDP 4 Phase Vehicle Development Process.
4PLLP Fourth Party Lead Logistics Provider.
4VDP 4 Phase Vehicle Development Process. Incorrect acronym. Should be 4ØVDP
4WAL Four-Wheel Antilock.
4WD Four-Wheel Drive.
4WS Four-Wheel Steering.
5Ø Five Phase Problem Solving Process.
Department
GVDP, ENG
GVDP, ENG
GVDP, ENG
GVDP
GVDP
GVDP, ENG

GVDP

ENG, GEBFWC
AIAG
VTS, GMPT
PSEO

ENG
PSEO
VTS

PSEO
GMPT

GVDP, ENG
GMPT
VTS
PSEO
PSEO, VTS
PSEO
Acronym Definition
A Ampere (unit of electrical current)
A Frontal Area (a symbol)
A/C Air Cleaner.
A/C Air Conditioning.
A/CL Air Cleaner.
A/D Analog to Digital
A/D,D/A Analog-to-Digital, Digital-to-Analog.
A/D/V Analysis / Development / Validation
A/D/VP&R Analysis/Development/Validation Plan & Report
A/DFL Air Deflector. An abbreviation.
A/DM Authoring & Data Management
A/F Air/Fuel Ratio.
A/H Air over Hydraulic
A/Nut Anchor Nut
A/P Accounts Payable
A/P Air Pump
A/R Accounts Receivable
A/R Appropriation Request
A/Rst Armrest
A/Rtl Anti-Rattle
A/S Auto Sequence.
A/Susp Air Suspension
A/T Automatic Transmission.
A/Trns Automatic Transmission
A/V Audio/Visual
A1R Alpha 1 Release. To mark that point in time as which the design, manufacturing, and
engineering information for the Alpha 1 vehicle build is released.
A1VA Alpha 1 Virtual Assessment
A2LA American association of Laboratory Accreditation
A2R Alpha 2 Release. To mark that point in time as which the design, manufacturing, and
engineering information for the Alpha 2 vehicle build is released.
A2VA Alpha 2 Virtual Assessment
A3 Automatic Three Speed Transmission (No longer built or used)
A4 Automatic Four Speed Transmission
AA Algorithmic Architecture
AA Alternate Analysis
AA Aluminum Association
AA Approve Architecture. To mark that point in time at which there is a regular meeting of the
Automotive Strategy Board (ASB) where the Architecture Contract is brought forward for
approval. This results in deliverables that document the Global Corporate approval of the
proposed new architecture (or the significant modification to an existing architecture), and
also gives authorization (but not funding) to complete the development, implement the
architecture at the Bill of Process and Bill of Material level, and approve its use for the
identified current and/or future Portfolio Plan products.
AA Atomic Absorption
AAA American Automobile Association.
AAAAA American Association Against Acronym Abuse
AAAD Association of Automotive Aftermarket Distributors
AAC Advanced Audio Compression
AAC Automotive Advertisers Council
AACA Antique Automobile Club of America
AACA Amphibious Auto Club of America
AAD Assembly Aid Devices.
AADT Average Annual Daily Travel [number of vehicles on a highway segment]
AAES American Association of Engineering Societies
AALA American Automobile Labeling Act. Requires a label placed on new cars identifying the country
of origin of certain major parts of autos such as engine and transmission, and identifying whose
total content in the vehicle is greater than 15%.
AAM Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (replaces AAMA)
AAM American Axle & Manufacturing
AAMA American Automobile Manufacturers Association (disbanded).
AAMI American Association of Medical Instrumentation
AAOL Automotive Aftermarket On Line
AAP Appearance Approval Report.
AAPA American Association of Port Authorities
AAR Appearance Approval Report.
AARS Affirmative Action Reporting System
AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
AAT Ambient Air Temperature.
AB Auxiliary Battery
ABA Agreement to Build Alpha (4ØVDP).
ABA American Banking Association
ABA American Bus Association
ABAP Advanced Business Application Programming. (Programs written in this language are referred
to as ABAPs). ABAP/4 is a fourth generation programming language developed by SAP to
develop business applications.
ABB Agreement To Build Beta (4ØVDP).
ABC Acceleration Boundary Curve
ABC Active Body Control (DC suspension system).
ABC Activity Based Costing.
ABCM Activity Based Cost Management.
ABE Advanced Body Engineering
ABEL Advanced Boolean Expression Language [a Data-I/O Trademark]
ABF Abdomen Force
ABIOS Advanced BIOS [Basic Input / Output System]
ABL Assembly Breakdown List.
ABM Assistant Brand Manager
ABMF Assistant Brand Manager - Finance
ABMM Assistant Brand Manager of Marketing
ABMP Assistant Brand Manager of Product
ABNT Associacao Brasileria de Normas Teonicas (Brazil).
ABP Acquisition Business Process. A GM business which is under FSS (Financial Shared Services
).
ABP Advanced Business Processes (part of PC&L)
ABP Agreement To Build Prototype.
ABR Available Bit Rate
Abs Absorber. An abbreviation.
ABS Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (a plastic).
ABS Anti-Block Steering.
ABS Antilock Brake System.
ABS Anti-Skid Braking System.
ABS Automated Billing System. Owned by EAG Invoicing & Accounts Receivable.
ABTS All Belts To Seat. Used with reference to passenger restraints.
Abv Above. An abbreviation
ABWO Administrative Build Work Order. It communicates the quantity, detail option content and
desired build completion date of prototype and development vehicles required for test and
validation.
AC Acceleration Complete.
AC Air Conditioning.
AC Alternating Current.
AC Annual Cost
AC Auxiliary Control
ACB Adaptive Cylinder Balance
Acc Access. An abbreviation.
ACC ACCumulator (an abbreviation)
ACC Adaptive Cruise Control (radar/laser controlled)
ACCA Adaptive Cruise Control with Alert
Accel Acceleration (an abbreviation)
Acclrm Accelerometer. (an abbreviation).
Acclrtm Acceleration. (an abbreviation).
Accum ACCumulator (an abbreviation)
Accy Accessory (an abbreviation)
ACD Actual Completion Date. Confirmation that the deliverable has been achieved.
ACD Automatic Call Distribution
ACD Automotive Component Division
ACDS Automatic Change Detection System
ACE Accelerated Cost Estimate
ACE Alliance for Clean Energy
ACE Army Corps of Engineers
ACE Assistant Chief Engineer
ACEA (European Car Manufacturers Association)
ACEC American Consulting Engineers Council
ACEEE American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy
ACF Access Control Facility.
ACG Administrative Certification Group.
ACG Allied (Automotive) Component Group. No longer used; now Delphi.
ACGW Automotive Components Group, Worldwide
ACH Air Changes per Hour
ACI Alloy Cast Iron
ACI American Concrete Institute
ACI Applied Ceramics, Inc.
ACI Automatic Cargo Identification
ACIA Asynchronous Communications Interface Adapter
ACL Access Control List. Used in Lotus Notes to control access to various databases.
ACL Advanced CMOS Logic
ACL Air Cleaner
ACM Adjusting Credit Memo
ACM Association of Computing Machinery.
ACM Air Conditioning Module.
ACMT Action Center Management Team.
ACN Automated Crash Notification (SDM output of a GMLAN message when any air bag is
deployed)
ACN Automatic Crash Notification
Acnt Accent (an abbreviation).
ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (specification)
ACRONYM Abbreviated Coded Rendition Of Name Yielding Meaning
ACRS Air Cushion Restraint System (no longer used, replaced with SIR).
ACRS Accelerated Cost Recovery System. A depreciation method under US tax law allowing for the
accelerated write-off of property under various classification. Also see MACRS.
ACS Accredited Standards Committee (ANSI)
ACS Automatic Clearance Sensing
ACSI American Customer Satisfaction Index
Acsry Accessory (an abbreviation)
Act Actual (an abbreviation)
ACT Acoustic Change Transport
ACT Assembly Component Tracking. A detailed list of parts contained in an assembly. ACT is
available in the Product Description System (PDS).
ACTC Air Conditioning Technical Committee
Actr Actuator (an abbreviation)
ACTS Adaptive Computerized Training System
ACTS Advanced Car Technology Systems
ACTS American Coalition for Traffic Safety
ACTV Activate
ACV Actual Cash Value
ACV Air Cushion Vehicle
AD Accommodated Device.
AD Automatic Disconnect
ADA Accident Data Analysis
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act
ADAMS Automatic Dynamic Analysis of Mechanical Systems (A general purpose kinematics / dynamics
analysis program used to model vehicle handling and suspension performance.)

Adap Adapter (an abbreviation)

Adapt Adaptive (an abbreviation)
Adapts Adapters (an abbreviation)
ADC Analog-to-Digital Converter.
ADD Advanced Development Directories
Addt Additive (an abbreviation).
ADG Accommodated Device Gateway
Adhes Adhesive (an abbreviation).
ADI Analog Devices, Inc.
ADI Area of Dominant Influence
Adj Adjust (an abbreviation)
Adjr Adjuster (an abbreviation).
ADL Assembly Diagnostic Link
ADL Automatic Door Lock.
ADM Accessory Drive Motor
ADM Adjusting Debit Memo
ADN Advanced Digital Network (Usually refers to a 56Kbps leased-line)
ADP Advanced Development Process
ADP Alternative Durability Process
ADP Automatic Data Processing.
ADP Advanced Development Process.
ADPCM Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation
ADPCM Adaptive Pulse Code Modulation.
ADQA Automated Drive Quality Analysis
ADR Alternate Dispute Resolution. Part of CARS
ADR Australian Design Rules
Ads Adsorber (an abbreviation). An emission control device which acts to take up gases and/or
liquids by physical and/or chemical forces, such as with activated charcoal or the like, and
releases it at a later time.
ADS Anti Dieseling Solenoid
ADS Audio Distribution System
ADS Auxiliary Discriminating Sensor
ADS Alternating Simultaneous Double Fire.
ADSG Automotive Diagnostic Systems Group
ADSIM Automotive Display Simulator
ADSL Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (Usage is similar to a leased line.)
ADSL Asynchronous Data Subscriber Line [Supports data speeds over 2 Mbps downstream (to the
user) and slower speeds upstream (to the Internet).]
ADT Average Daily Traffic
ADTS Advanced Drive Train System
ADTT Average Daily Truck Traffic
Adv Advanced (an abbreviation).
ADV Analysis, Development and Validation. (Should be written as A/D/V)
AE Acceleration Enrichment.
AE Advanced Engineering
AE Architectural Engineering
AEC Appearance Engineering Committee.
AEC Automotive Electronics Council. The AEC was originally established by Chrysler, Delco
Electronics, and Ford for the purpose of establishing common part-qualification and quality
standards. Components meeting these qualification specifications are considered suitable for
use in the harsh automotive environment without additional component-level testing.

AEC Atomic Energy Commission

AEC Automotive Emission Control.
AECD Automotive Emission Control Device.
AED Automotive Electronics Development.
AEEP Automotive Energy Efficiency Program.
AEI Automated Equipment Identification
AERA Automotive Engine Rebuilders Association
AES Advanced Engineering Staff.
AETR Advanced Electronically Tuned Radio.
AF Actual Forecast.
AF Air Fuel Ratio. (see A/F at beginning of section).
AF Alternative Fuel. See AltFuel.
AF Axial Feed
AFAIK As Far As I Know.
AFC Accessory Function Controller
AFC Alkaline Fuel Cell
AFC Authorization for Check
AFC Automatic Frequency Control
AFD Abrasive Flow Deburring.
AFD Architecture Flow Diagram.
AFECM Alternative Fuel Engine Control Module.
AFIM Air-Fuel Imbalance Monitor.
AFL American Federation of Labor.
AFL-CIO American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
AFM Air Flow Meter
AFO Alternative Fuel Operation.
AFR Air Fuel Ratio
AFS Adaptive Frontlighting System
AFS American Foundrymen‘s Society
AFSM Area Financial Services Manager. GMAC Market Area Team Member, responsible for financial
growth at the dealership through GMAC.
Aft After (an abbreviation)
AFV Alternative Fuel Vehicle.
Ag Silver (Argentium)
AGA American Gas Association
AGC Automatic Gain Control
AGM Absorbent Glass Mat. Next generation of battery technology.
AGND Analog GrouND.
AGP Accelerated Graphics Port (circa 1997. A dedicated graphics port which allows higher
throughput from the graphics card to the processor for speedier 3D graphics.)
AGV Automatic Guided Vehicle
AGVS Automatic Guided Vehicle System
Ah Ampere – Hours
AHAR Automatic Highway Advisory Radio
AHDL Analog Hardware Descriptive Language
AHESI Auburn Hills ESI (database)
AHIPC Auburn Hills Information Processing Center
AHL Automatic Headlamps
AHLD Automatic Headlamp Leveling Device
AHP Analytical Hierarchy Process
AHRS Adjustable Head Restraint System
AHRS Amp-Hours (an abbreviation)
AHS Automated Highway Systems
AHS Average Highway Speed
AI Air Inlet.
AI Artificial Intelligence.
AI Automatic Identification - those technologies that provide methods for machine-readable data.
The most popular AI medium is Bar Coding.
AIA American Institute of Architects
AIA Automobile Importers of America, Inc.
AIAG Automotive Industry Action Group. Automotive Industry Action Group - A trade association
working to increase member productivity through a cooperative effort of North American vehicle
manufacturers and their suppliers.
AIAM Association of International Automobile Manufacturers. The association of carmakers with
operations in the U.S. and Canada. Membership is not restricted to U.S.-based companies.
(see AAMA)
AIB ASI Input Buffer
AIC Automotive Information Council.
AICC Auxiliary Information & Control Center
AID Architecture Interconnect Diagram.
AIEG Automotive & Industrial Electronics Group (Div. Of Motorola)
AIIM Association for Information & Image Management
AIM Analog Input Module.
AIM Automatic Identification Manufacturers
AIM Automatic Identification Manufacturers Association - Association of companies that
manufacture products for automatic identification, such as bar code readers, scanners, etc.
AIMI American Isuzu Motors Inc.
AIN Advanced Intelligent Network
AIN Analog INput.
AIP ASI Input Package
AIPE American Institute (of) Plant Engineers
AIR Air Injection Reactor (or Reaction).
AIR Secondary Air Injection.
AIS Abbreviated Injury Scale
AIS Architecture Interconnect Specification
AISI American Iron and Steel Institute
AITC Aerodynamics Integration Technical Committee
AITPM American Institute of Total Productive Maintenance
AIW ASI Input Workshop
AKS Aluminum Killed Steel (The term "killed" is used because aluminum additions cause the steel to
lie quietly in the mold during solidification.)
Al Aluminum (an abbreviation).
AL2 All Seasons touring. A tire specification.
AL3 All Seasons performance. A tire specification.
ALAPCO Association of Local Air Pollution Control Offices
ALBS Assembly Line Balance System. Computer system that helps establish and track assembly
plant direct labor work assignments.
ALC Automatic Lamp Control.
ALC Automatic Level Control.
ALCL Assembly Line Communication Link.
ALDL Assembly Line Data Link
ALDL Assembly Line Diagnostic Link.
ALDM Attachment Level Design Method.
ALE Application Link Enabling. ALE facilitates the coupling of business applications which are
distributed on different databases and provides the functionality to distribute and receive data.

ALG Automotive Lease Guide

ALGOL Algebraic Oriented Language
ALGOL ALGOrithmic Language.
Algorithm A specific rule used to determine red/green status of a Rigorous Tracking and Throughput
Management (RT&TM) measure.
ALI Automotive Lift Institute.
ALM Automatic Level Module.
ALN Actuator Line Nozzle
ALR Alpha Level Release.
ALR Automatic Locking Retractor
ALRR Appropriation Line Revision Request
ALS All Seasons (an abbreviation). A tire specification.
Alt Alternative (an abbreviation)
Alt Altitude (an abbreviation).
AltFuel Alternative Fueled Vehicles. Vehicles that operated on fuels other than gasoline or diesel.

ALTO Accelerated Learning of Test Operations (New employees entering specific departments within
Design Confirmation and Analysis will begin an ALTO job simulation with the support of an
assigned guide.)
ALU Arithmetic & Logical Units.
AM Account Manager
AM Amplitude Modulation (an abbreviation). i.e. AM Radio.
AMA American Marketing Association
AMA American Medical Association
AMA Area Module Advisor
Amb Ambient (an abbreviation).
AMC Air Management Control
AMD Accessory Motor Drive
AMDSG Automotive Manufacturers‘ Dealer Systems Group
AME Advanced Manufacturing Engineering
AMECS Austerity Mode Emission Control System
AMEX American Express
AMFA Alternative Motor Fuel Act
AMIC Automotive Multimedia Interface Collaboration (An organization, formed by a legal agreement
between 5 automotive companies, with the mission of defining the auto industry‘s first set of
hardware and software interface standards for automotive information, communications and
entertainment systems.)
AML Adaptive Modeling Language
Amm Ammeter (an abbreviation). A diagnostic instrument used for measuring electric current in
amperes.
Amp Ampere (an abbreviation).
Amp Amplifier (an abbreviation)
Ampf Amplifier (an abbreviation)
AMPO Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations
Amps Amperages (an abbreviation)
AMPS Advanced Mobile Phone Service
AMPS Automated Material Procurement and Scheduling
AMPTS Allied Productive Material Transfer System
AMR Anisotropic Magneto Resistance
AMRC Automotive Market Research Council.
AMS American Mathematical Society
AMS Attendance Management System.
AMSL Above Mean Sea Level.
Amt Armature (an abbreviation).
AMT Analysis as Marketing Tool.
AMuS Auto Motor und Sport (a German automotive magazine)
AN Application Notes.
Anc Anchor (an abbreviation).
ANC Active Noise Cancellation.
ANDS Alpha-Numeric Display System
ANFIA Association Nationale Fra Industrie Automobilistich. Automobilistiche (National Association
among Automobile Industries). Italian equivalent of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association.

ANL Argonne National Laboratories

ANMC American National Metric Council.
ANOVA ANalysis Of VAriance.
ANPRM Advance Notice of Proposed Rule Making.
ANS American National Standard
ANSI American National Standards Institute. The standards body responsible for formalizing the U.S.
voluntary standards development process. ANSI is the U.S. representative to non-treaty
international standards bodies such as ISO, IEC, and EDIFACT. Founded in 1918, ANSI
ensures that a single set of non-conflicting standards are developed for an area.

ANSI/ASQ Q90 See ISO-9000.

ANT Antenna. An abbreviation.
ANT Assemblies Navigation Tool
ANX Automotive Network eXchange. A project administered by the AIAG to assure efficient and
secure electronic communication among subscribers, so that an ANX subscriber company in
the automotive industry would require only a single access circuit to communicate with any
other ANX subscriber. ANX is composed of a TCP/IP network that includes trading partner
subscribers, certified (Internet) service providers, and network exchange points.

AOA Analysis Of Alternatives

AOB Any Other Business.
AOIB Adjustable Off Idle Bleed (Carburetor).
AOL America On Line.
AOQL Average Outgoing Quality Limit.
AORC Automotive Occupant Restraints Council
AORS Advanced Occupant Restraint System
AOS Automatic Occupant Suppression / Automatic Occupation detecting Sensor.
AOT Automotive Organization Team
AP Accounts Payable
AP Achievement Plan
AP Advanced Purchasing.
AP Application Protocol. An ISO standard, contained within ISO 10303 (STEP), which specifies the
STEP product data construct required for the communication of information in a defined
application context.
AP Asian Pacific
AP&P Accounting Practices & Procedures
AP/S Achievement Plan / Scheduler
APA Acquisition Process Analyst.
APA Authorized Payment Approval
APAA Automotive Parts and Accessories Association, Inc.
APAC Auto Parts Advisory Commission
APB Automatic Powertrain Braking
APC Automated Passenger Counting
APC Acquisition and Production Costs. Pertains to fixed assets.
APD Alliance Planning Director.
APD Assembly Plant Designator (used in PDS).
APD Assembly Process Deviation.
APD Avalanche Photo Diode
APE Annual Program Execution.
APE Advanced Product Engineering (no longer used)
APEAL Auto Performance Execution and Layout (J. D. Power)
APEC Asian Pacific Economic Corporation
APET Advanced Program Execution Team.
APEX Advanced Portfolio Exploration
APEX Advanced Product Exploration
APG Advanced Process Group
API Advanced Product Information.
API Advanced Programmable Interrupt control
API American Petroleum Institute.
API Annual Physical Inventory.
API Application Programming Interface. A set of functions and/or integration points that system
developers can use to enable communication between processes and/or applications. APIs
allow for interoperability and integration of systems by providing vendor- or product-
independent communication between the systems, provided the systems share the same
software and/or hardware platform.
APIC Advanced Programmable Interface Control
APICS American Production & Inventory Control Society. A professional society devoted to the
improvement and advancement of inventory and control management.
APL Associative Programming Language.
APLQ Applique. An abbreviation.
APM Accelerator Pedal Module.
APM Accessory Power Module (With a PIM, makes up PEB)
APM Application Processor Module
APM Area Parts Manager
APM Automotive Process Model
APM Area Parts Manager (Dealership contact/sales person for GM Parts)
APMES Advanced Product & Manufacturing Engineering Staff
APMM Assembly Plant Material Management
APMT Allied Productive Material Transfer
APMTS Allied Productive Material Transfer System.
APO Asian Pacific Operations
APP Accelerator Pedal Position
APP Applied Practices & Procedures
APPL Application. An abbreviation.
APQP Advanced Product Quality Planning. APQP is required for every part coming from suppliers.

Apr April (an abbreviation)

APR Annual Percentage Rate
APR Appropriation Request Process.
APR Automatic Password Request
APR Automatic Password Reset.
APRA Automotive Parts Rebuilders Association, Inc.
APS Advanced Photo System
APS American Physical Society
APS American Psychological Society
APS Asynchronous Protocol Specification
APS Automated Patent System
APS Auxiliary Power Supply
APSC Advanced Product Service Committee
APSMB Accessory Power Supply Mother Board
APT Adjustable Part Throttle
APT Alliance Planning Team
APT Automatic Programmed Tool
APTA American Public Transit Association
APTA American Public Transport (or Transit) Authority. Group formed to set and represent industry
requirements for public transit systems in North America.
APTA Automotive Products Trade Agreement. That portion of the U.S./Canadian Free Trade
Agreement that referred to automotive parts.
APU Auxiliary Power Unit
APV All Purpose Vehicle
APY Annual Percentage Yield.
AQ Air Quality.
AQC Air Quality Committee
AQL Acceptable Quality Level
AQMD Air Quality Management District.
AQNS Accelerated Quality Network Strategies
Ar Argon
AR Academic Relations
AR Accounts Receivable.
AR Anti-Reflection.
AR Appropriation Request.
AR As Required.
ARA Automotive Recyclers Association
ARAN Automated Road Analyzer
ARB Anti- Rollover Breaking
ARC Advanced Radio Concept.
ARC Atlantic Research Corporation (air bag inflators: Knoxville, TN)
ARC Awareness, Recognition, and Communication
ARC Architecture Requirements Complete. To mark that point in time at which the requirements for
the architecture have been completely defined.
ARD Acceptance Requirements Document
ARD Application Requirements Document (IT)
ARG Asset Recovery Group
ARI Automatic Road Information.
ARM Application Resource Model
ARM Automated Requirement Measurement (NASA software tool to assess requirements written in
"natural language." The tool is aimed at "writing the requirements right." It does not address
"writing the right requirements.")
ARMS Account Reconciliation Monitoring System
ARO After Receipt of Order
ARP Appropriations Request Process
ARP Association of Retired Persons.
ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency.A government agency, which has been assigned to
manage Defense Technology Conversion, Reinvestment, and Transition Assistance. One of
the projects the agency is involved in is the Technology Reinvestment Project (See TRP).

ARR Architectural Requirements Review.

ARRANT Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
ARS Adaptive Receptive System
ARS Angular Rate Sensor
ARTBA American Road & Transportation Builders Association.
ARTEMIS A computer system used to calculate overall program timing and generate Gantt charts, critical
path diagrams, and timing plots.
ARTS Adaptive Restraint Technology System
As Arsenic
AS Active Suspension.
AS Administrative Services.
AS Allied Signal Inc.
AS American Standards association.
AS As Specified.
AS Assembly System.
ASA Agreement to Ship Alpha.
ASAM Association for Standardization of Automation and Measuring Systems
ASAP As Soon As Possible.
ASB Agreement to Ship Beta.
ASB Automotive Strategy Board.
ASBC American Seat Belt Council.
ASBE American Society of Body Engineers.
ASC Accredited Standards Council. An ANSI committee that develops standards.
ASC Anti-Slip Control
ASC Architecture Selection Complete. To mark the point in time at which the architecture decisions
have been completed and a single architecture has been chosen.
ASC MH10 Accredited Standards Committee MH10 - The ANSI committee for standards for Unit Loads
and Transport Packages, including the national standard for bar code labeling.
ASC X12 Accredited Standards Committee X12 - The ANSI committee for US EDI standards, commonly
called "ANSI X12."
ASC X3 Accredited Standards Committee X3 - The ANSI committee for Information Processing.
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange (Most commonly refers to a plain-text
file.)
ASD Actual Start Date. Refers to date the design was started by a specific stage/Dept.
ASD Advanced Serviceability of Design.
ASD Anti Slide Device
ASDF Alternating Simultaneous Double Fire
ASDM Automotive Steel Design Manual (CARS Section: ASDM is a CARS on-line reference that gives
access to 700 pages of text, charts, equations, tables, and figures concerning the use of steel
in various automotive designs. Hypertext links and search features assist in readily locating
needed information.)
ASE Automotive Safety Engineering.
ASE Automotive Service Excellence.
ASEP Automotive Service Education Program
ASG Administrative Support Group
ASI Architecture Studies Initiation. To mark that point in time at which the vehicle architecture study
and limited program activities begin.
ASIA Automotive Service Industry Association.
ASIAN Association of South Eastern Asian Nations
ASIC Application Specific Integrated Circuit.
ASK Amplitude Shift Keying
ASLE American Society of Lubrication Engineers.
Asm Assembly. (abbreviation)
ASM Alarm Siren Module.
ASM Area Sales Manager. Dealership contact for sales/vehicle promotions.
ASM Area Service Manager. (No longer used by VSSM; refer to AVM).
ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
ASMW Amt fur Standardi-sierung Messwessem und Warenprefung (Office for Standardization,
Metrology and Quality Control - Germany)
ASN Advanced Shipping Notice. Shipment data received electronically from a supplier that gives
essential data about the material being shipped. ASNs almost eliminate the need for manual
data entry of shipment information.
ASNT American Society for Nondestructive Testing.
ASP Agreement to Ship Prototype.
ASP Agreement to Start Pilot.
ASP Agreement to Start Production
ASP Analog Signal Processing
ASPECT Automotive Seat and Package Evaluation and Comparison Tools
ASPRO Assembly Programming.
ASPT Automotive Systems Project Team
ASQ American Society for Quality. A professional society devoted to the improvement and
advancement of quality. They are the ANSI-sanctioned US secretariat for ANSI/ASQ Q90
Series which is the U.S. version of the ISO9000 standards.
ASQC American Society for Quality Control
ASR Acceleration Slip Regulation.
ASR Alleged Safety Reports. The corporate central file on product allegations resolution reports
(formally 1241) and safety-related owner, field, and technical assistance reports.
ASR Anti Spin Regulation
ASR Architecture Selection Review.
ASRS Automatic Storage and Retrieval System
ASSE American Society of Safety Engineers
ASSP Application Specific Standard Product
ASST Assist. An abbreviation.
AST Advanced Simulation Toolchain
ASTA Association of Short-circuit Testing Authorities
ASTEC Asian Technical Center
ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials
ASTN Automotive Satellite Television Network
ASTT American Society of Traffic and Transportation
ASV Air Switching Valve.
ASVR All Silicon Voltage Regulator
AT Automatic Transmission.
ATA American Trucking Association. The association of trucking freight carriers, located in
Alexandria, VA.
ATA Automatic Transmission Actuator.
ATAC Aerodynamic Technology Assessment Center. Activity for measuring, analyzing, and
distributing aerodynamic data (including wind noise) on competitive and GM production cars
and trucks.
ATAM Automotive Trade Association Managers.
ATAPI Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface
ATB Articulated Total Body (model: a multi-body dynamics system that can be used to simulate the
dynamic responses (accelerations, velocities, displacements, forces, and deformations) of an
occupant.)
ATC Active Transfer Case.
ATC Advanced Technology Center.
ATC Advanced Technology Council
ATC Automatic Temperature Control.
ATC Automatic Traction Control.
ATC Automatic Transfer Case.
ATC Axle Torque Capacity.
ATCH Atttach. An abbreviation.
ATD Allison Transmission Division.
ATD Anthropomorphic Test Device (or Crash Test Dummy). A test dummy representative of the
size, shape and weight of a particular male or female statistical type.
ATDC After Top Dead Center.
ATDM Asynchronous Time Division Multiplexing.
ATE Automated Test Engineer
ATE Automated Test Equipment
ATEC Automatic Transmission Electronic Control
ATF Automated Test Fixture.
ATF Automatic Transmission Fluid.
ATIS Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (A membership organization that provides
the tools necessary for the industry to identify standards, guidelines, and operating procedures
that make the interoperability of existing and emerging telecommunications products and
services possible.)
ATIS Automotive Technical Illustration System. An electronic illustration creation and management
system used for PAD illustrations.
ATM Accelerated Time to Market
ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode
ATM Automatic Teller Machine
ATMIE Assistant Total Manufacturing Integration Engineer
ATMS Advanced Traffic Management System
ATN Advance Transport Notice. Electronic communication regarding material to be transferred
between a company‘s reporting locations.
ATP Advanced Technology Program
ATPG Automatic Test Program Generator
ATR Alliance for Transportation Research
ATR Automated Traffic Recorder
ATRS Apprentice Tracking & Reporting System.
ATS Air Temperature Sensor.
ATS Alternate Theme Selection (4ØVDP).
ATS Architecture Technical Specification.
ATSA American Traffic Services Association.
ATSAC Automated Traffic Surveillance and Control System
ATSC Advanced Technical Software Center (at GMU)
ATSC Advanced Television Systems Committee
ATSSA American Traffic Safety Services Association
ATT Airflow Through Terminal.
ATV Advanced Technology Vehicles. A division of General Motors designing vehicles/powertrains
based on other than straight gas or diesel.
ATV All Terrain Vehicle.
ATV Automation & Tooling Verification.
ATW Advanced Technical Work. An Engineering Business unit of GM.
ATWO Administrative Test Work Order.
Au Gold (Auricium)
AuC Asset Under Construction. Asset which is in the process of being completed at the time when
the balance sheet is being produced.
Aug August (an abbreviation)
AUP Acceptable Use Practice. Practices that define what GM management considers to be
consistent with GM corporate policies, and acceptable for the use of GM Information
Resources.
AUR Accessory Usage Recorder.
AUR Aurora.
Auto Automatic (an abbreviation)
Autoseque Sequence Car Orders for Production.
Aux Auxiliary (abbreviation)
AUX MEM Auxiliary Memory.
AV Aero Viroment Inc. A company in Monrovia, Calif.
AV Audio Visual (normally written as ―A/V‖)
AVA Activity Value Analysis.
AVCG Advanced Vehicle Control/Guidance
AVCS Advanced Vehicle Control Systems
AVCSS Advanced Vehicle Control & Safety Systems
AVD Advanced Vehicle Design
AVD Advanced Vehicle Development. Manufacturing Team previously known as GPDC.
AVDC Advanced Vehicle Development Center. See listing under Dept. Usage wookbook.
AVDP Advanced Vehicle Development Process.
AVE Advanced Vehicle Engineering
Avg Average (an abbreviation)
AVG Assembly Verification Group.
AVI Automatic Vehicle Identification.
AVI Automotive Vehicle Identification
AVIP Automatic Vehicle Identification Paint.
AVL Automatic Vehicle Location
AVLE Assistant Vehicle Line Executive
AVLS Automatic Vehicle Location System
AVM Area Vehicle Manager. This is Spoken as Area Service Manager (Dealership contact for
service/warranty). The ASM acronym was reserved for Area Sales Managers.

AVO Avoid Verbal Order. A standard form used to document directions or information given to
another individual.
AVR Automotive Voice Recognition
AVSE Advanced Vehicle Service Engineer.
AvtoVAZ Russia's Largest Automaker, Ukraine's Largest Automaker
AWA Alternate Work Agreement
AWARE Automated Warranty Administration Review Expert. A system that gathers every GM dealer's
claim expense, every month, and calculates the CPVS for each dealer.
AWD All-Wheel Drive.
AWDA Automotive Warehouse Distributors Association, Inc.
AWDIT Air Wrench Documentation Instrument and Transducer.
AWG American Wire Gauge
AWG Arbitrary Waveform Generator
AWI American Welding Institute
AWO Administrative Work Order.
AWO Analysis Work Order.
AWO Authorization Work Order.
AWOL Absent With-Out Leave
AWS All Wheel Steer.
AWS American Welding Society, Inc.
AYES Automotive Youth Educational Systems. www.ayes.org
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Acronym Definition
B Boron
B&P Business & Planning
B.I. Body Integral.
B/C BellCrank. An abbreviation.
B/C Broadcast Code
B/JNT Ball Joint. An abbreviation.
B/U Back Up. An abbreviation.
B+ Battery Positive Voltage
B2B Business To Business (refers to WWW sites which are involved with industrial business - as
contrasted to consumer business. The GMSupplyPower website is an example.)
Ba Barium
BA Bachelor of Arts (degree)
BA Body Assembly
BA Brand Analyst
BA Build Authority
BAA Broad Agency Announcement
BABFU Barrier Air Bag Fire Unit (no longer used; see SIRCU)
BABT British Approvals Board of Telecommunications
BAC Business Associate Code (A numeric code assigned to every GM dealer, regardless of how
many GM franchises the dealer carries.)
BACT Best Available Control Technology
BAD Build Authorization Document
BAI Blower Air Inlet.
BAL Balance. An abbreviation.
BALR Balancer. An abbreviation.
BALUN Balanced [line] to Unbalanced [line] (communications adapter)
BAM BündesAnstalt für Materialforschung und Prüfing (German [Euro] requirement for air bag
inflators.)
BAP Barometric Absolute Pressure
BAPI Business Application Programming Interfaces are standards that can be used to design ways
of controlling how a business application will respond to a transaction.
BAPS Barometric Absolute Pressure Sensor
Baro Barometric (an abbreviation).
BARR Barrier. An abbreviation.
BARS Billing and Accounts Receivable System.Primary function is to generate invoices to dealerships

BARS Billing And Receivable System.

BAS Brake Apply Sensor.
BAS Bulletin Authoring System
BASEC British Approval Service for Electrical Components
BASEEFA British Approval Service for Electrical Equipment in Flammable Atmospheres
BASIC Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
BASIS Blood & Air Sampling Information System
BASS Ball-in-tube Acceleration Sensing System (Breed)
Batt Battery (an abbreviation)
BAUD Basic Unit of Data (named for Telegrapher Jean-Maurice Baudot. Technically, baud is the
number of times per second that the carrier signal shifts value - for example a 1200 bit-per-
second modem actually runs at 300 baud, but it moves 4 bits per baud [4 x 300 = 1200 bits per
second].)
BB BrassBoard
BB Breadboard (Electronic prototype)
BBB Better Business Bureau.
BBC Bumper to Back of Cab
BBIS Budget Business Plan Integration System
BBL Barrel.An abbreviation.
BBM Brushless Blower Motor.
BBQVC Beta Build Quality Valve Complete. To mark that point in time at which the Beta Quality Valve
00 is opened signifying the readiness to move forward with the next build event(s) based on
the successful completion of the review criteria and agreed upon level of risk for program and
product impact.
BBS Break and Bearing System
BBS Bulletin Board System (or Service)
BBSC Brake & Bearing Systems Center (at Milford Proving Grounds).
BBV Brake Booster Vacuum
BC Buick City
BC Business Case.
BCA Bias & Control Assembly
BCA Build Change Authorization
BCC Blind Carbon Copy
BCC Brand Character Center.
BCC Burden Control Center. Represents a group of cost centers in the IES template
BCCSE Body and Chassis Controls Systems Engineering.
BCD Binary Coded Decimal
BCI Bulk Current Injection
BCM Battery Control Module
BCM Body Computer Module.
BCM Body Control Module
BCNC Body Chassis Network Communications
BCR Bar Code Reader
BCS Body Clamping Section
BCS Body Cutting Section
BCS Budget Consolidated System
BD Board. An abbreviation.
BD Build Direction. Project plan-supporting document that defines and authorizes the purchase of
material for testing, and building vehicles and bucks.
BDA Bus Discharge Assembly
BDC Battery Distribution Center
BDC Bottom Dead Center
BDI Boothroyd-Dewhurst Inc. DFA software analysis tool.
BDM Background Debugger Mode (Motorola development tool / connection)
BDS Bulk Data Switcher.
BDSC Business Decision Support Center. Effective April 1, 2002, the name BDSC was discontinued.

Be Beryllium
BEA Body Engineering Activity.
BEAB British Electrotechnical Approvals Board
BEC Base Engineered Content
BEC Bus Electrical Center
BEC Battery Electrical Center.
BEI BIW, Exteriors, & Interiors
BELLCORE BELL COmmunication REsearch
BEM Belt Molding
BEMC Base Engine Managers Committee
BEMC Buick Engineering Material Control.
BEMIC Buick Engineering Material Inventory control.
BER Bit Error Rate
BERT Bit Error Rate Tester
BESC Base Engine Steering Committee
BESS Battery Energy Storage System
BET Bid (or Cost) Estimation Team
BET Bid Estimation Team
Beta build Initial production of design intent prototype vehicles.
BETIDC Beijing Economic Technology Investment Development Corp.
BEV Barrier Equivalent Velocity
BEV Battery Electric Vehicle
BF Base Feature.
BFA Brand Financial Analysis
BFC Body Function Controller
BFI Body Frame Integral
BFL Baffle. An abbreviation.
BFM Brand Focused Merchandising
BG Berufsgenossenchaft der Feinmechanik und Elektrotechnik
BGA Ball Grid Array (Electronic package type)
BGI Back window Glass, Inside
BGO Back window Glass, Outside
BGS Back Glass Seal
BHD Bulkhead. An abbreviation.
BHN Brinell Harness
BHP Brake Horse Power
Bi Bismuth
BI Body Integral
BI Bubble up Initiative. The portion of the Four Phase process containing all activities that lead up
to Phase 0 of a program. (4ØVDP).
BIAT Bring It All Together
BIC Best In Class
BIC Business Integration Center
BICMOS Bipolar Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
BICS Battery, Ignition, & Control System
BID Brinell Impression Diameter.
BID Bumper Impact Detector
BIFS Broadcast Information Feedback System
BIM Business Information Management
BIND Binding. An abbreviation.
BIO Body Computer Input/Output (GMP-X IC).
BioRID Biofidelic Rear Impact Dummy
BIOS Basic Input / Output System
BioSID Biofidelic Side Impact Dummy
BIPS Billions of Instructions Per Second
BIRG Business Impact Review Group
BIS Best In Segment
BIST Built in Self Test
BIT Ball In Tube
BIT BInary digiT.
BIT Braking In a Turn
BIT Brand Integration Team
BITE Built In Test Equipment
BIW Body In White. Usually the bare metal shell of the body including doors and deck lid prior to
paint and trim.
BJT Bipolar Junction Transistor
Bk Berkelium
BK Back. An abbreviation.
BKG Backing. An abbreviation.
BKL Buckle. An abbreviation.
BKLT Booklet. An abbreviation.
BKT Bucket. An abbreviation.
BL Base Line
BL Bleed. An abbreviation.
BLD Ball Limiting Device
BLEDR Bleeder. An abbreviation.
BLK Block. An abbreviation.
BLMP Block Learn Memory
BLMP Business Line Menu Process
BLO Blower. An abbreviation.
BLS Body Lower Stripes (ornamentation)
BLS Build Level Suffix - A letter assigned to denote the latest design change during the prototype
phase
Blts Belts (an abbreviation)
BLW Below. An abbreviation.
BLW Brake Lining Wear
BM Brand Manager
BMCS Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety
BMCS Bureau of Motor Carrier Standards
BMD Business Management Division.
BME BioMedical Engineering
BMEP Brake Mean Effective Pressure
BMP Basic Medical Plan
BMP Bitmap Image
BMS Business Management System. (Being replaced by TOPS).
BMS load Input of engineering program content associated resource estimates, resource charges, and
committed dollars.
BMW Bavarian Motor Works (Bayerische Motoren Werke)
Bn Bank (an abbreviation)
BNA Bureau des Normes de l‘Automobile (France)
BNC Baby Navy Connector
BNC Bayonet Naval Connector
BNC Bayonet Neill-Concelman (a round coaxial connector)
BNL Brookhaven National Laboratories
BO Back Order
BOB Best Of the Best
BOC Buick-Oldsmobile-Cadillac Group (disbanded GM organization).
BOD Bill Of Design.
BOD Board Of Directors
BOF Ball of Foot (Powertrain - located on accelerator foot plane 203 mm from heel point.)
BOF Body On Frame
BOI Beginning Of Injection.
BOL Bill of Lading (A document that identifies a carrier‘s contract and specifies the goods the carrier
agrees to transport from one location to another.)
BOLS Bolster. An abbreviation.
BOM Bill Of Material. Plan for components or subsystems, used as a resource planning tool for
dollars, cadence, head count, sourcing.
BOM+ Bill Of Materials Plus.
BOOS Booster. An abbreviation.
BOP Bill Of Process. Process level description of the production system which is required to
manufacture and assemble vehicles.
BOPS Billion Operations Per Second
BP Back Pressure
BP Basis Point
BP Battery Pack
BP Business Plan
BPA Business & Program Assurance
BPC Business Plan Code
BPCM Battery Pack Control Module. (Term obsolete at ATV, refer to BPM.)
BPE Business Process Engineering
BPEGR Back Pressure Exhaust Gas Recirculation.
BPF Band Pass Filter
BPM Battery Pack Module
BPM Battery Pack Monitor
BPM Brilliant Pedal Module
BPM Business Planning Model
BPM Business Process Manager
BPMV Brake Pressure Modulator Valve.
BPO Branch PrOcessing Unit
BPP Best People Practices
BPP Brake Pedal Position.
BPR Bumper. An abbreviation,
BPR Business Process Re-engineering
BPS Bits per Second. Speed a modem can transmit.
BPSC Business Planning Sub-Committee.
BPSK Binary Phase Shift Keying
BPV Business Planning Volumes.
BPW Base Pulse Width
BPW Bits Per Word.
BQE Basic Quality Education
BQM Brand Quality Manager (or Management).
Br Bromine
BR Beta Release. To mark that point in time at which the design, manufacturing, and engineering
information for the Beta vehicle build is released.
BR Brace. An abbreviation.
BRAT Bi-drive Recreational All Terrain.
BRAT Business Risk Advisory Team.
BRC Bluffton Rubber Company
BRC Business Resource Center. Part of CARS.
BRD Briad. An abbreviation.
BRDR Border. An abbreviation.
BRG Bearing. An abbreviation.
BRK Brake. An abbreviation.
BRKR Breaker. An abbreviation.
BRKT Bracket. An abbreviation.
BRM Business Review Meeting
BRM Business Risk Management
BRP Business Resumption Plan
BRS Big Red Switch (manual reboot)
BRTC Belt Restraint Technical Committee
BS Ballasted Structure. Part of POC builds.
BSA Boat Safety Act.
BSAP Basic Spark Advance Program.
BSCO Brake Specific Carbon Monoxide
BSD Baseline Software Development
BSD Berkeley Standard Distribution (of Unix)
BSD Build Site Direction
BSFC Brake Specific Fuel Consumption
BSG Business Strategy Group
BSHC Brake Specific Hydrocarbons
BSI British Standards Institute
BSL Brake Systems Laboratory
BSM Bi-directional Switching Module
BSM Body Sheet Metal
BSM Body Side Molding
BSNO2 Brake Specific Nitrogen Dioxide.
BSPMC Brake System Parts Manufacturers Council.
BSS Base Station System
BSS Body Side Stripes (ornamentation)
BSS Boone Shaped Short (fiber characteristic in composites - improved strength over CSS
[Conventional Short Straight] fibers)
BT Bench Trending
BT Brand Team
BTC Base Table Coordinator
BTC Binary Two's Compliment
BTC Body Technology Center
BTCM Brake Torque Control Module
BTD Build Tolerance Document. A standard perspective view of a part or assembly that resides on a
released drawing and contains assembly tooling locations, datum‘s, and control characteristics.

BTDC Before Top Dead Center

BTHR Breather. An abbreviation.
BTI Below Throttle Injection
BTL Below The Line
BTL Body Test Laboratory
BTL Business Team Leader
BTM Bottom. An abbreviatoin.
BTM Brake Thermal Model
BTM Build Tolerance Manual. A compilation of vehicle tolerance objectives and concept sheets for a
vehicle program.
BTS Belt Trim Support
BTS Bulletin Tracking System
BTS Bureau of Transportation Statistics
BTSI Brake Transmission Shift Interlock.
BTU British Thermal Unit
BTW By The Way (Internet / E-mail)
BTY Battery Tray
BUC Business Unit Coordinator
Buck A test vehicle. A buck is a partial assembly which is used for design analysis or test purposes.

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BUL Back Up Lamp (ornamentation)
BUM Body Upper Molding
BURNDY Burndy Connector.
BUSH Bushing. An abbreviation.
BUT Button. An abbreviation.
BV Bowl Vent
BVA Beta Virtual Assessment
BVD Basic Vehicle Description
BVS Body Vehicle Specification
BW Blackwall. An abbreviation.
BWARN Backup Warning
BWC Butane Working Capacity
BWG Back Window Glass
BWG Business Work Group.
BWL Body [Belt] Work Line (Arbitrary horizontal work line usually located at approximately the 1100
MM belt line.)
BWL Body Work Line.
BWO Build Work Order. Computer generated form initiated by the engineer to request procurement
of parts and material to support an engineering program in the absence of an ABWO

BWS Back Window to Seat finish

BYTE BYnary TErm. Consisting of 8 bits.
BZL Bezel. An abbreviation.
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c Celsius (Centigrade). ENG
C Carbon ENG
C Common ENG
C Cost ENG
C&F Cost & Feasibility. ENG
C.C. Converter Clutch GMPT
C.O.P. Coefficient of Performance.
C/BAL Counterbalance. An abbreviation. ENG
C/BAR Cross Bar. ENG
C/BLK Cylinder Block. ENG
C/CASE Crankcase. An abbreviation. ENG
C/H/G C-body/H-body/G-body. Car platforms of CLCD. ENG
C/L Centerline ENG
C/LO Centerline of Occupant ENG
C/LP Courtesy Lamp. An abbreviation. ENG
C/LTR Cigarette Lighter. An abbreviation. ENG
C/MBR Crossmember. An abbreviation. ENG
C/O Carryover. ENG
C/OVR Crossover. An abbreviation. ENG
C/PLR Center Pillar. An abbreviation. ENG
C/R Conference Room
C/SHF Cross Shaft. An abbreviation. ENG
C/VLV Control Valve. An abbreviation. ENG
C2C Class 2 Communications
C2R2 Critical Change Review Request ENG
C3 Combination of CAD, CAM and CAE. ENG
C4 C3 (CAD, CAM and CAE) plus CIM. GMPT, ENG
C4 Computer controlled Catalytic Converter.
C4 Compliant The requirement which states General Motors design and part suppliers must be able to ENG
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C4 Systems Term used to include CAD, CAE, CAM, and CIM systems. Hardware and software ENG
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C4 Translator A GM/EDS enhanced IGES translator to exchange data between the GM/EDS C4 strategic ENG
software.
C4SA C4 System Architecture. The logical framework that defines the form and function for C4
hardware and software components.
C5 Integrated Transaxle GMPT
Ca Calcium
CA Cab to rear Axle (dimensional measurement). ENG
CA Change Authorization ENG
CA Computer Aided ENG
CA Concept Approval (4ØVDP). A decision point of the Four Phase process. It signals the end of GMPT, ENG
Phase 0 and the beginning of Phase 1.
CA Corrective Action. ENG
CAA Clean Air Act. ENG
CAAA Clean Air Act Amendment ENG
CAB Change Approval Board GVDP
CABT Cabinet. An abbreviation. ENG
CAC Capacity Assurance Center
CAC Corporate Advisory Council
CAC Corporate Authorization Code ENG
CAC Customer Assistance Center. Part of CARS. VSSM, ENG, GMPT
CACC Competitive Analysis Coordinate Committee. ENG
CAD Cadillac. ENG
CAD Computer Aided Design. GMPT, GVDP, ENG
CAD Computer Aided Dispatching
CAD/CAM Computer Aided Design/Computer Aided Manufacturing. A term applied to a variety of AIAG, ENG
computer hardware and software products that are used assist in product and process design,
analysis, and programming
CAD/M/E Computer-Aided Design / Manufacturing / Engineering
CADAM Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing ENG
CADAM Computer-graphics Augmented Design and Manufacturing ENG
CADANCE Computer Aided Design and Numerical Control Effort ENG
CADAT Computer Aided Dealership Analysis Tool. VSSM
CADD Computer Aided Design & Drafting ENG
CADMP Computer Aided Design of Microelectronic Packaging
CADRE Computer Automated Data Recording Elements
CAE Computer Aided Engineering, (pronounced Kaye), also MCAE. Use of computers in analysis of GVDP, GMPT, ENG
the designs to verify that they meet their objectives (e.g., stress analysis, aerodynamic drag,
etc.).
CAEE Computer Aided Electrical Engineering. ENG
CAF Cabling Assurance Fixture ENG
CAFC Corporate Average Fuel Consumption
CAFE Corporate Average Fuel Economy. A set of U.S. government regulations that mandate the VTS, AIAG, GVDP, GMPT, ENG
standard for fuel efficiency in vehicles sold in the U.S.A., whether foreign or domestic.
CAGR Cumulative Annual Growth Rate ENG
CAHPS Corporate Area Hire Placement System. ENG
CAI Computer Aided Instruction. ENG
CAIR Converter Air Injection Reactor.
Cal Calibrate. An abbreviation. PSEO, ENG
CAL Conversational Algebraic Language. ENG
CAL3D Calspan 3-Dimensional occupant simulation. ENG
Calc Calculated (an abbreviation) PSEO
CALCE Computer Aided Life Cycle Engineering
CALL Center for Automotive Lessons Learned. System for capturing and resolving questions and
issues and sharing ideas and best practices throughout the GMNA organization.
CALN Calibration. An abbreviaiton. ENG
CALR Calibrator. An abbreviation. ENG
CALS Computer-aided Acquisition and Logistic Support - A Department of Defense effort to provide a AIAG
working environment for contractors using heterogeneous systems. It is currently developing a
test bed for using STEP between specific military systems.
CAM Computer-Aided Manufacturing. Use of computers to program, direct, and control production GMPT, GVDP, ENG
equipment in the fabrication of manufacturing items.
CAM Content Addressable Memory
CAM Customer Account Manager.
CAM Customer Activities Manager. VSSM
CAMAC Computer Automated Measurement And Control ENG
CAMAS CApacity MAnagement System. GM proprietary software that will store supplier capacity data
and calculate potential shortfalls.
CAMI Canadian Automotive Manufacturing, Inc. ENG
CAMI Civil Aeromedical Institute
CAMIP Continuous Assessment Monitoring Identifying Problems. ENG
CAMIP Continuous Automotive Marketing Information Program VTS, GVDP, ENG , GMPT
CAMIP Continuous Automotive Monitoring Identifying Problems
CAMS Computerized Automotive Maintenance System, a.k.a. GM/CAMS. ENG
CAN Controller Area Network PSEO, ENG
CANC Cancel. An abreviation. ENG
CANdi Controller Area Network- diagnostic interface
CANEXPO CANadian EXPort Operations. ENG
CAP Central Advanced Purchasing. ENG
CAP Change Acceleration Process
CAP Component Allocation Plan (is an operational and planning document released in conjunction GMPT
with the "M" schedule. Explodes "M" schedule vehicle volumes down to engine, transmission,
model, nameplate, type, style and emissions and adds CKD volumes. This tool is used to
monitor the execution of the major powertrain/component plans that support the vehicles and
assembly plan. It also specifies all allocation [forcing] and banking strategies for those
components.)
CAP Computer Aided Programming. ENG
CAP Corporate Allocation & Planning ENG
CAP Corrective Action Plan
CAP Customer Approval Package ENG
CAPAC Capacitor. An abreviation. ENG
CAPE Computer Aided Process Engineering. ENG
CAPM Computer Aided Project Management. ENG
CAPP Computer Aided Process Planning. ENG
CAPS Competitive Access Pricing System. A system by which APM's can work within dealerships to
personalize a GM accessory program.
CAPS Computer-Aided Product Selection. ENG
CAPS Computerized Automotive Product Test System ENG
CAR Corrective Action Report. GMPT, ENG
CARAT Cooperative Automotive Research for Advanced Technology
CARB California Air Resources Board. ENG , GMPT
CARB Carburetor. An abbreviation. ENG
CARD Crash Avoidance Research Data (or Database). ENG
CARDD Computer Assisted Research, Design, & Documentation System ENG
CARE Customer Acceptance Review and Evaluation GMPT, GVDP, ENG
CARE Customer Action Response Evaluation.
CARIR Computer Aided Research for Infra Red ENG
CARPORT Centralized Application & Reporting Personal On-line Reference Tool GMAC
CARR Carrier. An abbreviation. ENG
CARS Centralized Application & Reporting System GMAC
CARS Certified Automotive Repairman‘s Society ENG
CARS Computerized Application and Reference System (Engineering software developed from the
American Iron and Steel Institute's (AISI) Automotive Steel Design Manual. The CARS program
helps engineers and designers save time and resources by performing first-order analysis of
designs. This can reduce the need for expensive finite element analysis.)

CARS Customer And Relationship Services. Consists of CAC, DBC, BRC, and other customer/dealer VSSM
oriented assistance groups.
CART Championship Auto Racing Team ENG
CART Computer Aided Reliability Tracking ENG
CART Corrective Action Review Team ENG
CAS Center for Auto Safety
CAS Chinese Academy of Sciences
CAS Concept Alternative Selection GVDP, ENG
CASA Custom Automotive Sound Association ENG
CASE Computer Aided Software Engineering ENG
CASE Computer Assisted Source Estimating ENG
CASE Crankshaft Angle Sense Error. PSEO
CASL Common Automotive Service Language
CASL Controlled Automotive Service Language ENG
CASPER Custom Application Specific PPEI Electrical Requirements. SO, GMPT
Cass Cassette (an abbreviation). PSEO, ENG
CASSIS Computerized Access control. ENG
CAST Computer Aided Software Testing
CAST Containerization Action Strategy Team (EV Materials Management). ENG
CAT Common Application Template.
CAT Comprehensive Audio Test. A scoring system for measuring audio system performance. VTS, ENG
CAT Computer Aided Test(ing). ENG
CAT Computer Aided Tomography
CAT Corrective Action Team
CAT Customer Acceptance Testing
CAT Customer Action Team. Occurs during Phase 3 problem solving. ENG
CATIA Computer Aided Three-dimensional Interactive Application (computer code). ENG
CATS Computer Aided Testing System
CATV Community Antenna TeleVision ENG
CAV Cavity. An abbreviation. ENG
CAW Canadian Auto Workers. ENG
CB Citizen‘s Band. As in CB radio. ENG
CB Commissioning Body ENG
CBA Cell Based Array ENG
CBC Cache Bus Controller ENG
CBDR Citizens for Better Driver Information. ENG
CBE Cab Behind Engine
CBEMA Computerized Business Equipment Manufacturers Association. AIAG, ENG
CBGA Ceramic Ball Grid Array (Electronic component package) ENG
CBI Computer Based Instruction ENG
CBL Cable. An abbreviation. ENG
CBO Car Build Order ENG
CBP Cab Back Panel
CBR Constant Bit Rate ENG
CBS COTS-Based Systems
CBT Computer Based Training GMPT, VSSM
CBU Completely Built Unit (vehicle). ENG
CC Capability Center ENG
CC Carbon Copy
CC Change Control GVDP, ENG, GMPT
CC Change Coordinator GMPT
CC Climate Control PSEO
CC Completion Code
CC Concept Confirmation. GPDP Program Gate Review. GMPT
CC Control Characteristics. Parameters of a part specification which are deemed necessary to be ENG
monitored to show process capability.
CC Critical Characteristic GMPT
CC Cruise Control
C-C Car to Car GVDP
CCA Circuit Card Assembly ENG
CCB Change Control Board. ENG
CCC Campaign [Concerns] Correction Center
CCC Car Care Council. ENG
CCC Ceramic Chip Carrier ENG
CCC Computer Combustion Control. ENG
CCC Computer Command Control ENG
CCC Corporate Crashworthiness Committee
CCC Criteria Consensus Complete. GVDP, ENG , GMPT
CCC Customer Communications Center.
CCCC Computer Controlled Catalytic Converter. ENG
CCCI Computer Controlled Coil Ignition ENG
CCCR Computer Carrier Conference - irregular Route. ENG
CCCS Computer Command Control System.
CCD Charge Coupled Device. ENG
CCD Customer Communication Document ENG
CCDI Climate Control & Driver Information
CCDIC Climate Control & Driver Information Center. ENG
CCESC Cylinder Cathode Electric Spark Control ENG
CCFL Cold Cathode Florescent Lamp (type used in scanners) ENG
CCG Change Coordination Group. ENG
CCIB Core Calibrator Interface Box (Lear / Delphi joint project - seat technology - test & calibration
device[?])
CCIR International Radio Consultative Committee ENG
CCITT Consultative Committee for International Telegraphy and Telephony (F. Comité Consultatif
Internationale Téléphonique et Télégraphique)} See ITU
CCITT1 Comite Concultaif Internationale de Telegraphie et Telephonie ENG
CCITT2 International Telegraph & Telephone Consultative Committee ENG
CCL Comptroller's Circular Letter
CCM Central Control Module. PSEO
CCM Chassis Control Module.
CCM Convenience Charge Module ENG
CCMB Catalytic Converter Muffler
CCMB Chassis Control Module Brakes
CCMP Common Change Management Process.
CCMS Computing Center Management System. Used for system management, job scheduling and FIN
preparation, database administration and system monitoring by the Basis group.
CCMS Committee for the Challenges of Modern Society
CCMST Chassis Control Module Steering
CCO Chevrolet Central Office. ENG
CCOB Chevrolet Central Office Building. ENG
CCOE Corporate Committee On Electromagnetics.
CCOT Cycling Clutch Orifice Tube ENG
CCP Carbon Canister Purge. ENG
CCP Charcoal Canister Purge. ENG
CCP Climate Control Panel ENG
CCP Collaborative Criteria Process GVDP
CCP Computer Controlled Purge. ENG
CCP Controlled Canister Purge ENG
CCP Climate Control Panel.
CCPO Corporate Corrosion Program Objective (of GM). ENG
CCR California Code of Regulations ENG
CCR Change Control Request. ENG
CCR Computer Command Ride. ENG
CCRR Critical Change Review Request
CCS Controlled Combustion System. ENG
CCS Corporate Consolidated Scheduling. ENG
CCS Customer Contact System VSSM
CCSDT Corporate Compatible System Design Tools. ENG
CCTV Closed Circuit TeleVision ENG
CCU Command Console Unit ENG
CCU Console Control Unit. ENG
CCV Canister Control Valve. ENG
CCV Closed Crankcase Ventilation. ENG
CCW Counter Clock-Wise. PSEO, GMPT
Cd Cadmium
Cd Candela (unit of light intensity)
Cd Coefficient of Drag. VTS, ENG
CD Calibration Drift
CD Capacity Discharge (electronic ignition)
CD Carrier Detect (modem signal) ENG
CD Compact Disc. An abbreviation. ENG
CD Compact Disk PSEO, ENG
CD Concept Development ENG
CD Concept Direction (4ØVDP). A decision point in the Four Phase process. GMPT, ENG
CD Critical Dimensions. A location at which the assembly tooling will clamp the part. ENG
CD/PLYR Compact Disc Player. An abbreviation. ENG
CD/SS Code Division/Spread Spectrum. ENG
CDA Concept Direction Approval. ENG
CDA Customer Design Approval ENG
CDA Cylinder De-Activation GMPT
CDAP Car Development And Pleaseability. ENG
CDAS Crash Data Analysis System
CDB Corporate Database ENG
CDC Center for Disease Control GMPT
CDC Centralized Distribution Center. ENG
CDC Collision Damage (or Deformation) Classification
CDC Concept Development Center
CDC Continuous Damping Control (Mannesmann Sachs) GMPT
CDD Component Datum Drawing GVDP, ENG
CDI Common-rail gas Direct Injection GMPT
CDI Controlled Direct Injection ENG
CDIF CASE Data Interchange Format
CDIS Common Dimensional Information System
CDL Commercial Driver‘s License ENG
CDLS Common Datum Locating Strategy.
CDM Central Delivery Model (SUN workstation updates)
CDM Communications Data Module. ENG
CDM Control & Display Module. ENG
CDMA Code Division Multiple Access ENG
CDMe Consistent Document Management Environment.
CDMS Customer Data Management System ENG
CDP Climate & Diagnostic Panel (Buick only) ENG
CDP Concept Development Process. ENG
CDP Cresyl-Diphenyl-Phosphate (a gasoline additive). ENG
CDPD Cellular Digital Packet Data. ENG
CDPT Career Discussion Planning Tool.
CDR Car Division Requirement ENG
CDR Change Description Request
CDR Common Delivery Reporting VSSM
CDR Corporate Division Request ENG
CDR Crash Data Retriever (Box & SW similar to that for Class II to retrieve EDR data from SDM)

CDR Critical Design Review ENG

CDR Customer Delivery Reporting VSSM
CDR Car Division Requirement. A document used by the car divisions to communicate revisions to
program content.
CD-ROM Compact Disc – Read Only Memory. ENG
CDS Corporate Data Standards AVDC
CDS Corporate Date Standards. A typo. Should be Corporate Data Standards. AVDC
CDS Correlated Double Sampling. ENG
CDS Crashworthiness Data System (NHTSA detailed data on a representative, random sample of
thousands of minor, serious, and fatal crashes. There are 24 field research teams that study
about 5,000 crashes a year involving passenger cars, light trucks, vans, and utility vehicles.)

CDT Chassis Design Toolkit

CDT Conduit. An abbreviation. ENG
CDV Compressed Digital Video
CDX Compact Disk Changer. PSEO
Ce Cerium
CE Cab to End of frame (dimension). ENG
CE California Emissions ENG
CE Chief Engineer ENG
CE Combustion Engineering
CE Communaute Europeene ENG
CE Crash Evaluation
CEA Competitive Equalization Assistance ENG
CEA Corporate Engineering Authorization GMPT, ENG
CEBEC Comite Electrotechnique Belge ENG
CEC California Energy Commission
CEC Chevrolet Engineering Center (obsolete). ENG
CEC Chief Engineers Council ENG
CEC Combination Emission Control. ENG
CEC Commission of the European Communities
CECC CENELEC Electronic Components Committee ENG
CECR Corporate Engineering Change Recommendation. ENG
CEe Consistent Engineering Environment.
CEE1 Commission on rules for the approval of Electrical Equipment ENG
CEE2 An International Commission ENG
CEI Comitato Elettrotecnico Italiano ENG
CEMA Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association ENG
CEMMV Commercial Enhanced-Mobility Medium-duty Vehicle. GM Defense
CEMSS Current Engineering Manufacturing Services Staff.
CEN Committee for European Normalization. The standards setting body of the quasi-governmental AIAG
European Community (descendent of the EEC). Approximately 15 European countries work
together to set standards that are not voluntary and which, once approved, have the force of
law.
CENELEC Committee for European Normalization, Electrotechnical - The IEC-related committee for the AIAG, ENG
European Community.
CEO Chief Executive Officer ENG
CEP Catalytic Evaluation Program ENG
CEP Comissao Electrotecnia Porteguesa ENG
CEPS Color Electronic Publishing System
CER Claims Expense Review. No longer used.
CERES Coalition of Environmentally Responsible Economies
CERMET CERamic METal ENG
CERT Certification (an abbreviation). ENG
CESCA Computerized Electrical Schematics & Circuit Analysis ENG
CESS Corporate Engineering Specification System ENG
CET Controller Execution Team GMPT
CETF Customer Experience Task Force
CETS Corporate Emissions Test System
CEU Continuing Education Unit
CEX Cabin heat Exchanger (part of HPVS). ENG
CF Center Front (passenger position)
CF Certainty Factor
CF Concentration Factor
CF Correction Factor
CF Current Feedback
CF/H Cubic Feet per Hour ENG
CFA Current Feedback Amplifier ENG
CFB Contoured Face Barrier
CFC Chlorofluorocarbons. VTS, ENG
CFD Clean for Delivery (used car process)
CFD Computational Fluid Dynamics ENG , GMPT
CFFP Clean Fuel Fleet Program ENG
CFG Cash Forecast Group EAG
CFI Customer Focus Incentive- The CFI is designed to encourage customer- focused parts
practices that improve same-day repair of vehicles.
CFM Cubic Feet per Minute. ENG
CFM Customer Focaus Manager GMPT
CFMT Cross Functional Management Team. ENG
CFO Chief Financial Officer
CFOD Customer Feedback On Design ENG
CFP Customer Focal Point
CFPM Common Financial Process Model. A project sanctioned by the Global Process and Systems FIN
Strategy Board for the need to ensure commonality in the configuration of the SAP financial
modules in future implementations within GM.
CFPR Corporate Financial Policy & Reporting ENG, EAG
CFR Code of Federal Regulations. VTS, ENG , GMPT
CFS Central Facilities Services
CFS Corporate Fatigue System (A program that performs fatigue life prediction and fatigue analysis
for product structural design and validation in both CAT and CAE environments.)
CFT Clean Fuel Technology.
CFT Corporate Field Test
CFT Cross Functional Team. ENG
CFT Customer Focus Team. ENG
CFV Clean Fuel Vehicle
CFVT Critical Few Vehicle Tolerances
CG Center of Gravity. ENG
CG Cowl Grille (ornamentation)
CG Customer Group ENG
CGA Centimeter – Gram – Second
CGA Color Graphics Adapter ENG
CGC CAMIP Gap Closure.
CGDP Corporate Graduate Development Program
CGH Center of Gravity Height.
CGH Computer Generated Holograph
CGI Common Gateway Interface. The scripting language used to execute programs on internet
servers.
CGI Compacted Graphite Iron GMPT
CGI-BIN CGI Binary (A CGI compliant program.)
CGIT College Graduate In Training. ENG , HR
CGL Commercial General Liability GMU
CGM Computer Graphic Metafile.
CGS Computer Graphics System ENG
CGS Corporate Graphic System. (Truck) A 3-dimensional computer graphic software system. GVDP, ENG
CGSB Canadian General Standards Board.
CGUC Computer Graphics User Committee. ENG
CGVWR Combined Gross Vehicle Weight Rating ENG
CH (European Abbreviation for Switzerland) ENG
CH Change Hardware. ENG
CHA Carburetor Heated Air. ENG
CHAN Channel. An abbreviation. ENG
CHAS Chassis. An abbreviation. ENG
CHEM Chemical. An abbreviation. ENG
CHEMS Ceramic Hybrid Electro-Mechanical System (Sort of a multi-chip approach to MEMS devices.)

CHFDR Chevrolet Financial Data Reporting system. ENG

CHIPS Chemical Hazards Information Program System ENG
CHIPS Clearing House Interbank System EAG
CHK Check. An abbreviation. ENG
CHMBR Chamber. An abbreviation. ENG
CHMSL Center High Mounted Stop Lamp VTS, ENG
CHOM Child Hold Out Mechanism
CHPT College Hiring Process Team HR
CHQ Canadian Head Quarters.
CHR Customer Help Request (E2)
CHRG Charge. An abbreviation. ENG
CI Concept Initiation. First of the five major decision points in the Four Phase process. It signals GMPT, GVDP, ENG
the beginning of Phase 0.
CI Confidence Interval
CI Configuration Item. ENG
CI Continuous Improvement ENG
CI Cost Improvement. ENG
CIAC Computer Incident Advisory Capability (DOE website http://HoaxBusters.ciac.org/ operated by
CIAC is a good resource to use in identifying e-mail hoaxes.)
CIAS Crash Impact Absorbing Structure
CIB Change Implementation Board (of GM). ENG
CIB Consumer Influence Budget system
CICS Customer Information Control System. ENG
CID Compartment Integration Designer
CID Cubic Inch Displacement. ENG
CID Customer Information Database.
CIDE Compartment Integration Design Engineer.
CIDI Compression Ignition Direct Injection GMPT
CIDR Classless Internet Domain Routing
CIE Central Industrial Engineering. ENG
CIE Compartment Integration Engineer.
CIE Computer Integrated Engineering, also CAE. ENG
CIEM Continuous Improvement Engineering Manager. ENG
CIF Caltech Intermediate Format ENG
CIF Customer Identification File - A proposed database for the transportation industry where AIAG
addresses and other information on carriers would be listed and updated.
CIH Cam In Head ENG
CIHe Consistent Information Highway Environment.
CII Communication Integration Interface ENG
CIIL Control Intermediate Interface Language ENG
CIL Consumer Information Label. Introduced in March 1994 this label contains information about VSSM
the vehicle that is required by state and federal laws and regulations. GM vehicle assembly
plants install the CIL labels on all new GM passenger cars and trucks produced for sale in the
U.S. and U.S. possessions/territories.
CIM Column Integration Module
CIM Computer Integrated Manufacturing. The application of a computer to bridge and connect GMPT, ENG
various computerized systems into a coherent, integrated whole.
CIM Continuous Improvement Manager ENG
CIM Corporate Information Management (or Manager). ENG
CIM Column Integration Module.
CIMM Checking Inspection Match Metal; body measurement check using surface plate and fixtures. ENG

CIMM Coordinated Inspection Metal Match ENG

CIMS Corporate Information Management System
CIO Chief Information Officer
CIP Competitive Information Program
CIP Cost Improvement Program (Obsolete) ENG
CIPB Consumer Information Program on Bumpers
CIPS Campaign Information Processing Systems. SO, ENG
CIR Certification Information Request. ENG
CIR Compliance Information Request (NHTSA). ENG
CIRC Circuit. An abbreviation. ENG
CIREN Crash Injury Research & Engineering Network
CIRT Concerns & Issues Resolution Tracking ENG
CIRT Consolidated Issues Resolution & Tracking System.
CIS Computer Information Science
CIS Contact Image Sensor ENG
CIS Corporate Information Security ENG
CIS Corporate Information Standards ENG
CIS Computer Information Systems ENG
CISA Consolidated Income Security Administration. ENG
CISC Complex Instruction Set Computer ENG
CISCO Corporate Information Standards Code Operations. GMPT
CISCO Corporate Information Standards Committee. AIAG, ENG
CISCO code GM Corporate Information Standards Code (e.g., 18001). A 5 digit numeric coding scheme ENG
used to identify all GM Group, Division, and Plant locations.
CISPR International Special Committee on Radio Interference (Comite Internationale Special VTS, ENG
Preturbation Radioelectrique)
CISSP Certified Information System Security Professional
CIT Compartment Integration Team; responsible for front end, cockpit, passenger compartment, GVDP, ENG, GMU
doors, rear end. Integration EGM's chair CIT‘s. Focus/Scope is on architectural and assembly
issues.
CIT Continuous Improvement Team GMPT
CIU Charge Interface Unit. See CM. ENG
CIX Chrysler Information Exchange. DiamlerChrysler acronym. AIAG
CKC Critical Key Commodities. The list of CKC is an engineering deliverable that identifies those GVDP
commodities that pose "higher engineering risk' to the program.
CKD Complete Knock Down GVDP, ENG , FIN
CKP Crankshaft Position (sensor) PSEO
Ckt Circuit (an abbreviation) PSEO
CL Car Line ENG
CL Car Load ENG
CL Carload.
CL Center Line. Also written as C/L. GVDP, ENG, GMPT
CL Change Leader GMPT
CL Closed Loop. PSEO, ENG
CL Clutch (abbreviation) GMPT
CLA Clamp. An abbreviation. ENG
CLC Concentrated Load Capacity
CLC Corporate Label Committee.
CLCC Ceramic Leadless Chip Carrier ENG
CLCC Closed Loop Carburetor Control. ENG
CLCD Cadillac Luxury Car Division ENG
CLD Compression Load Deflection.
CLDD Current Loop Demodulator Decoder
CLEC Closed Loop Emission Control. ENG
CLEFI Closed Loop Electronic Fuel Injection ENG
CLEPA European Components Supplier Association ENG
CLER Clearance. An abbreviation. ENG
CLF Conservation Law Foundation
CLG Cooling. An abbreviation. ENG
CLGC Cam Lock Gas Cap ENG
CLK Clock. An abbreviation. ENG
CLNG Cleaning. An abbreviation. ENG
CLNP Connectionless Network Protocol
CLNR Cleaner. An abbreviation. ENG
CLNS Connectionless Network Service
CLOOP Closed Loop. ENG
CLPR Caliper. An abbreviation. ENG
CLR Center Line Radius
CLR Cooler. An abbreviation. ENG
CLR Color. An abbreviation. ENG
CLSF Connectionless Service Functions
CLSR Closure. An abbreviation. ENG
CLTBI Closed Loop Throttle Body Injection. ENG
CLTP Connectionless Transport Protocol
CLU Clutch. An abbreviation. ENG
CLUT Color Look Up Table (A table—it can be in hardware or software form—that contains
information on the mixing of red, green and blue color intensity in a palette.)
CLV Clevis. An abbreviation. ENG
cm Centimeter PSEO, ENG
CM Change Management ENG
CM Charge Module. Hughes term for CIU. ENG
CM Chemiluminescent (NOX Analysis) ENG
CM Command Media ENG
CM Configuration Management. An organizational and procedural system for controlling changes, GVDP, ENG , GMPT, AVDC
recording changes and reporting the status of changes as they affect the product to be built.

CM Construction Manager GMU

CM Corporate Measures ENG
CM Credit Memo. ENG
CM/SHF Camshaft. An abbreviation. ENG
CMA Central Material Area
CMA Change Management Administrator.
CMA Configuration Management Administrator. ENG
CMAI Converter & Manifold AIr. ENG
CMAQ Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality
CMB Concrete Median Barrier
CMB Corporate Material Brokering GMPT
CMBS Corporate Material Brokering System
CMC Cache bus Memory Controller ENG
CMC Cadillac Motor Car. ENG
CMC Compressor Motor Controller. (Part of APM). ENG
Cmd Command (an abbreviation) PSEO
CMD Chevrolet Marketing Division.
CMDB Crabbed Moving Deformable Barrier
CMI Certified Mechanical Engineer.
CMI Configuration Management Items. ENG
CMID Common Mobile Instrument Development (Generate a strategy for directing the development
of common mobile test instrumentation for the support of car and truck development and
validation.)
CMIP Common Management Information Protocol ENG
CMIT Common Methods Integration Team
CML Change Management Leader GVDP
CML Cornering Marker Lamp (ornamentation)
CML Current Mode Logic ENG
CMM Capability Maturity Model (A five-level model for assessing and improving the maturity of an GMPT, AVDC
organization's systems applications processes and practices.)
CMM Coordinate Measuring Machines. GVDP, ENG , GMPT
CMM Cubic Meters per Minute. ENG
Cmmd Commanded (an abbreviation) PSEO
CMMI Capability Maturity Model Integrated AVDC
CMO Change Management Organization. ENG
CMOP Configuration Management Operating Plan. GVDP, ENG
CMOS Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor. ENG
CMP Camshaft Position PSEO
CMP Change Management Process GMPT
CMP Component. An abbreviation. ENG
CMP Congestion Management Program
CMPD Compound. An abbreviation. ENG
CMPR Compressor. An abbreviation. ENG
CMPRN Compression. An abbreviation. ENG
CMPTR Computer. An abbreviation. ENG
CMR Common Mode Rejection ENG
CMR Creditors Material Returned. ENG, GMPT, EAG
CMRR Common Mode Rejection Ratio ENG
CMRS Commercial Mobile Radio Service ENG
CMS Centralized Measurement System
CMS Complexity Management System
CMS Congestion Management System
CMS Customer Management System.
CMSS Coordinate Measurement System Software
CMT Change Management Team. GMPT
CMTR Commutator. An abbreviation. ENG
CMV Commercial Motor Vehicle
CMV Common Mode Voltage ENG
CMVSA Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Act.
CMVSS Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety Standards. VTS, ENG
CNC Computer Numerical Control. ENG
CNCT Contact. An abbreviation. ENG
CNDCT Conductor. An abbreviation. ENG
CNDSR Condenser.An abbreviation. ENG
CNE Certified NetWare Engineer [Novell Netware]
CNG Compressed Natural Gas SO, ATV, ENG , GMPT, ENG
CNI Comfort Noise Insertion ENG
CNI Consolidated Net Income ENG
CNP Coil Near Plug ENG
CNSL Console. An abbreviation. ENG
CNSTR Canister. An abbreviation. ENG
CNTNR Container. An abbreviation. ENG
CNTR Counter.An abbreviation. ENG
CNTS Center for National Truck Statistics
CO Carbon Monoxide. PSEO, VTS, ENG , GMPT
CO Change Order GMU
CO2 Carbon Dioxide PSEO, ENG
COA Carburetor Outside Air. ENG
COA Core A/C Condenser Only
COAX Coaxial. An abbreviation. ENG
COB Complimentary Offset Binary ENG
COBOL COmmon Business Oriented Language. ENG
COBRA Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
COC Certificate Of Conformity. ENG
COD Cash On Delivery ENG
CODEC COder DECoder ENG
COe Consistent Office environment. NAO program which provides uniform office automation ENG, GMPT
services at a common price, i.e. desktop hardware and software, network printing, operations,
etc.
COE Cab Over Engine
COE Centers Of Expertise. GMPT, ENG
COE Coefficient of Drag. ENG
COE Common Office Environment. Incorrect definition, see Coe above. ENG
COE Cost Of Engineering.
COES Catalog of Engineering Solutions
COES Customer Order Entry & Shipping ENG
COFC Container of Flat Car ENG
COGNOS Not an acronym. A brandname of a GM Standard Reporting Product AVDC
COGS Cost of Goods Sold ENG
COI Competitive Operations Implementation group (Assists GM production facilities to utilize their
full throughput capabilities and attain world-class performance levels.)
COL Column. An abbreviation. ENG
COLA Cost of Living Allowance
COLD Computer Output to Laser Disk
CoLMS Common Laboratory Measurement System
COLR Collar. An abbreviation. ENG
COLT Computerized On Line Tooling ENG
COM Code Communication Code GMPT
COMB Combination. An abbreviation. ENG
Combo Combination (an abbreviation) PSEO
COMFASS Consolidated Fastening Support System ENG
COMI Communication Information ENG
COML Commercial. An abbreviation. ENG
Comm Communication. An abbreviation. PSEO, ENG
COMP Compensator. An abbreviation. ENG
COMPASS COMP Analysis of Shippng Strategies ENG
COMPASS Corporate On-line Management Project Administration Status System (being replaced by ENG
TOPS).
Compl Complete(d) (an abbreviation) PSEO, ENG
COMPT Compartment. An abbreviation. ENG
COMS Corporate Order Management System ENG
Cond Condition (an abbreviation) PSEO
Config Configuration (an abbreviation) PSEO, ENG
CONN Connector. An abbreviation. ENG
Const Constant (an abbreviation) PSEO
CONT Control. An abbreviation. ENG
CONTAM Contamination. An abbreviation. ENG
CONTOUR Controlling Container Tours. ENG
CONUS CONtinental United States
CONV Converter, An abbreviation. GMPT, ENG
CONV FD Converter Feed circuit GMPT
COO Chief Operating Officer.
COOL Computer Output On Line
COOL Coolant. An abbreviation. ENG
COOP Central Office Order Processing ENG
COOPE Central Office Order Production Edit ENG
COP Coefficient Of Performance (energy in/energy out). ENG
COP Computer Operating Properly PSEO, ENG
COP Computer Operating Pulses.
COP Conformity Of Production. ENG
COP Consistency Of Purpose.
COPE Car Order Production Edit. ENG
COPICS Communications Oriented Production Information & Control System. ENG
COPS Central Order Processing System. ENG
COQ Cost Of Quality. ENG
COR Center of Responsibility. ENG
COR Core Radiator Only
COR Cornering. An abbreviation. ENG
CORBA Common Object Request Broker Architecture ENG
CORE SMT Leadership of SMT. ENG
CORP Corporation. An abbreviation. ENG
COS Cost of services. Charges billed to a customer for a service.
COS Customer Order Status ENG
COSE Common Open Software Environment
COSMOS COmplimentary Symmetry Metal Oxide Semiconductor ENG
COT Center Of Technology ENG
COT Cotter. An abbreviation. ENG
COTS Commercial Off-The-Shelf. Commercial off-the-shelf (as opposed to customized software). GMPT, AVDC, FIN

COV Coefficient Of Variation ENG

COVE Customer Oriented Vehicle Evaluation. ENG
COVIMEP Covariance of Indicated Mean Effective Pressure GMPT
COWA Central Office Warren Annex. ENG
CP Cathodic Protection
CP Change Purchase. ENG
CP Charge Port. ENG
CP Commercial Paper ENG
CP Customer Pay VSSM
CP 11 Request for Purchase Order. ENG
CP&S Common Processes & Systems.
CP/M Control Program for Microcomputers ENG
CP2 Comprehensive Process Control Plan. ENG
CPA Certified Public Accountant
CPA Component Part Audit. ENG
CPA Component Planning Analyst. GVDP
CPA Connector Position (or Positive) Assurance. ENG
CPAA Current Production Action Activity. ENG
CPC Central Processing Center. ENG
CPC Chevrolet-Pontiac-Canada Group (no longer used; former GM division). ENG
CPC Circular Plastic Connector ENG
CPC Computerized Parts Changing. ENG
CPCI Compact PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) - Computer Bus Architecture ENG
CPCIP Current Product Continuous Improvement Process
CPCV Canister Purge Control Valve. ENG
CPDB Corporate Parts Database ENG
CPE Current Product Engineering. Formerly part of the Technical Staffs Group, but title and VTS, ENG
reporting structure changed through reorganization. Now part of NAO Engineering Center.
CPET Current Product Execution Team
CPF Change Progress Form. ENG
CPG Compressed (liquefied) Petroleum Gas
CPG Current Process Group GMPT
CPI Central Port Injection ENG
CPI Computer Pbx Interface ENG
CPI Consumer Price Index. ENG, VSSM
CPID Control Parameter Identification (C2C)
CPIM Common Program Information Management.
CPIM Corporate Platform Information Management. A system which assists in car program ENG
development by providing access to a synchronous, integrated set of program level
requirements data.
CPIP Current Product Improvement Process. The CPIP is based on the former QPRP (Quality GMPT
Problem Resolution Process) from GMIO.
CPIPE Current Product Improvement Process Engineer GMPT
CPIR Collision Performance & Injury Report
CPIT Current Product Improvement Team. GMPT
CPK Number Representing Variation & Centering. Distance between the process average and the GMPT, ENG
closest specification limit divided by one-half of the process variation
CPLD Complex Programmable Logic Device ENG
CPLG Coupling. An abbreviation. ENG
CPLY Capillary. An abbreviation. ENG
CPM Claims Processing Manual. Instruction manual for WINS VSSM
CPM Critical Path Method. ENG
CPM Customer Program Manager ENG
CPN Companion. An abbreviation. ENG
CPO Constant Purge Orifice. ENG
CPP California Pilot Program ENG
CPP Clutch Pedal Position. PSEO
CPP Continuous Production Plan. ENG
CPP Corporate Product Portfolio . GVDP, ENG
CPP Critical Path Plan. GVDP, ENG
CPPI Canadian Petroleum Producers Institute.
CPPO Corporate Product Performance Objective (no longer used). ENG
CPPT Current Product Priority Team
CPQE Current Product Quality Engineer GMPT
CPR Capacity Planning Rate. ENG
CPR Certified Payroll Reports. GMU
CPR Change/Production Readiness database GMPT
CPR Corporate Parts Return.A Program administrated by the WPC. VSSM, ENG
CPS Child Passenger Safety
CPS Childseat Positioning Sensor PSEO
CPS Component Parts Serviced.
CPS Corporate Planning System (is a data management support system that contains official ENG
General Motors corporate planning volumes for passenger cars and trucks.)
CPS Cycles Per Second. ENG
CPSA Consumer Product Safety Act. ENG
CPSC Consumer Product Safety Commission. ENG
CPSL Capsule. An abbreviation. ENG
CPT Carpet. An abbreviation. ENG
CPT Certified Plus Training. Videotape technician-training courses. VSSM
CPTA Common Plant Technical Architecture GMPT
CPU Central Processing Unit. ENG
CPU Corporate Processing Unit. ENG
CPV Corporate Planning Volumes. ENG
CPV Cost Per Vehicle GMPT
CPVS Cost Per Vehicle Service. Part of AWARE VSSM
CPWR Compuware Corporation AVDC
CQ Seek You [wireless telegraphy meta-acronym]
CQA Certified Quality Auditor GMPT
CQA/E/T Certified Quality Auditor/Engineer/Technician.
CQACP Chevrolet Quality Approved Converter Program. A program which approves upfitters. VSSM
CQC Corporate Quality Council. ENG
CQE Certified Quality Engineer GMPT
CQE Customer Quality Engineer ENG
CQFP Ceramic Quad Flat Pack (IC package) ENG
CQI Continuous Quality Improvement - A business philosophy that quality is a continuous process AIAG
and that every individual in an organization must continue to look for ways of improving the
process.
CQI Corporate Quality Improvement
CQI Corporate Quality Index . ENG
CQI Cost/Quality Improvement. ENG
CQI Customer Quality Index. ENG
CQIC Continuous Quality Improvement Council.
Cqis Common Quality Information System GMPT, IS&S
CQLE Customer Quality Level Expectations ENG
CQM Certified Quality Manager GMPT
CQP Canadian Quality Process.
CQPI Cost Quality & Productivity Initiative
CQT Certified Quality Technician
CR Calibration Release ENG
CR Capability Ratio. ENG
CR Change Request. ENG
CR Common Rail GMPT
CR Compression Ratio GMPT
CR Concept Requirements. ENG
CR Conference Room ENG
CR Cross. An abbreviation. ENG
CR Customer Requirements ENG
CR&W Controls/Robotics & Welding. Sometimes written as CRW. GVDP, ENG
CR/DN Change Request / Decision Notice (Lotus Notes database) GMU
CR/SHF Crankshaft. An abbreviation. ENG
CRA Condenser Radiator Assembly. ENG
CRA Core Radiator & A/C condenser
CRA Customer Request for Assistance. ENG
CRABI Child Restraint Air Bag Interaction
CRADA Cooperative Research And Development Agreement ENG
CRAM Chalcogenide-based Random Access Memory
CRAM Critical Release Action Method. ENG
CRASH Citizens for Reliable And Safe Highways
CRB Change Review Board. GMPT, ENG
CRC Camera Ready Copy.
CRC Chemical Rubber Company
CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check ENG
CRCA Civil Rights Complaints Administration. ENG
CRCONT Cruise Control. More commonly abbreviated to C/C. ENG
CRD Component Reliability Development.
CRD Coordination Responsible Division. ENG
CRD Customer Requirements Documents SO, SPO
CRDN Change Release Draft Notice. VPPS acronym.
CRF Child Restraint Fixture
CRFI Conducted Radio Frequency Interference. A measurement. VTS
CRFM Condenser Radiator Fan Module (part of HPVS). ENG
CRIB Change Review & Implementation Board
CRIB Complexity Reduction Implementation Board
CRIT Center Rollout Implementation Team. GVDP, ENG
CRK Crank. An abbreviation. ENG
CRL Change Request Log
CRL Cornering Lamp (ornamentation)
CRM Culture Risk Management. Addresses the organization‘s control culture, its readiness to
address management of business risks.
CRM Customer Relationship Manager. A member of CAC/CARS. VSSM
CROM Control Read-Only Memory. ENG
CRS Child Restraint Seat
CRS Coasting Richer System. ENG
CRS Cold Rolled Steel. ENG
CRS Composition & Release System ENG
CRS Convertible Restraint System (type of front facing child restraint)
CRSB Center Rear Seat Belt
CRSC Complexity Reduction Steering Committee
CRSG Customer & Relationship Services Group VSSM
CRSN Corrosion. An abbreviation. ENG
CRSO Customer / Retail Support Operations
CRT Cathode Ray Tube ENG
CRT Crash Repair Test
CRTC Cathode Ray Tube Control. ENG
CRTC Collision Repair Technology Center
CRTL CRT Display Controller. ENG
CRUD Create, Replicate, Update, Delete AVDC
CRV Comfortable Runabout Vehicle ENG
CRW Controls, Robotics & Welding (North American Center under single point management which ENG
supports Car, Truck, Metal Fab, and Powertrain organizations). Most often written as CR&W.

CS Capability Studies ENG

CS Contract Signing. To mark that point in time at which there is a regular meeting of the Regional GVDP, GMPT, ENG
Strategy Board (NASB, ESB, LASB, etc.) where the Regional President ceremonially signs the
Program Contract on behalf of the strategy board and then delivers the Program Contract to
the Vehicle Line Executive. This now becomes the official version of the Program and
formally signifies the beginning of the execution of the vehicle-specific segment of the
program based on that Program Contract, even though that activity will actually begin at
Contract Sign Off (CSO).
CS Customer Satisfaction. ENG
CSA Canadian Standards Association. ENG
CSA Controlled Self Assessment. FIN
CSAC Contract Services Administration Center.
CSB Complimentary Straight Binary ENG
CSC Chassis Systems Center. Joint effort of Central Foundry, Delco Moraine, Delco Products and ENG
Saginaw Divisions.
CSC Computer Science Corp (Hughes‘ Computer Support)
CSC Computer Software Configuration ENG
CSC Computer Steering Committee ENG
CSC Controls Steering Committee ENG, GMPT
CSC Customer Satisfaction Council. ENG
CSC Customer Service Center. GMAC operation.
CSC Customer Solutions Center ENG
CSD Computer Services & Development. ENG
CSD Computer Services Department
CSD Customer Ship Direct. Parts that are shipped directly to the dealership by the source.
CSE Customer Support Engineer GMPT
CSG Central Specification Group GMPT
CSG Communications Support Group. ENG
CSG Component Systems Group ENG
CSG Computer Services Group
CSG Crankshaft Starter Generator
CSG Customer Service Group
CSG Customer Support Group (EDS)
CSI Client Server Integration
CSI Compression Sensitive Ignition. An engine control system that eliminates the need for a cam
sensor by triggering ignition according to combustion chamber compression.
CSI Consumer Satisfaction Index. For customers rating dealerships. This is extremely important; ENG
we have to keep the customer happy and coming back to GM products.
CSI Customer Satisfaction Information. A survey process that consists of PDS and SSS. VSSM
http://www.gmnacsi.com
CSI Client Server Integration.
CSIC Corporate Service Information Committee.
CSIDS Corporate Supplier Identification System. ENG, EAG, GMPT
CSIP Common System Implementation Planning ENG
CSIS Customer Satisfaction Information System. ENG
CSIT Customer Satisfaction Improvement Team. ENG
CSIT Customer Satisfaction Information Team
CSKD Corporate Strategy & Knowledge Development VSSM
CSL Combined Single Limit. GMU
CSM Commercial Sales Manager. VSSM
CSMA Carrier-Sensing Multiple Access. ENG
CSMA/CD Carrier Sensing Multiple Access / Collision Detection
CSMA/CR Carrier Sensing Multiple Access / Collision Resolution
CSMB Crabbed Side Moving Barrier
CSN Current Sequence Number.
CSO Concept SignOff.
CSO Contract Sign Off. To mark that point in time at which the program Contract has been signed by GVDP, ENG , GMPT
all parties as listed on the Q program Contract template signature page, except the NAO
President, who will sign it at Contract Signing on behalf of the NAO Strategy Board.

CSO Council of Standard Organization

CSO Customer Service Opportunity
CSO Customer Service Order
CSO Customer Special Order. Order type that causes a referral beyond the facing /closest PDC.

CSO3 Customer Special Order for overnight delivery (GM pays the freight for warranty repairs).
CSO4 Customer Special Order for overnight Saturday delivery (GM pays the freight for warranty
repairs).
CSO5 Customer Special Order that automatically upgrades to CSO3 if not at facing PDC.
CSP Customer Supplied Parts
CSP Customer Supplied Products ENG
CSP Customer Support Person
CSPM Cold Start Program Modifier. ENG
CSPS Common Service Parts Systems EAG
CSR Computer Services Request (no longer used; see RISS)
CSR Consolidated Status Report
CSR Courtesy Shipment Report
CSR Customer Service Request (EDS) ENG, GMPT
CSRS Component Software Requirements Specification. ENG
CSS Component Set Strategy. ENG
CSS Conventional Short Straight (current fiber shape in composites - new high strength composites
use BSS [Bone Shaped Short] fibers)
CSSA Customer Sales & Service Administration ENG
CSSP Common System Selection Process
CST Customer Satisfaction Team GMPT
CSTEM Crashworthiness Simulation Technical Exchange Meeting
CSTG Casting. An abbreviation. ENG
CSTR Cluster. An abbreviation. ENG
CSV Critical Sliding Velocity
CT Closed Throttle (Powertrain). ENG
CT Cold Test GMPT
CT Computed Topography. ENG
CT Core Team ENG
CT Creativity Team GMPT
CT3 Color and Trim Task Team.
CTA Component Timing Analyst
CTC Chrysler Technology Center ENG
CTC Complimentary Twos Complement ENG
CTC Coordinated Torque Control GMPT
CTC Cost to Complete ENG
CTD Coated. An abbreviation. ENG
CTD Component Theft Deterrent. Horn and lights are activated to protect the vehicle contents.
CTD Content Theft Deterrent PSEO, ENG
CTD Crash Test Dummy (actually an ATD).
CTD Cumulative Trauma Disorder
CTe Consistent Telephony Environment.
CTEP Committee for Technical and Educational Programs
CTF Captured Test Fleet. Saleable vehicles distributed internally to drivers to accumulate consumer- QVR, GMPT
oriented quality data resulting from everyday use.
CTG Coating. An abbreviation. ENG
CTH Catch. An abbreviation. ENG
CTHF Combo Turn-Hazard Flasher
CTHR Catcher. An abbreviation. ENG
CTI Computer Telephony Integration ENG
CTIP Control to Installation Point (Report) ENG
CTIS Common Training Information System. GMPT, ENG
CTIS Computed Tomography Imaging System
CTL Central. An abbreviation. ENG
CTL Component Test Lab
CTLTC Catalytic. An abbreviation. ENG
CTM Canopy Top Molding
CTM Customer Team Members ENG
CTN Carton. An abbreviation. ENG
CTP Closed Throttle Position PSEO
CTQ Critical To Quality
CTR Center. An abbreviation. ENG
CTR Conformance to Requirements. ENG
CTRG Central Technical Release Group.
Ctrl Control (an abbreviation) PSEO
CTS Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
CTS Clear To Send (MODEM control signal, RS232) ENG
CTS Component Technical Specifications GVDP, GMPT, ENG
CTS Coolant Temperature Sensor (or Switch). ENG , GMPT
CTSHF Countershaft. An abbreviation. ENG
Ctsy Courtesy. An abbreviation. PSEO, ENG
CTT Critical Tracking Task. ENG
CTUR Contour. An abbreviation. ENG
CTW Common Training Website. Also known as GM CTW. www.gmcommontraining.com VSSM
CUCV Commercial Utility Cargo Vehicle. GM Defense, ENG
CUR Current. An abbreviation. ENG
CUR UK's equivalent of MVSS. ENG
CURT Curtain. An abbreviation. ENG
CUSH Cushion. An abbreviation. ENG
CUV Certified Used Vehicle VSSM
CV Constant Velocity GMPT, ENG
CV Corner Vent. ENG
CV Cross Ventilation. ENG
CVAF Common Volume Access Facility. ENG
CVC Consolidated Vacuum Company (Mfg of HYGE Sled)
CVC Corporate Variable Cost. ENG
CVD Chemical Vapor Deposition (IC production step) ENG
CVDAH Crowned Variable DAH ENG
CVe Consistent Video-conferencing Environment.
CVE Current Vehicle Engineer
CVEP Corporate Vehicle Evaluation Program. ENG, GMPT
CVER Concept Vehicle Engineering Release GVDP
CVER (LL) Concept Vehicle Engineering Release (Long Lead) GVDP
CVIN Confidential Vehicle Identification Number. ENG
CVIND Confidential Vehicle Identification Number Derivation. ENG
CVMS Company Vehicle Maintenance System.
CVMS Company Vehicle Management System. ENG
CVO Company Vehicle Operations. Responsible for the administration of company-owned vehicle
programs; i.e., Product Evaluation Program (PEP), Work-Related Travel and others. www.gm-
cvep.com
CVP Canister Vapor Purge GMPT
CVR Cover. An abbreviation. ENG
CVRCA Continuously Variable Ride Control Actuator ENG
CVRSS Continuously Variable Road Sensing Suspension. PSEO
CVRTD Continuously Variable Real Time Damping PSEO, ENG
CVS Complete Vehicle Standards GMPT
CVS Constant Volume Sampler. ENG
CVSA Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance
CVSE Current Vehicle Service Engineer.
CVSP Common Vehicle Sections Process (CVSP is a common process for creating, preserving and
sharing vehicle sections throughout the life of a vehicle program.)
CVT Continuously Variable Transaxle. PSEO
CVT Continuously Variable Transmission. PSEO, ENG , GMPT
CW Carrier Wave
CW Clock Wise GMPT
CW Continuous Wave ENG
CW Curb Weight. ENG
CWDAR Corporate Warranty Data and Reporting GMPT
CWe Consistent Workflow Environment.
CWG Crashworthiness Work Group
CWI Continuous Workplace Improvement ENG
CWQC Company Wide Quality Control. ENG
CWT Climatic Wind Tunnel
CWT Counterweight. An abbreviation. ENG
CWT Hundred weight. ENG
CXD Customer eXpress Delivery (Cadillac) ENG
CY Calendar Year. ENG
CYC Cycle. An abbreviation. ENG
Cyl Cylinder. An abbreviation. ENG
CYTD Calendar Year To Date ENG
Acronym Definition
D Data
D Delete.
D Drive.
D&A Design & Analysis team.
D&E Driver & Equipment
D/A Digital to Analog
D/C Design Check.
D/CVR Dust Cover. An abbreviation.
D/EC Design and Engineering Council. The leadership group in NAO that is responsible for Lean
Engineering. Membership includes the Vehicle Engineering Center Directors.
D/EXH Dual Exhaust. An abbreviation.
D/H Detroit Hamtramck.
D/O Double Offset. An abbreviation.
D/PFMEA Design/Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis.
D/SEAL Dust Seal. An abbreviation.
D/SEAT Driver Seat. An abbreviation.
D/SHLD Dust Shield. An abbreviation.
D/SW Dimmer Switch. An abbreviation.
D/W Dual Wall
D+E Driver and Equipment.
D2 drive 2 circuit
D3 drive 3 circuit
D4 drive 4 circuit
D-669 Material Release to Suppliers.
D83 Production Material Used for Expense.
DA Dash. An abbreviation.
DA Dealer Analysis report. Part of AWARE. A tool which provides the ability to analyse and
manage dealership warranty and goodwill expense.
DA Design Architect
DA Dimensional Analysis.
DA Driver Alert
DAA Design Assurance Analyst
DAA Diesel Automobile Association.
DAB Delayed Accessory Bus.
DAB Digital Audio Broadcast
DABT Design, Analysis, Build, Test.
DAC Daewoo Automotive Components, Ltd.
DAC Data ACquisition
DAC Dealer Assistance Center.
DAC Design Area Code.
DAC Design Assessment Center.
DAC Digital to Analog Converter
DAC Disbursement Analysis Center.
DAC Donation Action Council
DAC Duplicate Aperture Cards
DACOR Disbursement Analysis Control On-line Reporting. A system allowing computer entry of
invoices to be paid electronically by NAO. Owned by EAG
DAD Direct Access Device
DAD Divisional Administrative Database (Artifact of Convergence - involved now with GM White
Pages)
DADA Detroit Auto Dealers Association
DAF Dynamic Access Facility. Interactive data translation process for sharing data between CGS
and Unigraphics.
DAFE Divisional Average Fuel Economy, also CAFE.
DAH Digital Active High
DAHVL Direct Acting Hydraulic Valve Lifter
DAL Data Access Language
DAL Digital Active Low
DAMVL Direct Acting Mechanical Valve Lifter
DAP Dealer Assistance Program
DAP Design Analysis Process.
DAP Driveability Analysis Process.
DAPM Dealer consulting center Area Parts Manager
DAQ Data AcQuisition system
DAR Data Analysis Report
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (United States agency)
DARS Digital Audio Radio System (Service)
DARTS Damaged-In-Transit Assesment, Reconcillation Tracking System. The system
interfaces with VTIMS.
DAS Data Acquisition System.
DAS Drafting Administration System.
DASCAR Data Acquisition System for Crash Avoidance Research
DASD Direct Access Storage Device.
DASM Dealer consulting center Area Sales Manager
DAT Digital Audio Tape.
DATES Direct Access To Engineering Specifications.
DAUG Data Analysis Users Group.
DAVE Design And Validation Environment
DAVTK Data Analysis Visual Tool Kit
dB Decibels (measure of sound pressure)
DB Data Base.
dB(A) Decibels on A-weighted scale.
dB(cep) Decibels per the 1/2 order Cepstrum amplitude data reduction procedure.
dB(W) Decibels on W-weighted scale (GM wind noise scale).
DBA Data Base Administrator
DBA Data Base Author
DBA Design Build Area
DBA Developmental Build Area.
DBA Doing Business As.
DBC Dealer Business Center.
DBC Delphi Brake Control
DBCS Divisional Budget Cost System
DBE Data Base Element.
DBL Double. An abbreviation.
dBm Decibel Meter
DBM Dual Bed Monolith.
DBMS Database Management System
DBPSK Differential Binary Phase Shift Keying
DBR Drum, Buffer, Rope (ref: TOC: DBR is a planning, scheduling & execution methodology that
emerges when TOC is applied to schedule a manufacturing factory.)
DBRC Database Recovery & Control
DBS Direct Broadcast Satellite
DBS Disability Benefit System.
DC Data Communications
DC Deliver Charter. To mark that point in time at which there is a regular meeting of the Regional
Strategy Board (NASB, ESB, LASB, etc.) where the Program Charter (which may contain
issue resolution plans to be executed) is delivered to the Vehicle Line Executive. This results
in the official version of the Program Charter and formally signifies the beginning of the vehicle-
specific segment of the program involved in the creation of the Program Contract, even
though that activity will actually begin after Review Charter (RC).

DC Design Center.
DC Direct Current.
DC Distribution Coefficient
DC Duty Cycle.
DC Data Communications.
DC&A Design Confirmation & Analysis.
DCA Deposit Control Additive
DCA Design Change Authorization. The DCA is used to define Design Level Suffix letter (DLS)
changes for pre-production parts once they have been included in experimental Bill of Material

DCA Direct Chip Attachment

DCAR Design Center Action Request.
DCC Dealer Consulting Center
DCC Document Control Center
DCCH Direct Clock Card Hours
DCD Data Control Document
DCE Direct Communication Equipment
DCE Distributed Computing Environment
DCES Dealer Consultant Expert System
DCFPR Delphi Corporate Financial Policy and Reporting
DCG Dealer Contractual Group. A subgroup of the Dealer Relations Group (DRG); Part of VSSM.

DCI Design Center Issues.

DCI Direct Cylinder Injection.
DCLR Decerate. An abbreviation.
DCLS Datalink Controller, Serial
DCM Door Control Module
DCN Document Change Notice
DCN Dual Evaporative Canisters.
DCR Design Check Report.
DCR Direct Conversion Receiver
DCR Document Clarification Request
DCS Data Creation Standards.
DCS Dealer Communication System.
DCS Dimensional Control System
DCSCM Display, Chime and Steering Control Module
DCT Discrete Cosine Transform (This is an algorithm that converts data—including pixels—into sets
of frequencies. The first frequencies appearing in the set are the most meaningful; the latter,
are the least. For compression purposes, such as JPEG and MPEG, the latter frequencies are
removed on the basis on allowable resolution loss.)
DCU Design Coordinating Unit.
DCXO Digitally Controlled Crystal Oscillator
DD Decoupled Development
DD Die Design
DD Documented Detail.
DD Die Design.
DDA Detroit Diesel Allison.
DDA Divisional Design Approval.
DDC Design Data Communications.
DDC Detroit Data Center.
DDC Detroit Diesel Corporation
DDCMP Digital Data Communications Message Protocol
DDE Dynamic Data Exchange
DDIC Diagnostic/Driver Information Center.
DDL Direct Data Link. Ford acronym: a program which provides direct access for authorized Ford
suppliers to online inventory information.
DDL Data Definition Language
DDL Digital Data Link.
DDM Dimensional Data Measurement.
DDM Distribution Data Mart. A GM Distribution Web site available to all field personnel and home
office employees.
DDM Divisional Data Management
DDM Driver Door Module.
DDM/MARS Dimensional Data Measurement/Measurement Analysis and Reporting System.
DDMS Dealer Data Management System.
DDN Deadener. An abbreviation.
DDP Decision Dialog Process.
DDP Delivered Duty Paid
DDP Designer Development Program (The DDP helps ease new engineering design employees into
the workplace. At the same time, existing employees will benefit from the consistency in
training and promotional criteria it offers.)
DDP Dialog Decision Process (incorrect phrasing; see Decision Diagalog Process above)
DDP Distributed Data Processing
DDS Data Description Specifications
DDS Data Dictionary System
DDS Dataphone Digital Service
DDS Digital Data System
DDS Direct Digital Synthesis
DDS Driver Door (smart) Switch
DE Data Entry
DE December.
DE Delco Electronics
DE Designing Engineer
DE Dimensional Engineering.
DEA Design Engineering Activity.
DEA Die Engineering Activity.
DEAL Design Equivalent Axle Load
DEBPIT Delphi Engineering Business Process and Information Team
Dec December.
DEC Delco Electronics Corporation
DEC Design & Engineering Council (see D/EC)
DEC Digital Electronic Controller.
DEC Digital Equipment Corporation.
Decel Decelerate (an abbreviation)
DECS/ExeCS Distribution of Executive Compensation System/Executive Compensation System.
DECT Digital Enhanced Cordless Telephone
DECT Digital European Cordless Telecommunications
Def Defrost (an abbreviation)
DEFG Defogger. An abbreviation.
DEFI Digital Electronic Fuel Injection.
Defog Defogger (an abbreviation)
DEFR Defroster. An abbreviation.
Deg Degrees (an abbreviation)
Deg C Degrees Celsius (an abbreviation)
DEGS Deferred Employment Graduate Study
DEHYDR Dehydrator. An abbreviation.
DEIS Draft Environmental Impact Statement.
DEK1 Dansk Elektroteknisk Komite
DEK2 Danish Electro-technical Committee
Del Delivered (an abbreviation)
DEL Delete.
DEL Durability Event Log (a client/server application used to track durability testing on a vehicle.
DEL is a Windows based application written in Visual Basic 4.0 that uses SQL Server as a
backend.)
Delco Dayton ELectric COmpany.
DELCO from Dayton Engineering Laboratory Company
Delphi-C Delphi Chassis Systems
Delphi-E Delphi Energy & Engine Management Systems
Delphi-H Delphi Harrison Thermal Systems Operations
Delphi-I Delphi Interior & Lighting
Delphi-P Delphi Packard Electric Systems
Delphi-S Delphi Saginaw Steering Systems
DEMT Dimensional Engineering Management Team
DeNox Continuous Lean Nox Reduction Catalyst
DENSCI Nippon Electric Industry Co.
DEP Data Entry Person
DEPR Depression. An abbreviation.
DEPS Digital Engine Position Sensor
DERM Diagnostic Electronic Restraint Module. Incorrect definition; see below.
DERM Diagnostic & Energy Reserve Module.
Des Desired (an abbreviation)
DES Data Encryption Standard (Developed by IBM in 1977. It uses a private 56-bit key that is
applied to each 64-bit block of data. The sender and receiver must each know the private key.
Anything encrypted by DES encryption has 72,000,000,000,000,000 [or 72 quadrillion] possible
keys.)
DES Data Exchange Specification
DES Design Execution Stage
DESAL Design Equivalent Single Axle Load
Desc Description (an abbreviation)
DESC Distributed Energy Storage & Conversion
DEST Destination.
DEV Deviation.
DEV Deville.
DF Deterioration Factor.
DF SORT Data Facility Sort.
DFA Design for Assembly.
DFC Destination freight charges. (Financial)
DFCO Deceleration Fuel Cut-Off
DFD Data Flow Diagram
DFD Design For Disassembly
DFE Design for Engineering
DFE Design for Experiment
DFE Design for the Environment
DFE Die Face Engineering (DFE methodology provides an important link between product design
[CAD] and die construction [CAM]. With DFE, sheet metal forming behavior is analyzed in the
initial product design stages.)
DFHSM Data Facility Hierarchical Storage Manager.
DFI Digital Fuel Injection.
DFI Direct Fuel Injection
DFL Deflector. An abbreviation.
DFM Design For Manufacturing (or Manufacturability).
DFM Door Frame Molding
DFM/A Design For Manufacturing Assembly.
DFMA Design For Manufacturing Assembly.
DFMA Design Failure Mode Analysis. A document used as a design tool to identify potential failures,
identify the causes and effects of failure, and rank and assign criticality ratings.
DFMEA Design Failure Mode & Effects Analysis
DFMECA Design Failure Modes, Effects & Criticality Analysis
DFP Data Facility Product.
DFR Design Freeze & Release (not styling)
DFS Demand Fuel System
DFS Design for Service (Serviceability).
DFS Design for Shipping.
DFSS Design For Six Sigma (DFSS, when applied at the vehicle program level, will be used only on
the new features and systems that are considered to be 'key wins' or critical to the success of
the vehicle in its market or segment. The projects selected will be chosen based on Quality,
Technical Risk and Market Driver needs. DFSS will not be used on every part in a new vehicle
program.)
DFT Discrete Fourier Transform
DFW Design for Winning. GMEV team process that includes DFA and DFM.
DGM Design Group Manager.
DGN Direccion General de Normas
DGND Digital Ground
DGS Display Graphics System. An electronic composition, management and distribution system for
PAD operation/illustration pages.
DHS Design for Health and Safety
DI Data Identifier - In bar code, a specified character string, which defines the specific intended
use of the data that immediately follows. For example, P means "part number as assigned by
the customer."
DI Direct Injection
DI Distributor Ignition.
DI Driveability Index
DIA Dealer Installed Accessory.
DIAC Diode, Alternating Current
Diag Diagnostic (an abbreviation)
DIAG Diagonal. An abbreviation.
DIAGN Diagnostic. An abbreviation.
DIAPH Diaphragm. An abbreviation.
DIBS Driven Integral Bearing Sensor
DIC Driver Information Center.
DIC-DIS Driver Information Center/Driver Information System.
DID Dealer Information Database.
dieCAS die Casting Analysis System. Developed at R&D for analyzing die casting processes and has
been used to reduce scrap and improve productivity at GM Powertrain‘s die casting operations.

Diff Differential. An abbreviation.

Dig Digit (an abbreviation)
Digerati Digital Literati (People seen to be knowledgeable, hip, or otherwise in-the-know in regards to
the digital revolution.)
DILAC Diversity in Leadership Advisory Committee (Saturn)
DIM Dash Integration Module
DIM Dimension. An abbreviation.
DIM Driver Information Module.
DIMM Dual In-Line Memory Module
DIMR Dimmer. An abbreviation.
DIN Deutsches Institut fur Normung (German standards authority)
DIP Deactivated Intake Port
DIP Dual In-Line Package.
DIR Direct. An abbreviation.
DIR Driver Incident Report.
DIR Durability Information Report.
DIRTFT Do It Right The First Time (pronounced ‗dirt foot‘).
Dis Disable (an abbreviation)
DIS Direct Ignition System
DIS Display (an abbreviation)
DIS Driver Information System.
DISA Data Interchange Standards Association. The ANSI Secretariat for ASC X12 which governs the
U.S. national EDI standards. DISA has affiliation with UN/EDIFACT for participation in the
international standards setting process.
DISB Disbursed.
DISC Direct Injection Stratified Charge.
DISCH Discharge. An abbreviation.
Discon Disconnect (an abbreviation)
Discrim Discriminate (an abbreviation)
DISCRM Discriminating. An abbreviation.
Disp Display (an abbreviation)
DISP Dispose/Disposition.
DISPL Displacement. An abbreviation.
DISPR Dispenser. An abbreviation.
DIST Distance. An abbreviation.
DISTR Distributor. An abbreviation.
DIT Damaged in Transit
DIV Divider. An abbreviation.
DJI Dow Jones Interactive (GM network available business informateion resource)
DKE1 Deutsche Electrotechnische Kommissionim DIN und VDE
DKE2 West German Electrotechnical Commission of DIN and VDE
DLA Disability Leave of Absence
DLC Data Link Connector.
DLC Data Link Controller
DLC Diagnostic Link Connector
DLC Diamond Like Carbon (new hi-quality capacitor dielectric)
DLC Diamond-Like Coating.
DLC(S/P) Data Link Controller (Serial / Parallel)
DLE Differential Linearity Error
DLL Dynamic Linked Library
DLM Deck Lid Molding
DLO Day Light Opening, The maximum unobstructed opening through any glass aperture in a given
direction.
DLPS Driver Low Pressure Sensor.
DLS Design Level Suffix (of parts) (in PDS).
DLSC Design Level Suffix Change
DLSCR Design Level Suffix Change Request
DLT Design Leader, Technical
DLVY Delivery. An abbreviation.
DM Data Management
DM Debit Memo.
DM Delco Moraine.
DM Dome. An abbreviation.
DMA Data Management Administrator
DMA Dealer Market Association.
DMA Deliverable Management Analyst.
DMA Direct Memory Access.
DMA Document Management Alliance (aka AIIM)
DMCM Drive Motor Control Module.
DMD Delco Moraine Division.
DMD Digital Mirror Device
DMD Direct Metal Deposition
DME Design Margin Evaluation
DME Dimethyl Ether
DMECS Dual Mode Emission Control System.
DMFC Direct Methanol Fuel Cell
DMG Damage. An abbreviation.
DMG Die Management Group.
DMGM Divisional Marketing General Manager
DMI Digital Multiplexed Interface
DMM Digital Multi-Meter
DMN Defective Material Notice.
DMOS Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor
DMP Driveability Measurement Process.
DMR Data Management Room
DMR Data Resource Management.
DMR Database Maintenance Request
DMS Delphi Manufacturing System
DMT Data Maintenance. This system is part of ETS. Interfaces with the Material Management
systems to provide downstream users & ETS with supersession related information.
DMT Discrete Multi-Tone
DN Decision Notice
DN Domain Name (The unique name that identifies an Internet site. Domain Names always have 2
or more parts, separated by dots. The primary top level domains are: .com - Companies.net -
Internet Service Providers .du - Educational Institutions.mil - Military .org - Non-profit
organizations .gov – Government)
DN Down. An abbreviation.
DNA Digital Network Architecture
DNC Direct Numerical Control.
DNL Differential NonLinearity
DNPS Dealer Network Planning System.
DNR Dolby Noise Reduction.
DNR Dynamic Noise Reduction (Radio).
DNS Domain Name Server. A machine with software to translate a domain name into the
corresponding number (IP address).
DNSHFT Downshift. An abbreviation.
DNV Det Norske Veritas
DO Description of Operation.
DO Design Order.
DOA Dead On Arrival
DOA Delegation Of Authority
DOB Date Of Birth
DOB Degree Of Bend
DOC Department of Communications.
DOC Document. An abbreviation.
DoC or DOC Department of Commerce. (United States government) - Government body responsible for
regulating all trade and commerce within, to and from the U.S.
DOCSIS Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification [Cable modem standard]
DoD Displacement on Demand
DOD Depth Of Discharge. An EV battery pack term expressed as a percentage. See SOC.
DoD or DOD Department of Defense. (United States government) - Government body responsible for
national defense.
DOE Department Of Energy.
DOE Depth Of Energy
DOE Design of Experiments. A design method for planning experiments and analyses to obtain a
maximum amount of information about the effects of test settings before investigating new
products and processes as well as problems.
DOF Degrees Of Freedom
DOF Depth Of Field
DOHC Dual OverHead Camshaft.
DOI Distinctness Of Image.
Dol Dolby (an abbreviation)
DOL Department OF Labor
DOL Die Operation Line-Up.
DOO Door, Outer
DOR Department Of Roads
DOS Disk Operating System
DOSP Dealer Order Submission Process
DOT Department Of Transportation.
DP Data Processing.
DP Durable Principles
DP&C Data Processing & Controls.
DPA Distributed Power Architecture
DPA Dynamometer Power Absorber.
DPC Designed Power Capabilities
DPD Detailed Product Definition
DPDT Double Pole Double Throw (switch or relay type)
DPF Diesel Particle Filter
DPG Dayton Phoenix Group
DPG Desert Proving Ground.
DPG/VEL Desert Proving Ground Vehicle Emission Laboratory.
DPI Dots Per Inch
DPID Data Packet Identifier.
DPM Defects Per Million
DPM Digital Panel Meter
DPM Distributed Plant Management
DPM Divisional Program Manager.
DPMA Data Processing Management Association
DPNR Dampener. An abbreviation.
DPP Dealer Parts Profile. Computerized process for tracking all dealership parts information.
DPP Deflected Pedal Position
DPS Development Programming System
DPS Dual Point System.
DPSK Differential Phase Shift Keying
DPST Double Pole Single Throw (switch or relay type)
DPTV Defects Per Thousand Vehicles
DPTV Discrepancies Per Thousand Vehicles; Also IPTV.
DPX Data Path eXchange
DQ&V Design Quality & Validation.
DQI Design Quality Index.
DQIT Department Quality Improvement Team
DQS Draw Quality Steel
DQV Design Quality Verification.
Dr Door. An abbreviation.
DR Daily Rates. Derived from the annual rates in dividing the annual rate by 235. If a component
supplier plans to work a lower or higher number of days, the daily rate has to be recalculated.

DR Delco Remy.
DR Design Release
DR Design Review
DR Discrepancy Report.
DR Documentation Required.
DRA Decision & Risk Analysis
DRA Delco Remy America
DRA Digital Ratio Adapters
DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory
DRB Decision Review Board.
DRC Data Review Center. This facility was created in 1999 to assist in the management of
Engineering documents and records, which are no longer, used in current day-to-day
operations. It is the Corporation‘s intent, using the DRC, to review all Engineering ‗legacy‘
documents, index and archive those requiring retention, and dispose of those which do not
require retention.
DRC Diagnostic Repair Center. No longer used.
DRD Data Release Date.
DRD Design Responsible Division
DRE Design Release Engineer. Engineers that are responsible for the product, process or
manufacturing designs.
DRE Design Responsible Engineer.
DRF Door, Front
DRG Dealer Relations Group (Part of VSSM organization)
DRGS Dynamic Route Guidance System
DRI Design Readiness Item
DRL Daytime Running Lights.
DRM Data Resource Management
DRM Drafting Room Manual
DRMSDP Data Resource Management Systems Development Process
DRN Drain. An abbreviation.
DRO Daily Replenishment Order. Order type placed as often as daily for stock orders from facing
PDC.
DRP Disaster Recovery Plan.
DRP Dynamic Rear Proportion.
DRR Delivery Reject Report
DRR Door, Rear
DRS Dress.
DRT Digital Real Time
DRU Dealer Replaceable Unit
DRU Design Responsible Unit (Division).
DRVN Driven. An abbreviation.
Drvr Drive. An abbreviation.
Drvr Driver. An abbreviation.
DS Data Set.
DS Database Specification
DS Days Supply
DS Direct Sequence.
DS Distributed Service (or Systems)
DS/D Design Specifications/Documentation
DSA Directory System Agent
DSA Distributed Systems Architecture
DSA Dynamic Signal Analyzer (An instrument that uses digital signal processing techniques, such as
the FFT, to measure the characteristics of dynamic signals. DSAs typically display the time
domain waveform and frequency spectrum of signals, and usually measure cross power
spectrums, total harmonic distortion, and octave analysis.)
DSAR Design Staff Action Request
DSB Double Side Band
DSC Decision Support Center.
DSC Digital Scientific Corporation.
DSC Digital Selective Calling
DSC Door Surface
DSCM Display & System Control Module (EV).
DSCM Display, Steering, & Chime Module
DSCM Drivers Seat Control Module.
DSDT Data Standards Development Team (Representatives from divisional design groups sanctioned
by the General Technical Committee to develop the electronic math model and drawing data
creation standard. A subcommittee of the DTDG.)
DSE Design Systems Engineer.
DSE Dimensional Systems Engineer
DSF Device Support Facilities.
DSGN Design. An abbreviation.
DSI Dealer Satisfaction Index (For dealership personnel rating APM's)
DSI Diode Steered Ignition
DSI Document of Strategic Intent.
DSI Dynamic Side Impact.
DSIR Design Staff Information Release.
DSIR Driver's Supplemental Inflatable Restraint
DSITT Dash Structure Integration Task Team.
DSK Dvorak Simplified Keyboard (A keyboard design in which the letters have been arranged to
make typing easier and faster.)
DSL Data Subscriber Line
DSL Diesel. An abbreviation.
DSL Digital Subscriber Line
DSM District Service Manager.
DSM Driver Seat Module.
DSMC Divisional Senior Management Committee.
DSO Deliverable Status Owner.
DSO Design SignOff.
DSO Digital Storage Oscilloscope
DSOC Designed State Of Charge
DSP Dealer System Provider. Outside companies that supply dealerships with computers for
ordering, etc.) Some of these companies include: Reynolds & Reynolds, ADP, UCS, and EDS.

DSP Designated Seating Position.

DSP Digital Signal Process.
DSR Data Set Ready (MODEM control signal - RS232)
DSR Dealer Self Review
DSR Detailed Shipment Record
DSS Decision Support System.
DSS Digital Satellite System
DSS Digital Signature Standard
DSS Drafting Schedule System
DSSS Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum
DST Distribution
DSTM Door Switch Transmitter Module.
DSVD Digital Simultaneous Voice Data
DSVT Digital Subscriber Voice Terminal
DTA Detection & Tracking Algorithm
DTC Design To Cost
DTC Diagnostic Trouble Code.
DTD Decision Technologies Division (EDS).
DTD Door Trim Display
DTD Durability Test & Development
DTDG Design Technology Development Group (A sub-group of the Materials & Standards Committee
which reports to the GTC.)
DTE Data Terminal Equipment
DTF Data Transfer Facility.
DTG Date Time Group
DTL Diode-Transistor Logic.
DTM Discharge Temperature Maintenance.
DTMF Dual Tone Multiple Frequency
DTNT Detent. An abbreviation.
DTP Desk Top Publishing
DTQI Dealer Total Quality Index (Strategic Vision, Inc.)
DTR Data Terminal Ready (MODEM control signal - RS232)
DTR Dynamic Token Ring
DTRNT Deterrent. An abbreviation.
DTS Dimensional Technical Specifications.
DTS Dock To Stores
DTV Digital TeleVision
DTX Discontinuous Transmission
DU Drive Unit.
DUART Dual Universal Asynchronous Receiver / Transmitter
DUFC Dual bed Under Floor Converter.
DUI Driving Under the Influence (of alcohol or drugs; see DWI).
DUNS Data Universal Number System.
DUNS Dunn & Bradstreet Universal Number System. An identification number for various companies
assigned by Dun and Bradstreet.
DURA Durability.
DUT Device Under Test.
DV Design Validation
DVAL Design Validation
DVAR Design Verification
DVB Digital Video Broadcast
DVD Digital Versatile Disc (the actual definition)
DVD Digital Video Disk (actually an incorrect definition; see above)
DVDV Differential Vacuum Delay Valve.
DVM Design for Variable Management
DVM Digital Volt Meter
DVM Dimensional Variation Management.
DVO Dynamic Vertical Offset.
DVP&R Design Verification Plan and Report
DVPS Development Validation Planning System
DVPS Durability & Validation Planning System
DVPS-T Development Validation Planning System - Tool
DVPTN Deviation Part Number.
DVT Dynamic Vehicle Test.
DVT Dynamic Verification Test.
DVTD Dynamic Vehicle Test Data
DVTR Diverter. An abbreviation.
DVX Digital Voice Exchange.
DW Dual Wall
DW2 DisplayWrite 2 (Software).
DWA Data Warehouse Administrator
DWA Diebstahl Warn Anlage (Theft Deterrent System).
DWD Dealer World Delivery.
DWDM Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexed
DWG Drawing. An abbreviation.
DWHI Die Welder Hemmer Intetrgration
DWI Driving While Intoxicated
Dwn Down (an abbreviation)
DWO Design Work Order.
DYC Direct Yaw moment Control
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Acronym Definition
E Effectivity
E Electric field strength. (a symbol)
E Event
E&C Entertainment & Comfort. Delco Electronics data line (buss) standard.
E&ES Environmental & Energy Staff.
E&O Excess & Obsolete
e.g. Exempli Gratia. Latin for ‗for example‘.
e-PD electronic Product Development. Also written as ePD (without the hyphen)
E/C Events per Car
E/GATE End Gate. An abbreviation.
E/M English / Metric
E/M Evolutionary / Major
E10 Gasohol (10% ethanol, 90% unleaded gasoline).
E2 EPIC & EWO+
E85 (Gasohol) 85% ethanol, 15% unleaded gasoline
EA Each. An abbreviation.
EA Electrical Analysis
EA Energy Absorbing.
EA Engineering Administration.
EA Engineering Assignment.
EA Engineering Authorization.
EA Export Activities.
EA1CT End of Alpha 1 Critical Test.
EA2CT End of Alpha 2 Critical Test.
EAC Electric Air Control
EAC Employee Activity Committee
EACR Enhancement and Anomaly Change Record.
EACSV Electronic Air Control Switching Valve.
EACT End of Alpha Critical Test.
EACV Electric Air Control Valve.
EAD End of Alpha Design.
EAD Engineering Applications Development.
EAF Energy Absorption Factor
EAG Enterprise Activity Group.
EAL Equivalent Axle Load(ing)
EAM Engine Assembly Manual.
EAN European Article Numbering. Formerly European Article Numbering Association. The
international organization, which administers the manufacturer and item numbering scheme
most commonly used for bar coding internationally (See UCC).
EAO Engineering Appropriations Office.
EAP Employee Assistance Program.
EAPA Engineering Approved Product Authorization
EAPEL & A Experimental Auto Product Engineering Layout and Assembly
EAPG Electrical Architecture Planning Group.
EAR Effective Action Request (or Required).
EAR Engineering Action Request.
EARON Electrically Alterable Read-Only.
EAS Electric Air Switch
EAS Environmental Activities Staff. Obsolete, refer to RES.
EASA Electrical Apparatus Service Association
EASV Electric Air Switching Valve.
EAT Engine / Axle / Transmission
EAT Engineering Action Team.
EAU Energy Absorbing Unit
EBA Evaporator Blower Assembly.
EBC Electronic Book Case.
EBC Electronic Brake Control.
EBC Energy Boundary Curve
EBCDIC Expanded Binary Coded Decimal Information Code (IBM)
EBCM Electronic Brake Control Module.
EBCT End of Beta Critical Test.
EBEDIC Expanded Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code.
EBIT Earnings Before Interest & Taxes. Re.; operating profit
EBL Electronic Bill of Lading (or placarding)
EBM Electronic Brake Module.
EBM Engineering Business Manager
EBOM Engineering Bill Of Material
EBS Engineering Business System.
EBS Equivalent Barrier Speed
EBT Employee Business Travel.
EBTCM Electronic Brake and Traction Control Module.
EC electronic commerce
EC Embedded Controller
EC Engine Control.
EC Engineering Change.
EC Entrance Criteria
EC European Community
EC Evaluation Considerations (Restraint Systems Book).
EC Event Code
EC Exit Criteria
ECA Engineering Change Authorization
ECAR Engineering Change Action Request.
ECAS Electronically Controlled Air Suspension
ECAS Engineering Computer Advisory Subcommittee
ECC Electronic Climate Control.
ECC Emission Economy Compliance.
ECC European Community Commission.
ECC Evaporative Emission Control.
ECC Executive Compensation Committee
ECD Electro Chemical Deburring.
ECD Estimated Completion Date. This date identifies when a deliverable is estimated to be
completed.
ECE Economic Commission for Europe.
ECF Environmental Cubing Fixture. (Fixture/s used in Functional Evaluation 2 and 3 events with
details which simulate nominal interior trim part interfaces..)
ECI Extended Compressor at Idle.
ECIG Engineering Change Implementation Group.
ECL Emission Control Laboratory.
ECL Emitter Coupled Logic (ECL circuits use bipolar transistors biased in the active region. They
are a very fast high-power digital technology commonly used in logic circuits.)
ECL Engine Coolant Level.
ECM Electronic Control Module.
ECM Engine Control Module.
ECM Engineering Change Management (Preparing designs to be correct for their initial release. We
must minimize changes after designs are complete, and make only critical corrections. Then,
we must rigorously follow those changes to ensure on-time effective resolution. -- Doug Parks)

ECM Executive Communication Meeting

ECM-VSSM Enterprise Customer Management - No Longer used. See GMCN
ECO Engineering Change Order
Econ Economy (an abbreviation)
ECOTEC Ecological Technology
ECOTEC Economical Technology
ECR Engineering Change Recommendation.
ECR Engineering Change Request.
ECR Error Cause Removal.
ECRC Emission Certification Review Committee.
ECS Emission Control System.
ECS Engine Control System.
ECS Engineering Change Summary. An ECS is the summation of an Engineering Work Order
(EWO).
ECS Evaporative Control System.
ECT Electronically Controlled Transmission.
ECT Engine Coolant Temperature.
ECT Engineering Change Team
ECT Execution Core Team (4ØVDP).
ECU Electronic Control Unit.
ECUID Electronic Control Unit Identifier.
ECV Electronically Controlled Vehicle
ECV Engine Component Verification.
ECV/VCVS Engine Component Verification / Vehicle Component Verification System
EDA Electronic Design Analyst
EDC Engineering & Development Center.
EDCC Electronic Design Control Center.
EDD Electronic Dynamics Division
EDDL Engine Diagnostic Data Link.
EDEC Executive Design & Engineering Council.
EDES Economic Development & Enterprise Services
EDFT Electrical Design Focus Team
EDI Electronic Data Interchange. Computer-to-computer exchange of formatted data between
trading partners. Through EDI, defined business documents such as invoices and orders are
sent electronically from one company to another.
EDIF Electronic Design Interchange Format.
EDIFACT Electronic Design Interchange Format for Administration, Commerce and Transport.
EDIR Emission Defect Information Report.
EDIS Electronic Drawing Imaging System
EDIS Engineering Drawing Image System
EDM Electrical Discharge Machining.
EDM Engineering Data Management. A term applied to the discipline of managing all the text, bill of
material, and graphical data generated and used in engineering.
EDMS Engineering Data Management System.
EDMS Enterprise Document Management System
EDOT Engineering and Design Operations Team. Evolved into GEDOC.
EDP Electronic Data Processing.
EDP Engineering Development Plan
EDR Event Data Recording (re SDM - records vehicle status data and restraint system data during
significant events - crashes and severe decelerations - in EEPROM. Purpose is to aid in
accident reconstruction and aid in identifying root cause of performance anomalies.)

EDRD Electrical Diagnostics Requirements Document.

EDRU Event Data Retrieval Unit
EDS Electronic Data Sharing
EDS Electronic Data Systems. A major supplier of electronic information and support personnel to
GM. Once a subsidiary of GM.
EDS Engine Displacement Study
EDS*ELIT EDS Electronic Information Transfer
EDSNET Electronic Data Systems NETwork
EDU Electronic Distribution Unit (Diesel).
EE Electrical Engineering.
EEAS Employee Enthusiasm Assessment Survey.
EEAS Employment Environment Assessment Survey
EEB Engineering Evaluation Board
EEB Engineering Evaluation Build.
EEC Electronic Engine Control
EEC Emission Economy Compliance.
EEC European Economic Community.
EEC Evaporative Emission Control
EECS Evaporative Emission Control System.
EEFE Electric Early Fuel Evaporation.
EEMP Exhaust Emission Measurement Panel.
EEMS Experimental Engineering Manufacturing Services.
EEO Equal Employment Opportunities.
EEOC Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
EEP Electrical/Electronics Partition
EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory.
EERS Electronic Expense Report System
EES Employee Expense System. Tracks employee travel expense recievable balances. Owned by
EAG Accounting Services.
EES Energy & Environment Staff.
EES Energy Equivalent Speed
EESB Energy and Environmental Strategy Board. GM‘s global governing body for the overall
implementation of GM‘s energy and environmental strategy.
EETAC Engineering Education and Training Advisory Council. Cross-organizational council to develop
and implement common training programs that address engineering skill gaps.
EEVC European Enhanced Vehicle-safety Committee (Founded in 1970 in response to the US
Department of Transportation's initiative for an international program on Experimental Safety
Vehicles.)
EFA Engineering Financial Analysis
EFC Electronic Filing Cabinet.
EFE Early Fuel Evaporation.
EFELC Emission and Fuel Economy Label Committee.
EFEO Emissions and Fuel Economy Operations.
EFF Exterior Fitting Fixture. (Fixture/s used in Functional Evaluation 2 and 3 events with details
which simulate nominal exterior trim part interfaces.)
EFI Electronic Fuel Injection.
EFO Engineering Fleet Operations.
EFS Electronic Frontal (or Front-end) Sensor.
EFSD Electronic Front Sensor, Delta
EFT Electronic Funds Transfer. The way most dealerships pay GM.
EG Electrogalvinized.
EGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter
e-GM Electronic General Motors. No longer used. See GMCN
EGM Engineering Group Manager.
EGR Exhaust Gas Recirculation.
EH Event History (C2C)
EHA Electro Hydrostatic Actuator
EHCU Electric Hydraulic Control Unit.
EHD Electro Hydro Dynamic (The result of interactions between a dielectric fluid and an applied
electric field.)
EHPS Electro-Hydraulic Power Steering.
EI Electronic Ignition
EI Employee Involvement.
EI End Item
EI Engineering Interface.
EI&S Electronics Integration & Software
EIA Electronics Industry Association. A not-for-profit association of suppliers and customers in the
electronics industry, which develops standards in areas such as EDI and Bar Code.

EIA Energy Information Administration

EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
EIA Equipment Interchange Association.
EIC Engineer In Charge.
EICD Electrical Interface Control Document.
EIDE Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics
EIS Emergency Information System
EIS Engineering Information System
EIS Enterprise Information System
EIS Environmental Impact Statement.
EIS Executive Information Systems.
EISA Extended Industry Standard Architecture (32 bit)
EISB Electronic Imaging Standards Board
EISC Electronic Idle Speed Control.
EIT EWO (Engineering Work Order) Implementation Team
EJCTR Ejector. An abbreviation.
EL Elbow. An abbreviation.
EL Electroluminescence
ELAS Elastic. An abbreviation.
ELAZ Elabuga Automotive Works (Russia)
ELB Emblem. An abbreviation.
ELBA Ergonomics Line Balance Assessment
ELC Electronic Level Control.
ELC Engineering Leadership Council (Global)
ELDO Eldorado.
Elec Electric. An abbreviation.
ELECT Electrode. An abbreviation.
ELEK Electronic. An abbreviation.
ELPO Electro-deposition Primer.
ELPO ELectrophoretic Priming Operation.
ELR Emergency Latch Release
ELR Emergency Locking Retractor (seat belt)
ELV End of Life Vehicle
EMA Electro Mechanical Actuator
EMA Engine Manufacturers Association.
EMAC Engine Motion Actuator. Used with DoD to eliminate 2nd order harmonics
EMB Electro-Magnetic Brake. Part of some ABS units.
EMB Emblem (ornamentation)
EMBASSY Engineering Manufacturing Build and Scheduling System.
EMC Electromagnetic Compatibility
EMCASS Expert Motor Carrier Selection System
EMD Electro Motive Division
EMER Emergency. An abbreviation.
EMF Electro Magnetic Field
EMF Electro Motive Force
EMI Electro-Magnetic Interference.
EMIS Emission. An abbreviation.
EMIS Environmental Management information System.
EML Emblem Location (ornamentation)
EMM Electronic Math Model
EMP Enhanced Medical Plan
EMP Engineering Management Process. A structured process that focuses on people and how they
work together. It is how we manage our engineering work.
EMR Electromagnetic Radiation.
EMR Electronic Module Retard.
EMR Experience Modification Rate.
EMS Electronic Mail System.
EMS Emergency Medical Service
EMS Engine Management System
EMS Engineering Materials System.
EMS Environmental Management System.
EMS Expanded Memory Specification
EMS Experimental Material System.
EMT Emergency Medical Technician.
EMU European Monetary Unit (―Euro‖)
EN Evaporative Canister.
ENB Engineering NoteBook.
ENG Engine. An abbreviation.
ENG Engineering
ENGMT Engagement. An abbreviation.
ENGRG Engineering.
ENGY Energy. An abbreviation.
ENGZR Energizer. An abbreviation.
ENIAC Electronic Numerical Integrator And Calculator
ENV Envelope. An abbreviation.
ENV Equivalent Noise Voltage
ENVIC Exciting New Vehicle Interior Concept.
EO Engineering Order.
EOA End of Acceleration. To mark that point in time at which full production line rate has been
achieved for one full day.
EOA Engineering Order Analysis (We provide the data necessary for the proper selection of
components and the criteria needed to satisfy the Group's Business Plan for a National and
Global Product Presence.)
EOB End Of Business day
EOD Electronic Object Distribution
EOD End of Data (C2C)
EOF End Of File
EOF End of Frame (C2C)
EOG Edge of Glass.
EOM Engineering Operations Manual.
EOP Engine Oil Pressure
EOP Engineering Order Processing.
EOPC Emergency Order Processing Center. Within SPAC this group is in place to process orders
that require additional attention.
EOPTS Engineering Order Processing & Tracking System
EOS Enterprise Output Solution. Replaces ERD (Extended Report Distribution). System that allows
you to view Product Cost reports on-line, print them, or send them to a TSO dataset.

EOS Exhaust Oxygen Sensor

EOT End Of Test.
EOT Engine Oil Temperature
EP End Products.
EP Engineering Permit.
EP Event Planning
EP Extreme Pressure (lubricant rating)
EPA Engineering Program Assessment.
EPA Engineering Project Authorization.
EPA Environmental Protection Agency.
EPA/CM EPA Curb Mass.
EPA/LVM EPA Loaded Vehicle Mass.
EPA/OM EPA Option Mass.
EPAC Electronic Power Analysis Check.
EPACT Energy Policy Act. Government mandated Alternative Fuel vehicle purchases which only
includes vehicles rated at 8500 GVN and below.
EPAD Electrically Powered Actuation Design
EPC&L Engineering Production Control & Logistics. The part of the Engineering Factory where
engineering capability is managed and the Factory Production Schedule is directed.
EPCA Energy Policy & Conservation Act.
EPCMT EWO/Part Change Management Team (improve EWO Throughput through the resolution of
EWO Bottleneck constraints that cause issues for EWO's that have been written.)
EPCOT Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow
EPCS Engineering Procedure Change Summary. The official vehicle used to inform the engineering
community of a procedure change.
EPCT End of Prototype Critical Test.
ePD electronic Product Development.
EPD Estimated Production Date.
EPDC Engineering Process Directors Council
EPEC Engineering Project Expense Control.
EPF Enhanced Performance Feedback
EPFI Electronic Port Fuel Injection.
EPIC Electronically Programmed Injection Control.
EPIC Engineering Program Information and Communication. A single document format to define and
track all program content changes within engineering (the EPN).
EPIC Engineering Program Information Control.
EPIC Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing (Designed by HP and Intel to be used on Intel's
forthcoming Merced processor. It is a method for arranging instructions so that they are
ordered to be explicitly parallel. That is, multiple instructions can easily be executed at once.)

EPICenter Engineering Product Integration Center

EPL Engineering Parts List.
EPLD Electrically Programmable Logic Device
EPM Engineering Program Management (or Manager).
EPMS Engineering Process & Math Strategy
EPN Engineering Planning Notice
EPN Engineering Program Number. Used to define and communicate Engineering program content.
It is engineering‘s description of a model year feature
EPN Engineering Project Number
EPN Status Engineering Program Number Status code definition. Definition Phase: U - Undefined (awaiting
Code decision to prepare), I - Integration (documentation in process), D - Functional (documentation
in process), P - Proposed (complete and out for estimates); Execution Phase: E - Authorized
(approved with budget), M - Management Approved (w/o budget), X - Feasibility (limited budget
to determine..), C - Completed, T - Terminated (EPN has been cancelled).

EPP Engineering & Product Planning.

EPP Engineering Program Plan (EPIC - 2 characters signifying a model year program. First
character - model line platform or A for administrative or X for feasibility. Second character -
last digit of the year.)
EPP Engineering Project Proposal
EPP Expanded Polypropylene
EPPC Engineering Product & Process Council.
EPR Engineering Production Release.
EPR Exhaust Pressure Regulator.
ePRA electronic Preliminary Repurchase Authorization. A form sometimes used by AVM's.
EPRI Electric Power Research Institute.
EPROM Electrically Programmable Read-Only Memory.
EPS Earnings Per Share
EPS Electric Power Steering. Also see EHPS.
EPS Encapsulated Postscript
EPS Event Processing System.
EPS Exhaust Particulate Standard.
EPS Expanded Polystyrene
EPS Extended Protocol Specification
EPT Engineering Process Team.
EPTV Events Per Thousand Vehicles.
EPU Expanded Polyurethane
EQ Equalizer. (an abbreviation)
EQC Engineering Quality Council.
EQC Executive Quality Council.
EQLZR Equalizer. An abbreviation.
EQSC Engineering Quality Steering Committee.
EQUIP Equipped. An abbreviation.
ER Engineering Review
ERA Energy Responsibility Accounting.
ERAPA Engineering Releasing And Publication Activity. Integrated SPO service engineering &
cataloging system designed and based on GPDS data & philosophy
ERD Extended Report Distribution (No longer used, see EOS).
ERDS Equivalent Real Deformation Speed
EREP Environmental Recording, Editing & Printing.
ERG Employee Resource Group.
ERGS Electronic Route Guidance System
ERIS Expense Report Imaging System. Used to scan, index and retrieve documents on-line.
ERISA Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
ERM Engineering Records Management.
ERO Engineering Records Only. A record for Engineering Part Numbers (EPN‘s) where a decision
has not been made at this stage.
ERPM Engine Revolutions Per Minute.
ERS Emergency Roadside Service
ERS Evaluated Receipts Settlement. An EDI-based business practice designed to eliminate the
need for a supplier's invoice by using receipt and purchase order data to detail the charges
applicable to the sale of goods by the supplier to the customer.
ERS Extended Range Speaker.
ERW Electrical Resistance Weld
ERW Engineering Release Worksheet.
Es Einsteinium
ES Engineering Shop.
ES Engineering Specification
ES Engineering Standards.
ESA Engineering Systems Assembly.
ESA Experimental Systems Assembly.
ESAC Employee Satisfaction Action Council
ESAL Equivalent Single Axle Load
ESB Energy Storage Box
ESB European Strategy Board
ESB Expansion Spring Brake. Part of some ABS units.
ESC Electronic Spark Control.
ESC Electronic Suspension Control.
ESC Employee Service Center. An internal GM web site detailing employee benefits.
ESCS Engineering Supplier Collaboration Service.
ESCUT Escutcheon. An abbreviation.
ESD Electro Static Discharge.
ESD Employee Service Directory
ESDI Enhanced Small Device Interface
ESDW Engineering System Doing Work.
ESDW Engineering Systems Development Workgroup
ESI Electronic Service Information.
ESI Engineering System Implementation.
ESIS GM's third party claim administrator.
ESL Engineering Service Letter.
ESM Electronic Steering Module.
ESMG Engineering Senior Management Group; Former GMIO organization. No longer used.
ESN Electronic Serial Number.
ESO Engine Shut Off
ESO Engineering Stop Order
ESP Electronic Stability Program (Bosch system found in Mercedes E class)
ESPG Engineering Specifications Policy Group.
ESQI Engine Sound Quality Index
ESRD Engineering Scheduling & Releasing Department.
ESS Environmental Stress Screening.
ESSI Electronic Sensor Signal Interface (Delphi custom IC - filter and gain block for SDM-G SRXL
accelerometer.)
ESSO Electrical System Simulator and Optimizer
ESSR Electrical Systems Service Readiness.
Est Estimated. (an abbreviation)
EST Eastern Standard Time.
EST Electronic Spark Timing.
EST Engineering Support Technician
ESTM Engineering Test and Manufacturing Services.
ESV Experimental Safety Vehicle (Founded 1968 by NATO's committee on The Challenges of
Modern Society to develop and build Experimental Safety Vehicles.)
ETA Electrical Test Access.
ETA Expected Time of Arrival.
ETC Electronic Temperature Control.
ETC Electronic Throttle Control.
ETC Electronic Timing Control.
ETC Electronic Toll Collection
ETC Electronic Transmission Control.
ETC Environmental Training Center
ETC Estimate To Complete
etc. et cetera. An abbreviation meaing 'and so forth'
ETD Equivalent Test Deformation
ETG Expert Task Group
ETI Equipment & Tool Institute.
ETI/P Electrical Thermal Instrument Panel
ETIR Electronic Test Incident Report, also TIR.
ETM Extended [Program] Team Member
ETMS Engineering Test and Manufacturing Services.
ETO Engineering Test Order.
ETO Engineering Try Out
ETO Executive Team Offsite
ETR Electronically Tuned Radio (Receiver).
ETS Electronic Traction System.
ETS Employee Tracking Study
ETS Engineering Technical System. GMIOA system used to release service parts to all downstream
users as well as being a data store for other service parts information.
ETS Engineering Tracking System
ETS Enhanced Traction System.
ETSC European Transport Safety Council
ETSD Exterior Technical Specification Drawing.
ETSM Exterior Technical Specification Matrix.
ETTM Electronic Toll & Traffic Management
EU European Union
EUC End User Computing
EUI Electronic Unit Injection.
EUN Engine Unit Number
EUR Engine Usage Restriction
EURM Engine Unit Repair Manual.
EUROSID European Side Impact Dummy
eV Electron Volt
EV Electric Vehicle.
EV6 global V6 engine, 227HP, 300 Nm, 2.6-3.2L
EVA Earned Value Analysis. Used in Project Systems (PS) for internal project control purposes &
provide the ordering party with information on the progress of project.
EVA Economic Value Added
EVA Electronic Vehicle Assembly (computer program).
EVA Electronic Vibration Analyzer (special tool).
EVAC Engineering Vehicle Administration Committee.
Evap Evaporator (an abbreviation)
EVAP Evaporative Emission.
EVAP Evaporative. An abbreviation.
EVC Electric Vehicle Council.
EVL Exterior Vehicle Lighting.
EVO Electronic Variable Orifice. Part of some power steering systems.
EVP Electric Vehicle Program.
EVPA Enterprise (Engineering) ViewPoint Architecture
EVPD Engine Vacuum Pull Down. EVAP service diagnostic that requires the engine to be running as
opposed to EONV.
EVPR Evaporator. An abbreviation.
EVRV Electronic Vacuum Regulation Valve.
EVT Electronic Valve Timing
EWB Extended Wheel Base
EWL Equivalent Wheel Load
EWO Estimated Work Order.
EWO Engineering Work Order. The authority used by Engineering to initiate the design and release
of product content in the Production Description System (PDS).
EWO+ Engineering Work Order Plus
EWOVPR Engineering Work Order Validation Plant Reference.
EWS Engineering Work Station
EWS Engineering Workstation Support
EX Exhaust (abbreviation) circuit
EXCH Exchanger. An abbreviation.
EXH Exhaust. An abbreviation.
EXIT Exhaust Inspection Testing cycle.
EXP Experimental.
EXPDG Expanding. An abbreviation.
EXPN Expansion. An abbreviation.
EXPRESS A specific computer language adopted by ISO and used to define STEP and its attendant
application protocols.
Ext Extended (an abbreviation)
EXT External. An abbreviation.
EXTN Extension. An abbreviation.
EXTR Exterior. An abbreviation.
EYLT Eyelet. An abbreviation.
Department
ENG
VTS
ENG
PSEO
ENG
ENG
MFD, ENG

ENG
ENG

GVDP, ENG

ENG, GVDP

ENG

ENG
ENG
ENG
ENG
ENG
GVDP, ENG, GMPT
GVDP, ENG, GMPT
ENG
ENG
GMPT
ENG
GVDP, ENG, GMPT
ENG
GVDP, ENG, GMPT

EAG, FIN

ENG
AIAG

ENG
ENG
GMPT

ENG
GVDP, ENG
ENG
ENG
ENG

ENG
ENG
ENG

ENG
ENG

PSEO
GVDP, ENG, GMPT
ENG
ENG

PSEO
GVDP
ENG
ENG

PSEO
GMPT
GMPT
PSEO
ENG
ENG

ENG
ENG

ENG
PSEO, ENG

ENG

ENG
ENG
GVDP, ENG, GMU

VTS, ENG

ENG
ENG
ENG

PSEO
PSEO, ENG, GMPT
PSEO, VTS, GMPT, ENG
No Longer used.
ENG
PSEO
ENG
ENG
ENG
ENG
ENG
ENG
ENG
ENG
ENG, GMPT

ENG

PSEO
ENG

PSEO, ENG

ENG
GMPT

ENG

ENG
ENG
ENG, GMPT

AIAG, ENG, GMPT, FIN

AIAG, GMPT
ENG
ENG

ENG
AIAG

ENG

GVDP, ENG
ENG
ENG, GMU, EAG, AVDC

GMPT
ENG
ENG

ENG
GMPT

ENG

ENG
VTS, ENG

ENG
ENG
ENG
ENG
ENG

PSEO, ENG

ENG, EAG, FIN

GVDP, ENG

ENG
ENG
ENG

ENG
ENG
ENG, EAG
ENG

No longer used.
GMPT, GVDP, ENG, GMU
PSEO, GMPT, ENG

PSEO

GMPT
PSEO
ENG
ENG
ENG
GMPT
AIAG

ENG
ENG
ENG

ENG

ENG

ENG

ENG
ENG
ENG
ENG
ENG
ENG

ENG
ENG
ENG
PSEO, ENG
ENG
ENG
GVDP, ENG
ENG
ENG
VSSM

ENG
VTS, ENG

ENG
ENG

ENG
ENG
ENG

ENG

ENG
ENG
GMU
ENG

GMPT
ENG

ENG
ENG

ENG
ENG
ENG
ENG
ENG
ENG
ENG

ENG

ENG
ENG
GVDP, ENG, GMPT
ENG
ENG
PSEO
ENG

ENG
FIN

ENG

PSEO
ENG
ENG
ENG

ENG

VTS, ENG, GMPT

ENG
ENG
ENG
ENG

GMPT, GVDP, ENG

ENG

ENG

GVDP, ENG, GMPT

AVDC
ENG

ENG
ENG
ENG

ENG
ENG
ENG

ENG
EPMS
ENG
VTS, ENG

ENG, GMPT

GMCL
ENG

GMPT

ENG, GMPT

PSEO, ENG
VSSM

ENG
ENG
PSEO, ENG

ENG
ENG

ENG

PSEO
ENG
ENG
ENG
ENG
ENG

ENG

EAG
ENG

FIN
ENG

ENG

AIAG, ENG

ENG

ENG
GMPT
ENG
ENG
ENG

ENG
PSEO
ENG, GMPT
PSEO

ENG
PSEO, ENG, VSSM
ENG

ENG

ENG
ENG
VSSM
ENG
PSEO
ENG
PSEO
PSEO
ENG
GMPT
ENG
VTS
ENG
ENG
PSEO, ENG
ENG
ENG

ENG

ENG
ENG
PSEO
PSEO, GMPT
PSEO

ENG

ENG
MFD

ENG

ENG
ENG
ENG
ENG

ENG

ENG
PSEO

GVDP, ENG

ENG, GMPT
GMPT
ENG

PSEO, ENG
GMPT
FIN

ENG

PSEO
PSEO
ENG
ENG
ENG
PSEO, ENG

VSSM

ENG
ENG

GMPT, GVDP, ENG

ENG

ENG

GMPT
ENG
ENG
ENG
ENG
ENG
ENG
AIAG

PSEO
ENG
ENG
ENG
ENG
Acronym Definition
F degrees Fahrenheit (a symbol)
F Fahrenheit.
F Farad
F Fluorine
F&L Fuel & Lubricant Department (GM Research Labs.).
F/A Fore / Aft
F/A Fuel / Air Ratio. More commonly written as A/F
F/AXL Front Axle. An abbreviation.
F/CMPT Front Compartment. An abbreviation.
F/D Front of Dash, An abbreviation.
F/END Front End. An abbreviation.
F/F Fit / Function
F/FDR Front Fender. An abbreviation.
F/FLR Front Floor. An abbreviation.
F/GA Fuel Gage. An abbreviation.
F/IDL Fuel Idle. An abbreviation.
F/INJN Fuel Injection. An abbreviation.
F/INJR Fuel Injector. An abbreviation.
F/PMP Fuel Pump. An abbreviation.
F/RST Foot Rest. An abbreviation.
F/SEAT Front Seat. An abbreviation.
F/TNK Fuel Tank. An abbreviation.
F/TOP Folding Top. An abbreviation.
F23 manual transaxle (non-GMPT) Getrag/Opel/NAO
F4WD Full-time Four Wheel Drive
FA Failure Analysis
FA Filter Assembly
FA Final Analysis
FA Final Approval. This is the fourth major decision point of the Four Phase process. It signals the
end of Phase 1 and the beginning of Phase 2.
FA1C First Alpha 1 Complete. To mark that point in time at which the first Alpha 1 vehicle is complete
with the content required for its intended purpose.
FA2C First Alpha 2 Complete. To mark that point in time at which the first Alpha 2 vehicle is complete
with the content required for its intended purpose.
FAA Federal Aviation Administration.
FaAA Failure Analysis Associates
FAB Fabricating Plant.
FAC Facing. An abbreviation.
FAC Faculties
FACT Factor. An abbreviation.
FACTS Financial Accounts Consolidation and Translation Systems
FACTS Financial Analysis Capabilities Through Scanning.
FACTS Financial Analysis Capabilities Through Systems.
FAD Financial Activity Database
FAD Flint Automotive Division.
FAD Front Air Dam
FAE Fleet Account Executive.
FAFVM Field Area Financial Vehicle Manager (Actual Acronym definition). This is spoken as Field Area
Financial Service Manager.
FAMAS Fabricating And Material Availability System.
FAMC First Architecture Mule Complete
FAMSO FSU, Africa, Middle East, South Asia Operations
FAN Fleet Account Number.
FAPM Federation of Automotive Products Manufacturers (Australia) - An association which represents
200 component suppliers to the Australian OEM's.
FAPM Field Area Parts Manager.
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions.
FARAD Unit of Capacitance (ratio of electrical charge)
FARM First Achitecture Running Mule.
FARS Fatal Accident Reporting System
FAS Flywheel Alternator Starter
FAS-ID Flywheel Alternator Starter w/Input Differential
FASM Field Area Sales Manager. Normally referred to as ASM.
FaST Factory Scheduling Tool.
FAST Flexible Architecture Structures Technology
FAST Functional Analysis System Technician/Technique.
FAT File Allocation Table
FAVM Field Area Vehicle Manager. Normally referred to as AVM.
FAX Facsimile Transmission
FAX Front Axle
FBBA Forecast Budget Business Analysis (Plan System)
FBC First Beta Complete. To mark that point in time at which the first Beta vehicle is complete
through general assembly with the content required for its intended purpose.
FBDA Feature Based Design Advisor
FBG Front Bumper Guard
FBG Future Business Group.
FBHP Front Body Hinge Pillar.
FBR Front Bumper Reinforcement
FC Facility Consultant
FC Fan Control.
FC Forward Control.
FCA Factory Cost Adjustment
FCA Final Car Audit.
FCA Free Carrier Aside
Fcast Forecast.
FCB File Control Block
FCC Federal Communications Commission.
FCEV Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle
FCL Focus Commodity List.
FCL Front Compartment Lid
FCN Field Communications Network. No longer used. Replaced by "DealerWorld Operations team"

FCO Factory Car Order.

FCO Factory Change Order.
FCO Fleet & Commercial Operations.
FCP Formal Change Proposal.
FCR Fundamental Concept Reuse
FCS Forecast Consolidated System.
FCS Frame Check Sequence.
FCT Factory Concept Team. The NAO development team for the LeanEngineering concept.
FD Feed circuit
Fdbk Feedback (an abbreviation)
FDC Fault Detection Circuit
FDDI Fiber Distributed Data Interchange (A standard for transmitting data on optical fiber cables at a
rate of around 100,000,000 bits-per-second.)
FDF Front Door Frame
FDI Front Door, Inner
FDM Fan Driver Module
FDM Fender Molding
FDM Frequency Division Multiplexing.
FDMA Frequency Division Multiple Access
FDNR Frequency Dependent Negative Resistance
FDR Fender. An abbreviation.
FDS Factory Deployment Stage
FDTN Foundation. An abbreviation.
Fe Iron
FE February.
FE Field Engineer
FE Finite Element.
FE Fuel Economy.
FE Functional Evaluation. Three stage iterative process to identify and resolve build problems
which occurs between Prototype and Pilot.
FEA Federal Energy Administration.
FEA Finite Element Analysis.
FEA Functional Evaluation Administration
FEAD Front End Accessory Drive
Feb February (an abbreviation)
FEC Forward Error Correction
FECS Fuel Evaporative Control System
FED Field Emission Display
FEDR Functional Evaluation Disposition Report.
FEDS Fuel Enable Data Stream.
FEERS Fuel Economy & Emissions Regulatory System
FEERS Fuel Economy & Emissions Reporting System
FEF Fix Effectiveness Factor.
FEGA Functional Evaluation, General Assembly
FEIC Fuel Economy Integrated Counter.
FELT Front End Load Team. A multi-disciplinary team established at phase 0 concept direction to
ensure that all downstream activities have input to design.
FELVP Fuel Economy Learning Vehicle Program.
FEM Finite Element Model(ing).
FEM Front End Molding
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA Finite Element Modeling and Analysis
FEMP Fuel Evaporative Measurement Panel.
FEP Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene (copolymer)
FEP Front End Panel
FER Final Engineering Release.
FER Front End (panel) Reinforcement
FES Front End Sheet Metal.
FE-SID Finite Element Side Impact Dummy
FESM Front End Sheet Metal.
FET Federal Excise Tax
FET Field Effect Transistor
FETS Federal Emissions Test System
FEV German R&D Company
FEX Front End heat eXchanger
FFB Flat Faced Barrier
FFCRS Forward (or Front) Facing Child Restraint System
FFE Front Fender Extension
FFE Functional Fit Evaluation
FFF Free Form Fabrication.
FFF Front Fender Filler
FFH Fuel Fired Heater.
FFI Freight Forwarders Institute.
FFP Front Fender, Plastic
FFR Front Fender Reinforcement
FFS Fee For Service (like as in Contract Employment…)
FFS Front Fender Skirt
FFT Fast Fourier Transform
FFV Flexible Fuel Vehicle.
FFV Found First Visit
FFY Federal Fiscal Year
FG1C First Gamma 1 Complete
FG2C First Gamma 2 Complete.
FGI Gaseous Fuel Injector.
FH Frequency Hopping.
FH&C Fuel Handling & Controls
FHMR Federal Hazardous Materials Regulations
FHP Front Header Panel
FHSS Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (redundant!)
FHV Financial / Human Values
FHWA Federal HighWay Administration (or Agency).
FI Fuel Injection.
FIA Final Impact Assessment.
FICA Federal Insurance Contributions Act (Social Security)
FICM Fuel Injector Control Module.
FID Flame Ionization Detector (HC Analysis).
FIFO First-In-First-Out.
FIL Filler. An abbreviation.
FILA Filament. An abbreviation.
FILO First In Last Out
Filt Filter (an abbreviation)
FIM Functional Information Manager.
FIN FINancial. An abbreviation.
FIN Finish. An abbreviation.
FIP Federal Implementation Plan
FIPS Federal Information Processing Standards
FIR Far Infrared
FIR Finite Impulse Response
FIRTFT Fix It Right The First Time. GM service motto.
FIS Front Impact Sensor
FIT Field Implementation Team
FIVC First Integration Vehicle Complete
fL Foot-Lamberts. Measure of luminance level.
FL Front Left
FLA Front Lamp Assembly
FLASH Find-Locate-Analyze-Summarize-History.
FLC Federal Laboratory Consortium
FLDG Folding. An abbreviation.
FLEV Federal Low Emissions Vehicle
FLEX Flexible Scheduling System.
FLEX Flexible. An abbreviation.
FLG Flange. An abbreviation.
FLIP Forward Lamp – Instrument Panel (wiring harness)
FLIR Forward Looking Infrared RADAR
FLMBTY Flammability. An abbreviation.
FLOPS Floating point Operations Per Second
FLOW Follow the Logical Order of Work
Flr Floor. An abbreviation.
FLS Federal Liaison Services
FLS Fuel Level Sensor
FLSHR Flasher. An abbreviation.
FLTR Filter. An abbreviation.
FLYWHL Flywheel. An abbreviation.
Fm Fermium
FM Frequency Modulation.
FM1C First Mule 1 Complete
FM2C First Mule 2 Complete. To mark that point in time at which the first Mule 2 vehicle is complete
with the content required for its intended purpose.
FMA Failure Mode Analysis, also FMEA.
FMCS Facility Monitoring & Control System.
FMCSR Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations.
FMEA Failure Mode & Effects Analysis, also FMECA. A systemized group of activities intended to
recognize and evaluate the potential failure of a product/process and its effects, identify actions
which could eliminate or reduce the chance of the potential failure occurring and document the
process.
FMECA Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis, also FMEA.
FMH Full Motion Head
FMIS Field Management Information System
FMIT Field Marketing Implementation Team
FMMDP Fast Math Model Development Process
FMMP Front Modules, Manifolds & Pipes
FMP Forward Model Planning. A Central Storage System of all part related planning
FMP Fuel Metering Poppet
FMS Financial Management System
FMS Flexible Manufacturing System.
FMSCM Floor Mount Standard Charge Module
FMVBC First Manufacturing Validation Build Complete. To mark that point in time at which the first
nonsalable vehicles in the production facility are produced to validate the manufacturing
system in preparation for production.
FMVB-ns First Manufacturing Validation Build, non-saleable
FMVCP Federal Motor Vehicle Control Program.
FMVSR Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations (of NHTSA), also FMVSS.
FMVSS Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (of NHTSA), also MVSS, OVSC. Used to distinguish
U.S. standards from Canadian, which are abbreviated as CMVSS.
FNA Functional Name Address. A classification code that identifies a functional part name that is
common across vehicles.
FNA Functional Name Analysis.
FNC Functional Name Characteristic
FNC Functional Name Code
FNES Federal Noise Emission Standard.
FNM Functional Name Modifier.
FNR Four Node Reconfigure
FO Fiber Optics
FOB Freight On Board.
FOD Front of Dash. In early days, called ‗firewall‘.
FOG Fiber Optic Gyroscope
FOH Front Overhang.
FOH Fuel Operated Heater
FOIA Freedom Of Information Act
FOIL Federal Outdoor Impact Laboratory
FOIRL Fiber Optic Inter-Repeater Link
FORG Forging. An abbreviation.
FORMAC FORmula MAnipulation Compiler
FORTRAN FORmula TRANslation
FOTS Fiber Optics Transmission System
FP File Processor.
FP Fuel Pump.
FPA Failure (or Fault) Prevention Analysis (Corporation).
FPAA Field Programmable Analog Array
FPBW Full Power Bandwidth
FPC Fuel per Cylinder per Cycle
FPD Flat Panel Display
FPE Field Perfomance Evaluation.
FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array
FPHS Field Plate Heated Sensor
FPM Fast Page Mode
FPMR Federal Property Management Regulation.
FPN Functional Part Name.
FPP Front (header) Panel - Plastic
FPR Field Product Reporting
FPR Fuel Pressure Regulator.
FPV1C First Product/Process Validation vehicle 1 Complete
FPV2C First Product/Process Validation vehicle 2 Complete
FQIT Functional Quality Improvement Team.
Fr Francium
FR Federal Register.
FR Federal Regulation
FR Fixed Rate. Reflect the probability of demand shifts/deviations between single variants. The
sum of all detailed flex rates exceed the total plant capacity rate. To avoid over-capacity, flex
rates are exclusively used for all components unique to 1 body style.
FR Front Right
FR Functional Reuse
FRACAS Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System
FRAM Ferroelectric Random Access Memory
FRATE Freight Rating, Auditing & Transportation Evaluation.
FRBP Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic.
FRED Field Reporting & Electronic Distribution
Freq Frequency. An abbreviation.
FRICT Friction. An abbreviation.
FRL Functional Recruting Leader
FRM Frame. An abbreviation.
FRM/U Frame Unit. An abbreviation.
Frnt Front (an abbreviation)
FRP Fuel Rail Pressure
FRS Financial Reporting System
FRT Front. An abbreviation.
FRT Functional Recruting Team
FRU Field Reference Unit.
FRU Field Replaceable Unit.
FS Financial Services.
FSA Flexible Spending Account
FSD Fan Shroud
FSE Full Service Engineer
FSF Free Software Foundation
FSG First Stage Graphitization.
FSG Forward Systems Group
FSK Frequency Shift Keying.
FSL Feature Sight Line
FSL Front fender Skirt, Left
FSM Field Support Manager (Covers a section of the region as support and trainer to APM's and
MAM's).
FSO Fuel Shut Off.
FSR Front fender Skirt, Right
FSR Full Scale Range
FSS Financial Shared Services. A GM Business unit involved in accounting services.
FST Front Seat.
FSTN Fastener. An abbreviation.
FSU For Service Use.
FSVC First Structure Vehicle Complete
ft Feet (an abbreviation)
FT Fourier Transform
FT Fuel Trim.
FTA Fault Tree Analysis.
FTA Federal Transit Authority
FTBD Files To Build Drawing (Block)
FTC Federal Trade Commission.
FTE Full Time Equivalents
FTG Fitting. An abbreviation.
ft-lb Foot-Pounds
FTP Federal Test Procedure (EPA mpg)
FTP Field Trial Program.
FTP Fuel Tank Pressure.
FTP File Transfer Protocol. A protocol that allows the transfer of files from one computer to another.

FTP-H Federal Test Procedure - Hot.

FTQ First Time Quality
FTQC First Time Quality Capability
FTT First Time Throughput
FTTA Federal Technology Transfer Act
FTTC Fiber To The Curb
FTTH Fiber To The Home
FTVV Fuel Tank Vent Valve.
FTZ Foreign Trade Zone. A zone where trade coming into the U.S. from a foreign country is not
subject to duty until the product leaves the Trade Zone.
FUBAR Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition (or Repair).
FUD Federal Urban Driving
FUDS Federal Urban Driving Schedule.
FUT Fuel Use Tax
FV Front View. An abbreviation.
FVC Factory Variable Cost.
FVC Frequency to Voltage Converter
FVS Final Vehicle Ship
FVS Float Valve Separator.
Fwd Forward (an abbreviation)
FWD Forward. An abbreviation.
FWD Front Wheel Drive.
FWG Functional Work Group
FWH Front Wheel Housing
FWHM Full Width at Half Maximum
FWIW For What Its Worth
FWS Field Warranty Specialist
FWS Front Wheel Spoiler
FY Fiscal Year.
FYI For Your Information.
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g Gram.
g Gravity. Acceleration of gravity, 32.2 ft/s^2 = 9.8m/s^2
G Giga (1,000,000,000 times).
G&A General & Administrative costs
G/BHP-H Grams Per Brake Horsepower Hour.
g/cyl Grams per Cylinder.
G/L General Ledger. The general ledger represents the total of all G/L accounts from which the
balance sheet and profit and loss statements are defined and produced.
G/MLDG Garnish Molding. An abbreviation.
G/NUT Gearnut. An abbreviation.
G/S Grams per Second
GA Gage. An abbreviation.
GA General Assembly.
GA Genetic Algorithm
GAAP Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
GaAs Gallium Arsenide. Semiconductor material for making optoelectronic devices and high-
frequency ICs. Electrons in GaAs travel at twice the speed of those of silicon.)
GAC General Assembly Council (or Center)
GACB Global Aftermarket Charter Board
GAE General Assembly Engineering
Gage R&R Gage Repeatability and Reproducibility
GAI General Assembly Integration
GAIM Gas Assisted Injection Molding.
GAL Gallery. An abbreviation.
GAL Generic Array Logic
GALC Global Automotive Legal Conference
GALIA Groupement pour l'Amelioration des Liaisons dans l'Industrie Automobile - the French
automotive industry organization. This group represents France in ODETTE.
GAMRF Gross Axle Mass Rating, Front
GAO General Accounting Office (US government).
GAPC Global Alternative Propulsion Center (Russelsheim)
GARN Garnish. An abbreviation.
GATE Graduate Automotive Technology Education
GATS Global Advanced Technology System
GAW Gross Axle Weight (UK, see GAWR)
GAWR Gross Axle Weight Rating (US). Specified maximum carrying capacity of an axle, measured at
tire-road interface.
Gb Gigabyte.
GBOF Global Bill Of Finance.
GBOM Global Bill Of Material.
GBOP Global Bill Of Process.
GBP Gain Bandwidth Product
GBRS General Business & Reporting System
GCAS Global Customer Audit System (common quality audit data reporting system. It enables the
collection, storage and reporting of quality audit data gathered on GM and competitive vehicles
at assembly plants and prototype shops.)
GCC Graphic Control Center.
GCW Gross Combination Weight. Total weight of vehicle with equipment, fuel, driver and
passengers, payload, and trailer.
GCWR Gross Combined Weight Rating
GCWR Gross Curb Weight Rating.
GD Graphic Detail.
GD&T Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing - A method for identifying dimensions on blueprints.

GDE Guide. An abbreviation.

GDI Gasoline Direct Injection
GDO Garage Door Opener.
GDOE Graphical Design of Experiments
GDS Geographic Decision Support.
GDS Global Delivery Survey
GDSII Graphic Design System II (EDA Format)
GDSS Global Decision Support System
GDT Global Descriptor Table
GEBFWC Global Engineering Budget / Financial / Workload Council
GEC Global Engineering Councils
GEDOC Global Engineering & Design Operations Council.
GELC Global Engineering Leadership Council
GEM Global Electric Motors. A wholly owned subsidiary of DaimlerChrysler.
GEM Global Electronics Measurement
GEM Guidelines for Effective Management.
GEMS Global Expense Management Solution. Online system that processes expenses related to the
current expense Reporting, Acquisition Card, Fleet Card and Phone Card processes.

Gen Generator. An abbreviation.

GEN I Generation I
GEN II Generation II
GEPS Global Electronic Publishing System. A Global project focused on delivering parts catalogue
information to GM retailers using internet/intranet technology.
GEPS Global Electronics Payment System
GEPSC Global Engineering Process System Council.
GES General Estimates System (NHTSA)
GES Global Export System
GESMG Global Engineering Senior Management Group.
GFCI Ground Fault Circuit Interrupt.
GFI Gaseous Fuel Injection
GFI Ground Fault Interrupt.
GFIC Ground Fault Isolation Circuit
GFS Goals Forecasting System.
GFS Goodwrench Fleet Service. A joint Fleet, Commercial and Service Parts Operations initiative to
improve repurchase intentions through increased service loyalty to GM commercial dealers.

GFSK Gaussian Frequency Shift Keying

GGE Gasoline Gallon Equivalent. An amount of gaseous fuel (propane or CNG) that is equal to one
gallon of gasoline.
GGRR Graphical Gage Repeatability and Reproductivity
GHG Green House Gases
Ghz Gigahertz.
GI&TT Global Implementation & Training Team.
GIB Get-Into-Business
GIC General Impedance Converter
GIC Global Information Center.
GIC Guaranteed Income Contract
GIDEP Government Industry Data Exchange Program.
GIF Graphic Interchange Format. A commonly used file compression format developed by
CompuServe for transferring graphics files to and from on-line services.
GIGO Garbage in Garbage out
GIL General International Limited
GIM Group information Manager.
GIRP Global Issue Resolution Process.
GIRS Global Issue Resolution System.
GIS Gauge Information System
GIS Geographic Information System
GIS/PP Guaranteed Income Stream - Income Protection Plan.
GL General Ledger. Also written as G/L.
GLA General Ledger Account
GLCTTR Great Lakes Center of Truck Transportation Research
GLIS Group Life Insurance System.
GLOSSAR Global Systems Standards And Resources
GLPS Global Launch Process System.
GLS General Ledger System
GLS Glass. An abbreviation.
GLTC Great Lakes Technology Center.
GLZ Glaze. An abbreviation.
GM General Motors.
GM LATS General Motors Lifestyle Activity Tracking Study
GM PAC General Motors Political Action Committee. http://www.gmpac.com/
GM RVDC General Motors Reacquired Vehicle Disposition Center
GM-PMI See PMI.
GM/CM General Motors Construction Manager.
GM/PDM General Motors Product Data Management
GM/SOLID Geometric Modeling of Solids.
GMA General Motors Audit
GMA General Motors de Argentina
GMAAN General Motors African Ancestry Network.Serves as the umbrella and communications forum
for African Ancestry Employees. Web site on GM intranet.
GMAAP General Motors Adoption Assistance Plan.
GMAC General Motors Acceptance Corporation. The financing arm of GM. Also, a representative that
is part of a Market Area Team.
GMAC Gigabit Medium Access Controller
GMAD General Motors Assembly Division
GMAL General Motors Acronym List
GMAL General Motors Aerodynamics Laboratory (wind tunnel).
GMAO General Motors Automotive Operations.
GMAP General Motors Asia Pacific
GMARS General Motors Area (of Geographic Sales & Service) Reporting System
GMAS General Motors Audit Services. See intranet web site;
http://cls02.notes.gmeds.com/gmapps/usapp/usapp443.nsf
GMAT Graduate Management Admission Test
GMATS General Motors Advanced Technology System
GMATS General Motors Air Transportation System. Responsible for scheduling, maintaining and flying
the corporate aircraft. GMATS also manages a corporate charter activity under the name of
Automotive Air Charter. Building #530, E. Service Drive at Detroit Metro Airport
GMATV General Motors Advanced Technology Vehicles
GMAW Gas Metal Arc Weld
GMB General Motors Brazil.
GMB General Motors Building.
GmbH General Motors - Brussels
GMBI General Motors Buana Indonesia
GMC General Managers Council
GMC General Motors Corporation.
GMC Truck Division.
GMCC GM Customer Connect
GMCFT General Motors Clean Fuel Technology
GMCG General Motors Car Group (North America)
GMCID General Motors Customer Information Database.
GMCIS General Motors Computer Information System
GMCL General Motors of Canada, Limited
GMCM General Motors Custom Microcomputer.
GMCN General Motors Customer Network. A merger of two existing organizations: Enterprise
Customer Management (ECM) and eGM NA. GM Customer Network, a comprehensive,
customer- and dealer-focused organization, will maximize value to both GM and its retailers by
taking the strengths of both organizations and channeling them into one effort to develop and
grow distinct customer relationships. GMCN puts all of our customer ―touchpoints‖ together in
one organization, including customer service call centers, direct marketing, lead management,
GM BuyPower, Owner Center@MyGMLink, database management for CRM initiatives and
dealer communications, such as DealerWorld and GMDealerLink.

GMCP General Motors Contour Pattern.

GMCPA General Motors Corporate Plant Audit
GMCTW General Motors Common Training Website
GMCUV General Motors Certified Used Vehicle.
GMCVO General Motors Company Vehicle Operations. See CVO.
GMDAT GM Daewoo Auto & Technology Company.
GMDE General Motors Dealer Equipment
GM-DI General Motors Dealership Identification.
GMDID General Motors Dealer Information Database.
GMDR General Motors Diagnosis & Repair Manual.
GME General Motors Europe.
GMEC General Motors Electric Controller.
GMECC General Motors Engineering Computer Coordination
GMECS General Motors Evaporative Control System
GMED General Motors Engine Division.
GMEITC Global Modeling Process Integration Techniques
GMELC General Motors Engineering Leadership Council
GMERE General Motors Engineering Research and Environmental.
GMEV General Motors Electric Vehicle.
GMFA General Motors Fixed Assets.
GMFIST General Motors Forced Induction System Technology
GMGL General Motors General Ledger. Common accounting system used to track and report the
financial status of GM.
GMGL/MULTI General Motors General Ledger, Multi-Currency, Cross Charge.
GMH General Motors Holdens.
GMHE General Motors Hughes Electronics
GMHS General Motors Health Services. Provides world-class medical care and occupational health
services for GM employees worldwide.
GMI General Motors Institute.
GMICT General Motors Isuzu Commercial Truck, LLC.
GMIDL General Motors Interactive Distance Learning .
GMI-EMI General Motors Institute - Engineering & Management.
GMIMCo General Motors Investment Management Corporation. A wholly owned subsidiary of General
Motors that is the fund manager of the Promark Funds.
GMIO General Motors International Operations.
GMIQ General Motors Initial Quality.
GMISCA General Motors Information System & Communication Activity.
GMISP General Motors Information Security Policy
GMLA General Motors Latin America
GMLAAM General Motors Latin America, Africa and Middle East
GMLAN General Motors Local Area Network.
GMLG General Motors Locomotive Group
GMLOCS General Motors Load Control Systems
GMM General Motors de Mexico
GMMACS General Motors Manufacturing & Assembly Cost.
GMMACS General Motors Marketing Area.
GMMC General Motors Men's Club
GMMI General Motors Marketing Internship
GMMIC General Motors Material Information Center.
GMNA General Motors North America. Most often used to refer to the business units operating in
North America, which currently includes Canadian and Mexican operations.
GMNA PLB General Motors North America Process Leadership Board. Affiliation: GMNA Planning &
Program Management
GMNET General Motors NETwork
GMoC General Motors of Canada
GMODC General Motors Overseas Distribution Corporation
GMoL General Motors OnLine.
GMOLS General Motors Oil Life System
GMOPS General Motors Online Projects System
GMPCP General Motors Product Compliance Program. Ensures compliance to domestic and
international government standards/regulations and GM product safety requirements.
GMPCS Global Mobile Personal Communications by Satellite
GMPDC General Motors Parts Distribution Center
GMPDM General Motors Product Data Management.
GMPG General Motors Proving Grounds, also see MPG and DPG.
GMPIT Global Modeling Process Integration Techniques
GMPP General Motors Protection Plan. A service contract.
GMPPMP General Motors Product Program Management Process
GMPT General Motors PowerTrain.
GMPTACT General Motors PowerTrain Assembly Component Tracking
GMPTG General Motors PowerTrain Group.
GMPX Delco Electronics 32 bit microprocessor.
GMQN General Motors/UAW Quality Network.
GMR General Motors Repository.
GMR General Motors Research laboratories. Obsolete, refer to RES.
GMRIS General Motors Recall Information System. This system handles all product recall activities for
GM vehicles in the U.S. and Canada.
GMRR Global Managerial Reporting Review.
GMRRS General Motors Record Retention Schedule. A schedule or listing of the categories (called
―record series‘) of GM Business Records to be retained by GM for specified retention periods in
accordance with the GM Record Retention Policy.
GMS Global Manufacturing System.
GMSCM Delco Electronics 8-bit microprocessor used in GM vehicles.
GMSDP General Motors System Development Process
GMSIPS Refer to SIPS.
GMSK Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying
GMSMART General Motors System Manager And Review Tool
GMSP General Motors Supply Power
GMSPO General Motors Service Parts Operation. (Also known as SPO)
GMSPP General Motors Safety Practices & Procedures.
GMSUTS General Motors Service Uniform Testing Specifications
GMT Greenwich Mean Time (Zulu time)
GMTC General Motors Technical Center.
GMTC General Motors Training Center.
GMTEP General Motors Technical Education Program
GMTG General Motors Truck Group.
GMTG Global Motors Truck Group
GMTKS General Motors Time Keeping System.
GMTM General Motors Technical Memory system.
GMTM General Motors Treasury Management system
GMTOPS General Motors Total Online Project System. Financial tracking computer system integrating
existing systems to manage capital and non-capital project charges.
GMTRP General Motors Technology Readiness Process.
GMU General Motors University.
GMUD General Motors Uniform Data. Engineering release system. On-line capture of the parts and of
the usage data of the vehicle, incl. product overviews. Batch operations scheduling and a user-
friendly distribution of the engineering parts list data, engineering change summary and
engineering releases.
GMUKC General Motors University Knowledge Center
GMUTS General Motors' Uniform Testing Specifications. A set of corporate test procedures that form
the basis for establishing compliance to government requirements, such as Federal Motor
Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS), Clean Air Act, and California Air Resources Board. Also
see GMPCP.
GMV General Motors Venezuela
GMVID General Motors Vehicle Information Database.
GMVIS General Motors Vehicle Inquiry System. GMVIS is the replacement for the old DCS Vehicle
Information Service System (VISS) application. GMVIS was developed to assist service
personnel obtain detailed vehicle information.
GMVO General Motors Vehicle Operations. Incorrect term, see CVO.
GMWA General Motors Warranty Analysis.
GMWC General Motors Women's Club
GMWTS General Motors Worldwide Travel Services.
GMWWT General Motors World Wide Travel
GMX For Prefix Code for General Motors cars while in development process.
Gnd Ground. An abbreviation.
GNP Gross National Product
GOPS Giga Operations Per Second
GOV Governor. An abbreviation.
GOVT Government. An abbreviation.
GP General Procedure. GM Quality/Reliability General Procedures concerning part standards and
sample submission process, e.g., GP3, GP8, also see TFE.
GP-03 General Procedure #3. (Obsolete; now PPAP)
GP-04 General Procedure #4. Supplier Submission of Material for Proc. Application.
GP-05 General Procedure #5. Problem Reporting & Resolution.
GP-06 General Procedure #6. Supplier Requirement for Match Check Material.
GP-07 General Procedure #7. Supplier Requirement for Comp. Verification & Trace.
GP-08 General Procedure #8. Supplier Parts Certification Process.
GP-09 General Procedure #9. Volume Production Run At Rate.
GP-10 General Procedure #10. Evaluation & Accreditation of Supplier Testing Facility.
GP-11 General Procedure #11. Measurement Process to Provide Dimensionally Known Parts for
Prototype. Prototype Material Certification Procedure.
GP-12 General Procedure #12. Early Production Containment Procedure.
GPC Global Partner Communications
GPC Global Process Center
GPD Global Product Development.
GPDAS General Purpose Data Acquisition System
GPDBS Global Product Development Business Services
GPDC Global Portfolio Development Center.
GPDC Global Product Development Center. No longer used. Replaced by AVDC.
GPDP Global Powertrain Development Process. The common process for work directed toward
bringing a quality product to market Globally. (see PDP definition for more information).
GPDS Global Product Description System. A corporate common mainframe computer system for
product engineering. The System provides a common product database for GM. It describes
and authorizes product description information throughout General Motors and interfaces with
other systems.
GPDT Group Product Development Team
GPDW Global Parts Data Warehouse
GPIB General Purpose Interface Bus
GPM Grams Per Mile.
GPM Grille Periphery Molding
GPPC Global Product & Process Center.
GPRTS Global Problem Resolution Tracking System. Based on the former QPRP from GMIO.
GPS Global Purchasing System. The common contracting system for GM, operating on a global
basis.
GPS Goodwrench Parts System
GPS Global Positioning System.
GPSG Global Personnel Strategy Group.
GPSS Global Positioning Satellite System.
GPU Global Product Unit
GQC Group Quality Council.
GQIR Global Quality Issues Resolution System
GQIT Group Quality Improvement Team.
GQL Generalized Query Language
GQS General Quality Standard
GQTS Global Quality Tracking System
GR Gear. An abbreviation.
GR&R Gauge Repeatability & Reproducibility.
GRC Global Release Center.
GRE Graduate Record Exam
GRI Gas Research Institute
GRI Group Report of Investigation.
GRIDS Geographical Roadway Information Display System
GRIN GRadient INdex (Fiber Optics)
GRIP Graphics Interactive Programming. Programming language for customized functions within the
UG application.
GRL Grille. An abbreviation.
GROM Grommet. An abbreviation.
GRP Gross Rating Points
GRP Group. An abbreviation.
GRS Grid Reference System
GRV Groove. An abbreviation.
GRVD Grooved. An abbreviation.
G's Gravity's (unit of acceleration equal to one gravity).
GS Garage Shift
GS Global Sourcing.
GS Gold Stripe. An abbreviation.
GSA General Services Administration.A division of the United States government.
GSB Global Strategy Board.
GSFUDS Generic Simplified Federal Urban Driving Schedule
GSIS Graphics Standard Interface Standard
GSKT Gasket. An abbreviation.
GSLC Global Supplier Leveraging Council. Identify ways to optimize General Motors and suppliers
expertise to support world class products and manufacturing processes.
GSM Global System for Mobile communication
GSM Groupe Speciale Mobile
GSM Global System for Mobile communication.
GSMK Gaussian Minimum Shift Keyed
GSMP Goodwrench Service Merchandising Parts
GSN Global Supplier Network.
GSP Goodwrench Service Plus
GSS Global Simulation Standards.
GSTN General Switched Telephone Network
GT Gran Turismo / Grand Touring
GTAW Gas Tungsten Arc Weld
GTC General Technical Committee.
GTESMG Global Truck Engineering Senior Management Group
GTO Gate Turn Off
GTO Gran Tourismo Omologato ("Grand touring car in production")
GTR Gear Tension Relief.
GTR Gutter. An abbreviation.
GTS Gas Temperature Sensor
GTT Global Task Team
GUI Graphical User Interface (pronounced "gooey"). Software meant to provide an attractive and
easy to use interface between a computer user and application
GUSS Gusset. An abbreviation.
GVAR Gross Vehicle Axle Rating.
GVDP Global Vehicle Development Process
GVL Gravel. An abbreviation.
GVM Gross Vehicle Mass. The total weight of a vehicle without passengers.
GVMR Gross Vehicle Mass Rating.
GVMR Gross Vehicle Mass Reserve.
GVW Gross Vehicle Weight. Maximum legal weight at which a vehicle can be operated. Curb weight
plus payload.
GVWR Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (at ground)
GW Gross Weight.
GWO General Work Order.
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Acronym Definition
h Coefficient of heat transfer
H Henry (unit of Inductance)
H Hydrogen
H/C High Compression. An abbreviation.
H/HF Harmony / Human Factors (Provide design direction to Marketing, Design Center, Vehicle
Architecture, Appearance Engineering, Platform leaders, and Design Release Engineers in
order to integrate the customer and his/her passengers with the vehicle.)
H/P Hewlett Packard. (See HP)
H/PLR Hinge Pillar. An abbreviation.
H/PRF High Performance. An abbreviation.
H/RST Head Restraint. An abbreviation.
H/SHLD Heat Shield. An abbreviation.
H/W Hardware
HA Hughes Aircraft.
HAC Hughes Aircraft Corporation.
HAIR Head Air Injection Reactor
HALT Highly Accelerated Life Testing
HANS Head And Neck Support.
HAR Highway Advisory Radio
HARM Harmonic. An abbreviation.
HARN Harness. An abbreviation.
HASS Highly Accelerated Stress Screening
HBCC Hosted Bus Control Chip.
HBT Hatchback Trim finish
HBT Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor
HC Hydrocarbon/Hydrocarbon Compound.
HCCI Homogenous Change Compression Ignition
HCDSS Health Care Decision Support Systems
HCG Hughes Communications Galaxy
HCHO Formaldehyde
HCI Hughes Communications, Inc.
HCL Hardware Compatibility List
HCM Heating Control Module.
HCM Highway Capacity Manual (Transportation Research Board)
HCM HVAC Control Module.
HD Hard Designs. Part releases that require creation of a new design.
HD Head. An abbreviation.
HD Heavy Duty.
HDAC Heater Defrost Air Conditioning Module Assembly.
HDB Hood Blister
HDDE Heavy Duty Diesel Engine
HDE Heavy Duty Engine
HDI Hood Inner panel
HDL Handle. An abbreviation.
HDL Hardware Description Language
HDL Head Lamp
HDLC Higher-level Data Link Control.
HDLNG Headlining. An abbreviation.
HDLP Headlamp. An abbreviation.
HDM Header Molding
HDM Headlight Driver Module
HDM Hierarchical Development Methodology
HDO Hood, Outer
HDPE High Density Poly Ethylene
HDR Header. An abbreviation.
HDRA Heavy Duty Representatives Association.
HDS Hood Scoop
HDS Hughes Data Systems
HDSL High data rate Digital Subscriber Line
HDTMA Heavy Duty Truck Manufacturers Association.
HDTP Hyper Data Transfer Protocol
HDTV High Definition Television
HDV Heavy Duty Vehicle.
HDW Hardware. An abbreviation.
HE Hinge. An abbreviation.
HEA Hydraulic Element Assembly
HEBA Heater, Evaporator, Blower Assembly.
HEBBA Heater, Evaporator, Blower, Barrier Assembly.
HEC Hughes Electronics corporation
HEI High Energy Ignition.
HELP Heavy vehicle Electronic License Plate
HEMT High Electron Mobility Transistor
HEOS Heated Exhaust Oxygen Sensor
HER High Efficiency Radiator.
HERTZ Cycles Per Second. Not an acronym.
HESI Hughes Environmental Systems, Inc.
HEUI Hydraulic Electronic Unit Injector
HEV Hybrid Electric Vehicle
HEVES High Efficiency Vehicle Electrical System
Hex Hexadecimal (an abbreviation)
Hf Hafnium
HF High Feature
HF High Frequency
HF Human Factors.
HFC Human Factors Criteria.
HFCI Human Factors Criteria Inventory.
HFDO Human Factors Design Objectives
HFE Human Factors Engineering
HFET Highway Fuel Economy Test.
Hg Mercury (chemical abbreviation)
HGI Heated Gas Inflator
HGL Hood Grille (ornamentation)
Hi High (an abbreviation)
HIC Head Injury Criteria.
HID High Intensity Discharge (headlamps).
HIN Hood Insulator
HIP Hot Isostatic Pressing (Steel).
HIPO Hierarchy Plus Input / Output (IBM)
HIPOT High Potential (High Voltage)
HIR Hood Inner panel Reinforcement
HIS Health Information system.
Hist History (an abbreviation)
HITEC Highway Innovative Technology Evaluation Center
HITS Hughes Information Technology systems
HLA Hydraulic Lash Adjuster
HLB Head Lamp Bezel
HLC Head Lamp Cluster
HLD Headliner
HLDI Highway Loss Data Institute
HLDR Holder. An abbreviation.
HLL High Level Language.
HLLAPI High Level Language Application Program Interface
HMCC Hazardous Material Control Committee
HMD Hourly, Monthly Demographics
HMI Human Machine Interface
HMMWV High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle (Pronounced "Humvee" - Original USAR
designation for the Hummer)
HMO Health Maintenance Organization
HMR Hazardous Material Regulation
HMS His/Her Majesty‘s Ship
HMTA Hazardous Materials Transportation Act
HNGR Hanger. An abbreviation.
HNS Hughes Network Systems
HO High Output.
HO2S Heated Oxygen Sensor.
HOLDN Hold Down. An abbreviation.
HOP Hood Outer, Plastic
Horiz Horizontal. An abbreviation.
HOV High Occupancy Vehicle
HP Hewlett Packard.
HP High Performance
HP High Power
HP Horsepower.
HPAF High Pressure & Axial Feed
HPC Head Performance Criterion
HPDI High Pressure Direct Injection
HPGL Hewlett Packard Graphics Language
HPIB Hewlett Packard Interface Bus (also GPIB, IEE488)
HPM Hybrid Power Module.
HPS Head Protection System
HPS High Performance System.
HPS High Pressure Section
HPS Hourly Payroll System.
HPS Hughes Power Systems
HPV Hours Per Vehicle (Total production Man-hours divided by total vehicles produced - a measure
of production efficiency.
HPVM Heat Pump Ventilation Module.
HPVS Heat Pump Ventilation System.
HQIT Hourly Quality Improvement Team
Hr Hour. An abbreviation.
HR Human Resources.
HR(D) Harrison Radiator (Division). Part of ACG.
HRC Hardware Release Center
HRC Human Resources Center
HRD Human Resource Development.
hrdw Hardware (abbreviation)
HRM Human Resources Management.
HRRC High Rear Roll Center
Hrs Hours (an abbreviation)
HRTF Head Related Transfer Function (re 3-D auditory sensing)
HS High Side.
HSC Hughes Space & Communications Company
HSDI High-Speed Direct Injection.
HSE High Speed Endurance.
HSG Housing. An abbreviation.
HSHL High Speed / High Load
HSIRS Highway Statistics Information Retrieval System
HSIS Highway Safety Information System
HSLA High Strength / Low Alloy steel
HSPDS Holdens Service Parts Description System. A central storage system of all service only parts
related planning Production/Service Information.
HSPO Holdens Service Parts Organization.
HSR Hood Support Rod
HSRI Highway Safety Research Institute
HSS High Speed Steel.
HSTP High Speed Transport Protocol
HSWIM High Speed Weight In Motion
HT Heat. An abbreviation.
HT Heavy Truck.
HT High Torque
HTCM HPVS/ Thermal Control Module (EV).
HTCM HVAC Thermal Control Module.
HTD Heated. An abbreviation.
HTF Highway Trust Fund
HTFS Highway Traffic Forecasting System
HTI Hand Tool Institute
HTL High Threshold Logic
HTML Hyper Text Markup Language, HTML is the language used to tag various parts of a Web
document so browsing software will know how to display that document's links, text, graphics
and attached media. .
Htr Heater. An abbreviation.
HTT Hexadecimal Translation Tool. Softwarel to interpret certain types of Hex data.
HTTP Hyper Text Transfer Protocol. The very first part of a Web address HTTP: says, "I am a Web
address," and tells the computers on the Internet to use the "hypertext transfer protocol" to
send information to and from your computer. (A "protocol" is just a techy term for an agreed-
upon way to swap information.
HUD Head(s)-Up Display.
HUFSAM Highway Users Federation For Safety and Mobility.
HV High Voltage
HV Hybrid Vehicle
HVAC Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning.

HVAC/PTC Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Powertrain Cooling.

HVAIC High Vacuum Air Intake Control.
HVD High Vacuum Diverter.
HVEMP Heavy Vehicle Emission Measurement Panel
HVL Hydraulic Valve Lifter
HVOF High Velocity Oxy-Fuel (Dana rings)
HVPE High Voltage Power Electronics
HVPSP Hybrid Vehicle Propulsion System Program
HVS High Voltage Switch
HVUT Heavy Vehicle Use Tax
HVY Heavy. An abbreviation.
HW Heated Windshield.
HW4 Highway high performance.
HWCI Hardware Configuration Items
HWF Holding Work File.
HWG Hatch Window Glass
HWIO Hardware Input/Output.
HWPS Hand Wheel Position Sensor.
HWS Heated WindShield.
HWY Highway. An abbreviation.
HYB III Hybrid Three. A GM developed third generation. Fully instrumented anthropometric test device.

HYD Hydraulic. An abbreviation.

HYGE Hydraulically controlled, Gas Energized
Hz Hertz (unit of frequency = cycle(s) per second)
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Acronym Definition
I Interchangeable
I Iodine
i.e. Id Est. Latin for ‗that is‘ or ‗such as‘.
I/ARM Idler Arm. An abbreviation.
I/F Ignition & Filtration
I/M Inspection & Maintenance.
I/O In/Out
I/O Input/Output.
I/P Instrument Panel.
I/S Inside. An abbreviation.
I/SEAT Intermediate Seat. An abbreviation.
I2L Integrated Injection Logic
I2L/MTL Integrated Injection Logic / Merged Transistor Logic
I2O Intelligent I/O
I2U Instrumentation Interface Unit.
I3 Inflation Induced Injury
IA Intake Air
IAB Internet Activities Board
IAB Internet Architecture Board, the IAB is the council that makes decisions about Internet
standards.
IAC Idle Air Control
IACP International Association of Chiefs of Police
IACS International Annealed Copper Standard
IACV Idle Air Control Valve.
IAFM Integrated Air/Fuel Module
IAFS Integrated Air/Fuel Systems
IAMS International Assignment Management System.
IAPIE Identify, Analyze, Plan, Implement, Evaluate.
IAPIE Model Identify, Analyze, Plan, Implement, Evaluate. A generic change management model, used for
problem solving and improvements.
IARV Injury Assessment Reference Values.
IAT Instrument panel Ash Tray
IAT Intake (or Inlet) Air Temperature.
IAV Injury Assessment Values.
IBEW International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
IBIS I/O Buffer Information Specification
IBM International Business Machines.
IBMA Independent Battery Manufacturers Association
IBP Integrated Business Planning. A common, global process that provides a more effective and
efficient business planning approach.
IBS Integrated Business Strategy. Seven strategies (Market, Capacity, Workforce, Facilities,
Process, Organization, Macro Economics and Government) are integrated based on a set of
assumptions to determine alternatives for GM Leadership to review and decide on GMNA's
Corporate Strategy to manufacture targeted quality products that will be delivered fast to
market at a competitive cost.
IBT Instructor Based Training. Traditional instructor led classroom training.
IBTTA International Bridge, Tunnel, and Turnpike Association
IBU Independent Business Unit.
IC Ignition Control.
IC Inflatable Curtain
IC Initiate Charter.
IC Integrated Circuit.
IC Internal Combustion.
IC Internal Communications.
ICA Integrated Communications Adapter
ICA International Communications Agency.
ICAFM Integrated Controller: Air / Fuel Module
ICAM Integrated Computer Aided Manufacturing.
ICC Integrated Circuit Cards
ICC Internal Change Communication.
ICC Internal Control Coordinator.
ICC Interstate Commerce Commission
ICCS Integrated Chassis Control System.
ICD Interface Control Document.
ICDX Integrated Compact Disc Changer
ICE In Circuit Emulator
ICE Initial Customer Enthusiasm
ICE Integrated Coil Electronics
ICE Internal Combustion Engine.
ICEA Insulated Cable Engineers Association
ICF Initial Care Facility
ICF Instrumentation Calibration File
ICIP Internal Communications Improvement Process. GMNA initiative to improve internal
communications.
ICM Ignition Control Module.
ICMP Interagency Committee on Metric Policy
ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol
ICP Integrated Circuit Piezoelectric (transducer)
ICR Incentive Correspondence Referral form.
ICR Internal Control Review.
ICRP/ICRQ Internal Control Review Program/Internal Control Review Questions. No longer used. Replaced
by Business Risk Management (BRM) initiative.
ICS Information, Cost & Savings Account (Act).
ICS Integrated (or Integral) Child Seat
ICS Integrated Chassis System
ICSS Internal Customer Satisfaction Survey.
ICU Intensive Care Unit
ICU Interactive Chart Utility.
ICV Independently Controlled Valve(train)
ICV Independently Controlled Vent (A small pivoting ventilation window.)
ICV Individually Controlled Ventilation.
ICW In Conjunction With
ID Identification. (an abbreviation)
ID Identifier (an abbreviation).
ID Induction Development.
ID Inside Diameter.
IDB International Data Bus
IDC Insulation Displacement Contact
IDDAS Intelligent Dummy Data Acquisition System
IDE Integrated Development Environment (Software development environment that is integrated
into an application - eg. Visual Basic is integrated into MS Office applications)
IDE Integrated Device (or Drive) Electronics
IDE Interactive Development Environment
IDEA Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis
IDEA International Data Encryption Algorithm
IDEAS Integrated Designs & Engineering Analysis Software.
IDEAS Integrated Development & Engineering Application System
IDEF0 Integrated Computer Aided Manufacturing Definition Method #0 - A graphical activity modeling
methodology developed for the Air Force in 1981.
IDEF1 Integrated Computer Aided Manufacturing Definition Method #1 Extended.
IDENT Identification. An abbreviation.
IDES Intrusion Detection Expert System
IDI Indirect Injection.
IDL Interactive Distance Learning. Training courses offered via satellite broadcast.
IDLN Interactive Distance Learning Network
IDN Integrated Digital Network.
IDP Individual Development Plan
IDR Interim Design Review.
IDSR Integration Driven Subsystem Requirements
IDTN Interactive Distance Training Network
IE In Effect.
IE Industrial Engineer(ing)
IE Information Element.
IE Integration Engineer.
IE/CM Industrial Engineering / Competitive Manufacturing
IEA Impact Energy Absorber
IEAFM Integrated Engine Control Module & Air/Fuel Module
IEC Industrial Engineering Council
IEC Information, Entertainment, Comfort.
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission. The international standards organization parallel to
ISO, which deals with all electrical and electronic standards.
IEC International Engineering Consortium
IECA International Engineering Communications Activity.
IEDP Integrated Engineering Design Process (NAO General Information)
IEE Institute of Electrical Engineers
IEEE Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
IEFI Indirect Electronic Fuel Injection (Diesel)
IEMA International Economic & Market Analysis
IEMA International Export Market Analysis.
IEMO International Export Manufacturing Operation.
IEPD Integrated Engineering Process Directors.
IES International Export Sales.
IETF Internet Engineering Task Force, IETF refers to a subgroup of the Internet Architecture Board
that focuses on solving technical problems on the internet on-line images. These are the
graphics contained within a Web document. .
IFA Input Filter Assembly
IFC Integrated Fuel Control.
IFF Identification, Friend or Foe (Military use).
IFF Injection Fuel Filter
IFG Inland Fisher Guide. Now part of Delphi; no longer used.
IFI Integrated Fuel Injection.
IFR In Frame Response (C2C)
IFRD Intake Fuel Rationality Diagnostic.
IFS Independent Front Suspension
IFTA Integrated Fault Tolerant Architecture
IFTA International Fuel Tax Agreement
IGBT Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor
IGCT Integrated Gate Commutated Thyristor
IGDG Internet-based Global Differential GPS. NASA software developed at Jet Propulsion Laboratory
in Pasadena, CA, provides positioning data accurate to within 10 cm.
IGES Initial Graphic Exchange Specification. Document containing requirements for a common data
communication format for product definition that can be understood in terms of today's
CAD/CAM environment.
IGM Interior Garnish Molding
Ign Ignition (an abbreviation)
IGR Industry – Government Regulations
IGS Individual Growth Strategies. Replaced PPDP.
IHO In Honor Of
IHRA International Harmonized Research Activities
IHS Information Handling Service
IHS Interstate Highway System
IHSD Interactive Highway Safety Design
IHSDM Interactive Highway Safety Design Model
IIA Information Industry Association
IIA Institute of Internal Auditors
IID Interaural Intensity Difference (re 3-D auditory sensing)
IIE Institute of Industrial Engineers
IIEC Inter-Industry Emission Control Program.
IIHS Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
III Inflation Induced Injury
IIL Integrated Injection Logic
IIO Intelligent Input / Output
IIR Infinite Impulse Response (filter type)
IIRS Institute for Industrial Research and Standards
IIS Interactive Instruction System.
IJCAI International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence
IJVP International Joint Venture Program
IL Inside Length.
ILC Idle Load Control
ILD Indentation Load Deflection
ILD Induction Loop Detector
ILEV Inherently Low Emission Vehicle.
Illum Illumination (an abbreviation)
ILM Information LifeCycle Management. ILM is a GM global process designed to enable
management of GM Records in all forms.
ILM Integrated Logistics Management
ILRS Indirect Labor Reporting System.
IM Integration Manufacturing.
IMA Industrial Mutual Association.
IMAC Integrated Mass Airflow Controller.
IMAN Information Management And Networking
IMAN Information Manager
IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol
IMC Interstate Motor Carrier
IMD Inter-Modulation Distortion
IMDX Integrated Mini Disc Changer.
IMFI Indirect Mechanical Fuel Injection (Diesel)
IMHO In My Humble Opinion (Internet / E-mail)
IMI Ignition Manufacturers Institute.
IML Initial Module Load.
Immo Immobilizer (an abbreviation)
IMP Impact. An abbreviation.
IMPA International Motor Press Association.
IMPAC Indirect Material Parts Catalog.
IMPACS Information Processing Allocation Costing System.
IMPLR Impeller. An abbreviation.
IMPRESS Indirect Material Procurement, Receiving & Expense Stores
IMQ Instituto Italiano del Marchio di Qualita (Italy)
IMRC Intake Manifold Runner Control.
IMS Information Management System.
IMS Internal Mode Switch
IMS Inventory Management System
IMST Information Management Strategy Team
IMST Information Management Systems Test.
IMT Information Management Team
IMT Intake Manifold Tuning.
IMTG Instrumentation Measurement Technology Group
IMTT Information Management Task Team
In Inch (an abbreviation)
In Indium
IN CL FD Input clutch feed circuit
Inadv Inadvertent (an abbreviation)
Inc Increment (an abbreviation)
Incand Incandescent (an abbreviation)
INCLR Intercooler. An abbreviation.
IND Indictor. An abbreviation.
INEEL Idaho National Engineering and Enviromental Laboratory
INEL Idaho National Engineering Laboratory
Infl Inflatable (an abbreviation)
INFLR Inflator. An abbreviation.
Info Information (an abbreviation)
INF-S INFrastructure Services
in-Hg Inches of Mercury.
Init Initial (an abbreviation)
Inj Injector (an abbreviation)
INJN Injection. An abbreviation.
INJR Injector. An abbreviation.
INL Inlet. An abbreviation.
INL Integral Non-Linearity
In-lb Inch-Pound.
INR Inner. An abbreviation.
INS Inertial Navigation System
INS Insert. An abbreviation.
INSL Insulator. An abbreviation.
INSP Inspection. An abbreviation.
Inst Instant (an abbreviation)
INST Instrument. An abbreviation.
INSTL Install. An abbreviation.
INSTR Instruction. An abbreviation.
Int Interior (an abbreviation)
INT Intake. An abbreviation.
INTA International Trademark Association
INTELSAT INTernational TELcommunications SATellite Consortium
INTER Intermediate. An abbreviation.
INTL Internal. An abbreviation.
INTLK Interlock. An abbreviation.
INTR Interior. An abbreviation.
INV Inverter. An abbreviation.
IO International Operations.
IOCG Information Oil Consumers Group.
IOS Inspection Operation Standard
IOS International Organization for Standardization.
IP Instrument Panel. See I/P.
IP Intellectual Property
IP Internet Protocol, IP refers to the set of communication standards that control communications
activity on the Internet. An IP address is the number assigned to any Internet-connected
computer.
IPA Interim Part Approval.
IPA Internal Program Approval.
IPACS Information Processing Allocation Costing System.
IPC Inductive Portable Charger
IPC Industrial Personal Computer
IPC Information Processing Center.
IPC Instrument Panel Cluster
IPC Instrument Panel Control.
IPC International Product Center.
IPCI Industrial PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) bus
IPCP Internet Protocol Control Protocol
IPD Inventory Planning & Distribution
IPE Instrument Panel Extras
IPG Instrument Panel Glove box
IPI Intelligent Peripheral Interface
IPL Initial Program Load
IPL Instrument Panel, Lower
IPLAy Interactive Process Learning Aid.
IPM Instrument Panel Module
IPM International Product Manager.
IPMS Integrated Project Management System
IPO IGES/PDES Organization. ANSI standards committee.
IPO Initial Public Offering
IPP Improvement Proposal Program.
IPP Instrument Panel Pods
IPP Intellectual Property Protection
IPPDS Integrated Product / Process Design Stage
IPPS International Policies, Procedures and Service
IPR Instrument Panel Retainer
IPR Intellectual Property Rights. The rights of an individual/organization with respect to their writings
or ideas presented or published.
IPR Interim Pull Report.
IPR Intermediate Pressure Regulator. Typically used on gaseous fueled vehicles (I.E. propane or
CNG).
IPS Inductive Position Sensor
IPS Inspection Process Sheet.
IPS Instructions Per Second
IPS Instrument Panel Surface
IPSD Information Processing Service Division.
IPT Instrument Panel Trim
IPT Integrated Product Team
IPTV Incidents Per Thousand Vehicles.
IPU Instrument Panel, Upper
IPU Integrated Propulsion Unit
IPX Internet Packet Exchange
IQL Interactive Query Language
IQS Initial Quality Study
IQS Initial Quality Survey (J. D. Power)
IQS Internal Quality Standards.
Ir Iridium
IR Importance Rating.
IR Incident Report.
IR Information Request.
IR Infrared.
IR Insulation Resistance
IR Issue Report. The official corporate record for issues discovered during analysis,
demonstration, inspection and test.
IR/EAS International Regulations/Environment Activities Staff.
IRAM Intelligent Random Access Memory
IRAM2 Argentina Regulatory Agency
IRANOR Instituto nacional de RAcionalizacion y NORmalizacion (Spain)
IRB Implementation Review Board. Approves EWO's.
IRB Integration Review Board
IRB Implementation Review Board. A subset of the Program Implementation Team.
IRC Insurance Research Council (An independent, nonprofit research organization founded in 1977
and supported by leading property and casualty insurance companies and associations.)

IRC Integrated Radio Chassis

IRC Interdisciplinary Research Center
IRC Internet Relay Chat.
IRC Integrated Radio Chassis.
IRCP Infrastructure Requirements and Compliance Process.
IRDA Infra-Red Data Association. Centers around IR communications for Laptop devices.
IRE Immediate Response Engineer
IRF Interface Requirement Form.
IRF International Road Federation.
IRI Industrial Risk Insurers
IRI International Roughness Index
IROC International Race of Champions.
IRQ Interrupt Request.
IRR Internal Rate of Return (%)
IRS Independent Rear Suspension.
IRS Interface Requirements Specification
IRT Issue Resolution Team
IS&S Information Systems & Services.
ISA Industry Standard Architecture (16 bit)
ISA Instrument Society of America
ISAD Integrated Starter Alternator Damper
ISB International Strategy Board
ISB Intranet Strategy Board. The Global Intranet Strategy Board oversees the GM Intranet.
Membership is composed of representatives from Global Process Groups, Regional Intranet
Strategy Boards, and the core ownership groups (Communications, IS&S, and Humane
Resources).
ISBN Integrated Satellite Business Network
ISBN International Standard Book Number
ISC Idle Speed Control.
ISC Integration of Subsystem Centers
ISCM Idle Speed Control Motor.
ISCTA Intermodal Safe Container Transportation Act (1992)
ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network. Telecommunications standard that use digital transmission
technology to support voice, video & data communications over regular telephone lines.

ISDR Integration Structural Design Release

ISE Intelligent Synthesis Environment (NASA : When fully developed, ISE will enable
geographically dispersed teams of engineers and scientists to collaborate in a full sensory,
immersive virtual environment in which humans and computers can interact though 3-
dimension sight, sound and touch in a computationally rich mission life-cycle simulation.)

ISEE Integrated Software Engineering Environment

ISF Instrumentation Setup File
ISG Idle Speed Governor.
ISG Integrated Starter Generator
ISI Indian Standards Institute
ISICR Information & System Internal Control Requirements
ISIP Integrated Supplier Improvement Process
ISIR Initial Surface Inspection Report.
ISIS Institute of Scrap Iron and Steel
ISM Industrial, Scientific, & Medical
ISM Input Switch Module.
ISM Inside of metal.
Iso Isolation (an abbreviation)
ISO Insurance Services Office
ISO Internal Standards Organization. Incorrect definition. The 'I' should be for International.
ISO International Standards Organization. A worldwide federation of national standards bodies, at
present comprising 127 members, one in each country. The object of ISO is to promote the
development of standardization and related activities in the world with a view to facilitating
international exchange of goods and services, and to developing cooperation in the spheres of
intellectual, scientific, technological and economic activity. The results of ISO technical work
are published as International Standards.International Standards Organization. (ISO means
"equal" in Greek. The organization name is play on words, rather than an acronym.)

ISO 14000 ISO Environmental Management System standards

ISO 9000 ISO Quality Management System standards. A set of standards issued by the ISO, dealing with
quality systems.
ISO/TS 16949 Technical Specification – Automotive Quality System
ISOC Internet Society. An organization formed to support a worldwide information network. ISOC is
the sponsoring body of the Internet Architecture Board.
ISP In System Programmable
ISP Income Security Plan
ISP Information Security Practices. Outdated; now referred to as ISP&P
ISP Integrated Scheduling Project. The predominant material scheduling system in use by NAO
assembly plants.
ISP Integrated Spark Plug
ISP International Service Personnel.
ISP Internet Service Provider.
ISP Information Security Policy
ISP&P Information Security Policy & Practices. A corporate policy governing information security.

ISPEC Integrated Specification.

ISPI International Service Personnel Invoicing
ISRV Inside Rear View.
ISRVM Inside Rear View Mirror
ISS Idle Stop Solenoid.
ISS Ignition Sub-System.
ISS Input Shaft Speed.
ISS Integrated Safety System
ISSC Information Systems Steering Committee.
ISSC Integrated Supplier Selection Complete.
ISSCC International Solid State Circuits Conference
ISSCO Integrated Software Systems Corporation.
ISTEA Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
ISTO Information Science and Technology Office (DARPA)
ISTR I Seem To Recall
ISWYM I See What You Mean
IT Information Technology.
ITA Industrial Truck Association
ITAA Information Technology Association of America
ITAC Information Technology Action Council
ITBI Integrated Throttle Body Injection.
ITC International Trade Commission.
ITD Inception To Date
ITD Interaural Time Delay (re 3-D auditory sensing)
ITDC International Technical Development Center
ITE Information Technology Equipment
ITGT Information Technology Guidance Team (Saturn)
ITH Intelligent Test Head.
ITI Industrial Technology Institute.
ITIC Information Technology Industry Council
ITIS Inbound Transportation Information System.
ITK Integration Toolkit
ITO Information Technology Office (ARPA)
ITP Individual Training Plan
ITP Integrated Training Process.
ITRI Industrial Technology Research Institute
ITS Implementation Tracking System (DFM [Design for Manufacturability] tool to maintain data for
the implementation of Design For Manufacturability. This tool is integral to all phases of the
DFM process and generates the DFM mainline deliverable for DR2 of the NAO Lean factory
[Integral Tactical Plan].)
ITS Institute of Transportation Studies (UCB - Intelligent Transportation Act.)
ITS Integrated Transaction Service
ITSD Interior Technical Specification Drawing.
ITSM Interior Technical Specification Matrix.
ITSP International Technology Scanning Program
ITT Integration Task Team.
ITTR Inflatable Tubular Torso Restraint
ITU International Telecommunications Union {replaced CCITT)
IUE International Union of Electrical Workers.
IUU If Unavailable Use.
IUVA International Uniform Vehicle Audit.
IV Internal Vent.
IVCS Integrated Voice Communication System
IVD Incomplete Vehicle Document
IVDS Integrated Voice Distribution System
IVDT Integrated Voice / Data Terminal
IVED Integrated Vehicle Electrical Design. IVED consists of a comprehensive set of electrical system
design tools integrated together to form a design environment to support the 4 phase
development process. IVED integrates electrical engineering applications for schematic
preparation, electrical analysis, 3D-harness design, sneak circuit analysis, diagnostic
development and data management.
IVER Integration Vehicle Engineering Release
IVER (LL) Integration Vehicle Engineering Release (Long Lead)
IVHS Intelligent Vehicle Highway System.
IVI Intelligent Vehicle Initiative
IVN In Vehicle Network
IVN Integrated Voice Network
IVO In View Of
IVR Inter Voice Response
IVS Incomplete Vehicle Supplement (Refer to GMPCP).
IVS Insurable Values System
IVS In-Vehicle Signing
IVSS Intelligent Vehicle Safety System
IVT Infinite Variable Transmission
IW Inertial Weight
IWC Inertial Weight Class
IYSWIM If You See What I Mean
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PSEO

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AVDC

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GVDP, ENG
ENG

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Acronym Definition
J Joule
J/BLK Junction Block. An abbreviation.
J/SCR Jackscrew. An abbreviation.
J1850 SAE specification for medium speed data communications. GM version is called Class 2. To be
used to perform CARB required emission diagnostics.
J1962 SAE requirements for the connector to be used to interface to J1850.
J2EE Java 2 Enterprise Edition
J2SE Java 2 Standard Edition
JA January.
JA Journal Authorization
JAD Joint Application Design
JAIA Japan Association of Imported Automobiles
JAMA Japanese Automobile Manufacturers Association.
JAMCO Janitorial Measurement & Control (Program which assists engineers and janitorial supervisors
in scheduling and balancing the workload of janitorial staff, using GM-developed standard time
data.)
Jan January (an abbreviation)
JAR Joint Application Review
JASIC Japan Automobile Standards Internationalization Center.
JATE Japan Approval Institute for Telecommunications Equipment
JCL Job Control Language.
JDBC Java Data Base Connectivity
JDK Java Development Kit (A software development package that implements the basic set of tools
needed to write, test and debug Java applications and applets.)
JDP J. D. Powers.
JEDEC Joint Electronic Devices Engineering Council
JEIDA Japan Electronics Industry Development Association
JES Job Entry System
JES2 Job Entry System--Version 2.
JETL Japan Electrical Testing Laboratory
JETS Junior Engineering Technical Society
JFET Junction Field Effect Transistor
JIC Joint Industrial Council
JIC Just In Case.
JICST Japan Information Center of Science & Technology
JIDL Java Interface Definition Language
JIS Japanese Industrial Standards
JISC Japanese Industrial Standards Committee
JIT Just In Time. Manufacturing and material delivery process.
JK Jack. An abbreviation.
JKG Jacking. An abbreviation.
JKT Jacket. An abbreviation.
JL July.
JMOS Junction Metal Oxide Semiconductor
JN June.
JND Just Noticeable Difference
JOA Joint Operating Agreement.
JOVIAL Jule's Own Version of the International Algorithmic Language
JPCA Japanese Printed Circuit Association
JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group. An image compression format used to transfer color
photographs and images over computer networks.
JPH Jobs per Hour (Number of vehicles, sub assemblies, parts, etc. which a producing unit. A
standard method of manufacturing measurement.)
JPL Jet Propulsion Lab (NASA)
JPR Jumper. An abbreviation.
JR Job Responsibilities.
JRT Joint Resource Team (Engineering Manager Review Committee)
JST Jack Stowage Trim
JT Joint. An abbreviation.
JTAB Joint Technical Advisory Board
JTAG Japan Trade Advisory Group
JTAG Joint Test Action Group
JTAPI Java Telephony Application Program Interface
JTC1 Joint Technical Committee #1 of ISO-IEC - Project of the two major international standards
organizations, ISO and IEC, to focus on information technology.
JTFA Joint Time - Frequency Analysis (The results of joint time-frequency analysis performed on a
signal are usually displayed on a three-dimensional plot with axes of time, frequency, and
amplitude, thereby showing the variation in amplitudes of the spectral components with time.)

JTPL Joint GMTG and GMPT Meeting (Joint Powertrain/GMTG Executive Meeting)
Jul July (an abbreviation)
Jun June (an abbreviation)
JUNC Junction. An abbreviation.
JV Joint Venture.
JV Journal Voucher
JVM Java Virtual Machine
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AVDC
AVDC
ENG
ENG

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AIAG, ENG
ENG

PSEO

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ENG
ENG

ENG
ENG

ENG
ENG

ENG
ENG
ENG
ENG

VTS, ENG
ENG
AIAG, ENG
ENG
ENG
ENG
ENG
ENG
ENG
ENG
ENG
ENG
ENG
ENG
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ENG
ENG

ENG
ENG
ENG
ENG

AIAG

PSEO
PSEO
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ENG, AVDC
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Acronym Definition
k Kilo (1000 times).
K Kelvin (Thermodynamic Temperature)
K/UP Kick Up. An abbreviation.
KAM Keep Alive Memory.
KANBAN Japanese Scheduling System.
KANSE Japanese Total Customer Receptivity / Sensitivity
KAP Kapuskasing. Cold weather testing facility in Canada.
kB kilobytes. 1024 Bytes
KBE Knowledge-Based Engineering
KBps Kilo Bytes per Second (1000 Bytes per second)
KBS Knowledge Based System
KC Knowledge Center.
KCC Key Control Characteristic. A process parameter (such as temperature, line speed, pressure,
viscosity, etc.,) for which variation must be controlled around some target value to ensure that
variation in a Key Product Characteristic (KPC) is maintained or minimized around its target
value.
KCDS Key Characteristic Designation System. The classification of key characteristics to aid in the
economical manufacture of quality products.
KCU Knowledge Capture & Utilization
KDD Keyboard Display Driver.
KE Kinetic Energy
KES Knobs & Escutcheons
KES Knowledge Engineering System
KF Knowledge Factor
KFOD Key Factors Of Design.
Kg Kilogram.
Kg/h Kilograms per Hour.
KGD Known Good Die (Bare ICs that are equivalent to packaged parts in testability and reliability.)

KHz Kilohertz (1000 cycles per second)

KI Key Institution
KIOD Key Interface Of Design
KISS Keep It Simple, Stupid.
KISS Klearance, Isolation, Structure, Secure. Principles of the Squeak and Rattle design guidelines.

kJ Kilojoule
KLCR Knock-Limited Compression Ratio.
KLOTS Kunskapsstod for Lokalt Trrafiksakerhetsarbete (KLOTS is a Swedish knowledge-based expert
system that can give advice to traffic engineers about traffic safety problems and
countermeasures in an existing street network. It focuses on safety problems and
countermeasures in urban areas.)
KLP Key Locating Point.
km Kilometer.
Km/h Kilometers per Hour
Km/l Kilometers Per Liter.
KMS Key Management System
KMS Knowledge Management System
KNDI Knowledge Network Development Initiative.
KNU Knuckle. An abbreviation.
KO Key Organization
KOL Key Organization Leader
KP Kit Pull
kPa kilopascals.
KPC Key Product Characteristic. A product characteristic for which reasonably anticipated variation
could significantly affect the product‘s safety or compliance with government standards or
regulations, or is likely to significantly affect customer satisfaction with a product.

KPH Kilometers Per Hour. (Normally written as Km/h)

KPI King Pin Inclination (The angle in front elevation between the steering axis and the vertical.)

KPL Kilometers Per Liter.

Kr Krypton
KS Key Suppliers
KS Knock Sensor.
Ksp K car Special.
kV Kilovolts.
kW KiloWatt.
kWh kilowatt-hour.
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PSEO, ENG
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ENG

ENG
ENG
ENG

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GVDP, GMPT, ENG

GVDP, GMPT, ENG

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PSEO

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PSEO

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HR

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ENG

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PSEO, ENG
PSEO, ENG
PSEO

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Acronym Definition
l liter.
L Lambert (1L = 1cd/m2)
L Liter
L Low.
L/100km Liters per 100 Kilometers
L/F Report displays ―L‖ when part is less finish.
L/GATE Lft Gate. An abbreviation.
L/N Lotus Notes.
L/O Layout.
L/P Line Pay - The actual number of units which can be produced, less contingencies. Sometimes
referred to as "net".)
L/PLR Lock Pillar. An abbreviation.
L/R Left / Right
L/S Line Speed - The actual assembly line production rate, including contingencies. Sometimes
referred to as "gross".)
L/SLIP Limited Slip. An abbreviation.
L/V SEP Liquid – Vapor Separator
L/W Lead Weeks (Number of Weeks required by Manufacturing of Purchasing to make or produce
the part.)
L/WDO Lift Window. An abbreviation.
L4 4 cylinder, in-line engine
L850 state-of-the-art four cyl. Engine (1.8 - 2.2L)
La Lanthanum
LAAM Latin America, Africa, Middle East.
LAAM(O) Latin America, Africa, Middle East (Operations)
LAB Laboratory. An abbreviation.
LACT Los Angeles City Traffic.
LAD Lansing Automotive Division (no longer used).
LAER Lowest Achievable Emission Rate
LAM Laminate. An abbreviation.
LAN Local Area Network.
LANL Los Alamos National Laboratory
LAO Latin American Operations.
LAR Lock-Accessory/off-Run.
LASER Light Amplified by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation
LAT Latch. An abbreviation.
LAT Local Area Transport (DEC protocol)
LATA Local Access & Transport Area
LATCH Lower Anchors and Tethers for CHildren (safety seats). LATCH is the industry-standard
acronym for the built-in child restraint securing system - Lower Anchorages and Top Tethers
for Children. Latch consists of the top strap anchors in the vehicle, as well as the built-in
"receivers" for LATCH-equipped, aftermarket child restraints.
LATL Lateral. An abbreviation.
LAV Light Armored Vehicle
Lb. or lbs. Abbreviation for LIBRA (Latin for Pound)
LBL Label. An abbreviation.
LBL Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
LBS Lean Business Solutions
LBS.FT. pounds foot
LBS.IN. pounds inch
LBT Leanest (fuel) for Best Torque
LC2MOS Linear Compatible Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
LCA Lateral Collision Avoidance
LCA Life Cycle Analysis
LCA Lower Control Arm.
LCC Lead Commodity Coordinator.
LCC Leadless Chip Carrier [A surface-mounted package having metallized contacts (terminals) at its
periphery. Usually made of ceramic material.]
LCC Lockup Clutch Control.
LCCA Life Cycle Cost Analysis
LCCC Leadless Ceramic Chip Carrier
LCCMOS Linear Compatible Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
LCD Liquid Crystal Display .
LCE Long-term Customer Enthusiasm.
LCF Loss Conversion Factor.
LCG Lacing. An abbreviation.
LCI Lake Center Industries.
LCIDE Lead Compartment Integration Design Engineer.
LCL Lower Control Limit.
LCM Lifecycle Cost Management
LCM Lighting Control Module.
LCMA Low Cost Modular Assembly
LCOS Lansing Car Order System.
LCR Lean Capacity Rate (Calculated out of the MCR's (MCR=LCR*1.15). All allied and outside
suppliers are expected to capacitize to the "lowest practical level" to meet LCR and current
model service while providing 100% absolute certainty of supporting the LCR + 15%)

LCS Label Coordinating Subcommittee.

LCS Liquid Crystal Shutter.
LCT Light Commercial Truck
LCV Larger/Longer Combination Vehicle
LD Light Duty.
LD List Data
LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Control.
LDC Lesser Developed Countries
LDCL Left Door Close Locking.
LDCM Left Door Control Module.
LDFD Logical Data Flow Diagram
LDGV Ledge. An abbreviation.
LDGV Light Duty Gasoline Vehicle
LDM List Data set with Member options
LDMOS Lateral Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor
LDO Low [ voltage] Drop Out (type of voltage regulator)
LD-RRIM Low Density Reinforced Reaction Injection Molding
LDSPS Light Duty Shared Procurement System
LDT Light Duty Truck
LDT(1) Light Duty Truck (0-3750 lbs.)
LDT(2) Light Duty Truck (3751 lbs. or greater)
Lduty Light Duty
LDV Light Duty Vehicle
LE Lead Engineer.
LE Limited Edition
LEAD Low-cost Encryption / Authentication Device
LEC Local Exchange Carrier
LED Light Emitting Diode (A semiconductor P-N junction diode that emits light under forward-bias
conditions. The wavelength of the emitted light is a function of the semiconductor material.)

LEF Load Equivalency Factor

LEGR Linear Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) valve
LEO Low Earth Orbit.
LEP Low Emissions Partnership
LEPC Low Emission Paint Consortium
LEPT Lean Engineering Process Team
LESO Lifting Engineering Stop Order
LETN Law Enforcement Television Network
LEV Low Emissions Vehicle.
LF Left Front.
LF Low Frequency
LFL Load Floor
LFTR Lifter. An abbreviation.
LFWD Longitudinal Front Wheel Drive.
LFWS Left Front Wheel Speed.
LGM Lift Gate Module
LGT Light. An abbreviation.
LGTDNL Longitudinal. An abbreviation.
LH Left Hand.
LHD Left Hand Drive.
LHN Long-Haul Network.
Li Lithium
LIC License. An abbreviation.
LID Line Item Designator
LIDAR Light Detection And Ranging
LIE Lead Integration Engineer.
LIF Low Insertion Force
LIFO Last-In-First-Out. Inventory reporting system.
Li-Ion Lithium-Ion (battery)
LIL License Lamp
LIMS Laboratory Information Management System
LIMS Limit. An abbreviation.
LINCAP Lateral Impact New Car Assessment Program.
LiPo Lithium Polymer (battery type)
LIQ Liquid. An abbreviation.
LISO Logic In Serial Output
LISP LISt Processing language
LIU Local Interface Unit.
LK Lock. An abbreviation.
LKG Locking. An abbreviation.
LLA Long Line Adapter.
LLA1R Long Lead Alpha 1 Release. To mark that point in time by which all the design, manufacturing,
and engineering information for the Alpha 1 vehicle build are released for the commodities
which require a long lead time.
LLA2R Long Lead Alpha 2 Release. To mark that point in time by which the design, manufacturing,
and engineering information for the Alpha 2 vehicle build are released for the commodities
which require a long lead time.
LLBR Long Lead Beta Release. To mark that point in time by which all the design, manufacturing,
and engineering information for the long lead items for the Beta vehicle build are released.

LLBR Long Lead Build Requirements

LLC Limited Life Components.
LLC Logical Link Control.
LLF Long Load Floor
LLNL Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
LLP Lead Logistics Provider
LLP Limited Liability Partnership
LLPR Long Lead P Release.
LLPS Long Lead Press Show.
LLVM Lightly Loaded Vehicle Mass.
LLVM Lightly Loaded Vehicle Weight.
LMD Left Mid Door
LMET Low Mileage Emission Target.
LMG Local Marketing Group.
LMS Least Mean Square
LMSO Lifting Manufacturing Stop Order
LMT Local Management Team
LMTNG Limiting. An abbreviation.
LN Lotus Notes
LNA Low Noise Amplifier
LNB Low Noise Block downconverter
LNG Lining. An abbreviation.
LNG Liquefied Natural Gas.
LNKG Linkage. An abbreviation.
LNR Liner. An abbreviation.
LNT Lean Nox Trap - After-treatment Option
Lo Low (an abbreviation)
LO Lo circuit/1st gear
LOA Leave of Absence
LoB Line of Business
LOC Location. An abbreviation.
LOC/SOC Level of Communication/Span of Control.
LOCR Locator. An abbreviation.
LOF Lube/ Oil/ Filter. Service recommended every 3,000-7,500 miles for maintenance.
LOGIC GM's 4 phase architecture for integrating activities
LOGS Log Sheets - Drafting analyst builds parts list from layouts
LOL Laughing Out Loud (Internet / E-mail)
LOMA Lifter Oil Manifold Assembly. Used with DoD.
LOR Level Of Reuse
LOS Level of Service
LOS Line Of Sight.
LOSI Logic Out, Serial Input
LP Lamp. An abbreviation.
LP Lead Plant.
LPC Linear Predictive Coding
LPDFM Liquid Propane Delivery Module.
LPEFI Liquid Propane Electronic Fuel Injection.
LPF Limited Production Fleet.
LPG Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Propane).
LPGA Laser Programmable Gate Array
LPI Launch Process Initiation. To mark that point in time at which the production launch process
has been initiated.
LPL Low Pressure Lockoff. The LPL is a normally closed valve that isolates fuel to the injectors
when the engine is not operating. Used in gaseous fuel systems (I.E. propane and/or CNG).

LPM Local Project Manager.

LPM Lumped Parameter Modeling
LPS Local Process Specialist.
LPS Low Pressure Sensor.
LPT Latch-up Protection Technology
LPTW Low Tire Pressure Warning.
LQIT Lab Quality Improvement
Lr Lawrencium
LR Left Rear.
LRC Longitudinal Redundancy Check
LRD Left Rear Door
LRMC Lag-along Rolling Model Change.
Lrn Learn (an abbreviation)
LRRC Low Rear Roll Center
LS Load Space (Dimension).
LSA Logic State Analyzer.
LSB Least Significant BIT
LSB Least Significant Byte
LSB Lower Side Band
LSC Life Service Cost.
LSE Low Surface Energy (wax)
LSES Legal Services Eligibility System.
LSI Large Scale Integrated circuit
LSTG Listing/ An abbreviation.
Lt Left (an abbreviation)
LT Lead Time
LT Light Truck.
LTA Low Torque Axis.
LTCC Low-Temperature Cofired Ceramic
LTD Limited.
LTFC Long Term ForeCast
LTG Labor Time Guide.
LTHEF Long Term Hourly Employment Forecasting.
LTL Less than Truck-Load
LTL Letter Location (ornamentation)
LTM LAN (Local Area Network) Traffic Monitor (or Manager).
LTPD Lot Tolerance Percent Defective
LTPW Low Tire Pressure Warning
LTPWS Low Tire Pressure Warning System.
LTQ Leadership Through Quality (part of TQM: Total Quality Management)
LTR Lab Test Request.
LTR Lead Time Reduction.
LTR Letter (ornamentation)
LTR Letter. An abbreviation.
LTT Listening Test Technology.
LTV Light Truck Vehicle
Lu Lutetium
LU Lock Up.
LUB Lead Unit Build.
LUB Lubricant. An abbreviation.
LUGG Luggage. An abbreviation.
LUT Look Up Table
LUV Light Utility Vehicle.
LUV Louver. An abbreviation.
LVD Low Voltage Differential (technology)
LVDS Low Voltage Differential Signaling
LVDT Linear Variable Displacement Transformer
Lvl Level (an abbreviation)
LVL Level. An abbreviation.
LVLG Leveling. An abbreviation.
LVM Light Vehicle Mass.
LVP Luxury Vehicle Platform.
LVR Lever. An abbreviation.
LVW Loaded Vehicle Weight (VCW + 300#).
LWA Lock Washer Assembly
LWB Long Wheel Base
LWP Light Weight Process (also called a thread)
LWR Lower. An abbreviation.
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GMPT
GMPT

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ENG
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ENG
ENG
ENG

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GM Defense, ENG
VTS
ENG
ENG

GMPT
GMPT
ENG
ENG

ENG
GVDP
ENG

ENG

ENG

PSEO, ENG
GVDP, ENG, GMPT
GMU
ENG
ENG

GMPT
ENG
PSEO, ENG

ENG
GMPT

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ENG
ENG

ENG
ENG
AVDC
ENG
PSEO
PSEO

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ENG
ENG
ENG

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PSEO
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ENG
ENG
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ENG
ENG

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PSEO, ENG
ENG

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ENG
PSEO
PSEO
ENG
ENG
PSEO, ENG
VTS, ENG
ENG

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FIN, ENG
ENG

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GVDP, ENG, GMPT
ENG
ENG

ENG

ENG
ENG
ENG
GVDP

GVDP
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ENG
ENG

ENG, GMPT
GMPT

GVDP, ENG
ENG

VTS
PSEO
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VSSM
ENG
ENG

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ENG
ENG

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ENG
ENG
ENG
GMPT
PSEO
GMPT

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ENG
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VSSM
GMPT

VSSM
ENG

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ENG
ENG
ENG

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PSEO, ENG, GMPT
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GVDP, ENG, GMPT

ENG

ENG
PSEO
ENG

PSEO, ENG
ENG
PSEO
ENG
PSEO

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ENG

ENG
ENG
ENG

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ENG
ENG
PSEO
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ENG

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ENG
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VSSM, ENG
ENG
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PSEO

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VTS
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ENG
ENG
ENG
ENG
PSEO
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VTS
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ENG

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Acronym Definition
m Meter
M Magnetic Field Strength
M Mega (1,000,000 times) or Million
M&E Machinery & Equipment
M/C Model Code.
M/CYL Master Cylinder. An abbreviation.
M/FUNC Multifunction. An abbreviation.
M/PORT Multiport. An abbreviation.
M/T Manual Transmission
M/TRNS Manual Transmission. An abbreviation.
M2VA Mule 2 Virtual Assessment
M4 Manual Four Speed Transmission.
M85 Mixture of 85% Methanol, 15% unleaded gasoline.
mA Milli-Amp
MAC Management Assessment Center.
MAC Manufacturers Advisory Correspondence.
MAC Master Aperture Cards
MAC Media Access Controller
MAC Multiple ACcumulate
MACOS Material Composition System
MACRO Macroinstruction.
MACRS Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System. A depreciation method under US tax law that
categorizes all business assets into classes and specifies the time period over which you can
write off assets in each class. See also ACRS.
MACS Material Alignment & Counting System
MADYMO MAthematical DYnamic Models (A dynamical modeling CAE package used to simulate the
dynamic behavior of mechanical systems, such as automotive crashes for the purpose of
assessing structural behavior and occupant safety.)
MAF Mass Air Flow.
MAFS Mass Air Flow Sensor.
MAG Magnetic. An abbreviation.
MAG CARD Magnetic Card.
MAI Manifold Air Injection.
MAINT Maintenance. An abbreviation.
MAIR Manifold Air Injection Reactor.
Malf Malfunction (an abbreviation)
MALL Multifunction Alarm Lighting and Locking.
MAM Market Area Manager. In charge of a specific market area and head of that specific Marketing
Area Team.
MAM Modular Air Meter
MAM Multilayer Alumina Substrate Module
Man Manual (abbreviation)
MANIF Manifold. An abbreviation.
Manufact Manufactures (an abbreviation)
ManVal Manufacturing Validation. Manufacturing Validation is the critical build that makes the transition
from non-salable to salable vehicles.
MAO Market Area Office
MAP Manifold Absolute Pressure
MAP Manufacturing Action Permit.
MAP Manufacturing Automation Protocol.
MAP Market Area Planning
MAP Material Archive Program (CARS Section: MAP is a database of more than 90 steel material
combinations [hot- or cold-rolled, strength level, and coatings]. It provides easy access to the
most frequently used automotive steels and includes a full section on material properties.)

MAP Military Assistance Program.

MAPI Messaging Application Programming Interface
MAPICS Manufacturing Accounting & Production Information Control System.
MAPS Manifold Absolute Pressure Sensor
Mar March (an abbreviation)
MARCO Microelectronics Advanced Research Corporation [not-for-profit research management
organization that funds and operates a number of microelectronics technology oriented,
university-based research centers. MARCO is a wholly owned, but separately managed,
subsidiary of the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC). The SRC is a research
management consortium that was established in 1982 as the university research arm of the
Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).]
MARS Material Accumulative Requirement Summary
MARS Measurement, Analysis, & Reporting System
MAS Master. An abbreviation.
MAS Material Arrival System
MASER Microwave Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation
MASH MultistAge Noise Shaping
MAT Manifold Absolute Temperature.
MAT Manifold Air Temperature
MAT Market Area Team. This includes a Market Area Manager, Area Parts Manager, Field Support
Manager, Area Service Manager, Area Sales Manager and a GMAC Representative.

MAT Metropolitan Area Trunk

MATE Modular Automated Test Equipment
MATL Material. An abbreviation.
MATLSPEC Material Specification. An abbreviation.
MATS Manifold Absolute Temperature Sensor
MATS Manifold Air Temperature Sensor.
MATS Material Analytical Template System.
MATV Master Antenna TeleVision
MAU Media Access Unit (communications adapter)
Max Maximum (an abbreviation)
MB MegaByte.
MBD Master Build Document
MBD Million Barrels Per Day.
MBD Model Based Diagnostics.
MBE Minority Business Enterprises
MBL Master Bidder List.
MBM Marketing Budget Models
MBO Management By Objectives.
MBO Miscellaneous Blanket Order
MBOM Manufacturing Bill Of Materials
Mbps Megabits per second.
MBps Mega Bytes per Second
MBR Member. An abbreviation.
MBT Minimum (spark advance) for Best Torque
MC Manufacturing Change
MC Match Check.
MC Math Check
MCA Micro Channel Architecture
MCAE Mechanical Computer Aided Engineering.
MCARS Motor Carrier Accident Reporting System
MCAS Medical Committee on Automotive Safety
MCB Manufactureing Confirmation Build.
MCBF Mean Cycles Between Failures (in terms of job cycles. The average number of jobs the
station/cell produces between equipment failures. Includes over-cycles, run time failures. Jobs
produced / Failures [downtime] [Simulation & Throughput Definitions])
MCD Material Completion Date
MCD Midsize Car Division (no longer used).
MCE Mid Cycle Enhancement.
MCE1 Mid-Cycle Enhancement level 1. Minor changes from previous model
MCE2 Mid-Cycle Enhancement level 2. Significant changes except sheet metal
MCE3 Mid-Cycle Enhancement level 3. Significant changes with sheet metal.
MCFC Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell
MCHG Machining. An abbreviation.
MCM Multi Chip Module
MCN Material Complaint Notice.
MCNS Multimedia Cable Network System
MCR Material Cost Reduction.
MCR Maximum Capacity Rate (The planned maximum capacity requirement including overtime,
alternative work arrangements, etc.)
MCREGIS Motor Carrier Regulations Information System
MCRL Material Cost Reduction List.
MCS Manufacturing Content Sheet (provides a high level directional capital forecast based on the
"change impact" of a new entry allocation.)
MCSE Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
MCU Memory Combo Unit.
MCU Microprocessor Control Unit.
MCXO Microprocessor Controlled Crystal Oscillator
Md Mendelevium
MD Manual Disconnect
MD Manufacturing Development.
MD Medium Duty.
MD Mini Disk
MD Module Duct. (Air Distribution )
MD Music Disk.
MDA Multiple Dealer Area
MDAI Multi Disciplinary Accident Investigation
MDB Moving (or Movable) Deformable Barrier
MDBS Mobile Data Base Station
MDC Model Code.
MDD Master Datum Drawing
MDDA Modulated Displacement Driver Assembly.
MDH Major Department Head.
MDI Motor Drive Interface.
MDL Module. An abbreviation.
MDM Market Dynamics Model
MDOT Michigan Department Of Transportation
MDP Manifold Differential Pressure.
MDRAM Multibank Dynamic Random Access Memory
MDRE Mfg. Design Responsible Engineer
MDX Mini Disk Changer.
ME Manufacturing Engineer(ing)
ME Mechanical Engineer(ing).
ME&D Manufacturing Engineering & Development.
MEA Membrane Electrode Assembly
MEC Manufacturing Engineering Control
MEC Manufacturing Engineering Council.
MECE Mutually Exclusive, Collectively Exhaustive
Med Medium (an abbreviation)
MEDLN Medallion. An abbreviation.
MEEL Master Engineering Events List
MEGR [vacuum] Modulated Exhaust Gas Recirculation (Diesel)
MEGR/EPR Vacuum Modulated EGR w/EPR (Diesel).
Mem Memory (an abbreviation)
MEMA Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association.
MEMS Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (Chip level electromechanical devices - current automotive
accelerometers and yaw-rate sensors are manufactured using MEMS technology.)

MEO Mutually Exclusive Option

MEO&I Manufacturing Engineering Operations & Integration
MeOH Methanol
MERS Management Evaluation and Representation Statement. An annual document which fulfills two
functions: (1) an attestation by local management as to the status of the internal control
environment at the unit, and (2) a confirmation by management that the trial balance and
supporting schedules have been prepared in conformance with U. S. Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles (U.S. GAAP) and all accounting policies and procedures established in
the Financial Policies Series, Corporate Policy Manual and Comptroller's Circular Letters.

MES Marketing Education Services.

MESFET MEtal Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor
MESI Modified Exclusive Shared Invalid
MESS Modulated EGR Spark Signal.
MET Metal. An abbreviation.
Metrics. The six categories used to measure a process: quality, cost, timing, throughput, workload, and
environment.
METT Manufacturing Engineering Task Team
MF Medium Frequency
MFAD Material Final Approval Date
MFC Material Flow Coordinator
MFD Metal Fabricating Division. Some references show the F standing for Fabrication; Fabricating is
the correct term.
MFD Micro Farad (capacitance)
MFG Manufacturing Operations
MFG Manufacturing/Manufacturer.
MFI Micro Fuel Injector
MFI Multiport Fuel Injection.
MFLOPS Millions of Floating Operations Per Second
MFMEA Machinery Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
MFN Most Favored Nation
MFS Material Flow Support
Mg Magnesium
Mg milligrams
MG Morris Garages. A British manufacturer of vehicles.
MGM Motors, Generators, Mangnequench
Mgmt Management (an abbreviation)
MGO Material Global Optimization (assembly plant scheduling system)
MGO Asm. NAO GM Assembly (formerly ISP)
MGO Cmpnt NAO GM Component (formerly MSS)
MGR Mobile Ground Radar
MGVMR Maximum Gross Vehicle Mass Rating.
MH10 See ASC MH10.
MHC Medium Heavy Coach
MHD Magneto Hydro Dynamic
MHD Motors Holding Division
MHDID Motors Holding Dealer Information Database
MHE Material Handling Engineering.
MHI Material Handling Institute.
MHS Manifold Heat Shield
MHz Megahertz (1,000,000 Cycles per second)
mi Miles.
MIA Missing In Action
MIB Medical Information Bus
MIC Marketing Information Center.
MIC Material & Inventory Control system. A centralized computer system for ordering experimental
parts and maintaining stockroom inventory. (Being replaced by EMS and EMBASSY.).

MIC Microphone. An abbreviation.

MIC Motorcycle Industry Council.
MIC Motors Insurance Corporation.
MICR Magnetic Ink Character Recognition.
MICRO Microcomputer.
Mid Midrange (an abbreviation)
MID / LUX Midsize and Luxury Car Group. Obsolete; now VEC.
MIDAS Management Information Disbursement Analysis System.
MIDB Manufacturing Information Database
MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface (Also a sound file used on web pages to provide
background sound or links to MIDI sound files.)
MIE Manufacturing Integration Engineer.
MIFF MADYMO Input File Format
MIG Magnesium Inert Gas.
MIG Metal Inert Gas
MII Motorists Information, Inc.
MIL Military. An abbreviation.
MIL Malfunction Indicator Lamp.
MIMD Multiple Instruction stream, Multiple Data stream
MIME Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (The standard for attaching non-text files to standard
Internet mail messages. Non-text files include graphics, spreadsheets, formatted word-
processor documents, sound files, etc.)
MIMIC MIcrowave/millimeter wave Monolithic Integrated Circuit (Directed by the U.S. Department of
Defense, the MIMIC program was established to enhance producibility and reduce the
production cost of gallium arsenide (GaAs) microwave integrated circuits.)
Min Minute (an abbreviation)
MIN Mobile Identification Number.
MINLODE Minimize Load Delay. System to align car orders for delivery.
MIOSHA Michigan Occupational Safety & Health Administration
MIPS Million Instructions per second
MIR Mirror. An abbreviation.
MIRA Motor Industry Research Association.
MIRS Material Inventory Record System.
MIS Management Information System.
MIS Manufacturing Information System
MIS Months In Service
MISAR Micro-Processed Sensing & Automatic Recognition
MISC Mechanical Idle Speed Control.
MISC Miscellaneous. An abbreviation.
MISS Monolithic Integrated Smart Sensor
MIT Manufacturing Integration Team.
MIT Marketing Integration Team
MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
MITI Ministry for International Trade & Industry (Japan)
MIW Manufacturing Integration Wall.
MIX Mixture. An abbreviation.
MKR Marker. An abbreviation.
MKT Marketing
MLBS Material Labor Balance System.
MLCG Mid/Lux Car Group (no longer used).
MLDG Molding. An abbreviation.
MLPS Machine Loading & Planning System
MLS Material Location System.
MLSA Management Leadership Systems Approval
mm Millimeters.
MM Material Management.
mm3 cubic millimeter
MMC Manufacturing Managers Council.
MMC Metal Matrix Composites
MMDB Material Management Database (is a corporate-wide computer system that processes the
latest engineering intent data from GPDS as well as, tooling and scheduling forecast data from
POMS.)
MMES Martin Marietta Energy Systems - Oak Ridge
MMF Make Money Fast (Generic name for any of the useless, futile, and often illegal pyramid
schemes that promise to "make $5 into $50,000" or "GET RICH QUICK")
mmhg millimeters of Mercury
MMI Man Machine Interface
MMIC Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit [Combining active elements (diodes and transistors)
with passive elements (resistors, capacitors, inductors and transmission lines) on a single
GaAs (gallium arsenide) substrate.]
MMIS Maintenance Management Information System.
MML Manufacturing Material Liaison.
MMM Memory Mirror Module.
MMQC Material Management Quality Council.
MMQIT Material Management Quality Improvement Team.
MMr Manufacturing Math Release.
MMR Minimum Mandatory Requirements
MMS Maintenance Management System
MMSTS Manufacturing Major Subsystem Technical Specifications.
MMT Methyl_cyclo_penta_diethyl_Manganese_Tricarbonyl.
MMTC Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center - A not-for-profit organization in Ann Arbor,
Michigan dedicated to determining how to use technology to help improve industrial
manufacturers their operations.
MMTF Mean Miles To Failure.
MMTS Materials Management Technical Specifications
MMU Memory Management Unit
MMUCC Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria (A voluntary set of guidelines that help states collect
consistent, reliable crash data that are more effective for identifying traffic safety problems,
establishing goals and performance measures, and monitoring the progress of programs.)

MMX Multi Media eXtensions

Mn Manganese
MNG A functional designation that represents Manufacturing Engineering. Statements of Work
(SOW's) with this designation describe the manufacturing functions of tool and equipment
requirements, design, construction, and installation.
MNOS Metal Nitride Oxide Semiconductor
MNP Microcom Network Protocol. A data compression standard for modems.
Mo Molybdenum
MO Magneto Optical
MO Model Office
MOC Method of Control.
Mod Module (an abbreviation)
MOD Modulator (abbreviation)
MOD Modulator. An abbreviation.
MODE Mission Objective Design Elements.
MODEM Modulator-Demodulator.
MOE Measure of Effectiveness
MOEMS Micro Optical Electro Mechanical System
MOFTEC China's Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation
MOM Module Optimization Method.
Mon Monitor (an abbreviation)
MON Monitor. An abbreviation.
MON Motor Octane Number.
MOO Mud, Object Oriented (One of several kinds of multi-user role-playing environments, so far only
text-based.)
MOOSE Method for Object-Oriented Software Engineering
MOP Make Or Purchased
MOP Model Option Planning
MOPB Metallic Organic Petroleum Base (Anti-Corrosion).
MOPS Mega (million) Operations Per Second
MOS Manufacturing Operations Staff
MOS Metal Oxide Semiconductor.
MOSES Model Option Statement Expert System.
MOSFET Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor.
MOSIGT Metal Oxide Semiconductor Insulated Gate Transistor
MOT Ministry Of Transport
MOT Motor. An abbreviation.
MOU Memorandum Of Understanding.
MOV Metal Oxide Varistor
MOV Minimum Operating Voltage
MOV Multi Occupant Vehicle
MOVE Movement of Vehicular Equipment.
MOW Maintenance Operation Window. Mutually agreed on daily contiguous period during which EDS
may perform backups and other system administration services.
MOWAG Motorwagenfabrik AG. In Kreuzlingen, Switzerland.
MP Manufacturing Plan
MPa Mega Pascals
MPCE Material Production Control Europe
MPCF Manufacturing Process Changes Frozen. To mark that point in time at which all manufacturing
process changes are frozen and after which no new changes will be accepted.

MPEG Moving Pictures Expert Group. An international standard for video compression and desktop
movie presentation. Special viewing application is needed to run MPEG files on computer.

MPFI Multi-Port Fuel Injection.

MPG Miles Per Gallon. (VTS signifies small case, ie, mpg, to differeniate from Milford Proving
Grounds)
MPG Milford Proving Ground.
MPG EFEO Milford Proving Grounds Emissions and Fuel Economy Operations
MPH Miles Per Hour.
MPH Monthly People Hours (We "Go Fast" by reducing MPH.)
MPI Master Process Index.
MPI Multi-Point (or Port) Injection.
MPL Master Parts List.
MPMP Manufacturing Portfolio Management Process
MPO Modular Power Options.
MPP Market & Product Planning
MPP Master Process Plan.
MPR Manufacturing Planning Release.
MPR Minimum Performance Requirement.
MPS Manifold Pressure Sensor.
MPS Manufacturing Planning Staff.
MPS Master Planning System
MPS Material Planning System.
MPS Material Pull System
MPS Metal Parts Specifications.
MPSC Manufacturing Portfolio Strategy Council
MPSDC Master Publication Structure Definition Coordinator
MPTT Marketing Planning Task Team
MPU Micro Processor Unit
MPV Multi-Purpose Vehicle.
MQ Machine Qualification
MQ Magnequench
MQFP Metal Quad Flat Pack (IC package type)
MQM Manufacturing Quality Measurements
MR Magneto Resistive
MR Manuafacturing Requirements
MR Material Release.
MR Material Requisition.
MR Material Return. The material returned to the PDC to be charged against dealers return
reserve.
MRA Modular Reservoir Assembly
MRD Magnetic Rotation Device.
MRD Mandatory Required Date
MRD Manual Release Date
MRD Material Required Date (s).
MRD Model Release Date
MRE Manufacturing Responsible Engineer
MRF Manufacture Response Form.
MRG Micro Ring Gyro (MEMS tuning fork gyro from Micro Sensors)
MRI Magnetic Resonance Interferometer.
MRI Midwest Research Institute
MRO Maintenance, Repair, and Operation supplies. Purchased items not included into the finished
product.
MROS Maintenance Repair Operating Supplies
MRP Material Requirement Planning.
MRP Mechanical Repair Protection.
MRPS Metal Removal Process Simulation
MRR Materials Reservation Report (EMS System).
MRT Material Requirement Transfer
MRT Material Routing Tag.
ms Milliseconds.
MS Manufacturing Sales.
MS Memo Supplement.
MS Microsoft
MS Military Standard.
MS Multi-Skilled
MS/SE Major Subsystem Engineer. The person on the vehicle platform team managing the
requirements of a major subsystem.
MSA Master Services Agreement.
MSA Measurement Systems Analysis. A procedure for assessing the quality of a measurement
system as agreed to by DaimlerChrysler, Ford and GM.
MSAP Measurement System Analysis Plan
MSAPC Mobile Source Air Pollution Control.
MSB Most Significant Bit
MSB Most Significant Byte
MSC Management Steering Committee
MSDS Material Safety Data Sheet
MSE Manufacturing Systems Engineer
MSEC,ms Millisecond.
MSED Mobile Sources Enforcement Division (EPA).
MSF Motorcycle Safety Foundation.
Msg Message (an abbreviation)
MSI Medium Scale Integration.
MSK Minimum Shift Keying.
MSL Mean Sea Level.
MSL Medium speed Serial data Link
MSM Memory Seat Module.
MSNF Multi System Network Facility.
MSO Manufacturing Stop Order
MSO Mixed Signal Oscilloscope
MSOP Micro Small Outline Package (IC package type)
MSP Mixed Signal Processing
MSPC Manufacturers Standard Paint Color.
MSRP Manufacturer‘s Suggested Retail Price.
MSS Market Segment Specifications. A marketing division‘s description of a specific market
segment as defined by the Corporate Market Needs Segmentation Analysis. Provides
information on the voice of the customer, prioritization of customer needs, competitors and
business conditions for the segment. MSS is a statement of the program problem and
constraints. VTS provides the definition of the vehicle as a solution to this problem.
MSS Marketing Support Services
MSS Materials Scheduling System. The predominant material scheduling system in use by NAO. .

MSS Minimum Steering Sensitivity.

MSS Mortality Surveillance System.
MSSE Major Subsystem Systems Engineer
MSSE Manager Sub System Engineer.
MSSE Mechanical Sub Systems Engineering.
MSTRE Moisture. An abbreviation.
MSTS Major Subsystem Technical Specifications.
MSU Model Start Up.
MSV Measurement Systems Variation.
MSVA Magnetic Speed Variable Assist steering (Magna Steer).
MSVA Magnetic Steering Variable Assist.
MSW Multi-sheet Scorecard Workbook
MSZH1 Magyar SZabvanyugi Hivatal
MT Manual Transmission. (Normally written as M/T)
MT Military Trucks
MT Mount. An abbreviation.
MTA Manual Transmission Autoshift (Europe)
MTA Message Transfer Agent. An MTA transfers mail between two dissimilar mail systems such as
Internet mail and Notes mail.
MTBE Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether.
MTBF Mean Time Between Failure.
MTC Manufacturing Technical Council.
MTC Manufacturing Technology Center
MTC Merchandising Transmission Condition.
MTC Motors Trading Corporation.
MTD Machine & Tool Design (DFM [Design for Manufacturability] software tool that is used during
the design and development of equipment to help reduce parts and simplify designs. MTD
focuses on simplifying machine and tool design without compromising functional requirements.)

MTD Month To Date

MTE Measurement & Test Equipment
MTG Mounting. An abbreviation.
MTL Master Test List. The corporate listing of test procedures used within NAO.
MTO Master Terminal Operator.
MTO Microelectronics Technology Office
MTP Manufacturing Test Plan
MTP Master Test Plan.
MTPI Multi-Phase Test Point Insertion
Mtr Motor (an abbreviation)
MTR Manually Tuned Radio.
MTR Market, Test and Resource.
MTR Meter. An abbreviation.
MTRG Metering. An abbreviation.
MTS Manufacturing Technical Specification. Defines requirements for a manufacturing system, the
validation methods, major subsystems and subsystem interfaces.
MTSO Mobile Telephone Switching Office
MTT Manufacturing Task Team
MTTF Mean Time To Failure.
MTTR Mean Time To Repair.
MTV Message Translation & Validation
MU Mock-Up. Mock-ups can be actual functioning parts, sub-assemblies or assemblies or non-
functional wood, expanded polystyrene, plastic or metal representations of parts,
subassemblies or assemblies. The design source can be responsible for providing mock-ups.

MUD Multi User Dungeon / Dimension (A multi-user simulation environment.)

MUFF Muffler. An abbreviation.
Mult Multiple (an abbreviation)
MULTICS MULTiplexed Information and Computing Systems
MUMPS Multi User MEMS Process
MUSE Multi User Simulation Environment (One kind of MUD)
MUST Management and Union Serving Together.
MUTCD Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
Mux Multiplex(-ing, -or) (an abbreviation)
MVA Master Vehicle Assembly
MVA Modulated Vacuum Advance.
MVB Manufacturing Validation Build.
MVDP Motor Vehicle Dimensions Procedures.
MVEG Motor Vehicle Emissions Group
MVEL Milford Vehicle Emissions Laboratory
MVMA Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association.
MVNS Manufacturing Validation Non-Saleable
MVO Military Vehicle Operations.
MVP Master Validation Plan. A system designed to report a list of standardized validation tests of
production intent vehicles/systems prior to start of production. .
MVS Manufacturing Validation Saleable
MVS Multiple Virtual Storage.
MVS TCP/IP TCP/IP for MVS.
MVS/XA Multiple Virtual Storage / Extended Architecture
MVSA Manufacturing Vehicle Section Advisor
MVSR Math-based Vehicle Sections Repository (GM's corporate repository for sharing and preserving
vehicle sections throughout the corporation.)
MVSR Motor Vehicle Safety Regulation
MVSS Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (of Transport Canada), a.k.a. CMVSS or NSVAC in French.

MVSS Motor Vehicle Safety Standards. Specific requirements regarding the US. MVSS and
Regulations, and Information and Cost Saving Act that relate to vehicles GM manufactures.

MVTT Message Verification Test Tool (C2C)

MVZ Manifold Vacuum Zone.
MXI Multiplatform eXtensions for Instrumentation
MY May.
MY Model Year.
MYM Model Year Manager.
MYTD Model-Year-To-Date
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Acronym Definition
n Nano (.000 000 001 times or one billionth).
N Neill
N Neutral
N Newton.
N Nitrogen
N No. Represents a production part that will not be used for service.
N Neutral.
N&V Noise & Vibration.
N* North Star.
N.A. (General Motors) North America
N/A Not Applicable.
N/A Not Available
N/C Non-Conforming
N/C Numerical Control of Computerized Process.
N/C (STATS) Report displays type of part: N= New; C= Drawing Change.
N/D Not Determined
N/PLT Name Plate. An abbreviation.
N/R Not Required
N/V Not Valid.
Na Sodium
NA Name. An abbreviation.
NA Naturally Aspirated
NA North American.
NA Not Affected.
NA Not Applicable.
NA Not Available.
NAA North American Automotive.
NAACP National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
NAAQNA National Ambient Air Quality Nonattainment Area
NAAQS National Ambient Air Quality Standards.
NAB National Association of Broadcasting
NAC Nonconformance Analysis Code.
NAC North American Containerization.
NACCB National Accreditation Council For Certification Bodies
NACE National Association of Corrosive Engineers
NACG North American Car Group.
NAD North American Design.
NADA National Automobile Dealers Association. The association for automotive dealerships in the
U.S.A.
NADC North American Digital Cellular
NADE North American Diagnostics Engineering
NAE National Academy of Engineers.
NAES North American Export Sales.
NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement. Agreement which will allow goods and services to
move between the U.S., Canada and Mexico eventually without quotas, import tax or other
bureaucratic restrictions.
NAGHSR National Association of Governors' Highway Safety Representatives
NAHSC National Automated Highway System Consortium
NAIAS North American International Auto Show
NAIT National Association of Industrial Technologists
NAM National Association of Manufacturers.
NAMA North American Market Analysis.
NAMPS Narrow-band Advanced Mobile Phone Service
NANC North American Numbering Council (FCC Council dealing with phone numbering scheme in
North America and Caribbean.)
NANP North American Numbering Plan (Numbering plan for the Public Switched Telephone Network
in the United States and its territories, Canada, Bermuda, and many Caribbean nations. The
scheme we are all used to.)
NANPA North American Numbering Plan Administration (NeuStar Inc., the NANP administrator.)
NAO North American Operations (replaced by GMNA)

NAOC North American Operations Containerization. Responsible for the ownership, reallocation and
repair of GM standard/non-standard returnable containers at the vehicle platform level.

NAP Network Alterable Parameter (C2C)

NAPA National Automotive Parts Association.
NAPCA National Air Pollution Control Administration.
NAPCP North American Passenger Car Platforms.
NAPP North American Produce Product (IS&S Test group to test plant production software / systems
prior to installation.)
NAR North American Region
NARSA National Automotive Radiator Service Association.
NAS National Academy of Sciences
NASA National Aeronautics & Space Administration
NASB North American Strategy Board.
NASCAR National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
NASPE North American Service and Parts Engineering.
NASS National Accident Sampling System [Established in 1979 as part of a nationwide effort to
reduce motor vehicle crashes, injuries, and deaths on our nation's highways. NASS is operated
by the National Center for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA), which is part of the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), an agency of the U. S. Department of Transportation.]

NATA National Automobile Transporters Association.

NATB National Automobile Theft Bureau.
NATG North American Truck Group (no longer used)
NATP North America Truck Platforms (no longer used)
NAU Network Addressable Unit
Nav Navigation (an abbreviation)
NAV North American Vehicles.
NAVMSS North American Vehicle Marketing Sales Service.
NAVO North American Vehicle Operations.
NAVSA North American Vehicle Systems Activities
Nb Niobium
NBC National Benefit Center; NBC administers sickness and accident benefits, extended disability
benefits, worker's compensation, health care, life insurance and tuition assistance for all hourly
and salaried employees, retirees, surviving spouses and dependents.

NBFM Narrow Band Frequency Modulation

NBS National Bureau of Standards.
NBV Net Book Value.
NC No Connection
NC Normally Closed (switch or relay contacts)
NC Numerical Control, also see CNC.
NCA Non-Conformance Analysis.
NCAC National Crash Analysis Center
NCAN Noise Corrective Action Notice.
NCAP New Car Assessment Program. A non-regulated government program to provide comparative
barrier test data for public information from belted frontal barrier tests at 35 mph

NCAR National Center for Atmospheric Research

NCBS New Car Buyer Survey
NCHPT New College Hiring Process Team
NCM Numerically Controlled Machine.
NCMS National Center for Manufacturing Sciences.
NCP Non conformance Penalty.
NCPA Non-Critical Process Activities
NCR Non-Conformace Report
NCRR National Center for Research Resources
NCS Noise Compliance Subcommittee.
NCSA National Center for Statistics and Analysis (Responsible for providing a wide range of analytical
and statistical support to NHTSA and the highway safety community at large.)
NCSA National Center for Super-computing Applications at University of Illinois in Urbana-
Champaign.
NCSI Not Considered A Service Item. An NCSI is required when neither the part nor its function is to
be serviced. Examples: Tires, sealants, and labels. Data to be left justified. .
NC-UTCD National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
NCWM National Conference on Weights and Measures
Nd Neodymium
ND No Drawing
ND Not Determined. Represents a part where service has not been determined.
NDA Non-Disclosure Agreement
NDC National Dealer Council.
NDDTF No Drawing / DrawingTo Follow
NDH Navigation Display Head.
NDIR Non-Dispersive Infrared Analysis.
NDL Needle. An abbreviation.
NDR National Drivers Registration
NDR Novell Directory Services.
NDT Nil-Ductility Transition.
NDT Non-Destructive Testing.
NDUV Non-Dispersive Ultra-Violet Analysis.
Ne Neon
NEA National Education Association.
NEB New Evaluation Bounded - CGS Surface
NEC National Electrical Code
NEC Nederlands Elektrotechnisch Comite
NEDA National Electronic Distributors Association
NEG Negative. An abbreviation.
NEK Norsk Elektroteknisk Komite (Norway)
NEMS Nano Electro Mechanical Systems
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act (1969)
NESEA Northeast Sustainable Energy Association
NESSI New ESSI (Delphi custom IC - filter and gain block for SDM-G SRXL accelerometer. Gain
stages have been changed so that signal clipping does not occur as soon.)
NEU Neutral. An abbreviation.
NEV Neighborhood Electric Vehicle. An electric vehicle with a top speed of 35 mph.
NFS Network File System, NFS is a protocol suite developed and licensed by Sun Microsystems
that allows different computers running different operating systems to share files and disk
storage. .
NGA New Generation Architecture
NGEN Next Generation
NGEP Next Generation Engineering Process.
NGM Next Generation Manufacturing
NGMBP Next Generation Math-Based Process.
NGO Natural Gas Operation
NGS Next Generation Computer
NGV Natural Gas Vehicle.
NGV New (Next) Generation Vehicle
NGVTP Natural Gas Vehicle Technology Partnership
NHRA National Hot Rod Association.
NHS Non Heated Sensor.
NHTSA National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
NHVR Noise, Harshness, Vibration, & Ride
Ni Nickel
NIADA National Independent Automobile Dealers Association.
NIASE National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence.
NIBBLE 4 bits; half a byte. Not an acronym.
NIC Neck Injury Criteria
NIC Network Interface Card
NIC Network Information Center, is an organization responsible for supplying information for
component networks that comprise the Internet. .
Ni-CD Nickel-Cadmium
NIEE National Institute for Engineering Ethics
NIH National Institute of Health
NIH Not Invented Here.
Ni-Ion Nickel-Ion battery
NIMBY Not In My Back Yard
NiMH Nickel Metal Hydride
NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health
NIP Nipple. An abbreviation.
NIP3 NAO Integrated Procurement Payment Process.
NIPDE National Initiative for Product Data Exchange
NIR No Inspection Required.
NIS National Import Specialist. An individual/organization specializing in border crossing procedures
to insure all necessary forms, information and payments are correct.
NIST National Institute for Standards & Technology (formerly the National Bureau of Standards)
NIST does not govern the creation of US standards (See ANSI).
NIU Network Interface Unit.
NI-V No Inspection - Verification
NIVHS National Intelligent Vehicle Highway System
NL National Labs
NLEV National Low Emissions Vehicle
NLRA National Labor Relations Act
NLRB National Labor Relations Board
Nm Newton-meter
NMA National Maintenance Agreement
NMAPC National Maintenance Agreement Policy Committee
NMFT National Motor Freight Traffic Association. An association which issues and publishes a
directory of the Standard Carrier Alpha Codes (SCAC) which are assigned to motor carriers.

NMFTA National Motor Freight Traffic Association.

NMHC Non Methane Hydrocarbon.
NMI Non-Maskable Interrupt
NMOC Non-Methane Organic Compounds
NMOG Non Methane Organic Gas.
NMOS N-channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor
NMPA National Motorsports Press Association.
NMTBA National Machine Tool Builders Association.
NNTP Network News Transport Protocol (The protocol used by client and server software to carry
USENET postings back and forth over a TCP/IP network.)
NO Nitric Oxide
NO Normally Open
NO November.
NO Number. Normally written as 'no.'
no. Number
NO2 Nitrous Oxide
NOA Notice of Action.
NOA Notice of Authorization.
NOB National Order Bank.
NOC Network Operations Center
NOC New Or Carryover.
NOC Network Operations Center, is the organization responsible for the day-to-day operations of the
Internet's component networks. .
NOCONTAM No contamination. An abbreviation.
NOD Near Obstacle Detection
NOD No Drawing (shown on part number – drafting)
NOD Notice of Decision.
NOPIC Non Product Inventory Control.
NOPUS National Occupant Protection Use Survey (NHTSA)
NORMA No Read/Write Memory Access
NOST No Stock.
NOU Number of Units.
Nov November (an abbreviation)
NOx Oxides of Nitrogen (Nitric Oxide + Nitrous Oxide). Often referred as Nitrogen Oxides
NOZ Nozzle. An abbreviation.
NPA Non-Passenger Automobile.
NPC National Petroleum Council.
NPG New Process Gear.
NPN Negative Positive Negative (transistor)
NPN New Part Number.
NPN No Part Number.
NPO Negative Positive Zero (Temperature Coefficient)
NPRA National Petroleum Refiners Association
NPRM Notice of Proposed Rule Making.
NPS Non-contacting Position Sensor
NPTC National Private Truck Council
NPTF National Pipe Thread Fine
NPV Net Present Value
NQI National Quality Initiative
NR Noise Reduction
NR Nominal Rates. Generated by breaking down the (maximum or lean) plant capacity rates to a
vehicle / body style or powertrain level. The sum of all detailed nominal rates amount to the
total plant capacity rate. The nominal rates are used for components that are common.

NR Not Required
NRC National Research Council (Canada)
NRC National Return Center. For warranty/core returns primarily.
NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRE Non Recurring Engineering (ala NRE costs)
NREL National Renewable Energy Lab
NREN National Research and Education Network, is an effort to combine the networks operated by
the U.S. government into a single high-speed network. .
NROTC Northeast (states) Regional Ozone Transport Commission
NRZ Non-Return to Zero.
NRZI Non Return to Zero Inverted
ns nanosecond
NS Non-Saleable.
NS8 Car Request Form.
NSB NAO (Norht American Operations) Strategy Board.
NSB Gates Major gates to be reviewed by the NAO Strategy Board (NSB).
NSBE National Society of Black Engineers
NSBU Neutral Start Back Up.
NSC National Safety Council.
NSEC Nanosecond.
NSF National Science Foundation.
NSP Network Service Provider
NSPE National Society of Professional Engineers
NSPS New Source Performance Standards.
NSR No Shipper Received Notification.
NTA National Truckers Association
NTC NAO (North American Operations) Technical Center
NTC Negative Temperature Coefficient
NTC NOTICE (as on Labels).
NTC Notice. An abbreviation.
NTCL No Top Cover Label
NTDB National Transportation Data Base
NTDRA National Tire Dealers & Retreaders Association
NTEA National Truck Equipment Association
NTF No Trouble Found.
NTIA National Telecommunications Information Administration
NTIS National Technical Information Service
NTK Need To Know
NTLA National Truck Leasing Association
NTP Network Time Protocol
NTP Non-Thermal Plasma
NTS Not To Scale
NTSB National Transportation Safety Board
NTSC National Television Standards Committee
NTTC National Technology Transfer Center (an integrated resource for accessing federally funded
research and development and other information. The NTTC offers a free service, known as
the Gateway, through which the private sector can maintain person-to-person contacts in the
federal laboratory system.)
NUL Numeral Location (ornamentation)
NUM Numeral (ornamentation)
NUMA Non Uniform Memory Access
NUMMI New United Motors Manufacturing, Incorporated
NURBS Non-Uniform Rational B-Spline. A mathematical definition of geometric entities used in
CAD/CAM.
NV Night Vision.
NVAL Noise & Vibration Analysis Laboratory
NVBARS Non Vehicle Billing and Accounts Receivable System. Transmits part/customer information to
the APMTS for component operations in North America.)
NVC Noise & Vibration Center
NVD New Vehicle Damage. NVD is responsible, and will handle all aspects of new vehicle damage
as induced by GM carriers or catastrophic losses such as fire, flood, hail, etc.
NVD New Vehicle Design
NVH Noise, Vibration & Handling
NVH Noise, Vibration, Harshness.
NVI New Vehicle Inspection.
NVL Noise & Vibrations Laboratory (replaced with NVC)
NVM Non-Volatile Memory.
NVPP National Vehicle Population Profile
NVRAM Non-Volatile (static) Random Access Memory
NVRH Noise, Vibration, Ride & Handling.
NW Nation Wide.
NWR Net While Running (is the maximum Final Line production based on one hour of continuous
running [Gross Chain Speed] times the Planned Uptime Percentage.)
NWRA National Wheel & Rim Association.
NYTO New York Treasurers Office (GM)
NZEV Near Zero Emission Vehicle (hybrid - GM)
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Acronym Definition
O Oxygen
O/D Overdrive. An abbreviation.
O/GA Oil Gage. Zz
O/H On Hand
O/M Owner's Manual.
O/O On Order
O/PMP Oil Pump. Zz
O/S Outside. Zz
O2 Oxygen
O2S Oxygen Sensor
OA LAN Office Automation Local Area Network
OAAT Office of Advanced Automotive Technologies (DOE)
OAFE Office of Automotive Fuel Economy.
OAG Official Airline Guide
OAH Over All Height
OAL Overall Length
OAP Opportunity Awareness Program.
OASCR Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research (DOE)
OAT Outside Air Temperature.
OAW Overall Width
OBC Oscillation Boundary Curve
OBC Ovonics Battery Company.
OBD On Board Diagnostics.
OBD II On Board Diagnostics, version II
OBE Overcome By Events
OBPA Off Board Programming Adapter
OC Oxidation Catalyst.
OCAR Office of Crash Avoidance Research (NHTSA)
OCC Occupant (abbreviated)
OCF Operating Cash Flow
OCIP Owner Controlled Insurance Program
OCM One Consistent Method
OCM Opportunity Charge Module
OCP Organizational Competitiveness Program.
OCR Optical Character Reader. Incorrect definition; See OCR definition below.
OCR Optical Character Recognition.
OCS Occupant Classification System (Siemens)
OCS Oil Condition Sensor
OCS Opportunity Charging Station
OCS Option Control System (Corporate)
OCS Overtime Calculation system.
Oct October. (an abbreviation)
OCXO Oven Controlled Crystal Oscillator
OD Operation Description.
OD Outside Diameter.
ODB Offset Deformable Barrier
ODBC Open Data Base Connectivity
ODBMS Object Database Management System
ODC Origin Distribution Center
ODETTE Organization for Data Exchange by Tele-Transmission in Europe. European automotive
association, counterpart to AIAG.
ODI Office of Defects Investigation.
ODM Open Distributed Processing. Refer to RM-ODP
ODM Output Driver Module
ODO Odometer.
ODOM Odometer. Zz
ODPC Open Document Processing
ODQ Organizational Development Questionnaire (GM Employee Survey)
OE Original Equipment.
OED Organization & Employee Development (Organizational Development involves attention to
diagnosis, strategy, roles, systems, processes and measurements that enable organizations
and people to achieve their goals.)
OED Organization Education & Development
OED Oxford English Dictionary
OEL Organic Electro Luminescence
OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer. The final assembler of the complete vehicle whether it is a
passenger, commercial or off road vehicle.
OEP Office of Environmental Policy
OFD Office of Fuels Development (DOE)
OFP Ozone Forming Potential
OFQ Out For Quote
OGC Office of General Council
OH Order History.
OH Overall Height
OHC Over Head Camshaft
OHIM Office of Highway Information Management
OHV Over Head Valve
OHVT Office of Heavy Vehicle Technologies (DOE)
OIL Outage Indicator Lamp
OIS Office Information System.
OL Overall Length
OLAP On-Line Analytical Processing
OLAS On Line Approval System (Host system to input purchase requests and obtain approvals on
line; includes interface to the OLIMPIC system.)
OLBS On Line Broadcast System
OLC Owner Loyalty Certificate.
OLCS On Line [US] Census System
OLE Object Linking & Embedding. Linking creates a link to the actual object - it is dynamic.
Embedding puts a copy of the object into the document - it is static.)
OLH Other Labor Hours.
OLIMPIC On Line Indirect Material Purchasing & Inventory Control
OLIVIA On-Line Inforce Verification & Insurance Administration.
OLTBI Open Loop Throttle Body Injection.
OLTP On Line Transaction Processing
OM Operational Management.
OM Owners Manual.
OMB Office of Management and Budget
OMSAPC Office of Mobile Source Air Pollution Control
OMVSS Office of Motor Vehicle Safety Standards and International Affairs, Tokyo, Japan.
ONC Open Network Computing
OnCE On-Chip Emulation
OOP Object Oriented Programming
OOP Out Of Position
OOR On/Off Road. Zz
OP Operating Policy
OPA Operational Planning Activity. No longer used.
OPC Occupant Performance Criterion
OPEB Other Post Retirement Benefits
OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
OPEN I/O Open In/Out.
OPER Operate. Zz
OPERG Operating. Zz
OPG Opening. Zz
OPP Options Portfolio Process.No longer used. Replaced by AVD Process
OPS Operations Per Second
OPS Operations Process
OPS Oshawa Prototype Services.
OPSC Occupant Protection Systems Committee
OPT Operations Personnel Training
OPT Option. Zz
OR Operations Research
ORACLE Oak Ridge Automatic Computer and Logic Engine
ORC Oxidation Reduction Catalyst.
ORD Order.
ORIENT Orientation. Zz
Orig Original (an abbreviation)
ORM Objectives Risk Management. Supports the sustainable and ethical achievement of business
objectives by identifying business risks and the management activities necessary to reduce risk
exposure to an acceptable level.
ORMB Offset Rear Moving Barrier
ORNA Ornament. Zz
ORNL Oak Ridge National Lab
ORP Optimized Release Process (process to release PADs)
ORR Outside Receiving Report
ORV Off Road Vehicle
ORVR Onboard Refueling Vapor Recovery
Os Osmium
OS Operating System.
OSA Outside Air.
OSC Oxygen Storage Capacity.
OSCAR Occupant Simulator for Crash Analysis and Research
OSCAR Orbiting Satellite Carry Amateur Radio (1st launched 12 Dec 1961)
OSHA Occupational Safety & Health Act.
OSHA Occupational Safety & Health Agency. (Incorrect; should be Administration).
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration (of DOL).
OSHS Occupational Safety & Health Standards.
OSI Open Systems Interconnect (Reference model for describing network protocols that was
devised by the Internet Standards Organization. It divides protocols in to seven layers to
standardize and simplify definitions.)
OSI Model Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) reference model for describing network protocols was
devised by the Internet Standards Organization. It divides protocols in to seven layers to
standardize and simplify definitions. .
OSM Output Switching Module.
OSRP Occupant Safety Restraint Partnership
OSRV Out Side Rear View (mirror).
OSRVM Out Side Rear View Mirror.
OSS Off the Shelf Software
OSS Output Shaft Speed.
OSTI Office of Scientific and Technical Information (DOE)
OSTP Office of Science & Technology Policy
OT Orifice Tube.
OT Overtime
OTC Order To Cash
OTC Over the Counter
OTC Ozone Transport Commission
OTD Order to Delivery (the time and steps involved between the actual ordering of a vehicle through
its delivery to the customer)
OTDR Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
OTLT Outlet. Zz
OTP Office of Technology Planning
OTP One Time Programmable
OTR Outer. Zz
OTRGR Outrigger. Zz
OTU Office of Technology Utilization (DOE)
OVD Office of Vehicle Defects.
OVE Osterreichischer Verband fur Elektrotecknik (Austria)
Overtemp Overtemperature. (an abbreviation)
OVFL Overflow. Zz
OVP Office of the Vice President
OVP Over Voltage Protection
OVSC Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance (NHTSA)
OW Overall Width
OWI Operator Work Instructions
OXIDN Oxidation. Zz
OXY Oxygen. Zz
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Acronym Definition
P Park
P Pending
P Phosphorus
P&A Parts & Accessories
P&P Policy & Procedures
P&W Policy & Warranty
P.K. Setup Checking the fit-up of detail parts by assembling a complete body-in-white with screws or
rivets.
P/B Power brake. An abbreviation.
P/BUT Pushbutton. An abbreviation.
P/E Price / Earnings (ratio to gage stock performance)
P/GR Pinion gear. An abbreviation.
P/I Preliminary Information. Also written as PI. Techincal information that is found in S.I. (Service
Information) and TAS databases. The informaton may or may not become a published bulletin
at a later date.
P/MI CI Production / Manufacturing Integration Continuous Improvement
P/N Part Number.
P/PD Product/Process Development
P/PDP Product/Process Development Process
P/PDS Product/Process Definition Stage
P/S Power steering. An abbreviation.
P/SEAT Passenger seat. An abbreviation.
P/T Powertrain.
P/U Pick Up.
P/UBX Pick Up Box.
P/W Power window. An abbreviation.
P4P Pay For Performance
Pa pascal: A unit of pressure corresponding to a force of 1 newton acting uniformly upon an area
of 1 square meter. Hence 1 Pa = 1N/M2
PA Park Avenue.
PA Passenger Automobiles.
PA Product Assurance.
PA Production Achievement.
PA Production Approval.
PA Program Authorization
PA Project Authorization.
PA Public address. An abbreviation.
PA Purchase Authorization.
PA Purchasing Agent.
PAA Production Action Authorization (An official document used to authorize a temporary
substitution, try out new parts or materials, rework existing parts, or use up excess or obsolete-
stock that will be good for a limited number of pieces or a specific time period.)
PAA Programmable Analog Array
PABX Private Automatic Branch Exchange
PAC Perceptual Audio Coder (Lucent encode / decode method for broadcast transmission /
reception)
PAC Performance Assessment Committee.
PACE Program Assessment & Control Environment
PACS Program Assurance Control System.
PACX Private Automatic Communication eXchange
PAD Packet Assembly – Disassembly
PAD Personnel Administration & Development
PAD Product Assembly Drawing
PAD Product Assembly Document. Provides assembly plants with a written set of instructions and
graphic illustrations of production operations to be performed on a given GM platform. This
includes the production parts required, their specific usage by model, style and option
conditions. A graphic Illustration depicting the operations and those procedures, and steps and
instructions required to assemble, install or adjust parts. also PDM.
PAD Public Announcement Date.
PAFC Phosphoric Acid Fuel Cell
PAG Programmable Automatic Gage
PAI Product Assurance Initiative
PAIC Part Assessment & Information Control
PAIR Pulse Air Injection Reactor.
PAL Pedagogic (for teaching) Algorithmic Language
PAL Phase Alternation Line
PAL Programmable Array Logic
PAM Pulse Amplitude Modulation
PAN Project Authorization Notice. A document issued by a vehicle platform to advise the design /
release engineers of approved changes to a vehicle program.
PAP Performance Achievement Plan
PAPIR Powertrain Architecture Process Integration Review.
PAPIR Product and Process Integration Review
PAR Pilot Action Request.
PAR Police Accident Report
PAR Product Allegation Resolution. Part of CARS.
Par Tech Parts Technical groups (for inquiries on engineering or parts specifications.)
PARC Production Area Record Center
PARD Periodic And Random Deviation
PARIS Planning & Release Information System.
PARK Parking. An abbreviation.
Parms Parameters (an abbreviation)
PARR Product Allegation Resolution Report.
PARTS Part Readiness Tracking System.
PAS Parking Assistance System.
PAS Performance Algorithm Shifting
PAS Peripheral Acceleration Sensor (Bosch)
PASCOM Product Announcement Strategy Committee.
PASDS Power & Signal Distribution System
PASER Particle Stream Erosion.
PASG Passage. An abbreviation.
Pass Passenger (an abbreviation)
PASS Passenger. An abbreviation.
PASS PDIS Augmented Specification System (Canada)
PASS Personalized Automotive Security System.
PASS Proposal Assessment Study System.
PATAC Pan Asian Technical Automotive Center
PATH Program on Advanced Technology for the Highway
PATP Patents & Technical Publicity
PATS Parts Approval Tracking System
PATT Pattern. An abbreviation.
PAV Pyrotechnically Actuated Venting
Pb Lead (Plumbium)
PB Power Brakes.
PBCR Preliminary BOM Change Request (Report)
PBGA Plastic Ball Grid Array
PBL Pickup Box, Long
PBOM Preliminary Bill of Materials
PBPCI Passive Backplane PCI
PBS Personal Benefit Summary
PBS Pickup Box, Short
PBV Purpose Built Vehicles
PBX Private Branch's eXchange
PC Personal Computer.
PC Plant Concerns
PC Polycarbonate
PC Pressure Control (solenoid valve).
PC Printed Circuit
PC Product Characteristic.
PC Product Cost
PC Programmable Controls or Controller.
PC Problem Communication. An electronic network for documenting and reporting an
unacceptable product build condition. When an approved PC is entered at any location, it is
electronically transmitted to the specific area and individual responsible for providing the
necessary corrective action. When a solution has been developed and approved, it is
communicated to the reporting location via the PC network.
PC&L Production, Control and Logistics. The engineering group responsible for ensuring smooth flow
of needed material (physical and information). (refer to EPC&L).
PC&S Production Control & Scheduling.
PC/CODE Part Classification Code.
PC/TCP Personal Computer / Transmission Control Protocol
PCA Product(ion) Compliance Audit.
PCB Polychlorinated Biphenyl (waste oil residue)
PCB Printed Circuit Board.
PCC Paper Color Code.
PCC Pontiac Centerpoint Campus (formerly TPC, Truck Product Center)
PCC Powertrain Controls Center.
PCC-c Pontiac Centerpoint Campus - Central (building)
PCC-e Pontiac Centerpoint Campus – East (building)
PCC-w Pontiac Centerpoint Campus – West (building)
PCD Product Content Document
PCDR Performance & Cost Detail Report
PCE Preliminary Cost Estimate.
PCG Product Content Group.
PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect (or Interface). PC bus that normally runs at 33 MHz on a
32-bit bus, but the specification allows for 64-bit and 66MHz operation that provides up to
532MB per second.
PCI Process Control Instructions
PCICN Piece Cost & Investment Change Notice
PCIF Printed Circuit Interconnection Federation
PCIT Piece Cost and Investment Tracking
PCL Printer Control Language
PCLL Product Compliance Legal Liaison.
PCM Part Change Management (Saturn Service Parts)
PCM Power Control Module
PCM Powertrain control module.
PCM Powertrain Control Module.
PCM Program Content Monitor.
PCM Program Control Module.
PCM Propulsion Control Module.
PCM Pulse Code Modulation
PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card International (or Industry) Association.
PCME Powertrain Control Module, Engine
PCMIA People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms
PCMT Powertrain Control Module, Transmission
PCN Personal Communications Network
PCN Product (or Program) Change Notice.
PCO Program Content & Objectives.
PCP Performance Characterization Parameters
PCP Process Control Plan.
PCP Product Certification Process
PCP Product Change Proposal.
PCP Product Compliance Program (of GM), a.k.a. GMPCP.
PCP Production Control Plan
PCR Plan Change Request
PCR Process Change Request.
PCR Product Change Request
P-CR Piezo-Actuated Common Rail
PCR Product Change Request. Document used to change or modify the Corporate Product Plan
between annual product plan approvals.
PCS Personal Communication System
PCS Pressure Control Solenoid.
PCS Problem Communication System
PCS Process Capability Study
PCS Product Content Sheet (defines vehicle content which generates an MCS.)
PCSD President‘s Council On Sustainable Development
PCSE Powertrain Controls Service Engineering.
PCU Power Control Unit.
PCV Passenger Car Vehicle
PCV Positive crankcase ventilation.
PCV Positive Crankcase Ventilation.
PCV Pressure Control Valve.
Pd Palladium
PD Passenger Distribution.
PD Problem Documentation.
PD Production Design
PDA Personal Digital Assistant. Generally, small, hand-held, battery-operated, microprocessor-
based devices that perform operations such as: Store telephone numbers, addresses, and
reminders, Send and receive email and faxes (wirelessly), Receive pages (just like an
alphanumeric pager) .
PDA Port De-Activation
PDA Preliminary Design Approach
PDB Platform Database.
PDBS Product Development Business Systems.
PDC Parts Distribution Center (Warehouse for GM Parts distribution)
PDC Portfolio Development Center. Part of the NAO Design and Engineering Centers charged with
providing advanced vehicle engineering for product portfolio planning and vehicle architecture
definition. Develops integrated vehicle proposals, rationalized with the portfolio to improve and
accelerate the vehicle launch process.
PDCA Plan, Do, Check, Act; the basic philosophy behind the Engineering Management Process as
developed by Deming over the first few years of his career; PLAN defines the system through a
set of objectives, and a strategy. The DO portion is the actual design of the parts to execute
the vehicle and the tools and processes required to build the parts and cars. The CHECK
element of the cycle is the VALIDATION of the paper car and process, the product and the
process. The ACT relates to continuous improvement where improvements are based on the
results of needs identified in the CHECK.
PDCR Product Design Compliance Reports
PDCS Pulsat Dealer Communication System.
PDD Parametric Die Design
PDD Product Definition Document
PDD Product Description Department.
PDES Product Data Exchange System (or Specification).
PDES Product Data Exchange using STEP. Industrial consortium formed to expedite development of
standards to be used in the exchange of product data (See IPO).
PDF Portable Document Format. A document format developed by Adobe Acrobat for the internet.
Allows user's of normally incompatible systems (I.e., IBM and Apple) to both be able to view
and create documents. Normally written as .pdf since it is a file name extension.

PDF Problem Definition Form.

PDF Problem Description Form.
PDG Product Description Group.
PDI Pre Delivery Inspection
PDI Preliminary Data Indicator
PDIF Pressure DIFferential.
PDIP Plastic Dual In-Line Pin
PDIS Product Description Information System.
PDIS Product Description Information Standard. A corporate standard used to transmit engineering
specification data to other departments and divisions within General Motors.
PDIT Product Design Improvement Team.
PDIT Product Development & Improvement Team
PDIT Product Development Information Team.
PDIT Product Development Integration Team.
PDIT Program Development Integration Team.
PDL Park & Directional Lamp
PDL Process Description Language
PDL Program Description Language
PDL Program Development Library (A collection of GRIP and UFUNC programs from many of the
organizations within GM.)
PDM Passenger Door Module
PDM Product Data Management (GM's customized version of IMAN supporting a common process
for managing product data.)
PDM Product Data Manager
PDM Product Description Manual.
PDM Pulse Duration Modulation.
PDMS Product Data Management System
PDN Product Discrepancy Notice.
PDO Product Development Organization.
PDP Personal Development Plan.
PDP Plant Data Processor
PDP Powertrain Development Process. The common process within GM Powertrain for work
directed toward bringing a quality product to market. The current PDP process used within

PDP Process Development Process

PDP Product Development Process
PDQ Portage Double Quick, Inc. (An electronic machine used to pick points from the clay model.)

PDQ Pretty Darn Quick

PDR Parts Determination and Release
PDR Physician's Desk Reference
PDR Preliminary Design Review
PDRE Process Design Responsible Engineer
PDS Passenger Door Switch
PDS Pre-Delivery Survey.
PDS Product Description System. The corporate engineering specification system for program
content. (See GPDS)
PDS Proximity Detection System
PDS Purchase and Delivery Satisfaction. A survey provided to owners of a new GM product for
evaluating their purchase experience.
PDT Product Delivery Team (as defined by ATV). The team role is to deliver a product and
production system with high quality, within budget and on time. Responsibilities of the PDT are
to have a clear understanding and agreement on functional requirements from SSTS, MTS &
MMTS. Assure requirements of SSTS, MTS & MMTS are covered in a CTS. Manage initial
release of and subsequent changes to all components. Manage financial analysis (piece price
& investment) and changes to meet or exceed business case commitments. Source all
components with qualified suppliers. Meet program timing milestones. Ensure validation of
components to CTS. Understand and implement Total Quality Plan. Execute detailed
manufacturing process. Respond to needs of build teams to support concept, prototype, pilot
and production builds. Benchmark competitors. Documentation and change control of CTS‘s.

PDT Product Design Team

PDT Product Development Team. Function: generate designs which achieve targets.
Responsibilities: Achieve targets allocated from PMT, negotiate proposed target
changes/requirements with PMT, report status of targets to PMT on a regular basis, develop an
activity schedule by SIM Council and report issues, provide cross-functional evaluation of
alternatives to meet requirements and imperatives, assist in early source definition and provide
required sourcing packages, track the status of imperatives and performance objectives, track
and control design changes, promote use of common systems/processes, assure
Quality/Cost/Warranty/HPV goals for Non-GMT and GMX programs are achieved, Assure plant
build concerns are resolved, assure KCD‘s/KPC‘s DFM/DFA are executed appropriately,
assure generation of Subsystem and Component Technical Specs, assure functional
representation at meetings as appropriate, publish meeting minutes and maintain PDT closed-
loop action item/concerns log.
PDT Program Development Team.
PDU Protocol Data Unit
PDW Process Development Wall
PE Packard Electric. See PED.
PE Polyethylene
PE Power Enrichment
PE Power Equivalent
PE Price to Earnings. (normally written as P/E).
PE Process Engineer
PE Product Engineer(ing)
PE Professional Engineer
PEA Pontiac East Assembly
PEA Production Engineering Activity.
PEAM Portable Electronic Airflow Machine
PEB Power Electronics Bay.
PEC Pontiac Engineering Center
PEC Portfolio Engineering Center.
PECL Positive Emitter Coupled Logic
PECT Program Execution Core Team
PED Packard Electric Division. Part of ACG.
PED Pedal. An abbreviation.
PED Process Engineering Document
PED Product Engineering Department
PED Production Engineering Department.
PED Production Engineering Documents.
PED Program Engineering Director. This position is/was known as TVIE. PET member.
PEDD Production Engineering Die Design
PEFC Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell
PEM Production Engineering Manual.
PEM Program Engineering Manager. This position is/was known as TVIE.
PEMFC Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
PEP Product Evaluation Program (vehicle).
PEPE Product Engineering Program Execution
PER Personnel
PER Personnel Evaluation Report
PER Planning Experimental Records.
PER Procedure Execution Request
Perf Performance (an abbreviation)
PERF Performance. An abbreviation.
PERL Practical Extraction and Report Language. A computer language used for scanning text and
creating reports.
PERT Planning Evaluation & Review Technique (ala PERT chart)
PERT Program Evaluation and Review Technique. A computer code to detail project planning and
monitoring.
PEST Propulsion & Electrical Systems Team.
PET Powertrain/Engine/Transmission
PET Product Education & Training
PET Product Evaluation Team.
PET Product, Education and Training Committee. The PET Committee consists of the five
Marketing Divisions (includes the Dealer Business Center) (voting members), Allied Divisions
(i.e. GM of Canada, Delphi Automotive Systems, Delco Electronics, GM Powertrain, AC Delco-
SPO), TCO, STD, and other GM groups with an interest in knowing about or influencing
technician training (i.e. STG Product Engineering, STG International Service). The committee
is chaired by the STD Manager. The PET Committee provides a single source of service
training plans for General Motors. All groups with a service training message to convey to
Dealers should notify the Committee. In this way, economies of scale are realized and
redundant efforts minimized.
PET Program Evaluation Team.
PET Program Execution Team. Responsibilities are to: develop ―Contract‖, act as a single point of
entry for assessing all program content and change requests, balance new product and
process feature content to meet ―Contract‖ (cost, quality, and productivity), resolve program
content issues, keep program imperatives on track, prepare gate reviews, provide program
readiness coordination, achieve ―Contract‖, monitor customer satisfaction, use common
processes. Deliverables are: the ―Contract‖, documentation for action items and content
decisions, recommendations to VLT-problem resolution recommendation and mechanics.
Typical attendees include: Program Planning Manager/Asst. VLE (Chair), Program Manager
(Agenda/Logistics), Finance, Vehicle Integration Engineer, Manufacturing Integration Engineer,
Purchasing/PC&L, Quality, Manufacturing, Assistant Brand Managers - Product, International
Product Development Manager, Design Center (As Required). Typical meeting content
involves: vehicle and process integration review issues, monitor program progress through
rigorous tracking, performance to ―Contract‖, content changes.

PET Program Executive Team.

PETC Product, Education & Training Committee
PETCM Powertrain Engine Transmission Control Module
PEU Power Electronic Unit
PF Polyurethane Foam
PF Power Factor
PF Program Function [keys]
PFA Pedestrian Federation of America
PFC Programmable Function Control.
PFD Process Flow Diagram.
PFEP Plan For Every Part
PFI Port Fuel Injection.
PFM Product Focus Manager
PFMA Process Failure Mode Analysis.
PFMEA Process Failure Mode & Effects Analysis.
PFMS Performance Feedback Measurement System.
PFP Pay For Performance
PFSE Product Focus Support Engineer
PFSSA Plant Floor Systems Service Agreement (between GM and EDS regarding plant floor Intranet
systems services)
PFT Product Focus Team.
PG Proving Ground.
PGA Pin Grid Array
PGA Professional Graphics Adapter
PGA Programmable Gate Array
PGM Program Management
PGR Policy Group Review.
PGS Prime Graphics System
Phn Phone (an abbreviation)
PHT Parallel Hybrid Truck; one type of an Advanced Technology Vehicle.
PHUD Parallel Hybrid Ultra-low-noise Detector
PI Preliminary Information. Also written as PI. Techincal information that is found in S.I. (Service
Information) and TAS databases. The informaton may or may not become a published bulletin
at a later date.
PI Priority Indicator.
PIA Parts in Assembly.
PIA Performance Integration Areas
PIA Peripheral Interface Adapter.
PIA Purchasing in Assembly.
PIAD Plastics in Automotive Division (Specification)
PIC Peripheral Integrated Circuit (Bosch)
PIC Powertrain Information Converter.
PIC Product Information Center
PICD Product Interface Control Document
PICOS Purchased Input Concept Optimization With Supplier. Term used to describe process
improvement at supplier plant.
PICOS Purchasing Input Cost Optimization for Suppliers
PICS Partners in Customer Satisfaction
PID Primary Identifier (C2C)
PID Purchase Identifier (ALB/UNIT)
PID Parameter Identifier (or Identification).
PIG Product Information Group.
PILO Pillow. An abbreviation.
PIM Performance Integration Manager.
PIM Power Inverter Module
PIM Product Information Method.
PIM Product(ion) Information Management. A term applied to the topic of managing product data in
a computer environment.
PIM Program Implementation Managers.
PIM Propulsion Inverter Module.
PIMREP Project Incident Monitoring and Resolution Process. GMNA‘s common issue solving tool to
support the Issue Solving Process, to promote a common review process, and to ease data.

PIMS Product Information Management System.

PIN Personal Identification Number.
PING Packet Inter Net Gopher (Part of the standard TCP/IP suite of protocols that allows you to
check your connectivity with other devices, or to check whether your own TCP/IP stack is
working properly. Normally, you type in something like "ping 206.119.148.38," and you either
get a response from that IP address or not.)
PIO Powertrain Computer Input/Output.
PIP Performance Improvement Plan
PIPS Product in Process Simulator
PIT Performance Integration Team. Functions to provide leadership to the PMTs and PDTs and
integrate and achieve total vehicle performance goals.
PIT Pitman. An abbreviation.
PIT Process Improvement Team.
PIV Pivot. An abbreviation.
PIW Product/Process Integration Wall.
Pixel Picture Element
PJJ Toyota J-car (vehicle name).
PKG Package. An abbreviation.
PKT Packet Data (C2C)
PKT Pocket. An abbreviation.
PL/1 Programming Language / 1 (IBM)
PLA Product Life Assessment.
PLA Programmable Logic Array
PLA Project Labor Agreement.
PLB Process Leadership Board. The PLB is an Executive Team of Vehicle Line & Functional
Leaders focused on improving the over-all throughput of cross functional activities that support
the Vehicle Development Process. GMNA
Process Leadership Board, affiliation: GMNA Planning & Program Management
PLC Programmable Logic Controller
PLCC Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (External connections consist of "J" leads around all four sides of
the surface mount package.)
PLCP Pre-Launch Control Plan
PLD Part Locating Dimension
PLD Programmable Logic Device
PLE Product Line Executive (replaced by Program Manager)
PLEB Preloaded Enclosed Bushing.
PLGR Plunger. An abbreviation.
PLL Phase Locked Loop.
PLM Plant Liaison Manager
PLNM Plenum. An abbreviation.
PLNT Planetary. An abbreviation.
PLP Principal Locating Points (for assembly fixture).
PLP Production Launch Process.
PLR Pillar. An abbreviation.
PLS Process Level Suffix.
PLS Product Level Suffix
PLT Planning Leadership Team
PLT Plate. An abbreviation.
PLT Program Leadership Team.
PLTF Platform. An abbreviation.
PLYR Player. An abbreviation.
PLYRAT Residual Alignment Torque (tire measurement).
PLZT Lead (Plumbium) Lanthanum Zirconte Titante
Pm Promethium
PM Particulate Matter. Pollution substance from diesel engine/fuel
PM Performance Measurement
PM Phase Margin
PM Phase Modulation
PM Photo Multiplier
PM Post Meridiem
PM Preventative Maintenance
PM Program Management
PMC Process Monitoring and Compliance
PMC Purchasing Material Control.
PMCS Production & Manufacturing Control System
PMD Programmed Mileage Dynamometers
PMFS Performance Measurement and Feedback System. Seven measures of NAO‘s health; i.e.
people development, product initiation, operations, marketing, sales and service, employee
satisfaction, retail customer satisfaction and shareholder satisfaction.
PMI Process Modeling & Integration. The GM PMI Tool provides computer generation on the Top
Flow Down chart. PMI Turbo consists of a set of Macros for Microsoft Word Version 6.0 that
automate the creation of PMI Models. PMI97 Turbo consists of a set of Macros for Microsoft
Word Version 7.0.
PMI Product / Manufacturing Implementation.
PML Product Manufacturing Location
PMM Power Mode Master
PMM Process Management Methodology.
PMM Program Manufacturing Manager.
PMM Power Mode Master.
PMO Project Management Office.
PMO Program Management Office.
PMOS Positive channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor
PMP Performance Management Program (or Process or Plan)
PMP Process Monitoring Point.
PMP Program Management Plan.
PMP Project Management Process. The common process for setting objectives, will be the same for
all executives worldwide and all classified employees in the GMNA region (excluding Mexico).

PMQH toyota J-car (vehicle name).

PMR Product (or Program) Manufacturability Requirements.
PMs Performance Measures
PMS Payment Modification System
PMS Powertrain Management System
PMS Production Material Scheduling.
PMT Program Management Team
PMT Prototype Management Team.
PMT Product Management Team. (in some departments, replaced by PFT)
PMV Pressure Modulator Valve.
PN Part Number
PNA Part Name.
PNA Parts 'N Accessories (New or manufactured automotive Parts and Accessories marketed by
GM Parts. Also P&A)
PNC Part Number Control.
PNC Pontiac North Campus (consists of GM Powertrain Headquarters and Pontiac Metal Center)

PNDLM Pendulum. An abbreviation.

PNG Pinion & Ring Gear.
PNGV Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles
PNL Panel. An abbreviation.
PNNL Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PNP Park/Neutral Position.
PNP Positive – Negative – Positive (type of transistor)
PNSI Part Number Stocking Incentive (This incentive is based on part numbers stocked. Qualified
dealers receive their PNSI rebate on a monthly basis.
PNT Pointer. An abbreviation.
PO Paint Operations.
PO Purchase Order. A document issued in response to an approved purchase requisition.
POA Part of Assembly
POA Purchase Order Alteration.
POC Price Of Conformance.
POC Proof Of Concept.
POD Proof of Design.
PODS Passive Occupant Detection System (supports the production order management and
scheduling functions for all GM North American produced passenger car and light duty trucks.
This system simplifies the counting of forecasted orders for tool and production planning. The
output of this system is in model code volumes.)
POF Physics of Failure
POGEN Purchase Order Generation System-Delco
POM Pulse-width-modulated Output Module
POMS Product Order Management & Scheduling (System found within TSO that is used to determine
whether a vehicle is buildable, based on available engineering specifications.)
POMS Production Order Management System.
PONC Price Of Non-Conformance.
POP Pay on Production. A system where suppliers are paid for production material based on the
customer's usage records, rather than physical receipt of the material.
POP Personal Operating Principles.
POP Point of Purchase.
POP Post Office Protocol (The way e-mail software such as Eudora gets mail from a mail server.)

POP Promote Our Products.

POP Point of Presence. POP is a service provider's location for connecting to users. Generally, POP
refer to the location where people can dial into the provider's host computer. Most providers
have several POPs to allow low-cost access via telephone lines. .

POPA Part of Production Assembly. Used on component parts that will not be serviced individually,
but will be serviced using a production assembly.
POR Power-On Reset.
Pos Position (an abbreviation)
POS Physics of Success
POS Point of Sales
POS Positive. An abbreviation.
POSA Part of Service Assembly. Used on component parts that will not be serviced individually, but
will be serviced using a service assembly.
POSN Position. An abbreviation.
POST Point of Sale Terminal.
POSU Part of Service Unit, Kit. Used on parts (usually components) that will not be serviced
individually, but will be serviced using a service unit or kit.
POTS Plain Old Telephone System
POV Privately Owned Vehicle
POX Partial Oxidation
PP Percentage Point
PP Polypropylene
PP Ported Purge.
PP Program Plans
PP&E Property, Plant, and Equipment. Capital investment or capital expenditures.
PP&T Production Planning & Tooling.
PPA Property Pass Administrator.
PPAA Pre-Production Action Authorization
PPAH Parallel Power Assist Hybrid
PPAP Production Part Approval Process (formerly GP3). PPAP is a general procedure for ―Supplier
Submission of Material for Production Approval‖ included in ―Targets for Excellence‖. The
process used to determine if all customer requirements are met by a supplier and if the
process has the potential to produce product meeting these requirements on a production
basis.
PPB Program Plan Book.
PPC Prestressed Piezoelectric Composites (Devices with ability to provide inordinately large
mechanical output displacements, as high as 40 to 50 times the thickness of the device itself.)

PPC Product Policy Committee.

PPC Product Program Content. (Formally Plan Book) .
PPC Production Possibilities Curve
PPC Public Policy Committee
PPCO Project Plan Change Order.
PPD Passenger Presence Detection
PPD Pilot Process Document.
PPD Portfolio Planning Director
PPD Price & Production Deviation.
PPD Program Planning Director. The Program Planning Director / Manager acts as the ―Chief of
Staff‖ and is responsible for managing the activities of the Vehicle Line Team. The PPD / PPM
is supported by a staff consisting of: Vehicle Manager(s), Assistant Vehicle Manager(s),
Assistant Vehicle Timing Manager(s), Vehicle Team Analyst(s).
PPDP Performance Planning and Development Process (Personnel Department blue sheet).
PPDP Personal Performance Development Plan
PPDR Product Planning & Design Review
PPEC Product and Process Engineering Center
PPEC Product Problem Evaluation Committee.
PPEI Platform/Powertrain Electrical Interface.
PPG Pittsburgh Plate Glass.
PPG Product Policy Group. Corporate group containing the chairman of the board and other chief
executives. This group reviews and provides concept approval and final approval for every GM
program.
PPH Problems Per Hundred.
PPHV Problems Per Hundred Vehicles
PPIR Product Problem Identification & Resolution.
PPIT Prototype Process Improvement Team.
Ppk An index used to describe the performance of a process over its range of variation.
PPL Purple. An abbreviation.
PPM Parts Per Million.
PPM Problems per Million.
PPM Program Planning Manager (refer to PPD for more information).
PPM Program Purchasing Manager
PPM Pulse Position Modulation
PPM Pulses Per Mile.
PPME Purchased Part Manufacturing. Engineer
PPMP Product Program Management Process.
PPO Pre Production Operations
PPO Preferred Provider Organization
PPP Point to Point Protocol (Most well known as a protocol that allows a computer to use a regular
telephone line and a modem to make TCP/IP connections and thus be really and truly on the
Internet.)
PPP Preliminary Program Plan
PPP Product Planning Process
PPP Product Planning Proposal.
PPPR Pre Production Properties Requirements
PPQ Product & Process Qualification.
PPQC Purchased Part Quality Control.
ppr pulses per revolution.
PPR Product Planning Report.
PPR Product Problem Report.
PPR Product Problem Resolution.
PPR Product Program Review.
PPR Project Performance Reporting
PPS Product Purchasing System.
PPS Pulses Per Second
PPS Purchase Procurement System.
PPS Passenger Presence Sensing.
PPSC Product Planning Strategy Committee.
PPSS Propulsion Performance Subsystem Specification
PPT Powertrain Product Team.
PPU Production Point of Use.
PPV Pay Per View
PPV Powertrain Prototype for Vehicle
PPV Production Part Validation.
PQAP Parts Quality Attainment Plan
PQC Platform Quality Council.
PQC Powertrain Quality Characteristic
PQC Product Quality Center.
PQE Panel Quality Evaluation (Provides a first-level estimation of Body-in-White characteristics
[thickness, strength, stiffness, oil canning resistance, and dent resistance].)

PQE Program Quality Engineer. Usually reports directly to the PQM.

PQFP Plastic Quad Flat Pack (A type of plastic surface mount package that has fine pitch leads on all
four sides.)
PQI Powertrain Quality Information
PQI Program & Quality Implementation
PQM Program Quality Manager. The manager for the program that helps ensure the program meets
all quality deliverables.
PQRR Program Quality Readiness Review.
PQS Parts Quality Standards.
PQS Product Quality Standards
PQS Purchase Quality Standards (MVSS).
Pr Praseodymium
PR Performance Review. To mark that point in time at which there is a regular meeting of the
Regional Strategy Board (NASB, ESB, LASB, etc.) where the actual program and field market
performance of the program product is presented. This meeting is held after the product has
been in the customer‘s hands for about 12 months. This will document the actual performance
of the product against the Program Contract commitments.
PR Physical Reuse
PR Ply Rating (tires)
PR Product Reuse
PR Production Release.
PR Production Review (4 phase gate review)
PR Public Relations.
PR Purchase Request.
PR Purchase Requisition. A document used to request the purchase of materials and/or services.
When signed and approved, it authorizes Purchasing to issue a Purchase Order.

PR Lamps Park/Running Lamps.

PR/R Problem Report(ing) and Resolution.
PRA Preliminary Repurchase Authorization. A form sometimes used by AVM's.
PRA Program Revision Authorization
PRB Program Review Board.
PRBK Program Book
PRC Price Review Committee
PRCN Purchase Requisition Change Notice
PRCS Product Release & Change System.
PRD Part Release Drawing.
PRD Parts Requirement Document
PRD Pressure Relief Device
PRD Program Release Direction. The PRD is a project plan-supporting document that authorizes
the initial release of design. It includes a text area for instruction, part numbers, and the design
supervisor‘s name. Direction may be general or specific; used for the initial releases of both
experimental and production designs formalizes part‘s entry into change control (DCA/EWO).

PRDA Program R&D Announcement

PREDLVY Predelivery. An abbreviation.
PRELEX Software Release & Control
PreProd PreProduction.
PreQVR A meeting or series of PET-level meetings to preview QVR presentations and provide pre-
assessments of the color code for each element.
PRES Present State of Charge
PRES Present. An abbreviation.
PRESS Pressure. An abbreviation.
Press Pressure (an abbreviation)
PRESS REG Pressure Regulator (abbreviation)
Preten Pretensioner (an abbreviation)
Prev Previous (an abbreviation)
PREV Preventive. An abbreviation.
PRG Process Reference Guide
PRGM Program. An abbreviation.
PRI Pinnacle Research Institute
PRIM Primary (an abbreviation)
PRIM Primary. An abbreviation.
PRIMO PRIce MOdule (A purchasing system which is the interface between MGO and Disbursements
used to price receipts.)
PRIP Personal Retirement Income Plan
PRISM People Resource Information System.
PRISM Personnel Resource Information System (a salaried personnel database and history file) .
PRISM Portable Reusable Integrated Software Modules
PRJ Project
PRJ# PRoJect #.
PRM Passive Retracting Module
PRM Plant Report Measurement system (A computer system that captures, tracks, and reports data.
It is a common piece of infrastructure that will be installed in the five engineering factories.)

PRM Pressure Ratio Management

PRM Process Risk Management. Addresses the non-strategic, process-related risks faced by most
business units. It is delivered using an interview process and is conducted annually. PRM is the
planned evolution of the Internal Control Review Questionnaire (ICRQ) and is the piece of BRM
that Internal Control Coordinators (ICCs) will be most involved with.

PRMC Pull-ahead Rolling Model Change

PRMS Plant Report Measurement System
PRN Park, reverse, neutral circuit
PRN Process Reference Number.
PRND Park, Reverse, Neutral, Drive.
PRND4 Park, Reverse, Neutral, overdrive circuit
PRNDL Park, Reverse, Neutral, Drive, Low.
PROC Process. An abbreviation.
PROCARD Procurement Card
PROCD Procedure. An abbreviation.
Prog Program (an abbreviation)
PROGMR Programmer. An abbreviation.
PROGWO Program Work General Work Order
PROJ Projects Module
PROM Programmable Read Only Memory.
PROP PROject Plan. The PROP is the design engineer‘s tool to define, authorize, and communicate
work which must be completed to implement his or her involvement in an EPN. It includes plan
objectives, tasks, task descriptions, Resource groups and test procedure numbers as
appropriate. A budget authorization number is added by the engineering group manager at
approval. Types of work covered in a project plan include: development, mockup, analysis,
testing, design. The project plan supports execution of the 4 phase process at the task level of
detail.
PROP Propeller. An abbreviation.
PROPN Proportion. An abbreviation.
PROSPEC Professional Specifications.
PROTN Protection. An abbreviation.
PROTO Prototype
PROTR Protector. An abbreviation.
PROTV Protective. An abbreviation.
PROX Preferential Oxidizer
PRP Program Revision Proposals.
PRR Parts Replacement Requisition
PRR Problem Reporting & Resolution; See PR/R
PRR Problem Resolution Report.
PRR Project Resource Requirement. An identified segment of Engineering work by which the
estimated resources (i.e., design, build, test) required to design, build, and validate proposed
new vehicle / features are accumulated. Resource estimates associated with each PRR are
used to develop, track, and communicate Engineering's budget in Business Management
System (BMS).
PRSS Program Readiness Status System. The PRSS used to gather status on S.O.W.s in the
program workplan meetings
PRSV Part Reservation screen (EMS system)
PRT Process Reuse Team
PRT Product Reuse Team
PRTS Part Readiness Tracking System.
PRTS Problem Resolution Tracking System (PRTS is an electronic database tool designed to track
problem resolution in support of the Global CPIP[Current Product Improvement Process].)

PRTS Product Resolution Tracking System

PRV Pressure Relief Valve.
PRV Protection Reference Value
Ps picosecond
PS Polystyrene
PS Project Systems. Functionality within SAP that helps manage complex projects
PS Power Steering. Normally written as P/S.
PS/R/R Packaging Specs/Review/Release
PSA Partner System Administrator.
PSA Power Switch Assembly
PSAM Paint Shop Area Manager - This is a computer system that routes vehicles through the
conveyor system, tracks vehicle progress through the paint shop, provides process set-up
information to the paint shop automation and provides a means to archive data.
PSAT Process & Systems Action Team
PSC Policy Steering Committee (responsible for the overall direction of the C4 [CAD, CAE, CAM, &
CIM] program.)
PSC Portfolio Strategy Council.
PSC Power Steering Controller
PSCM Passenger Seat Control Module.
PSCM Power Seat Control Module
PSCM Power Steering Control Module
PSD Power Spectral Density
PSD Prevention of Significant Deterioration.
PSD Publication Structure Definition; electronic table of contents for a service manual.
PSDC Publication Structure Definition Coordinator
PSDN Packet Switched Data Network
PSE Product Structure Editor
PSEC, ps Pico-second (.000 000 000 001 times).
PSEO Product Service Engineering Operations.
Psgr Passenger (an abbreviation)
PSI Pounds per Square Inch.
PSIC Process and System Integration Center.
PSIC Production Scheduling & Inventory Control.
PSIG Pounds per Square Inch Gauge
PSIR Passenger Supplemental Inflatable Restraint.
PSIV Passive. An abbreviation.
PSK Phase-Shift Keying.
PSM Passenger Seat Module
PSM Pressure Switch Manifold.
PSM Product Structure Management
PSMP Project Safety Management Plan.
PSOD Parts Shown On Drawing (Block)
PSP Parts System Plus (Allows qualified dealers the opportunity to choose among three entitlement
packages, offering variable return reserve and discounts). These options are available on an
order-by-order basis for any DRO and CSO order.
PSP Personal Savings Plan
PSP Power Steering Pressure.
PSP Pressure Sensitive Paint (The pressure-sensitive paint technique for measuring pressure
distributions on wind tunnel models requires coating the surface of the model with special paint
that, when appropriately illuminated, exhibits luminescence that varies with air pressure.)

PSPF Pelvis Pubic Force

PSQRC People, Safety, Quality, Responsiveness & Cost
PSR Platform Status Review. Meeting chaired by TVIE. Reports out status of SMT‘s, Statements of
Work (SOW), and program imperatives. (Truck only).
PSR Program Schedule Report.
PSR Program Status Review.
PSRM Platform Service Readiness Managers.
PSRR Packaging Specs Review & Release
PSRR Power Supply Rejection Ratio
PSS Program Status System. This is an electronic enhancement and evolution from the old
Program Readiness Status System (PRSS).
PSSC Processes and Systems Steering Committee
PST Plant Support Team
PST Problem Solving Team
PST Product System Team
PSTN Piston. An abbreviation.
PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network (The regular old-fashioned telephone system.)
PSVSR Preliminary Structure Vehicle Styling Release
PSW Part Submission Warrant
Pt Platinum
PT Powertrain. Normally written as GMPT.
PT Product Team
PT&E Parametric Tools & Equipment
PT/VI Powertrain/Vehicle Integration
PTAB Project Technical Advisory Board
PTAT Proportional To Ambient Temperature (type of sensor)
PTC Positive Temperature (or Thermal) Coefficient.
PTC Powertrain Cooling.
PTCM Powertrain Control Module
PTCP Prototype Control Plan
PTCS PowerTrain Controls Subcommittee
PTD Pendulum Test Device.
PTDL Product Test & Development Laboratory
PTED PowerTrain Engine Durability
PTFE Poly Tetra Fluoro Ethylene
PTFFU Program Team For Factory Upgrade
PTL Product Team Leadership (see PET)
PTLHK Pintle hook. An abbreviation.
PTM Production & Tag Management (Canada)
PTN Part Number.
PTO Patent and Trademark Office
PTO Power Take-Off.
PTO Power take-off.
PTO Primary Try Out
PTOX Periodic Trap Oxidizer.
PTP Powertrain Team Process
PTP Product Technology Process
PTPD Plastics & Trim Products Division
PTR Plant Trial Run
PTR Problem Tracking Report.
PTR Production Trial Run.
PTRR Pilot Technical Readiness Review.
PTS Powertrain Technical Specifications.
PTS Production Technical Specification
PTS Project Tracking System.
PTS Property Tax System.
PTSE Powertrain Systems Engineer
PTSR Program Team Support Resources
PTT Post, Telephone and Telegraph authority
PTT Product Technical Team.
PTTR Personalized Time To Repair.
PTVI PowerTrain Vehicle Integration
PTW Play to Win
PU Participating Unit.
PU Planned Utilization
PUB Pick Up Box
PUBX Pickup box. An abbreviation.
PUG Permanent User Group.
PUL Pulley. An abbreviation.
PULDN Pulldown. An abbreviation.
PUMA Product Usage, Measurements & Application (Group).
PUP Power UP
PUR Purchasing
PURB Pop Up Roll Bar
PURFIN Purchasing/Financial Price File.
PURFINDATA Purchasing Financial Data.
PUT Programmable Unijunction Transistor
PV Passenger Vehicle
PV Photo Voltaic
PV Present Value
PV Pressure Vacuum filler cap
PV Product Validation.
PV Product Vision
PV Purge Valve.
PVA Post Validation Audit.
PVA Preliminary Validation Acceptance.
PVB Preocess Validation Build.
PVC Poly Vinyl Chloride.
PVCS Polytron Version Control System.
PVD Physical Vapor Deposition
PVD Production Vehicle Development.
PVEC Pontiac Vehicle Engineering Center
PVI People Vehicle Interface
PVM Programmable Vehicle Model.
PVO Pilot Vehicle Order
PVP Production Verification Program.
PVS Power Ventilation System.
PVT Production Vehicle Development.
PVT Programmable Valve Train
PVV Product/Process Validation Vehicle.
PW Power Windows.
PWA Printed Wiring Assembly (see PCB)
PWB Printed Wiring Board (see PCB)
PWB Printed wiring board,
PWB Printed Writing Board (incorrect definition; should be Printed Wiring Board)
PWL Pass Word List (also a file type -- .pwl Windows systems use encrypted .pwl files to save user
system pass words.)
PWM Pulse width modulation.
PWM Pulse Width Modulation.
PWO Production Work Order.
PWR Power. An abbreviation.
Pwr Power (an abbreviation)
PWRT Powertrain.
PWRT Powertrain. An abbreviation.
PXI PCI eXtensions for Instruments
PZEV Partial Zero Emissions Vehicle
PZM Passenger Zone Module
PZM Platform Zone Module.
PZT Piezoelectric.
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Acronym Definition
Q Quality.
Q/PNL Quarter Panel. An abbreviation.
Q/WDO Quarter Window. An abbreviation.
QA Quality Assurance.
QAC Quality Advisory Committee
QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
QAP Quality Assessment Process.
QAP Quality Assurance Plan
QAT Quality Automotive Transportation
QAV Quality As a Value
QBC Quality Build Concerns.
QBF Query By Form
QBT Q Bit Data (C2C)
QC Quality Characteristic.
QC Quality Control.
QC&A Quality Containment & Accountability
QCM Quality Center Manager
QCP Quality Control Plan
QCRI Qualification Cross Reference Index
QCS Quality Containment System. No longer used; see Cqis.
QDC Quality - Delivery – Cost
QDC Quick Die Change.
QDM Quad Driver Module.
QDOS Quick & Dirty Operating System
QE Quality Engineering.
QED Quite Evident Dummy. A slang english version of the original Latin meaning.
QED Quod Erat Demonstrandum. A Latin phrase, which means, "which was to be
demonstrated.Mathematicians use Q.E.D. to indicate the end of the written proof of a theorem,
which, if correct, is considered absolute.
QEIT Quality Engineering Improvement Team.
QEMT Quality Engineering Management Team.
QES Quality Education System.
QFD Quality Function Deployment. A design approach which utilizes specific and disciplined
techniques to ensure 'voice of the customer' input and accommodation during all phases of
development or refinement.
QFDI Quality Function Deployment Institute
QFP Quad Flat Pack
QFP Quality Functional Deployment
QFT Quality Focus Team.
QGM Quality Growth Management.
QGP Quality Growth Process.
QI Quality Index.
QIC Quality Information Center
QIP Quality Improvement Process.
QIS Quality Improvement System
QIS Quality Information System
QIT Quality Improvement Team.
QLP Quick Lube Plus. 29 minutes or less Lube/Oil/Filter service with safety inspection and fluid fill.

QM Quality Manual
QMF Quality Management Facilities
QN Quality Network.
QNIP Quality Network Implementation Process
QNPM Qualify Network Planned Maintenance.
QNSP Quality Network Suggestion Plan
QOS Quality Of Service.
QP Quality Plan
QPA Quality Performance Award
QPAC Quality & Product Assurance Council
QPC Quality & Productivity Center
QPO Qualified Promotion Order (Is to be used when a dealer wants to participate in a special
promotion being offered by GM Parts). QPOs will receive the applicable marketing discounts,
return reserves and advertising allowance associated with the promotion.
QPRP Quality Problem Resolution Process.
QPSK Quadrature Phase Shift Keying
QPSO Quality Planning Sign-Off
QRC Quality Related Concern
QRCOI Quality, Reliability, & Competitive Operations Integration
QRD Quality, Reliability, Durability.
QRD Center Quality Reliability and Durability Center.
QRDP Quality, Reliability, Durability, Performance
QRDPS Quality, Reliability, Durability, Performance, Service
QRI Quality Record Index
QS Quality System.
QS/ISO Quality System/International Standards Organization
QS9000 A document, distributed by the AIAG, which defines the fundamental quality system
expectations of subscribing companies (including DaimlerChrysler, Ford, Freightliner, General
Motors, Mack Trucks, Navistar International, PACCAR, and Volvo GM Heavy Truck). ISO
9001:1994 Section 4 forms the foundation for QS-9000.
QSA Quality System Assessment
QSDD Quad Squibb Diagnostics & Deployment (DD IC)
QSDD-RC Quad Squibb Deployment Driver (RC network)
QSL Quality Standards Laboratory.
QSM Quality Systems Manager
QSOP Quarter Small Outline Package
QSP Quality, Service, Price
QSQN Quality Systems Quality Network
QSR Quality System Requirements
QSS Quality System Standards
QST Quality System Team
QTC Quoted Tool Capacity
QTP Quick Turnaround Plotting
QTR Quarter
QTR Quarter. An abbreviation.
QTT Quality Task Team
QTT Quality, Today & Tomorrow
QTY Quantity.
QUA A functional designation . Statement of Work with this designation describe the responsibilities
of the Program Quality Manager.
QV00C Quality Valve 00 Complete.
QVP Quality Valve Process.
QVR Quality Valve Review. The meeting defined by the Quality Valve Review Manuals.
QVS Quality Verification System
QWG Quarter Window Glass
QWIK Quality With Information & Knowledge
QWL Quality of Work Life (GM employee survey)
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Acronym Definition
R Release
R Reuse
R Reverse.
R&D Research & Development.
R&H Ride & Handling
R&I Remove and Install. Replaces R&R
R&R Remove & Repair
R&R Remove & Replace. No longer used within GM Service. R&I is the replacement.
R&R Repeatability & Reproducibility
R&R Roles and Responsibilities. The "who" for each task in a step is defined. Many people or
activities can be defined for each task at the following levels of responsibility: 1) Primary
responsibility, 2) Customer, 3) Contributing responsibility, 4) Approval.
R&T Reliability & Test.
R/A Resume / Accelerate
R/AXL Rear axle. An abbreviation.
R/C Resistor / Capacitor
R/C VALVE Reactor Converter Valve.
R/CMPT Rear compartment. An abbreviation.
R/CON Remote control. An abbreviation.
R/D Rear door. An abbreviation.
R/END Rear end. An abbreviation.
R/FLR Rear floor. An abbreviation.
R/FND Rear fender. An abbreviation.
R/GR Rear gear. An abbreviation.
R/L Right / Left
R/MLDG Reveal molding. An abbreviation.
R/Q Rear quarter. An abbreviation.
R/RL Roof rail. An abbreviation.
R/RPPM Rejected/Returned Parts Per Million
R/SEAT Rear seat. An abbreviation.
R/TOP Removable top. An abbreviation.
R/W* Read / Write Not
R/WDO Rear window. An abbreviation.
Ra Radium
RA Rear Axle.
RA Resource Adjustments
RA Reuse Alternatives
RA Risk Analysis
RAB Registrar Accreditation Board
RAC Remote Accessory Control(ler).
RACF Reasonable Available Control Facility.
RACF Resource Access Control Facility.
RACI Responsible/Approve/Consult/Inform
RACK Receive Acknowledge (C2C)
RAD Radiator. An abbreviation.
RADAR RAdio Detecting And Ranging.
RAIL Corporate Railhead Quality Audit.
RAIR Radial Aperture Tube (Rat) Injection Reactor.
RAIR RAT Inspection Reactor
RAM Random Access Memory.
RAM Restricted Air Movement
RAMP Simulated Railhead Quality Audit.
Ran Random (an abbreviation)
RAP Retained Accessory Power.
RAPID 2000 Dealer Parts Ordering System.
RARB Run-At-Rate Build
RARS Robot Auto Racing Simulation
RAS Remote Access System
RASI Responsibility, Approval, Support, Information.
RASIC Responsible, Approval, Support, Inform, Consult
RAT Radial Aperture Tube.
RAT Redundancy Analysis Technique.
RAVE Reconfigurable Advanced Visualization Environment (NASA stereoscopic visualization system
that will enable its researchers to share computational fluid dynamics and structural analysis
simulations.)
RAVIS Retail Accounting Vehicle Invoice System
Rb Rubidium
RB Rigid Body
RBCD Risk Based Control Design.
RBE Rear Bumper Extension
RBF Rear Bumper Filler
RBND Rebound. An abbreviation.
RBR Rear Bumper Reinforcement
RBX Rear Bumper, Impact
RC Release Code
RC Remanufacture Center
RC Review Charter. To mark that point in time at which there is a regular meeting of the Regional
Strategy Board (NASB, ESB, LASB, etc.) where the Program Charter is brought forward so
that the strategy board can raise issues and/or approve the Program Charter. This results in
deliverables that document a version of the Program Charter and contain issues that need to
be resolved or have resolution plans documented before it is subsequently presented to the
Vehicle Line Executive at Deliver Charter (DC).
RC Ride Control
RC Rotary Combustion
RC Ride Control.
RC ENGINE Rotary Combustion Engine.
RCAR Research Committee for Automobile Repair
RCC Rear Climate Control
RCD Regional Distribution Center
RCD Required Completion Date. Specific date negotiated in strategy sessions with leader and stake
holders for when a deliverable must be done.
RCD Review Draft Charter
RCE Request for Cost Evaluation (or Estimate)
RCL Rear Compartment Lid (deck)
RCL Resistor, Capacitor, Inductor
RCPT Receptacle. An abbreviation.
RCR Requirements Change Request. The official document outlying the requirements of a change.

RCRA Resource Conservation & Recovery Act

RCRSA RC Request for Service Action
RCS Rear Compartment Spoiler
RCSM Regional Commercial Sales Manager.
RCU Roadside Communicator Unit
RCV Reactor Converter Valve
RCVG Receiving. An abbreviation.
RCVR Receiver. An abbreviation.
RCVY Recovery. An abbreviation.
RDACS Remanufacturing Data Entry System
RDBMS Relational Data Base Management System
RDC Radio Data System
RDC Regional Distribution Center.
RDC Review Draft Charter.
RDC Rib Deflection Criterion
RDCM Right Door Control Module.
RDCN Reduction. An abbreviation.
RDCR Reducer. An abbreviation.
RDD Remote Data Distribution.
RDES Repair Data Entry System
RDF Radio Direction Finder.
RDF Rear Door Frame
RDF Reliability Design Factor
RDG Reading. An abbreviation.
RDG Rear Door Glass
RDM Rear Door garnish Molding
RDM Rear Door Module.
RDMM Regional Divisional Marketing Manager.
RDO Radio Head (C2C)
RDO Radio. An abbreviation.
RDS Radio Data System.
RDS Radio Display System
RDV Repeatable Digital Validation.
RDW Request for Deviation or Waiver
Re Rhenium
RE Release Engineer.
RE Remanufacture Engineer
RE Resident Engineer
RE Resource Estimate
RE Responsible Engineer.
RE Resource Estimate.
REA Responsible Engineering Activity
REBOOT Reuse Based Object-Oriented Technology
REBS Rear Electric Brake System
Rec Receive (an abbreviation)
REC Rear Electrical Center.
REC Regional Engineering Center
Recal Recalibrate or recalibration (an abbreviation)
Recep Receptable (an abbreviation)
Recirc Recirculation (an abbreviation)
Recl Recline (an abbreviation)
RECL Recliner. An abbreviation.
RECRG Recirculating. An abbreviation.
Ref Reference (an abbreviation)
REFL Reflector. An abbreviation.
REFLTY Reflectivity. An abbreviation.
Refrig Refrigeration (an abbreviation)
REFRIG Refrigerant. An abbreviation.
REG Regulator or regulated (abbreviation)
REG Regulator. An abbreviation.
Regen Regeneration or regenerate (an abbreviation)
REGIS Relational General Information System.
REINF Reinforcement. An abbreviation.
REL Release circuit
REL Release. An abbreviation.
RELDSN RELease DeSigN.
RELTRACK Release and Track(Design Center)
REM Remote Mirror
REM Remote. An abbreviation.
REMAN Remanufacture. An abbreviation.
RenCen Renaissance Center. Headquarters of General Motors in downtown Detroit.
REO RADAR Electro Optical
REP Rear End Panel
REPL Replace. An abbreviation.
Req Requisition (an abbreviation)
REQ Request. An abbreviation.
REQT Requirement. An abbreviation.
RES Rated Engine Speed.
RES Research & Environmental Staff.
RES Resistor. An abbreviation.
RESE Resident Electrical Service Engineer
Resist Resistance (an abbreviation)
RESO Resonator. An abbreviation.
RESV Reserve. An abbreviation.
Resync Resynchronize (an abbreviation)
RET Retainer. An abbreviation.
RETO Reasonably Expected To Occur
RETR Retractor. An abbreviation.
Rev Reverse (an abbreviation).
REV Range Extended Vehicle
REV Reverse. An abbreviation.
REV Review.
REV Revision
REV Revolutions.
REV BST Reverse boost
REVBR Reverberator. An abbreviation.
REVLDT Revalidation. An abbreviation.
REVS Requirements Expansion Validation System
REWK Rework.
RF Radio Frequency.
RF Right Front.
RF Roof. An abbreviation.
RF/DC Radio Frequency Data Communications. Wireless Data Communication.
RF/ID Radio Frequency Identification. Automatic identification communication technology.
RFA Rear bumper Facia (ornamentation)
RFA Remote Function Actuator.
RFA Request For Approval
RFAB Remote Function Actuator Box.
RFC Request For Comments (New standards are proposed and published on line, as a Request For
Comments.)
RFCSS Rear Facing Child Safety Seat
RFD Request for Discussion (Part of the formal newsgroup creation process.)
RFE Right Front Ear (level). This indicates a microphone position in the right front passenger seating
position.
RFF Roller Figure Follower
RFF Roller Finger Follower
RFG ReFormulated Gasoline
RFG Roof Glass
RFI Radio frequency interference.
RFI Radio Frequency Interference.
RFI Request for Information
RFI(C) Radio Frequency Interface (Circuit)
RFIFO Receive First In First Out (C2C)
RFIS Rear Facing Infant Seat
RFP Request For Proposal
RFP Roof, clear Plastic
RFQ Request for Quotation. Issued to vendors to invite them to submit a quotation to Purchasing for
a material or service.
RFWS Regional Field Warranty Specialist
RFWS Right Front Wheel Speed.
RG Ring Gear.
RG/U Radio Government / Universal
RGAMR Rear Gross Axle Mass Rating.
RGAWR Rear Gross Axle Weight Rating.
RGB Red, Green, Blue
RGL Radiator Grille (ornamentation)
RGM Regional General Manager
RGM Reliability Growth Management group (champion and communicate a data driven process
which identifies top warranty cost issues, provides problem definition, and tracks sufficiency
plans to ensure business plan goals are achieved.)
RGS Report Generating System.
RGTRN Registration. An abbreviation.
Rh Rhodium
RH Relative Humidity.
RH Right Hand.
RHC Reaction Heated Catalyst
RHD Right Hand Drive.
RHL Rear Hatch Lid
RHM Rear of Hood Molding
RHS Rear Hatch Spoiler
RHT Retrogressed Heat Treating
RHVL Roller HVL
RIA Robotics Institute of America.
RIAA Recording Industry Association of America
RIC Remote Intelligent Communications
RID Rear Impact Dummy
RID Remarketing Information Database.
RID Remove Intoxicated Drivers
RIF Reduction In Force
RIM Radio Interface Module
RIM Reaction Injection Molding.
RIM Rear Integration Module
RIMS Remarketing Information Management System.
RIMS Requirements Information Management System (Powertrain)
RIO Reconfigurable Input/Output.
RIP Rest In Peace
RIP Reuse Implementation Plan
RISC Reduced Instruction Set Chip
RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computer
RISS Request for Information Systems Service
RIT Retail Information Technology
RIV Rivet. An abbreviation.
RIV Riviera.
RJE Remote Job Entry (Computing).
RKE Remote Keyless Entry.
RKM Rocker Molding
RKR Rocker. An abbreviation.
RL Rail. An abbreviation.
RLDA Road Load Data Acquisition (Rough road testing)
RLF Relief. An abbreviation.
RLN Remote LAN Node
RLR Roller. An abbreviation.
RLY Relay. An abbreviation.
RLYCHK Relay Check.
RMA Rate Monotonic Analysis
RMA Rear end Master
RMA Reliability, Maintainability, Availability
RMA Return Material Authorization
RMB Rear Moving Barrier.
RMC Regional Marketing Council
RMC Rolling Model Change.
RMD Right Mid Door
RMG Regional Marketing Group
RMM Rate Mgmt Module
RMM Reconfigurable Math Model
RM-OPD Reference Model for Open Distributed Processing. (an ISO standard).
RMS Reliability, Maintainability, and Supportability (Software goals)
RMS Root Mean Square (Square root of the arithmetic average of a set of squared instantaneous
values.)
RMS/D Root Mean Square Deviation
RMS-G's Root Mean Square Gravity's.
Rn Radon
RN Revision Notice
RND Round. An abbreviation.
RO Reliability Order.
RO Repair Order. This is when you enter a dealership‘s service department and they enter your
request in the computer for your specified work to be completed on your vehicle.
RO Reusable Objects
ROA Return On Assets.
ROE Return On Equity
ROG Reactive Organic Gases
ROH Rear Overhang.
ROI Record Of Invention (form LSROI-01)
ROI Region of Interest
ROI Return On Investment.
ROM Read Only Memory.
ROM Rough Order of Magnitude.
RON Research Octane Number.
RONA Return On Net Assets. This is one of the key metrics for General Motors.
ROPS Roll Over Protective System
ROS Remanufacture Operations System
ROS Retail Operating System. This operating system was produced to give parts management the
edge needed to stay on ahead of the competition and improve customer satisfaction. ROS
gives an overview of how a service department is conducted.http://gmweb.siweb.com/gmros

ROS Return On Sales

ROS Revised Occupant Simulation
ROS Roll Over Sensor
ROSA Return On Serviced Assets
ROSICC Roll Over Sensor Ignition Cycle Counter (DD - used in synchronizing Roll Over Sensor and
SDM EDR [Extended Data Recording] feature)
ROT Rotor. An abbreviation.
ROTS Ruggedized Off The Shelf
ROYGBIV Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet
RP Reuse Process
RPA Rear Parking Assist.
RPA Regional Personnel Administration.
RPAIR Rat tubes / Pulse Air Injection Reactor
RPC Rapid Prototyping Controller
RPC Remote Parameter Control.
RPC Remote Procedure Call
RPC Retail Planning Calendar
RPER Rollover Prevention Energy Reserve
RPG Relative Part Grouping (Flow capacity analysis on a group of parts being produced from the
same tool, process, or plant. CPR expressed as a group requirement. Capacity loaded at the
group level. Buyers are responsible for building the relative parts grouping in the GPS.)

RPG Reliability Powertrain Group

RPG Report Program Generator.
RPK Revolutions Per Kilometer.
RPM Real-time Production Measurement
RPM Regional Parts Manager. In charge of all parts attributes within his/her region and the APMs,
FSMs, RSM report directly to the RPM.
RPM Reliability Product Monitoring.
RPM Revolutions per Mile
RPM Revolutions Per Minute.
RPM/1 Revolutions Per Mile.
RPN Reverse Polish Notation (from early calculator days - everything entered in reverse order due to
stack operation approach)
RPN Risk Priority Number. The measure of risk in the Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
comprehending effects severity, failure mode cause occurrence and detection capability of
current controls.
RPO Regular Production Option (VDS - An alpha/numeric designation assigned to an added cost
feature available on GM cars and trucks. For example, A11 = Window Tinted, All.)
RPO Report Processing Option
RPP Roof Panel, Plastic
RPR Rapid Problem Resolution.
RPR Repair. An abbreviation.
RPRT Report. An abbreviation.
RPS Roof Panel, SMC
RPS Rotational Position Sensor
RPT Regional Product Team
RQA Regular Quality Assessment
RQA Routing Quality Assessment.
RQC Reliability Quality Council
RQCS Reference Quarter Car Simulation
RQCV Request Commanded Value Message (C2C)
RQE Rear Quarter Extension
RR Rear. An abbreviation.
RR Receiving Report
RR Repeatability & Reproducibility
RR Right Rear.
RR Rear.
RRAB Roof Rail Air Bag
RRB Rear Roof Bow
RRC Redundant Radio Control
RRD Rear Right Door
RR-H PT Rear Hip Point
RRI Reference Roughness Index
RRIM Reinforced Reaction Injected Molded resins
RRL Roof Rail
RRM Rear end Molding
RRS Rough Road Shake (body performance parameter)
RS Recommended Standard.
RSA Rear Seat Audio.
RSA Request for Service Action
RSA Reusable Software Asset
RSA Rivest, Shamir, Adleman (An encryption algorithm developed in 70's at MIT)
RSB Regional Strategy Board.
RSC Retail Support Center
RSC Reusable Software Component
RSE Regional Service Engineer
RSE Restraint Systems Engineer
RSEC Restraint Systems Evaluation Considerations (book).
RSEE Restraint Systems Electrical Engineering
RSG Radio Speaker Grill
RSG Recommended Stocking Guide. This is related to CFI as one of the five criteria. Dealers must
stock 90% of parts recommended by this guide to qualify for CFI for each month.)
RSL Requirements Specification Language
RSL Reusable Software Library
RSM Rear Side Marker lamp
RSM Regional Support Manager. RPM back up, responsible for brand/marketing
promotions/training.
RSM Remote Systems Management (A process to manage client/server operations from an off-site
location.)
RSM Request System Modification.
RSO Reusable Software Object
RSP Rulemaking Support Paper.
RSR Riser. An abbreviation.
RSS Ratio Steering Sensitivity
RSS Reconfigurable Switch System.
RSS Remote Safing Sensor
RSS Ride Sensing Suspension
RSS Road Sensing Suspension
RSSI Receive Signal Strength Indicator
RST Radiator Support
RST Restraint. An abbreviation.
RSTC Restraint Systems Technical Committee
RSTG (Off-Center) Steering Torque Gradient Ratio
RSTN Restriction. An abbreviation.
RSTP Road Schedule Temperature Profile
RSTR Restrictor. An abbreviation.
RSVR Reservoir. An abbreviation.
Rt Right (an abbreviation)
RT Regression Testing
RT Response Team
RT Reuse Team
RT Rigorous Tracking.
RT&TM Rigorous Tracking & Throughput Management.
RTA Real Time Analyzer
RTA Regional Technology Alliance - A group of companies in the Michigan area working together to
determine how to use ARPA for the best results.
RTC Real Time Clock.
RTD Real Time Damping.
RTD Resistive Thermal (or Temperature) Device
RTD Return to Delnosa
RTDB Regional Traffic Data Base
RTF Rich Text Format
RTFM Read The @!# Manual
RTI Referred To the Input
RTK Right to Know
RTL Resistor Transistor Logic
RTM Resin Transfer Mold.
RTN Return
RTN Return. An abbreviation.
RTO Return to Originator
RTOS Real Time Operating System
RTP Research Triangle Park
RTP Road Transducer Pad.
RTS Request To Send
RTT Reconfigurable Telltale.
RTTP Response Team Transition Plan
RTV Return to Vendor
RTV Room Temperature Vulcanizing.
Ru Ruthenium
RUP Rational Unified Process.
RV Recreational Vehicle.
RV Roller vane
RVC Regulated Voltage Controller.
RVDAH Roller Variable Direct Acting Hydvalve lifter
RVDC Reacquired Vehicle Disclosure Center (see GM RVDC)
RVIA Recreational Vehicle Industry Association
RVL Reveal. An abbreviation.
RVLG Residual Value Lease Guide
RVP Reid Vapor Pressure.
RWAL Rear Wheel Anti-Lock.
RWD Rear Wheel Drive
RWD Rear Window Defogger
RWD Request for Wiring Diagram
RWD Rear Wheel Drive.
RWH Rear Wheel Housing
RWS Rear Wheel Spoiler
RWS Rear Wheel Steering
RX Receive (or Receiver).
RXD Receive Data.
RZ Return to Zero
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Acronym Definition
S Sulfur
S Superseded
S-PIT Sevice - Performance Improvement Team
S&PDS Signal & Power Distribution System
S&R Squeak & Rattle.
S&RC Safety & Restraints Center
S.g.R.P. Seating Reference Point. (Truck)
S/ABS Shock absorber. An abbreviation.
S/C Safety/Compliance.
S/D Side door. An abbreviation.
S/GR Steering Gear. An abbreviation.
S/KNU Steering Knuckle. An abbreviation.
S/LP Stop lamp. An abbreviation.
S/MA Styrene Malaic Anhydride
S/MBR Side member. An abbreviation.
S/N Serial Number
S/PNL Side panel. An abbreviation.
S/RL Side rail. An abbreviation.
S/S Slip/Slide.
S/S Start/Stop.
S/S Sunshade. An abbreviation.
S/STR Sealing strip. An abbreviation.
S/V Surface to Volume ratio
S/V RATIO Surface to Volume Ratio.
S/W Software
S3 Speed Sensitive Steering.
SA Sound Absorber.
SAA Sales Allowance & Analysis System
SAA Standards Association of Australia
SAAB Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget
SAAC Stand Alone Arming Circuit (DD custom IC)
SAAP Supercomputer Automotive Applications Partnership
SABS South African Bureau of Standards
SAD Statistical Analysis Department
SAD Systme Architecture Document.
SADS Statistical Analysis of Data Subsets
SAE Society of Automotive Engineers. A worldwide association of technical specialists and
engineers which sets standards and reviews new product requirements to insure the highest
quality products for automotive customers.
SAES Solar Air Exhaust System
SAF Safety. An abbreviation.
SAGE Self Assessment for Global Endeavors
SAIC Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation - A joint venture company between GM and SAIC to
produce Buick W Cars and U-Vans in Shanghai, China.
SAM Simplified Automotive Manufacturing
SAM Single-outlet Airflow Machine
SAM Six Axis Manipulator (Computerized numerical control machine used primarily to automate
welding operations.)
SAMI Single Address Multi-channel Interface
SAMPLE Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering.
SAMPLE Sub System of PPS to Control Sample Sub.
SAMS Saturn Allocation Management System
SANZ Standards Association of New Zealand
SAP German company for business systems software.
SAP Systems, Applications and Products in data processing.
SAP Service Achievement Process
SAR Single Appropriation Request
SAR Styling Action Request. A document that is used to initiate and obtain approval for vehicle
styling (either exterior or interior) changes from GM Styling after concept direction and surface
and prototype engineering release.
SAR Successive Approximation Register
SAR Synthetic Aperture Radio
SARS Salary Accounting Reporting System
SAS Silicon Asymmetrical Switch
SAS Statistical Analysis and Synthesis
SAS Statistical Analysis Software
SAS Statistical Analysis System.
SAS System Access & Security.
SAS Steering Angle Sensor.
SATAN Security Administrator Tool for Analyzing Networks
SATC Software Assurance Technology Center (NASA Goddard)
SAV Safety Articulated Vehicle.
SAVE Society of American Value Engineers
SAW Saleable Assembly Warehouse (special database server).
SAW Standing Acoustic Wave
SAW Surface Acoustic Wave
Sb Antimony
SB Sound Barrier.
SB Strategy Board.
SBA Sound Barrier Assembly (Barrier + Absorber).
SBAD Single Belt Accessory Drive.
SBB Single Bed Bead.
SBC Single Board Computer
SBC System Bench Communication.
SBD Strategy Based Diagnostics
SBD System Based Diagnostics.
SBM Standard Body Module.
SBO Surface Buy Off
SBP Strategic Business Plan.
SBR Steel Belted Radial.
SBS Silicon Bilateral Switch
SBT Shift Boot – Tunnel console
SBU Strategic Business Unit.
Sc Scandium
SC Satisfaction Communication.
SC Screw lock sealed fuel Cap
SC Serial Communications
SC Service Call.
SC Service Category.
SC Service Center
SC Sports Coupe
SC Stratified Charge.
SC Super Charger
SCAAP Super Computer Automotive Applications Partnership
SCAC Standard Carrier Alpha Code.
SCAM SCSI Configured Auto Magically (Allows SCSI devices to be configured automatically with an
ID number, even if they aren't assigned one.)
SCAQMD South Coast Air Quality Mgmt District
SCAS Side Collision Avoidance System
SCAV Scavenging. An abbreviation.
SCC Safety Center Council
SCC Steering Column Cover
SCCA Sports Car Club of America.
SCE Safety & Crashworthiness Engineering
SCE Short-term Customer Enthusiasm
SCE Source. An abbreviation.
SCE Southern California Edison.
SCE Stratified Charge Engine.
SCF Switched Capacitor Filter
SCFI Sequentially Controlled Fuel Injection
SCG Small Car Group.
SCI Scalable Coherent Interface
SCI Serial Communications Interface
SCI Special Crash Investigation (NCSA program to examine safety impact of rapidly changing
technology [air bags, alternative fuel vehicles, school busses], document crash circumstances,
identify injury mechanisms, evaluate safety countermeasure effectiveness, and provide early
detection of alleged or potential vehicle defects.)
SCIP Supplier CIP
SCM Standard Charge Module
SCP Scalp. An abbreviation.
SCPI Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments
SCR Selective Catalyst Reduction
SCR Silicon Controlled Rectifier
SCR Software Change Request
S-CR Solenoid-actuated Common Rail
SCREAM Single Crystal Reactive ion Etching And Metalization
SCRN Screen. An abbreviation.
SCROC Southern California Regional Occupational Center.
SCS Safety and Crashworthiness Systems (no longer used, now S&RC)
SCS Silicon Controlled Switch
SCSD Simultaneous Clay & Surface Development
SCSI Small Computer Systems Interface
SCT Service Category Type.
SCT Service Contact Tool. SCT is the replacement for CER.
SCTR Sector. An abbreviation.
SCV Speed Controlled Volume.
SD Serial Data.
SD Software Development
SD Sound Deadener.
SD Speed Density
SD Standard Deviation
SD System Development.
SDA Supplier Development Association.
SDARS Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service
SDB Shared Data Base
SDC Service Determination Code.
SDC Strategic Decision Center.
SDC Stud Damaged Concrete. Road surface type.
SDC Supplier Development Certification.
SDD Side Door glass Drop
SDD Software Design Document
SDD Squib Diagnostic and Deployment [SIR Deployment Driver IC]
SDD System Design Document.
SDE Supplier Development Engineer.
SDF Static Design Factor.
SDG Side Door Glass
SDH Synchronous Data Hierarchy
SDI Serial Digital Interface
SDL Serial Data Line.
SDL Serial Data Link.
SDLC Synchronous Data Link Control
SDLC System Development Life Cycle
SDM Safety Diagnosis Module
SDM Sensing & Diagnostic Module
SDM Space Division Multiplexing.
SDM-99 Globally Sourced SDM
SDM-B SDM w/ Analog Devices accelerometers
SDM-CL2 SDM w/ Class 2 Communications
SDM-E all electronic SDM
SDM-F SDM used in FIAT
SDM-G SDM "Global"
SDM-I SDM used internationally
SDM-MCD SDM ―Multi Car Device‖ (Same as SDM-99)
SDM-O SDM used by Opal
SDM-R redesigned SDM
SDM-REDD SDM-RSD w/ driver circuit only
SDM-RS SDM-R w/ suppression circuitry (passenger side)
SDM-RSD SDM-RS w/ suppression circuitry removed
SDM-S SDM used in Saturn
SDP Software Development Plan
SDP System Delivery Process.
SDP System Development Process.
SDP-21 System Delivery Process.
SDR Sender. An abbreviation.
SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
SDRS Service Determination & Releasing System. Current GMB local system for Service
Determination & Releasing System. In place since September 1997.
SDS Side Door glass, Stationary
SDS Software Design Specification
SDS Surveillance Driving Sequence (EPA).
SDSF Spool Display & Search Facility.
SDT System Development Team.
SDTV Standard Definition TeleVision
SDV System Development and Validation Engineer. The laboratory development engineer
responsible for product development and validation through laboratory testing. Also
responsible for test planning and development.
SDVE System Development & Validation Engineer (The laboratory development engineer responsible
for product development and validation through laboratory testing. Also responsible for test
planning and development.)
SDX Storage Data acceleration
Se Selenium
SE September.
SE Service Engineering
SE Simultaneous Engineering.
SE Special Edition
SE Standard Error
SE Systems Engineer. Person who is the creator and leader of technical specifications for vehicle,
dimensional, and manufacturing systems and sub-systems.
SE Systems Engineering. A formal process for the development of a complex system. The
process is driven by a set of established requirements derived from the intended mission of
the system throughout its life cycle.
SEA Selective Enforcement Audit.
Sec Second(s) (an abbreviation)
SEC Securities & Exchange Commission
SEC Systematic Engine Calibration
SEC Systems Engineering Center.
SECAMI System Electronique Couleur Avec Memoire
SECD Secondary. An abbreviation.
SECT Section. An abbreviation.
SECV State Electricity Commission of Victoria
SED Systems Engineering Development.
SEGR (vacuum) Switched EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation - Diesel)
SEGR/EPR Vacuum Switched EGR w/EPR (Diesel).
SEI Software Engineering Institute (The SEI mission is to provide leadership in advancing the state
of the practice of systems / software engineering to improve the quality of systems that depend
on software.)
SEIT Salaried Employee In Training.
SEK Svenska Elektriska Kommissionen
SEL Secured Employment Level.
SEL Selector. An abbreviation.
SEM Scanning Electron Microscope
SEMA Specialty Equipment Manufacturers Association.
SEMKO Svenska Elektriske MaterielKOntrollanstalten
SEMT Simultaneous Engineering Management Team.
SEMWAN Southeast Michigan Wide Area Network
Sen Sensor (an abbreviation)
SEN Sensor. An abbreviation.
SEO Special Engineering Option
SEO Special Equipment Option.
SEO System Engineering Organization.
Sep September (an abbreviation)
SEP Separator. An abbreviation.
Seq Sequence (an abbreviation)
SEQ Sequential. An abbreviation.
Ser Serial (an abbreviation)
SERG Special Equipment Review Group.
SERT Selected Engineering Records for Transmission
SERV Service. An abbreviation.
SES Service Engine Soon. Warning lamp in instrument panel.
SES Special Equipment Specifications.
SETI Sahkotarkastuskeskus
SETL Service Engineering Team Leader
SEV Seville.
SEV1 Schweizerischer Elektrotechnischer Verein Postfach
Seven S‘s An assessment that provides questions that address all facets of an organization: Strategy,
Structure, Systems, Staff, Style, Skills, and Super-ordinate Goals.
SF Software Freeze
SF Spot face. An abbreviation.
SF Styling Freeze. To mark that point in time at which styling changes for the selected divisional
design theme is frozen for all Interior and Exterior surfaces with the exception of any item that
would not impact the critical path or delay any of the builds.For surface changes greater than
1.0mm.,change management process begins.
SFC Shop Floor Control.
SFDR Spurious Free Dynamic Range
SFG Speedo Fittings & Gears
SFI Sequential Fuel Injection.
SFMEA Systems FMEA
SFP Signed Floating Point (C2C)
SFTA Software Fault Tree Analysis.
SFTP Supplemental FTP
SGM Shanghai General Motors
SGM Side Garnish Molding
SGML Standard Generalized Markup Language. An ANSI and ISO standard for a neutral, non-
proprietary word processing formatting notation. A text file created using SGML on one word
processing system can be correctly read and formatted on any other SGML-capable word
processing system without import, export, or file translation
SGRAM Synchronous Graphics Random Access Memory
SgRP Seating Group Reference Point (Dimensional references point, which may be different from the
SRP. It is generally located forward of the SRP. This point is used for FMVSS certification in
specific cases.)
SH Sheet. An abbreviation.
SHA Sample & Hold Amplifier
SHAININ A problem solving process.
SHARC Super Harvard ARchitecture Computer
SHAWS Safety Hazard Advance Warning System
SHB Shift Boot
SHED Sealed Housing for Evaporation Determination
SHF Shaft. An abbreviation.
SHF Super High Frequency
SHFT Shift. An abbreviation.
SHK Shock. An abbreviation.
SHKL Shackle. An abbreviation.
SHLA Stationary Hydraulic Lash Adjuster
SHLD Shield. An abbreviation.
SHLDR Shoulder. An abbreviation.
SHLF Shelf. An abbreviation.
SHPE Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
SHPG Shipping. An abbreviation.
SHRD Shroud. An abbreviation.
SHRP Strategic Highway Research Program
SHTTP Secure Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
Si Silicon
SI Service Information. A database program that contains repair informaton for General Motors
vehicles.
SI Severity Index
SI Side. An abbreviation.
SI Spark Ignition
SI 2000 Service Information 2000. No longer used. Changed to SI in May 2002.
SI2K Service Information 2000. No longer used. Changed to SI in May 2002.
SIA Semiconductor Industry Association
SIA Suzuki Isuzu of America
SIAB Side Impact Airbag
SIAM Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
SiC Silicon Carbide
SIC Service Information Coordinator
SIC Standard Industrial Code
SICL Standard Instrument Control Library
SID Secondary Identification (C2C)
SID Service Information Development. The process of developing service information into a
useable format (i.e., CD, WEB, paper service manual).
SID Shipment Identification Number. A number used by Customs to identify a shipment crossing
the border. Also, a control ID number assigned to an ASN transaction.
SID Side Impact Dummy.
SIDAC SIlicon Diode Alternating Current
SIDI Spark Ignition Direct Injection (generic for GDI)
SIE Service Information Element; type of SIO in the ESI database which are stand-alone pieces of
service information, such as replacement or diagnostic procedures.
SIE System Integration Engineer.
Sig Signal (abbreviation)
SIG Signal. An abbreviation.
SIG Special Interest Group
SIHR Self Inflating Head Restraint
SII Standards Institution of Israel
SIL Shift Indicator Light.
SIL Silencer. An abbreviation.
SIL Single Issue List (developed by CPIT [Current Product Improvement Team] and is as long as
necessary to obtain sufficiency for the business plan goals. SILs will be maintained for each
vehicle line. If a SIL item affects multiple vehicles, it must be maintained on each SIL in PRTS.
[Problem Resolution Tracking System])
SIL Sound Intensity Level
SIM Simultaneous Imperative & goal Management. A process and/or team.
SIM Subscriber Information Memory.
SIMD Single Instruction stream, Multiple Data stream
SIMD Single-Instruction Multiple Data
SIMDB Side Impact Moving Deformable Barrier
SIMM Single In-line Memory Module
SIMP Simultaneous Imperative & goal Management Process.
SINAD Signal plus Noise And Distortion.
SINCAP Side Impact New Car Assessment Program (no longer used)
SIO Service Information Object. SIO‘s are the content chunks of service information. You might
think of an SIO as a file which contains the data for service information content. There are 3
types of SIO‘s: graphic SIO, SGML text SIO and SIE.
SIP Single In-line Package
SIP State Implementation Plan.
SIPG Site Implementation Process Guide.
SIPG Systems Implementation Process Guide.
SIPS Service Information Publication Standards.
SIPS Side Impact Protection System
SIPT Service Information Production Team
SIR Supplemental Inflatable Restraint.
SIS Service Information Support
SIS Service Information System
SIS Smart Intake System
SIS Side Impact Sensor.
SISA Semiconductor Industry Suppliers Association
SISC Side Impact Systems Center
SISM Side Impact Sensing Module
SIT Service Information Type; classification of SIO‘s.
SITQ Service Information Type Qualifier; sub-classification for SIT‘s.
SIU Summing It (all) Up
SK Skirt. An abbreviation.
SKD Semi Knocked Down.
SL Screw Lock.
SL Simple Loop.
SL System Layout
SLA Short Long Arm Suspension.
SLA Stereolithography Apparatus (equipment than used a computer guided laser to "grow" 3D
prototype parts from photosensitive liquid plastic.)
SLA Synchronous Line Adapter
SLAP Sales Live Action Program
SLC Standard Location Code.
SLC Subscriber Loop Carrier [Telephony]
SLC System Life Cycle (EDS).
SLD Structural Life Development.
SLDC Synchronous Data Link Control
SLDG Sliding. An abbreviation.
SLDR Solder. An abbreviation.
SLEV Sleeve. An abbreviation.
SLEV Super Low Emission Vehicle
SLGC Screw Lock Gas Cap.
SLI Starting, Lights, and Ignition
SLIC Subscriber Line Interface Circuit
SLIM Success Likelihood Index Method
SLIP Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP is gradually being replaced by PPP.)
SLIP Symmetrical LIst Processing language
SLOT Scaling, Limits, Offset, Transfer type (C2C)
SLR Static Loaded Radius
SLS Seville Luxury Sedan
SLVFC Screw Lock Vented Fuel Cap.
Sm Samarium
SM Small. An abbreviation.
SM Synchronous Manufacturing.
SMA Shaped Metal Alloy
SMA Smooth Asphalt. Road surface type.
SMA SubMiniature A
SMART Self Monitoring Analysis & Reporting Technology (Hard Drive technology that requires
hardware, software, and BIOS support to identify potential hard drive failures and
accommodate timely backups.)
SMART Shop Management and Resource Tracking.
SMART Specific, Measurable, Agreed upon, Realistic, and Time framed
SMART Supplier MAterial Requirements Tracking system; DaimlerChrysler acronym. A program which
provides direct access for authorized Chrysler suppliers to online inventory information.

SMB Server Message Block

SMB Side Moving Barrier.
SMBP Synchronous Math - Based Process. Encompasses several NAO initiatives to enable
concurrent use of electronic (math) data throughout the entire vehicle development process --
from product planning to design and validation to manufacture and service. SMBP uses a
common set of standards and systems to support GMNA integration engineering process.

SMBP Five Key initiatives of the Synchronous Math - Based Process that enable the flow of math data
Network for full vehicle design and manufacture: common, core CAD / CAM and data management
systems, engineering release and change management process, and the associated
computing infrastructure.
SMBus System Management Bus
SMC Sheet Molding Compound.
SMCC Stepper Motor Cruise Control.
SMCCII Stepper Motor Cruise Control II
SMD Sauter Mean Diameter
SMD Surface Mounted Device.
SMDS Switched Multi-megabit Data Service (A new standard for very high-speed data transfer.)
SME Society of Manufacturing Engineers. A professional society devoted to the improvement and
advancement of the skills of industrial and manufacturing engineers
SME Subject Matter Expert.
SMI Subsystem and Manufacturing Integration
SMI Survey Maintenance and Inspection. Dealership Essential Tool Survey.
SMIMS Supplier Management Indirect Material System.
SMN Signed Numeric data (C2C)
SMO Sheet Metal Opening (Theoretical edge of the body panels.)
SMO South Main Office.
SMP Symmetrical Multi Processor
SMPTE Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
SMR Specialized Mobile Radio
SMS Strategic Management System (Market research tool - now web based.)
SMT Simultaneous Management Team (Optimize Product Design Quality of subsystems & their
interfaces through the use of Quality Engineering practices and tools to achieve a high level of
customer enthusiasm.)
SMT Subject Matter Team.
SMT Surface Mount Technology. Circuit board manufacturing technology.
SMT System Management Team (Function of this team is typically: to allocate program goals into
subsystem targets, to execute subsystem strategies to achieve targets, and to develop
subsystem status reports for presentation to VAPIR Team.)
SMTA Simultaneous Management Team Assistant.
SMTFE System Management Team Focus Engineer
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. A protocol used to transfer mail between computers
SMUG Structural Modeling Using Graphics.
SMVBns Start of Manufacturing Validation Build non-salable
SMVBs Start of Manufacturing Validation Build salable
SMVP Senior Management Vehicle Program
Sn Tin
SN Serial Number (Normally written as S/N).
SN Signal to Noise
SNA System Network Architecture.
SNAC Static Nonlinear Access Code
SNAC Static Nonlinear Analysis Code.
SNAFU Situation Normal, All Fouled Up
SNBR Snubber. An abbreviation.
SND Sound. An abbreviation.
SNEF Signal to Noise Enhancement Filter
SNFR Snuffer. An abbreviation.
SNG Substitute Natural Gas
SNI System Network Integration.
SNL Sandia National Laboratories
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol (A set of standards for communication with devices
connected to a TCP/IP network.)
SNOBL StriNg Oriented symBOlid Language
SNPRM Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
SNR Signal to Noise Ratio (The noise is measured using a true RMS type voltmeter over a specified
bandwidth, and sometimes using weighting filters. All these things must be stated for a S/N
spec to have meaning.)
SO2 Sulfur Dioxide
SOA Start of Assembly.
SOA State Of the Art
SOAP Simple Object Access Protocol
SOAP Stamp Out Acronyms Pronto
SOAP Symbolic Optimizing Assembler Program
SOC Socket. An abbreviation.
SOC State Of Charge. Regarding battery pack charge; stated as a percentage.
SOCS Special Order Control System.
SOCS Special Order Count System.
SOD Seminars On Disk (PC skills development courses available on your GM-Online PC - look in
Start Menu/Training.)
SOF Start of Frame (C2C)
SOFC Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
SOG Service Operations Guide. This manual contains information regarding all service procedures.
It is provided to wholesale field service as well as home office warranty.
SOH State Of Health.
SOHC Single Overhead Camshaft.
SOHO Small-Office/Home-Office
SOI Silicon On Insulator (A composite structure consisting of an active layer of silicon deposited on
an insulating material. The insulator can be sapphire (as in SOS), silicon dioxide, silicon nitride,
or even an insulating form of silicon itself. The ICs subsequently deposited in the active silicon
layer can have advantages of radiation hardness, speed, and high-temperature operation.)

SOI Statement of Insurance

SOIC Small Outline Integrated Circuit. (A miniature plastic flat pack designed for surface mount with
gull-wing leads. Most versions have lead spacing of 0.05 inches.)
SOJ Small Outline J-head
SOL Solenoid. An abbreviation.
Sol Solenoid (an abbreviation)
SOLES Society Of Latino Engineers & Scientists
SOLV Solvent. An abbreviation.
SOMS Seat Occupancy Monitoring System
SONAR Sound Detection And Ranging
SONET Synchronous Optical NETwork
SOO Statement of Objectives
SOP Small Outline Package
SOP Standard Operating Procedures.
SOP Start of Pilot.
SOP Start of Production. A benchmark that represents the date on which the parts(s) must be
available in the assembly plant for the first vehicle build.
SOPA Start Of Production Accelerated.
SOPR Start Of Production by Rework (include Pilot).
SOPR Start of Production Regular
SOR Statement of Requirements. A comprehensive document that defines specific deliverables,
timetables, costs and responsibilities for procurement of engineering development, design,
build or test. When presented as part of a purchase order, the SOR becomes part of the
contract between General Motors and a supplier.
SORP Start Of Regular Production.
SOS Silicon on Sapphire (A CMOS technology in which a layer of silicon is epitaxially grown on a
sapphire wafer, with specific regions subsequently etched away between individual transistors.
Each device is thus totally isolated from other devices.)
SOS Standard Of Service.
SOT Small Outline Transistor
SOVA Source of Variation Analysis.
SOVA Start of Volume Assembly.
SOVP Start Of Volume Production.
SOW Scope Of Work
SOW Statement Of Work. For each task a statement of work is created. The information to provide
is: Task number, Task name, Task owner, Task duration, Task description, Deliverables,
Customer for deliverables, Necessary inputs, Resources and Methodology.
SP Service Plan
SP Simulation Plan
SP Staged Purge.
SP Stand Pipe
SP Surface & Prototype
SPA Spare. An abbreviation.
SPA Supplier Product Assessment
SPAC Service Parts Assistance Center. Contact SPAC with any questions concerning GM
Parts/orders.
SPAC CASE Service Parts Assistance Center Case. This is when a part is on back order and the part is
needed. SPAC will conduct an extensive search for the part across the U.S., known as a
SPAC Case.)
SPARC Scalable Processor ARChitecture
SPC Single Point Constraint.
SPC Statistical Process Control. A statistically based method to determine if a process is in control
and whether or not the process is capable of performing according to specifications.

SPCHG Supercharger. An abbreviation.

SPCR Spacer. An abbreviation.
Spd Speed (an abbreviation)
SPD Significant Product Discrepancies.
SPD Speed. An abbreviation.
SPD Supplier Planning Document
SPDIF Sony/Phillips Digital Interface Format
SPDL Spindle. An abbreviation.
SPDT Single Pole Double Throw.
SPE Senior Project Engineer.
SPE Service and Prototype Engineer (Powertrain)
SPE Service Parts Engineer. A Saturn job classification whose responsibilities include: ensuring a
complete service parts list for past, current, & future model years, coordinating part changes
between Engineering and SSPO, developing the catalog, & developing new product parts
training.
SPE Society of Petroleum Engineers
SPE Society of Plastics Engineers.
SPE Surface & Prototype Engineering. The term typically used for surface data from Design Center.

SPEAR Supplier (Source) Performance, Evaluation & Reporting.

SPEC Specification. An abbreviation.
SPEC Specification (an abbreviation).
SPECD Specifications of Engineering Car Division.
SPECD Specified. An abbreviation.
SPEED [crash] Simulation Process for Effective & Efficient [product] Development
Speedo Speedometer (an abbreviation)
SPEEDO Speedometer. An abbreviation.
SPEP Start of Production Except Pilot
SPF Structural Programming Facility.
SPF System Productivity Facility.
SPFI Sequential Port Fuel Injection
SPFI Surface Protected Flexible Insulation
SPG Shift Pattern Generator.
SPGA System Programmable Gate Array
SPH Splash. An abbreviation.
SPHER Spherical. An abbreviation.
SPI Serial Peripheral Interface
SPI Structure Process Improvement.
SPICE Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis (Simulator used to model electrical
circuits at the transistor level. This popular simulator was developed by UC Berkeley, and has
been customized and enhanced by many companies.)
SPIE Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers
SPIP Service Program Implementation Process
SPKR Speaker. An abbreviation.
SPKT Sprocket. An abbreviation.
SPL Sound Pressure Level.
SPLG Spark plug. An abbreviation.
SPLP Spot lamp. An abbreviation.
SPLR Spoiler. An abbreviation.
SPLTR Splitter. An abbreviation.
SPLY Supply. An abbreviation.
SPM Service Program Manager
SPM Software Procedures Manual
SPM Sport Mirror
SPO Service Parts Organization (Operations). Warehousing and distribution division of GM. This
division is responsible for GM Parts and AC Delco sales.
SPO Special Police Option
SPOBARS Service Parts Operations Billing and Accounts Receivables System.
SPOIE Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers
SPOOL Simultaneous Peripheral Operation On Line
SPOPRICING Service Parts Operations Pricing.
SPP Sales Promotion Package.
SPP Supplier Project Planning.
SPR Spring. An abbreviation.
SPR Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
SPRINT Sample Parts Inspection and Tracking
SPRINT Service Parts Resolved In No Time (This is when dealer "A" needs a part and dealer "B" sends
the part to dealer "A" resolving a parts problem rapidly. Dealer "B" is paid trade price for the
part by GMSPO. Dealer "A" is billed on his open account at dealer cost.)
SPS Salaried Payroll System.
SPS Service Programming System.
SPS SPeed Signal.
SPS Stable Production Stage 5 (At Metrics)
SPS Steering Pump Speed
SPST Single Pole Single Throw.
SPT Single Point Team.
SPT Strategic Planning Team.
SPURs Shared Property Use Requests.Describe the pre-production vehicles, bucks and kits required
by each of the Product Development Teams (PDTs) and Performance Integration Teams
(PITSs). Completed SPURs are required at VPI for all Mule vehicles, mule bucks and any
required kits.
SPVS Sled Pulse Verification System
SPWELD Specified welds. An abbreviation.
SQ&V Surface Quality & Validation
SQA Supplier Quality Administrator.
SQA Supplier Quality Assurance.
SQAT Surface Quality Audit Team
SQC Staff Quality Council
SQC Statistical Quality Control.
SQE Supplier Quality Engineer.
SQIP Supplier Quality Improvement Program (or Process)
SQIT Specific Quality Improvement Team
SQL Structured Query Language (A specialized programming language for sending queries to
databases.)
SQRC Safety, Quality, Responsiveness, Cost
SQT Supplier Quality Technician
SQV Surface Quality Verification.
Sr Strontium
SR Scheduling Review
SR Service Readiness.
SR Sourcing Request.
SR Specific Reason
SR Specification Release.
SR Stage Review
SR&I Service Readiness & Information.
SRA Society for Risk Analysis
SRA Special Remittance Advice.
SRAM Static Random Access Memory
SRB Safety Review Board.
SRC Semiconductor Research Corporation (The SRC is a consortium of more than 60 member
companies and government agencies planning and executing programs of applied research at
leading U.S. universities. Formed by the Semiconductor Industry Association in 1982, the SRC
today is the largest industry-driven research program in the nation.)
SRD Safety Related Defect.
SRD Systems Requirements Document.
SRD Service Responsible Division.
SRDL Safety Research & Development Laboratory
SRE Service Readiness Engineer.
SRE Society for Reliability Engineers
SRHVL Short RHVL
SRI Service Readiness & Information.
SRM Side Roof rail Molding
SRM Standard Reference Material
SRO Standing Room Only.
SRP Seating Reference Point (The manufacturer's rearmost design seating reference point used for
most FMVSS and Export certification purposes. See also SgRP.)
SRP Service Readiness Plan
SRR Stage Review Records
SRS Smooth Road Shake (body performance parameter)
SRS Software Requirements Specification
SRS Sound Retrieval System
SRS Sourcing Request System.
SRS Supplemental Restraint System.
SRS Synchronous Reference Sensor.
SRV Servo (abbreviation)
SRV Sport Recreation Vehicle
SS Satellite Sensor (re. Air Bag systems: EFS [Electronic Front Sensor] and SIS [Side Impact
Sensor]. May include ROS [Roll Over Sensor], AOS [Automatic Occupant Sensor] and others
eventually.)
SS Scribed part with datums indicated (no deviations marked on part).
SS Shift Solenoid.
SS Solid State
SS Speed Signal.
SS Stainless Steel
SS Steady State
SS Super Sport
SS Supplier Selection
SSA Semiconductor Safety Association
SSA Social Security Administration
SSA Standards Association of Australia
SSB Single Side Band
SSC Safety Sub Committee.
SSC Spread Spectrum Carrier
SSD Solid State Disk
SSE Software Support Engineer
SSE Super Sport Edition
SSF Start of System Fill. To mark that point in time at which the system is filled with production parts
in preparation for regular production and the activities associated with accelerating production
to full line rate start.
SSF Static Stability Factor
SSFDC Solid State Floppy Disk Card
SSG Saginaw Steering Gear division. Part of ACG.
SSG Second Stage Graphitization.
SSH Sunshade
SSI Sales Satisfaction Index (J. D. Power)
SSI Small Scale Integration
SSI Supplier Scheduling & Inventory
SSL Secure Sockets Layer. A security protocol on the internet that uses encryption for secure
transfers of data.
SSLD Subsystem Lead Developer
SSLT Sub-System Leadership Team. Cross-organization teams with technical responsibility for
vehicle subsystems and rollout plan development. Typically structured to support a Bill of
Material row.
SSM Software Subcontract Management.
SSO Second Stage Orifice.
SSOP Shrink Small Outline Package
SSP Shared Scheduling Project.
SSP Shared System for Pull
SSP Synchronous Serial Port
SSPO Saturn Service Parts Organization.
S-SPP Savings - Stock Purchase Program
SSPR Self-Service Publication & Retrieval.
SSR Solid State Relay
SSR Strategic Supplier Review
SSR Super Sports Roadster
SSR System Status Review
SSS Satellite Sensor Simulation
SSS Service Satisfaction Survey. Provided to vehicle owners who enter a GM dealership for
warranty service.
SSS (S3) Speed Sensitive Steering.
SSSSSSS Strategy, Structure, Systems, Staff, Style, Skills, & Superordinate
SST Semi-Sealed Tank
SST Subsystem Team
SST Super Sonic Transport
SSTL Subsystem Team Leader
SSTL Supplemental Structural Test Laboratory
SSTM Subsystem Team Manager
SSTS Sub-System Technical Specification. A set of requirements for a subsystem and the validation
that each requirement has been met.
SSTS Systems & Software Technical Specification
SSU Strategic Support Unit.
SSV Shift Solenoid Valve.
SSV Start of production of Salable Vehicles.
SSV Start of Saleable Vehicle
ST Seat. An abbreviation.
ST Straight Time
S-T Spaced Thread
ST/PPS Seat Track / Pedal Position System (Trilogy interior position sensing system designed to detect
driver stature when adjustable pedals are available and multi-level airbag inflators are used for
enhanced deployments.)
STA Stationary. An abbreviation.
STA Steering wheel Air bag
STAB Stabilizer. An abbreviation.
STABISTOR voltage STABle resISTOR
STAR Simple Test Approach for Readability.
STAT Stator. An abbreviation.
STATS Scheduling, Timing, and Tracking System. A computer based network used to manage the
engineering process of scheduling and tracking new or changed parts from design to
production release. STATS is a subsystem of the Parts Description System (PDS).
STATS Load Initial input of drawing tracking information.
STATS+ Scheduling Timing & Tracking System Plus
STC Service Technical College.
STC Ship To Commerce. This Quality Valve Review exists as the decision point for allowing
vehicles to leave the assembly plant to be sold to the end-user.
STC Society for Technical Communication
STC Standards and Testing Center
STCHG Stitching. An abbreviation.
STD Service Training Development.
STD Standard (abbreviation)
STD Standard Time Data
STD Steering wheel Deluxe
Stdby Standby (an abbreviation)
STDR Straight Time Daily Rate.
STDS Safety Test Data System
STE Special Touring Edition
STEE Service Test Equipment Engineering
STEM Serviceability Task Evaluation Methodology (or sometimes Matrix).
STEN Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope
STEP Standard for The Exchange of Product Model Data. A neutral mechanism capable of
completely representing product data throughout the life cycle of a product.
STFNR Stiffener. An abbreviation.
STG Service Technology Group (no longer used)
STG Service Technology Guide
STG Steering Torque Gradient.
STGo Steering Torque Gradient at Zero Lateral Acceleration.
STGPE Service Technology Group Product Engineering.
Steering Torque Gradient @ Zero lateral acceleration
STID Station Identification
STIP Science & Technical Information Program (DOE)
STIS Safety Test Information System
STKR Striker. An abbreviation.
STL Safety Test Laboratory (Milford)
STL Schottky Transistor Logic
STL Service Transmission Lamp.
STL Structural Testing Labs
STL Subsystem Technology Leader
STM Seven Terminal Module.
STM Standard Mirror
STMI Strategic Target Market Initiative
STMS Service Training Management System.
STNR Strainer. An abbreviation.
STO Secondary Try Out
STOR Storage. An abbreviation.
STOW Stowage. An abbreviation.
STP Standard Temperature and Pressure
STPI Short Term Planning Information.
STPL Staple. An abbreviation.
STR Strip. An abbreviation.
STRC Service Training Readiness Council. The mission of the Service Training Readiness Council is
to monitor vehicle development, assess the need for technician training and to prioritize, track
and communicate the development of the required training.
STRG Steering. An abbreviation.eviation.
STRGR Stringer. An abbreviation.
STRP Strap. An abbreviation.
STRPE Stripe. An abbreviation.
STRTR Starter. An abbreviation.
STS Sales (& Use) Tax System
STS Sealed Tank System.
STS Service Training Standards.
STS Seville Touring Sedan
STS Shipment Tracking System.
STS State Tax management System
STS Steering wheel, Sport
STS System Technical Specification.
STT Sensor Triggering Time
STT Steering wheel, Tilt & Telescope
StVO Strassen Verkehrsordnung. Road traffic regulations of Germany.
StVZO Strassen Verkehrszulassungsordnung. Road traffic approval regulations. German equivalent of
FMVSS.
STW Steering Wheel, standard
SUB Supplemental Unemployment Benefits.
SUBS Substitutions.
SUBS Subsystem. A major subdivision of the vehicle as designated by the Program Team. The
subsystems (about 50 comprise a typical vehicle) are grouped into the body, chassis,
powertrain, and electrical systems.
SUC Suction. An abbreviation.
SULEV Super Ultra Low Emission Vehicle. Emissions certification specification (also see LEV, ULEV,
ZEV, PZEV).
SUN SUN Microsystems Incorporated.
SUP Single Unit Package.
SUP Supplement. An abbreviation.
SUPPR Suppressor. An abbreviation.
SUPT Support. An abbreviation.
SURF Simple User Request Form.
SURF Surface. An abbreviation.
SURFSEG Surface Segmentation Software
SUS Set Up Sheet
SUS Silicon Unilateral Switch
SUSP Suspension. An abbreviation.
SUV Sport Utility Vehicle.
SUW Standard Unit of Work.
SV Side view. An abbreviation.
SVA Specialty Vehicle Assembler. A third party that up-fits vehicles with special equipment or
options (I.E., converts vehicles to run on propane fuel).
SVC Society of Vacuum Coaters (Semiconductor industry association)
SVER Structure Vehicle Engineering Release
SVER (LL) Structure Vehicle Engineering Release (Long Lead)
SVGA Super Video Graphics Array (allows resolutions of 800x600.)
SVIE Safety Vehicle Integration Engineer
SVIE Special Vehicle Integration Engineering. Provides engineering support and technical
assistance to all upfitters, second stage and aftermarket equipment manufacturers for GM light
and medium duty trucks.
SVM Stable Volume Metrics
SVO Special Vehicle Operations
SVP Start of Volume Production
SVRD Single Vehicle Roadway Departure
SVS Service Vehicle Soon.
Sw Switch (an abbreviation)
SW SoftWare (normally written as S/W).
SW Switch. An abbreviation.
SWA Steering Wheel Angle.
SWB Short Wheel Base
SWB Steering While Braking.
SWC Steering Wheel Controls
SWE Society of Women Engineers
SWIM See What I Mean
Switz Switzerland (an abbreviation)
SWIV Swivel. An abbreviation.
SWO Stop Work Order (E2)
SWOT Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities and Threat analysis
SWPS Steering Wheel Position Sensor.
SWR Standing Wave Ratio
SWRAT Software Review Audit Team
SwRI Southwest Research Institute
SWS Steering Work Sensitivity.
SXGA Super Extended Graphics Architecture (a display with1280x1024 pixel resolution.)
SXGA+ Super Extended Graphics Architecture Plus (a display with 1400x1050 pixel resolution.)
SXR Serial Transmitter/Receiver Interface Integrated Circuit.
SXR Serial Transmit and Receive.
SYN Synchronizer. An abbreviation.
Sync Synchronize (an abbreviation)
SYS System. An abbreviation.
Sys System (an abbreviation)
Sysop System Operator (Anyone responsible for the physical operations of a computer system or
network resource.)
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Acronym Definition
T Team
T&B Truck & Bus.
T&E Tools & Equipment
T&T Tilt & telescope. An abbreviation.
T&V Test & Validation.
T&WS Tire & Wheel Systems (Part of Chassis Center. Establishes future customer desires and
needs. Establish performance requirements; develop tires, wheels, and wheel trim. Ensure
quality production of these parts.)
T.E. Tractive Effort.
T/A Type Approval.
T/BLK Terminal block. An abbreviation.
T/C Transmission Cycling.
T/CV Torque converter. An abbreviation.
T/GA Temperature gage. An abbreviation.
T/LP Tail lamp. An abbreviation.
T/PLYR Tape player. An abbreviation.
T/PNL Trim panel. An abbreviation.
T/SIG Turn signal. An abbreviation.
T/V Throttle valve. An abbreviation.
T1 1.544Mbps [Telephony], one of the basic signaling systems 24x64Kb
T3 45Mbps (eq 28 T1 channels) [Telephony]
T3 Train The Trainer
Ta Tantalum
TA Talent Acquistion
TA Test Analyst.
TA Theme Approval (re: portfolio engineering)
TA Time Architecture.
TA Timing Administrator.
TA Traffic Announcement.
TA Type Approval
TAB Tool Advisory Board.
TAC Technical Assistance Center. Phone 1-877-446-8227
TAC Throttle Actuator Control
TAC Transportation Association of Canada
Tach Tachometer (an abbreviation).
TACH Tachometer. An abbreviation.
TACM Throttle Actuator Control Module
TACOM Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command (US Army acronym).
TAD Traffic Accident Data
TAG Technical Advisory Group (ANSI to ISO)
TAG Technical Assessment Group (Subcommittee of ASC X12)
TAG Timing Analysis Group.
TAG Truck Advisory Group (of AIAG)
TAL Toyota Automatic Loom Works Co.
TALC Trim/Appearance/Lighting/Color.
TAP Tapping. An abbreviation.
TAP Test Access Port
TAP Throttle Adaptive Pressure.
TAP Transmission Adaptive Pressure.
TARO Traffic Accident Reconstruction Origin
TARP Tarpaulin. An abbreviation.
TAS Technical Assistance System.
TAS Trap Alert System.
TASC Talent Acquistion Staffing Center
TAT Training And Technology
TAT Tunnel console Ash Tray
TAU Testing & Approvals Unit
TAV Transmission Adaptive Volume
TAZ Traffic Analysis Zone
Tb Terbium
TB Tera byte (bit) [approximately 1 trillion bits. More exactly, it is 2^40 or 1,099,511,627,776 bytes
(bits).]
TBA Tertiary Butyl Alcohol (Gas Additive).
TBA Throttle Body Assembly
TBA To Be Announced
TBC Tax Benefits Compliance
TBC Truck Body Controller.
TBD To Be Determined.
TBDOA To Be Decided On Application
TBE To Be Established.
TBGA Tape Ball Grid Array
TBI Throttle Body Injection.
TBP Throttle Body Purge.
TBS Telephone Broadcasting System.
TBVV Thermal Bowl Vent Valve.
Tc Technetium
TC Temperature Coefficient
TC Transmission Control.
TC Turbo Charger
TCA Technical Competitive Analysis
TCAM Telecommunication Access Method.
TCB Test Car Build.
TCC Torque Converter Clutch.
TCE Total Customer Enthusiasm
TCE Tunnel Console Extras
TCF Tonneau Cover Front
TCF Trillion Cubic Feet.
TCI Technical Center India.
TCL Technical Center Luxembourg
TCL Top Cover Label
TCM Thermal Conductor Module
TCM Time Compression Multiplex
TCM Traction Control Module
TCM Transmission Control Module
TCM Truck Computer Module.
TCO Training Center Operations.
TCP Tele-Communications Protocol
TCP Thermostatically Controlled Purge.
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. Basic protocols controlling applications on the
Internet. Sends data in small packets instead of streams and is therefor faster.
TCR Technical Change Requirement (or Request). A document used to write and communicate
revisions to program content to the platform based on changes defined by the technology
centers.
TCR Temperature Coefficient of Resistance
TCR Tonneau Cover Rear
TCS Total Customer Satisfaction.
TCS Traction Control System
TCSC Techline Customer Support Center
TCSS Technical Center Service Station
TCXO Temperature Compensated crystal Oscillator
TD Turbo Diesel
TDAS Test Data Acquisition System
TDB Text Database
TDB Traffic Data Base
TDC Technical Development Center.
TDC Top Dead Center.
TDC Transient Durability Cycle
TDD Telephone Device for the Deaf
TDD Time Division Duplex
TDDL Transmission Diagnostic Data Link.
TDL Tail Directional Lamp
TDL Test Data Log.
TDM Technical Data Management.
TDM Time Division Multiplexing.
TDMA Time Division Multiple Access
TDMF Text Data Management Facility.
TDMF Technical Data Management Facility. A database application which allows storage, tracking,
retrieval and reporting functions of engineering design drawings.
TDMF/MVS Technical Data - MVS.
TDMF/UNIX Technical Data Management - UNIX.
TDR Time Domain Reflectometer
TDS Time Delay Spark.
Te Tellurium
TE Test Engineer
TE Test Equipment
TE Tractive Effort
TE Truck Engineering (no longer used)
TEAM Technical Evaluation And Monitoring. A Lotus Notes database.
TECL Transmission/Engine Communication Link.
TED Thermal Energy Deburring.
TEDIS Trade Electronic Data Interchange Systems (EDI program of the EC; acts as the secretariat of
European EDIFACT board.)
TEEP Transportation Energy Efficiency Program.
TEL Telephone. An abbreviation.
TEL Test Event Log.
TEL Tetraethyl Lead (Gas Additive)
Tele Telescope (an abbreviation)
TELNET TELephone NETwork. The Internet standard protocol for remote login. Runs on top of TCP/IP.
It is used mainly to connect to a session on a UNIX box to execute commands. The information
looked at is the minutes of connect time. This should be minimized.
TEMP Temperature. An abbreviation.
Temp Temperature (an abbreviation)
TEMPEST Transient Electro-Magnetic Pulse Emanation STandard
TEMPL Template. An abbreviation.
TEMS Truck Environment Measurement Services
TENS Tension. An abbreviation.
TENSR Tensioner. An abbreviation.
TEP Technical Education Program.
TERM Terminal. An abbreviation.
TETRA Trans European Trunked RAdio
TETT Total Electrical Tester Trainer.
Texel Texture Element (The smallest element of a textured 3D surface. Pixels make up 2D surfaces,
but texels make up the surfaces that cover textured 3D objects.)
TF Temperature Force.
TFE Targets For Excellence, formerly SPEAR, a GM process program which describes in detail
GM's expectations and requirements for production part suppliers in the key business areas of
management, quality, cost, delivery, and technology.
TFE TetraFluoride Ethylene propylene copolymer
TFIFO Transmit First In First Out (C2C)
TFP Transmission Fluid Pressure.
TFP Truck Facilities Planning
TFT Thin Film Transistor
TFT Transmission Fluid Temperature.
TFU Tool Follow Up.
TFWD Transverse Front Wheel Drive.
TGA Thermogravimetric Analysis
TGA True Gain Amplifier
TGF Tailgate Frame
TGG Tailgate Glass
TGIF Thank Goodness Its Friday
TGM Tailgate Garnish Molding
TGT Tailgate Trim finish
Th Thorium
TH Thermal
THC Total Hydrocarbons
THD Thread. An abbreviation.
THD Total Harmonic Distortion
THERM Thermostat. An abbreviation.
THERMA-AC Thermostatically Controlled Air Cleaner.
THM Turbo-Hydramatic.
THNR Thinner. An abbreviation.
THR Thrust. An abbreviation.
THROT Throttle. An abbreviation.
Ti Titanium
TIA Telecommunications Industries Association
TIA Thanks In Advance (Internet / E-mail)
TIB Temporary Importation Bond.
TIC Technical Integration Center
TIE Technical Integration Engineer
TIE Total Integration Engineer
TIFF Tagged Image File Format, a graphic file format developed by Aldus and Microsoft. .
TIFS Technical Information Feedback System
TIG Tungsten Inert Gas.
TIGER Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding & Referencing
TIM Technical Image Management.
TIM Tire Inflation Monitor.
TIMS Technical Information Management System.
TIMS Test Incident Management System.
TIMS Test Information Management System. A computer system containing the Electronic Test
Incident Report (TIR) and the Electronic Test Data Log (TDL). PIMREP is/has replaced
TIMS/TIR.
TIN Tire Identification Number.
TIN Tax Identification Number
TIP Technical Illustrating & Publishing
TIP Throughput Improvement Process
TIP Training Improves Performance
TIPS Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (a methodology for creative engineering design based on
principles derived from analysis of more that 1.5M patents. Work done in Russia in 40‘s and
50‘s originally. Russian acronym: TRIZ)
TIR Test Information Report.
TIR Traceability Identifier Requirements.
TIR Test Incident Report. This system has been replaced by the Product Incident Monitoring &
Resolution Process (PIMREP).
TIRS Transverse Infant Restraint System
TIS Techline Information System.
TIS Tool Information System
TIS Tool information system. A system maintaining the data associated with all tools developed by
Production Engineering, making it readily accessible for all users.
TIS Transverse Infant Seat
TITSUP Totally Interactive Transition System-Utility Program.
TK Tank. An abbreviation.
Tl Thallium
TL Team Leader
TL Truck Load.
TL Tubeless. An abbreviation.
TLA Tail Lamp Assembly
TLA Three Letter Acronyms
TLDS Transportation Liability Determination System
TLEV Transitional Low Emission Vehicle.
TLO Technical Liaison Office
TLSCP Telescope. An abbreviation.
TLT Truck Leadership Team.
TLV Threshold Limit Value
Tm Thulium
TM Team Members
TM Throughput Management.
TM Time Management
TM Trade Mark
TM2 Technical Manager
TMC Toyota Motor Company
TME Tetramethyllead.
TMF Thin Metal Film
TMG Timing. An abbreviation.
TMI Too Much Information
TMIE Total Manufacturing Integration Engineer. Responsible for coordinating the functional
(performance) and physical (design) integration of the manufacturing system. PET member.

TMJ Temporo Mandibular Joint

TML Tetramethyl Lead
TMN Telecommunications Management Network
TMNSS Transmission Neutral Start Switch.
TMPO Test Material Procurement Order.
TMPRY Temporary. An abbreviation.
TMS Tariff Management System
TMS Technical Memory System
TMS Thermal Management Systems
TMS Trade Tariff Management System.
TMS Training Management System.
TMS Transmission Management System
TMVI Total Manufacturing Vehicle Integration.
TNC Threaded Neill Concelman (connector) [Electronics] (see also BNC)
TNF Trouble - Not Found
TO Treasurers Office
TOC Table of Contents
TOC Theory of Constraints (The key insight of TOC is that a manufacturing operation is, in reality, a
chain of inter-dependent resources; and that only a few elements [constraints] control the
output of the entire manufacturing operation.)
TOC Transmission Oil Cooler.
TOE Total Ownership Experience.
TOL Tolerance. An abbreviation.
TOPS Total Online Project System. Financial tracking computer system integrating existing systems
to manage capital and non-capital project charges.
TOPS Traffic Occupant Protection Strategies (NHTSA Law Enforcement Training Course)
TOPS Truck Order Processing System.
Torq Torque (abbreviation)
TORQ Torque. An abbreviation.
TORS Torsion. An abbreviation.
TORS Traffic Online Routing System.
TOW Top of Wheel
TP Technology Plan
TP Throttle Position (sensor)
TPA Terminal Position Assurance (A device that is inserted after terminal(s) are plugged in order to
prevent the terminal(s) from backing out of the connector.)
TPC Tire Performance Criteria.
TPC Truck Product Center. Obsolete; use PCC
TPC Two Passenger Commuter.
TPCC Truck Product Center Council
TPCV (fuel) Tank Pressure Control Valve
TPI Tuned Port Injection.
TPL Tire Pressure Label.
TPM Tire Pressure Monitor.
TPS Throttle Position Sensor.
TPT Total Process Time.
TPU Time Processor Unit.
TQ Torque (abbreviation)
TQFP Thin Quad Flat Pack
TQI Total Quality Index (Strategic Vision, Inc.)
TQM Total Quality Management. A management philosophy that quality becomes part of a
company's total business process.
TQS Total Quality Strategy.
TR Technique Reuse
TR Test Request.
TR Transmission Range.
TR Trim. An abbreviation.
TRA Trade Readjustment Assistance.
Trac Traction (an abbreviation)
TRACON Terminal Radar Approach CONtrol
TRACS Traffic Rail Car and Container Status.
TRACT Traction. An abbreviation.
Trans Transmission. (abbreviation)
TRANS Transmission. An abbreviation.
Transp Transponder (an abbreviation)
Transx transaxle. (abbreviation)
TRB Transportation Research Board
TRB Truck Review Board
TRC Technical Resource Center
TRC Telecommunications Regulation Circular.
TRC Throttle Return Control.
TRC Transportation Research Center
TRFER Transfer. An abbreviation.
TRI Trucking Research Institute
TRIAC TRIode Alternating Current semiconductor switch
TRIAS [Japanese Type Approval Test Procedure]
TRIP The Road Information Program.
TRIP Truck Research Information Program.
TRIPTS Truck Reliability In-Process Tracking System
TRIS Transportation Research Information Service
Trk Truck (an abbreviation)
TRK Track. An abbreviation.
TRL Transistor Resistor Logic.
TRLR Trailer. An abbreviation.
TRP Technology Reinvestment Project. Part of ARPA which will provide matching funds to assist
with projects which help companies improve efficiency while reducing costs
TRP Technology Research Program
TRRL Transportation Road Research Laboratory
TRS Timing Reference Signal.
TRUN Trunnion. An abbreviation.
TRW Thompson-Ramo-Woolridge
TSB Technical Service Bulletin
TSC Technician Support Center.
TSC Technology Strategy Council
TSC Transmission Steering Committee
TSC Transportation System Center.
TSD Technical Support Division (EDS).
TSD Time speed distance. An abbreviation.
TSDP Time aligned SMT Deliverable and PSR
TSE Turk Standardlari Enstitusu
TSEI Truck Safety Equipment Institute.
TSG Technical Staffs Group.
TSI Truck Supplier Integration
TSIS Total Specifications Information System
TSLC Torsion Sensing Load Cell
TSM Trade Study Methodology.
TSO Time Sharing Option (TSO is a mainframe operation environment in which production data sets
can be viewed and jobs can be run.)
TSOP Thin Small Outline Package
TSP Time Synchronization Protocol
TSP Total Suspended Particles.
TSR Telecommunications Service Request
TSR Terminate Stay Resident
TSS Time Sharing System.
TSS Turbine Shaft Speed
TSSOP Thin Shrink Small Outline Package
TSTR Tester. An abbreviation.
TT Tell Tale lamp
TT Tool Tryout
TT Torque Tension
TT Tube type. An abbreviation.
TTA Technology Transfer Agreement.
TTC Toyota Technical Center
TTCL Transmission / Transaxle Communication Link
TTF Time To Fire
TTFN Ta Ta For Now (Internet / E-mail)
TTI Texas Transportation Institute.
TTI Thoracic Trauma Index
TTL Transistor--Transistor Logic.
TTM Tilt & Telescope Module
TTM Total Travel Management. The travel agency used by GM employees for business related car,
air, hotel arrangements.
TTOP Title Transferred Our Plant
TTP Time Triggered Protocol
TTP Troy Technology Park.
TTR Tilt Table Ratio
TTR Time To Repair.
TTR Towing/Test Requirements.
TTT Time To Trigger
TTUC Title Transferred Upon Consumption
TTURM Transmission, Transaxle & Transfer Case Unit Repair Manual.
TTY Teletype (an early form of digital communications – last known use in US Weather Service)

TUC Tunnel Console

TUMB Tumbler. An abbreviation.
TUN Tunnel. An abbreviation.
TURB Turbine. An abbreviation.
TURBO Turbocharger. An abbreviation.
TUV Technischer Uberwachungsverein. (Technical Inspection Association of Germany).
TV Television. An abbreviation.
TV/TC Truck Vinyl/Truck Cloth (number)
TV2K Technical Assistance System Vision 2000.
TVA Torsional Vibration Absorber
TVAE Total Vehicle Analysis Engineer.
TVAT Total Vehicle Advisory Team. (Obsolete).
TVC Throttle Valve Control.
TVDE Total Vehicle Die Engineer.
TVDE Total Vehicle Dimensional Engineer.
TVE Total Vehicle Engineer
TVF Total Vehicle Focus.
TVI TeleVision Interference
TVIE Total Vehicle Integration Engineer. Responsible for coordinating the functional (performance)
and physical (design) integration of the complete vehicle.
TVME Total Vehicle Math Engineer.
TVQE Total Vehicle Quality Engineer.
TVR Tank Vapor Restrictor.
TVS Thermal Vacuum Switch.
TVSE Total Vehicle Systems Engineer.
TVSOP Thin Very-fine Small Outline Package
TVTP Thermal Validation Test Procedure
TVV Thermal Vacuum Valve.
TVVA Tank Vent Valve Assembly
TVVE Total Vehicle Validation Engineer.
TW Team Work
TWA Thin Washer Assembly
TWAIN Toolkit Without An Interesting Name (A standard protocol and API for communication between
software applications and image acquisition devices defined by Hewlett-Packard, Logitech,
Documagix and Canon. Check out www.twain.org for much more information.)

TWC Test Weight Class.

TWC Three Way Catalyst.
TWC Three Way Catalytic converter
TWG Technical Working Group
TWIMC To Whom It May Concern
TWO Temporary Work Order (E2)
TWO Test Work Order. A computer distributed form used to authorize
development/validation/analysis work on vehicles, subsystems, or component at any General
Motors test facility or field location.
TWR Tower. An abbreviation.
TWS Tire & Wheel System
Twtr Tweeter (an abbreviation)
TWX teletypewriter eXchange Service (pronoinced TWIX).
TX Transmit(ter).
TX Truck Experimental.
TXV Thermostatic Expansion Valve.
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U Unit. An abbreviation.
U Uranium
U User
U/B Underbody. An abbreviation.
U/C Ultracapacitor
U/HOOD Underhood. An abbreviation.
U/SEAT Underseat. An abbreviation.
U/V Under vehicle. An abbreviation.
UAAI United Australian Automotive Industries
UAL User Acceptance Laboratory
UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver / Transmitter
UAT User Acceptance Test (EDS)
UAW United Auto Workers.
UBEC Underhood Bussed Electrical Center
uC Micro Controller
UC Ultracapacitor
UC Unemployment Compensation.
UCA Uniform Cost Analysis.
UCA Upper Control Arm.
UCBITS U of Cal-Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies
UCC Uniform Code Council (sets standards for UPCs in US – works with EAN internationally)
UCL Uniform Criteria List.
UCL Unigraphics Corporate License
UCL Upper Control Limit.
UCLDS Uniform Criteria List Delivery Schedule
UCS User Coordinate System (AutoCAD)
UDC Update Code.
UDDS Urban Driving Dynamometer Schedule
UDM Universal Drafting Machine.
UDR Unverified Data Release.
UE Use Elsewhere.
UEC Underhood Electrical Center
UEC Universal Electronic Control.
UES Universal Electronic Solenoid
UFC Under Floor Converter.
UFO Unidentified Flying Objects.
UFT Up Front Team
UFUNC User Functions (A programming language with greater flexibility than GRIP for customized
user functions for UG applications.)
UG Unigraphics -- McDonnell Douglas Software. One of two GM Corporate strategic software
products. See CGS.) Interactive with CAD/CAM/CAE system with capabilities in solid
modeling, surfacing, analysis drafting and machining to facilitate the design, engineering and
manufacturing of components.
UG/MMR Unigraphics/Minimum Mandatory Requirements
UGPC Unigraphics Protocol
UGS Universal Gage System
UH Under Hood.
UHF Ultra High Frequency (300-3000MHz)
UHP Ultra High Power
UIL User Interface Language
UJT UniJunction Transistor
UJT Universal joint. An abbreviation.
UK United Kingdom.
UL Underwriters‘ Laboratory, Inc.
ULC Uniform Criteria List.
ULC Universal Logic Circuit
ULEV Ultra Low Emissions Vehicle.
ULSAB Ultra Light Steel Auto Body
ULSAC Ultra Light Steel Auto Closures
ULSAS Ultra Light Steel Auto Suspension
UMA Unified Memory Access
UMD Uniform Model Designator (Cars = 5 pos ABCDE; Trucks = 7 pos ABCXYDE
UMI United Motors Israel
UML Unified Modeling Language (industry-standard method of specifying, visualizing, constructing
and documenting the artifacts of object-oriented software systems using a graphical diagram
that looks similar to a flowchart.)
UMS Underbody Manufacturing System.
UMTRI University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute.
UN/ECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
UNC Universal Naming Convention (WWW - naming used when one specifies: \\the
sever\thevolume\thepath\then the file name of a file. So, a UNC will look like this:
\\Myserver\Docdrive\Magazine\glossary.doc)
UND Under. An abbreviation.
UNICS UNiplexed Information and Computer Systems (a.k.a. UNIX)
UNIVAC UNIVersal Automatic Computer
UNIX An Operating System Originally named UNICS
Unlk Unlock (an abbreviation)
UNM Unsigned Numeric
UNSM United Nations Standards Message.
UOM Unit Of Measure. Sometimes written as 'UoM'.
uP Microprocessor
UPC Uniform Parts Code. Incorrect definition; should be Uniform Parts Classification.
UPC Universal Product Code (Bar Code)
UPC Uniform Parts Classification. A corporation - established parts classification system that
provides a systematic method of classifying vehicle components utilized in the assembly of GM
vehicles. The classification of vehicles components is based primarily on function and isolates
vehicle components into fourteen major sections that are further divided into subsections. This
results in a very detailed classification of parts.
UPC-FNA Universal Parts Classification – Functional Name Analysis
UPD Update/Updated.
UPL Unit Part List
UPR Universal Pressure Regulator
UPR Upper. An abbreviation.
UPS Uninterruptable Power Source (or Supply)
UPS United Parcel Service
UPSHFT Upshift. An abbreviation.
URC Uniform Restriction Code.
URGT Urgent.
URL Uniform Resource Locator. Addressing system used in the World Wide Web and other Internet
resources. The URL contains information about the method of access, the server to be
accessed and the path of any file to be accessed.
URR Upper Rear Roof
URT University Relations Team
URTC University Relations TeamCoordinator
us Micro second
US United States.
US PRO United States Product Data Organization. An umbrella organization over CAD standards
development
USABC United States Advanced Battery Consortium. Made up of Ford, GM, Chrysler and the Federal
Government.
USAC United States Auto Club
USAMP United States Automotive Materials Partnership. Mission is to conduct vehicle-oriented
research and development in materials and materials processing to improve the
competitiveness of the U.S. auto industry.
USAMP US Advanced Materials Partnership
USART Universal Synchronous Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter
USB Universal Serial Bus (much faster than serial and parallel communications. It is also much
more flexible: it will be able to connect to possibly hundreds of devices simultaneously.)

USB Upper Side Band

USC United States Customs
USCAR United States Council for Automotive Research.
USCC United States Chamber of Commerce
USDOT United States Department Of Transportation (usually just referred to as DOT)
USE Use All Stock.
USEC Microsecond. Normally written as 'us'.
USENET United States and Extraterrestrial News Elimination Tool
USG Usage.
USGPO United States Government Printing Office
USIA United States Information Agency
USOC User State of Charge
USS United States Ship
USSB United States Satellite Broadcasting
USSRS User Self Service Request System (system to computerize IT requests - Car Group)
UTC Coordinated Universal Time
UTD Universal Theft Deterrent (module)
UTE Union Technique de l'Electricite
UTP Unshielded Twisted Pair (wiring)
UTQR Uniform Tire Quality (grading) Regulation
UV Ultra-Violet
UVA Ultra-Violet Analysis.
UVI User Vehicle Interface.
UXGA Ultra Extended Graphics Architecture (This term describes a display with 1600x1200 pixel
resolution.)
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V Vanadium
V Volt (unit of electrical potential)
V Volt. An abbreviation.
V&M View & Mark-up
V/CVR Valve cover. An abbreviation.
V6 Six Cylinder Engine - arranged in a V (60-90 angle)
V8 Eight Cylinder Engine - V with 90 angle bet. cylinder banks
VA Value Analysis (This method analyses a process not as a collection of people or actions which
contribute to product realization, but as a collection of functions which need to be satisfied by a
process with the goal of responding to the needs of the customer.)
VABA Vehicle Assessment & Benchmarking Activity
Vac Vacuum (an abbreviation)
VAC Vacuum. An abbreviation.
VAC Vehicle Assessment Center.
VAC Voltage, Alternating Current.
VAD Velocity and Displacement
VAD Voice Activity Detector
VADC Vehicle Architecture Deliverables Complete
VAIS Vehicle Architecture Information System
VAL Valance. An abbreviation.
VAL Validated/Validation. The Product Engineering process that verifies when a design achieves its
design objective either by laboratory or road test, or engineering analysis.
VALP Validation Plan
VAM Vehicle Architecture Manager. CIT‘s report to VAM.
VAMS Vehicle Availability Management System
VAN Value Added National. The Mexican customs content requirements.
VAN Value Added Network
VAN Vanity. An abbreviation.
VAPIR Vehicle And Process Integration Review (Typical responsibilities are to: review program goals
from an overall vehicle standpoint, provide tradeoffs at vehicle level where required to meet
goals, review program schedule status and resolve issues, review status of vehicle build
programs [e.g., Alpha, Beta, Prototype], assure conformance to product and performance as
documented in Program Plan Book, VTS and MTS, review and evaluate specific changes
developed by SMT/PMT/PDT to meet Program targets, promote use of common
systems/processes, assure Quality/Cost/Warranty/HPV goals for Non-GMT and GMX
programs are achieved, assure plant build concerns are resolved.)
VAR Value Added Reseller
VAR Variable. An abbreviation.
VARACTOR VARiable capACiTOR diode
VAS Validate Assembly Structure
VAS Vehicle Account System
VASTD Vehicle Assembly Standard Time Data.
VAT Value Added Tax
VAT Value Added Time.
VATS Vehicle Anti-Theft System.
VATS Vehicle Architecture Technical Specifications
VAV Virtual Archive Vehicle
VAX Virtual Address eXtension
VBARS Vehicle Billing & Accounts Receivable System
VBAT Voltage at Battery (battery voltage).
VBC Velocity Boundary Curve
VBOM Visual Bill Of Material
VBR Variable Bit Rate
VBS Vehicle Breakdown Structure
VBS Vehicle Build Schedule
VC Virtual Circuit.
VCC Viscous Converter Clutch
VCC Viscous Converter Control.
VCCI Voluntary Control Council for Interference.
VCD Vehicle Chief Designer.
VCD Vehicle Configuration Document.
VCE Variable Cycle Engine
VCE Vehicle Chief Engineer. Member of the VLE Team.The VCE is the top-level Engineer for a
program. Each VLE Team may have more than one VCE.
VCI Vehicle Communications Interface.
VCI Vehicle Configuration Index.
VCIT Vehicle Compartment Integration Team
VCM Vehicle Control Module.
VCME Vehicle Cost Management System
VCO Valve-Covered Orifice
VCO Voltage Controlled Oscillator
VCP Variable Cam Phaser
VCP Vehicle Component Protection. Device and/or design to prevent theft of components; e.g.
radio, cassette player, phone, etc.
VCR Variable Compression Ratio
VCR Video Cassette Recorder
VCRI Validation Cross Reference Index.
VCRI Vehicle Cross Reference Index.
VCRP Vehicle cost Reduction Program.
VCS Vehicle Control System.
VCSEL Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (Semiconductor microlaser diode that emits light in a
cylindrical beam vertically from the surface of a fabricated wafer.)
VCSL Vehicle Crashworthiness Safety Laboratory
VCTS Vehicle Cost Tracking System.
VCV Vacuum Check Valve.
VCV Virtual Concept Vehicle
VCVA Virtual Concept Vehicle Assessment
VCVS Vehicle Component Verification System.
VCW Vehicle Capacity Weight.
VCW Vehicle Curb Weight.
VCXO Voltage Controlled Crystal Oscillator
VDA Variation Drivers Analysis (A key feature of VDA is the ability to differentiate between two types
of variation: variation added at an individual operation and variation transmitted from previous
operations.)
VDA Verband der Automobileindustrie. German Automotive Manufacturers Association.
VDAH Variable DAH
VDA-SF Verband der Automobileindustrie, Flaschenschnittstelle - The VDA's specification for the
exchange for surface model data between CAD/CAM systems.
Vdc Voltage (direct current)
VDCC Vehicle Dynamics & Chassis Center.
VDCSS Vehicle Driven Component Sets Strategy
VDD Version Description Document.
VDE Verband Deutscher Elektrontechniker (German Society of Electrical Engineers)
VDI Vehicle Deformation Index
VDL Vehicle Data Link.
VDM Vehicle Dynamics Model
VDN Vehicle Description Number.
VDOC Vertical Depth of Chord
VDP Vehicle Development Plan.
VDP Vehicle Development Process.

VDP18 Vehicle Development Process, 18 Months

VDP24 Vehicle Development Process, 24 Months
VDPC Vehicle Design Process Center.
VDPC Vehicle Development Portfolio Center
VDPC Vehicle Development Process Center
VDPC Vehicle Development Process Council.
VDPO Vehicle Development Process Organization
VDPP Vehicle Development Production Process. Phases of development beginning at Concept
Initiation through design, product engineering, prototype, validation, die management,
functional evaluation and pilot.
VDR Vehicle Data Recorder. Also known as the Flight recorder. A diagnostic tool used in GM
dealerships.
VDR Vehicle Dealer Recorder
VDR Verified Data Release. To mark that point in time at which the Verified Class 'A' Math Data
(commonly referred to as the Verified Data Release [VDR]) for the selected divisional design
theme is released for all Interior and Exterior surfaces with the exception of any item that
would not impact the critical path or delay any of the builds.
VDS Vehicle Description Summary. Engineering document defining the relationship of models and
options in a vehicle line.
VDS Vehicle Development Study (J.D. Power)
VDSL Very High data rate Digital Subscriber Line
VDSR Venture Development Strategy Review
VDT Vehicle Development Team: Typical function is to: Provide leadership to the PMTs to integrate
and achieve total vehicle performance goals. Responsibilities: Chairman is champion/advocate,
knowledge center for performance area (reports vehicle status to VAPIR Team, chairs
meetings as required), coordinate development of strategies to meet vehicle performance
goals. Typical attendees are: Systems Engineering or Development Director (Chair), Bubble
Owners, TVIE, Selected Release Directors, Program Manager(s), Vehicle Chief Engineer,
Others as required.
VDT Vehicle Display Terminal
VDT Visual Display Terminal.
VDTA Vehicle Dynamics Test Area. Area at the GM Milford Proving Ground.
VDTO Vehicle Development & Technical Operations
VDTO Vehicle Development Technology Organization.
VDTOG Vehicle Development & Technical Operations Group.
VDTV Variable Dynamics Testbed Vehicle (NASA experimental vehicle for study of crash avoidance
and driving related human factors.)
VDU Visual Display Unit.
VDV Vacuum Delay Valve.
VDV Vacuum Differential Valve.
VDV Vehicle Dimensional Variation.
VE Validation Engineer.
VE Value Engineering (a professionally applied, function-oriented, systematic team approach used
to analyze and improve value in a product, facility design, system or service)
VE Vehicle Emissions
VE Vehicle Engineer
VE Volumetric Efficiency
VEBM Vehicle Engineering Business Manager
VEC Vehicle Engineering Center. (formally the Mid-Lux building)
Veh Vehicle (an abbreviation)
VEH Vehicle. An abbreviation.
VEL Vehicle Emissions Laboratory
VEO Vehicle Emissions Observation
VEQRD Vehicle Engineering Quality Reliability Durability.
Ver Version (an abbreviation)
VERN Vehicle Electronics Remote Node
VERONICA Very Easy Rodent Oriented Net-wide Index to Computerized Archives (Pre WWW ‗gopher‘ site,
FTP stuff, indexing method. A gopher site has an address beginning with gopher:
"gopher://gopher.micro.umn.edu/".)
VERP Verification Plan
VERR Voluntary Emissions Recall Report.
Vert Vertical (an abbreviation)
VERT Vertical. An abbreviation.
VES Variable Effort Steering.
VES Vehicle Emission System (Standard).
VESA Video Electronics Standards Association
VESC Vehicle Equipment Safety Commission.
VESCOM Vehicle Software Configuration Management.
VET Vehicle Elapsed Time.
VF Vacuum Fluorescence.
VFAT Virtual File Allocation Table
VFC Voltage to Frequency Converter
VFD Vacuum Fluorescence Display.
VFS Variable Fuel Sensor
VFV Variable Fueled Vehicle
VGA Variable Gain Amplifier
VGA Video Graphics Array
VGC Video Graphics Controller
VGI Veiling Glare Index.
VGPD Vehicle Group Planning Directors.
VH Vehicle Handling.
VHDL VHSIC Hardware Description Language
VHF Vehicle Handling Facility
VHF Very High Frequency (30-300MHz)
VHS Video Home System
VHSIC Very High Speed Integrated Circuit
VHT Vehicle Hours of Travel
VIA Vehicle Integration Area
VIAC Vehicle Imperatives Allocation Complete.
VIB Vibrate. An abbreviation.
VIC Vehicle Integration Center.
VIC Visual Idea Center.
VICS Vehicle Information Communication System
VICS Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Standards
VID Vehicle Information Database.
VID Virtual Image Display.
VIDS Video Incident Detection System
VIE Vehicle Integration Engineer.
VIM Variable Intake Module
VIM Vehicle Integration Manager. See EGM.
VIM Vehicle Interface Module.
VIN Vehicle Identification Number.

VINCR Vehicle Incident Non Conformance Report (Electrical IR)

ViniVA Virtual Initial Vehicle Assessment
VIP Vehicle Information Processing.
VIP Video Image Processing
VIP 2000 Visually Integrated Personal System 2000.
VIPS Vehicle Information & Pricing System (GM Europe System only).
VIRR Vehicle Integration Readiness Review.
VIRS Vehicle Incident Reporting System
VIS Vehicle Information System. It contains the "Who, What, When, Why and How" for a vehicle
program. This system is deployed as the global common program execution tool for program
information, tracking, and communication in support of the Vehicle Line Executive (VLE)
structure. VIS is a collection of databases, and it promotes enterprise information sharing
through a common implement - Lotus Notes®™.
VIS Vehicle Inquiry System. Refer to GMVIS.
VISA Virtual Instrumentation Software Architecture
VISFLY Product description for data fly-throughs / Visualization & Animation of Math Data
VISS Vehicle Information Service System. No longer used; refer to GMVIS.
VIT Vehicle Integration Team. A Change Management Board for vehicle level requirements:
Reviews and approves Vehicle Configuration Document (VCD), Vehicle Technical Spec (VTS),
Manufacturing Technical Spec (MTS), and Material Management Technical Spec (MMTS)
change requests.
VITA VMEbus Internationsl Trade Association
VIU Vehicle Interface Unit
VIV Virtual Integration Vehicle
VIVA Virtual Initial Vehicle Assessment
VIVA Virtual Integration Vehicle Assessment
VIVAC Virtual Integration Vehicle Assessment Complete.
VLAN Virtual Local Area Network (A VLAN is created when a bunch of physically connected ports are
grouped together by network hardware that supports VLANs. These VLANs are each treated
as completely separate entities and can only be joined together by a router. This scheme is
useful for grouping departments together for security and minimizing network traffic.)

VLAT Vehicle Level Allocatable Test(s).

VLC Vehicle Launch Center.
VLC Vehicle Line Controller.
VLCS Vehicle (assembly) Line Control System
VLD Vehicle Line Director.
VLD Video Line Doubler
VLE Vehicle Line Executive. Single - point person responsible for product development of assigned
programs. Leads VLE Team. Advocate for target customers. Held accountable for program
objectives.
VLE Gates Minor gates which are the responsibility of the VLE and VLE Team.
VLE Team Assistant VLE (as needed).
VLES Vehicle Lighting & Electrical Subcommittee.
VLFL Very Low Frequency
VLIW Very Long Instruction Word
VLM Vehicle Launch Manager.
VLM Vehicle Line Manager
VLO Vehicle Launch Overview.
VLP Vehicle Launch Process.
VLP Vehicle Line Profit.
VLPD Vehicle Line Planning Directors
VLPM Vehicle Line Planning Managers
VLR Voltage Loop Reserve.
VLSI Very Large Scale Integrated circuit.
VLT Vehicle Level Test.
VLT Vehicle Line Team.
VLT Vehicle Link Tester
Vlv Valve (an abbreviation)
VLV Valve. An abbreviation.
VM Variation Management.
VM Vehicle Manufacturer
VM Virtual Machine
VM Virtual Mule.
VM Voice Mail
VMAS Vehicle Mass Analysis System (A set of analysis reporting tools located within the Product
Description System.)
VMDS Vehicular Microcomputer Development System.
VME Verso Module Eurocard
VME Virtual Machine Environment
VME Voice Message (or Mail) Express
VMI Vehicle and Manufacturing Integration
VMOS Vertical Metal Oxide Semiconductor
VMRR Vehicle & Manufacturing Requirements Review. A final technical review of the entire vehicle
program.
VMS Virtual Memory operating System. Proprietary operating system of Digital Equipment Corp.

VMS Variable Memory System

VMT Vehicle Management Team
VMT Vehicle Miles Traveled
VMTS Vehicle & Manufacturing Technical Specs
VN Variation Notice.
VNC Vehicle Noise Control.
VNS Vehicle Noise Standards.
VNS Vehicle Noise System.
VNT Variable Nozzle Turbine (Mercedes E class)
VNT Variable Nozzle Turbocharger
VOC Voice Of The Customer. A customer satisfaction supportive strategy of the Quality Network
that acts as a driving force upon the business process by providing accurate information in
determining customer requirements. As such, it will act as a weighty factor in the decision-
making process as well as a yardstick in the system of measuring how well the business is truly
meeting the needs of both the ultimate consumer and the internal customer of the next
process.
VOC Volatile Organic Compounds
VOCIP Voice Of the Customer Improvement Process
VOD Voice of Design.
VOM Vehicle Order Management.
VOM Volt-Ohm Meter
VOMS Vehicle Order Management System.
VOO Voice Of The Operator.
VOS Vehicle Operation System.
VOS Vendor Order Status
VOV Variable Orifice Tank Vent Valve
VOX Voice Operated Transmitter
VP Vapor Pressure
VP Vehicle Performance
VP Volume Production.
VPB Voltage Protected Battery.
VPC Vehicle Planning Coordinator.
VPC Virtual Product Console
VPF Vector Product Format
VPI Vehicle Physical Integration
VPI Vehicle Program Initiation
VPIS Vehicle Profile Information System.
VPIT Vehicle Performance Integration Team
VPM Vehicle Performance Manager. This position is/was known as the A/D/V Manager. PIT‘s report
to Vehicle Performance Manager.
VPN Virtual Private Network (Constructed by connecting computers together over the Internet and
encrypting their communications so that other people cannot understand the communications.
The benefit is that people can connect to the LAN from anywhere on the Internet. This allows
easier connectivity and lower phone bills for travelling salespeople. They just sign up with a
national ISP and call local POPs from their hotels as they travel the country and easily connect
back to their company's local network.)
VPNV Vehicle Powertrain Noise & Vibration.
VPP Vehicle Physical Partitioning.
VPPS Vehicle Partitioning & Product Structure (The VPPS functional view breaks the vehicle down to
subsets, such as chassis, electrical, and exterior. The functional hierarchy extends from the
top, vehicle level to four levels deep, depending on the needs of each functional subsystem.
The content of each level is explicitly described by the content of the next [higher] level,
eliminating guesswork and potential misinterpretation. VPPS is anchored in the UPC / FNA
classification structure that is used for functionally categorizing parts.)

VPR Vapor. An abbreviation.

VPR Vehicle Product Review.
VPS Vehicle Processing System.
VPVA Virtual Product/Process Validation/Vehicle Assessment
VPVV Virtual Product/Process Validation Vehicle
VPW Variable Pulse Width
VQ Vector Quantization
VQL Virtual Query Language
VR Vacuum Regulator.
VR Variable Reluctance
VR Virtual Reality
VR Voltage Regulator
VR Voting Representative. The person from an AIAG member company designated to serve as
liaison to AIAG.
VRA Voluntary Restraint Agreement.
VRAM Volatile Random Access Memory.
VRC Virtual Reality Center.
VRDS Vehicle Resale Disclosure System.
VRLA Valve Regulated Lead Acid
VRM Vehicle Range Maximum.
VRM Voice Recognition Module
VRML Virtual Reality Modeling Language
VRR Vehicle Requirement Review.
VRS Voice Response System
VRT Variation Reduction Team.
VRU Vulnerable Road Users
VS Vacuum Sensor
VSA Variation Simulation Analysis.
VSAS Variation Simulation Analysis System.
VSAS Vehicle Synthesis, Analysis, & Simulation (VSAS GPC [Global Process Center] is an integrated
team of highly skilled, enthused people from the Engineering and IS&S communities whose
central focus is GM's CAE activities. Our mission is to reduce vehicle development time and
cost, and improve quality, by identifying a common and "best" set of CAE tools and processes,
ensuring that they are institutionalized throughout GM, and applying them to all GM product
programs.)
VSAS Verification Simulation Analysis System
VSB Vestigial Side Band
VSC Variable Speed Control
VSC Vehicle Security Committee.
VSC Vehicle Skid Control
VSCL Vehicle Safety & Crashworthiness Laboratory (at Milford Proving Grounds)
VSD Vehicle Simulation Department.
VSE Vehicle Systems Engineer(ing).
VSES Vehicle Stability Enhancement System.
VSG Vehicle Simulation Group (The VSG provides accurate, repeatable grade performance
measurements on the dynamometer test system and simulations in our math model.)
VSG Vibrating Structure Gyroscope (or "tuning fork" gyro)
VSI Vehicle Serial Interface
VSI Vehicle Systems Interface
VSIA Virtual Socket Interface Alliance
VSIC VSSM-Finance Sales Incentives Controls
VSIE Vehicle Service Integration Engineer.
VSIL Vehicle Service Integration Leader.
VSIM Vehicle Service Integration Manager.
VSIP Vehicle Safety Improvement Program.
VSIS Vehicle Service Information System.
VSL / GME (Prototype Bill of Material)
VSM Value Stream Mapping
VSM Variation Simulation Modeling.
VSM Vehicle Service Monitor.
VSM Vehicle Simulation Modeling (A method for simulating random events to predict dimensional
and tolerance accuracy. For each geometric entity being simulated, the values follow a pre-
defined distribution type [normal or non-normal.])
VSMT Vehicle Systems Management Teams.
VSP Virtual Software Processor
VSPA Very Small Peripheral Array
VSPD Vehicle Speed
VSPLL Vehicle Safety, Patent, and Legal Liaison.
VSR Validation Summary Report.
VSR Vehicle Sensitive Retractor (A retractor that has a positive, self-locking mechanism that
automatically locks at or above a specified level of deceleration/acceleration.)
VSRM Vehicle Service Readiness Manager. No longer used; Refer to SPM.
VSS Vehicle Speed Sensor.
VSSA Vehicle Systems Synthesis Analysis
VSSM Vehicle Sales Service Marketing. GM‘s single point field support division.
VSV Vacuum Solenoid Valve.
VSV Vehicle System Verification.
VSV Virtual Structural Vehicle.
VSVA Virtual Structure Vehicle Assessment
VSVAC Virtual concept Vehicle Assessment Complete.
VSWR Voltage Standing Wave Ratio
VTA Vehicle Team Analysis.
VTAM Virtual Telecommunications Access Method
VTD Vehicle Theft Deterrent.
VTEC Variable Valve Timing and Lift Electronic Control
VTF Vacuum Tube Fluorescent (display)
VTG Variable Turbine Geometry (Mercedes E class)
VTG Vehicle Timing Group
VTIMS Vehicle Transportation Information System.
VTM Vortex Telecommunication Method.
VTP Validation Test Procedure.
VTR Vehicle Teardown Request.
VTS Vehicle Technical Specifications. Documents which define technical requirements for the
vehicle development process. Technical definition of the vehicle‘s functional characteristics and
requirements. Developed by the Engineering Integration team as a response to MSS ,
incorporating and balancing all known programs constraints. VTS is the highest level of
technical specification used to design the vehicle.
VTVML Vacuum Tube Volt Meter
VV Variable Venture.
VV Virtual Vehicle
VVA Variable Valve Actuation
VVB Virtual Vehicle Build.
VVE Vehicle Validation Engineer
VVP Vehicle Verification Process.
VVSS Vertical Volute Spring Suspension
VVT Variable Valve Timing
VVT(&L) Variable Valve Timing (& Lift)
VWS Vehicle Windage Sensor.
VXI VME eXtensions for Instrumentation Watt
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AIAG, GMPT
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GVDP, ENG
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PSEO, ENG
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VTS, ENG
GVDP, ENG, GMPT
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ENG, QVR, GVDP, GMPT, GVDP

PSEO

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PSEO, ENG, GMPT
ENG
ENG
ENG
ENG, GMPT
ENG

ENG, GMPT
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A/D/V, GVDP, ENG
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GVDP
ENG
ENG
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AIAG
ENG
AIAG

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VTS, ENG
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VTS, ENG
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QVR, GVDP, GMPT, ENG, AVDC

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GVDP

GMU

ENG
GVDP, ENG

VSSM

PSEO
GVDP, ENG, GMPT

GVDP, FIN, GMPT, ENG

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ENG
GVDP, ENG

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VTS
GVDP, ENG
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GVDP, ENG
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ENG
GVDP
GVDP, ENG, GMPT
PSEO
ENG
ENG

PSEO
ATV

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PSEO
ENG
PSEO, ENG
ENG
ENG
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ENG
PSEO, ENG

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VTS

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A/D/V
GVDP
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PSEO

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GMPT

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PSEO, VTS, FIN, GMPT, GVDP,
ENG, VSSM

GVDP
ENG

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FIN
ENG

GVDP, GMU, ENG, GMPT

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ENG

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PSEO

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GVDP

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ENG
GVDP
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QVR, GVDP, GMU, ENG, GMPT,
FIN

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QVR, ENG
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ENG
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GVDP

FIN
GVDP
GVDP

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GVDP

PSEO
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GMPT

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GVDP
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GVDP, R&D, ENG, AVDC
GMPT
ENG
ENG

AVDC

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GVDP

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PSEO
AIAG

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ENG
ENG
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ENG, GVDP, GMU
PSEO

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ENG, GMPT
ENG
ENG

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ENG

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ENG
ENG
PSEO
ENG
ENG
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ENG

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PSEO, ENG
ENG
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AVDC

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Acronym Definition Department
W Tungsten (Wolfram)
W Watt. ENG
W Watt. An abbreviation. ENG
W/ With. An abbreviation. ENG
W/H Wheelhouse. An abbreviation. ENG
W/LACE Windlace. An abbreviation. ENG
w/o Without PSEO
W/O Without. An abbreviation. ENG
W/PMP Water pump. An abbreviation. ENG
W/S Windshield. ENG
W/STR Weatherstrip. An abbreviation. ENG
W/UP Warm up. An abbreviation. ENG
W/W Windshield Wiper.
WA Washer. An abbreviation. ENG
WAAS Wide Area Augmentation System (FAA positioning and tracking system based on NASA's
IGDG software)
WAC Women's Advisory Council.
WAD Warranty Administration Division. VSSM
WAIS Wide Area Information Servers (A commercial software package that allows the indexing of
huge quantities of information. A prominent feature of WAIS is that the search results are
ranked (scored) according to how relevant the hits are.)
WAITS Wide Area Information Transfer System
WAL Work Authorization Level; S=structure, D=mock-up, B=ballasted structure, V=vehicle. ENG
WAN Wide Area Network. ENG
WARIA Workflow And Reengineering International Association
Warn Warning (an abbreviation) PSEO
WARR Warranty. An abbreviation. ENG
WASHTO Western Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
WAT Wafer Acceptance Test (Semiconductors)
WAT Water. An abbreviation. ENG
WATS Wide Area Telephone Service. ENG
WAVE What-If Analysis for Vehicle Engineering ENG
WAWOT What A Waste Of Time
WB Wheel Base. ENG
WB Wheelbase. An abbreviation. ENG
WBBA Worldwide Benchmarking and Business Analysis. GVDP, ENG, GMPT
WBL Web Based Learning
WBM Web Based Management
WBS Work Breakdown Structure. The WBS is a hierarchical structure of elements that can be used ENG, AVDC, FIN
for financial management as well as scheduling and planning of projects. The WBS Elements
represent the logical segmentation of the work involved in the project.
WBT Web Based Training. Service technician training via the internet. VSSM
WC Warranty Chargeback (code) ENG
WC Wheel Covers. ENG
WC Worker‘s Compensation. ENG, GMU
WCB Will Call Back
WCDC Warranty Concern Detection Center GMPT, VSSM
WCELA West Coast Environmental Law Association
WCELRF West Coast Environmental Law Research Foundation
WCM Web Content Manager
WCMB Worst Case Modal Bandwidth
WCS Weight Classification System (Siemens occupant detection subsystem)
WD Wiring Diagram
WD Working Draft
WDC Workplace Development Center
WDM Wavelength Division Multiplex ENG
WDM Weight Drop Machine (Joint Delphi / Lear seat development project test & measurement
device [?])
WDO Window. An abbreviation. ENG
WDS Wheel Disc, Standard
WE Work Element
WEBG Webbing. An abbreviation. ENG
WEC Warren Engineering Center GMPT
WECARE Waste Elimination & Cost Awareness Rewards Everyone
WECW Warren Engineering Center West ENG
WEMA Worldwide Economics & Market Analysis ENG
WESS Weld Equipment Selection System
WEST Web-based Engineering Scheduling Tool
WFG Worldwide Facilities Group ENG, GMU, GMPT
WFUO With First Use Of. ENG
WGE Wedge. An abbreviation. ENG
WGM Windshield side Garnish Molding
WGS Water Gas Shifter ENG
WH Warehouse. ENG
WHI Western Highway Institute
WHL Wheel. An abbreviation. ENG
WHQ World Headquarters ENG
WIDS II WIDS II Is a specially developed computer software package to aid in the design of wiper
systems. This program has the capability to automatically flatten glass, generate FMVSS and
export area, develop linkage center lines, generate wipe patterns to meet legal requirements,
and to calculate blade angle of attack and rise and fall.
WIKIWISI Well, I'll know it when I see it
WIM Weight In Motion
WIM Wireless Identification Module
WIM Woe Is Me
WIM World In Motion (SAE sponsored, GM supported program to deliver encouragement and
training to 5th and 6th graders wrt to engineering careers.)
WINS Warranty Information Network System. VSSM, ENG
WIP Work In Progress. ENG
WIPT Work In Process Time.
WIS Warranty Information System. GMPT
WISE Web Integrated Service Environment
WITI Women In Technology International
WL White letter. An abbreviation. ENG
WL Working Level
WLAN Wireless Local Area Network ENG
WLDG Welding. An abbreviation. ENG
WLL Water Level Loaded (A theoretical method to distribute cargo weight using the dimensions of
the cargo area and the density of water to represent the cargo.)
WLL Wireless Local Loop ENG
WLM Weighted Linear Matrix
WLM Work Load Modeling ENG
WM SCM Wall Mount Standard Charge Module ENG
WMF Windows Metafile (MS Office bitmap image format)
WMGR Worm gear. An abbreviation. ENG
WMMS Warehouse Material Management System. ENG
WMS Warehouse Management System (The new system by which PDCs are run).
WMS Warranty Management System. VSSM
WMSCM Wall Mount Standard Charge Module
WO Work Order. ENG, GVDP
WOL Wake On LAN (This refers to a technology developed by the IBM and Intel Advanced
Manageability Alliance where a computer motherboard can turn itself on (and off) based on
signals arriving at the computers network card.)
WOM Wheel Opening Molding
WOM Write Only Memory
WORM Write Once Read Many (Older optical disk technology) ENG
WOT Wide Open Throttle. PSEO, VTS, GVDP, ENG
WOW Walks On Water
WOW Weight On Wheels
WOW Windows Of The World. GM‘s corporate service provider of Verizon Cellular service, cellular WFG
phones and accessories.
WOW Worst Of the Worst GMPT
WP Word Perfect
WP Word Processor ENG
WP Work Plan
WP Working Paper
WP Write Protected
WPC Warranty Parts Center. VSSM, GMPT
WPCS Worldwide Product Cost System (GM Common Cost System for Assembly and Component FIN
Plants Worldwide. The primary function of WPCS is to value inventory and cost of
sales/production.)
WPO Work Place Organization. An operational standard that promotes a safe, clean, neat
arrangement of the workplace, which provides a specific location for everything, eliminates
anything not required, and supports the employee.
WPP Well Prepared People.
WPP Worldwide Product Planning. ENG
WPR Wiper. An abbreviation. ENG
WR Work Request.
WRAF Wide Range A/F Sensor ENG
WRAIR Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
WRAP Warranty Reproduction Attainment Process
WRAS Warranty Retrieval Analysis System. GMPT
WRC World Radio-communications Conference ENG
WRE Worldwide Real Estate.
WREVS Wide Range EVS ENG
WRG Wiring. An abbreviation. ENG
WRNG Warning. An abbreviation. ENG
WRT With Regard To
WRT With Respect To
WRT Work Related Travel. Normally refers to a GM owned vehicle used for GM business purposes. VSSM, CVO

WS Weld Specification
WS White stripe. An abbreviation. ENG
WS Work Station.
WSC World Semiconductor Council
WSF Windshield Frame
WSG Windshield Glass
WSI Wafer Scale Integration
WSI Windshield Inside of glass
WSO Windshield Outside of glass
WSPIT Work Structure Process Improvement Team ENG
WSR Weight Specification Record. ENG
WSS Wheel Speed Sensor. ENG
WSW Windshield wiper. An abbreviation. ENG
WSWA Windshield Washer. ENG
WSWA Windshield washer. An abbreviation. ENG
WT Weight. An abbreviation. ENG
WTCC Warren Technical Center Campus (formally Tech Center)
WTL Warren Test Laboratory
WTO World Trade Organization ENG
WTS Worldwide Travel Service
WUC Work Unit Counselor
WVEC Warren Vehicle Engineering Center
WVRM Worldwide Vehicle Regulations Manual. ENG
WWF World Wide Facilities
WWFG World Wide Facilities Group.
WWJD What Would Jesus Do
WWP World Wide Purchasing. GVDP, ENG, GMPT, EAG
WWT&B Worldwide Truck & Bus ENG
www World Wide Web. ENG, AVDC
WX Weather (Radio band). An abbreviation. ENG
WYBIWYG What you buy is what you get
WYNIWYG What You Need Is What You Get [claim of many systems] ENG
WYSIAYG What You See Is All You're Getting
WYSINWYG What you see is not what you'll get
WYSIWIS What You See Is What I See
WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get
WYSIWYL What you saw is what you lost
Acronym Definition
X12 See ASC X12
X20F new auto 5 speed trans. Aka FNR
X21F barrel forward wrap around FWD 5-6 spd auto. trans.
X22 Car Request Form.
XCO Export Car Order.
XCVR Transceiver. An abbreviation.
XDCR Transducer. An abbreviation.
XDR eXternal Data Representation
Xe Xenon
XFER Transfer
XFMR Transformer. An abbreviation.
XGA Extended Graphics Architecture (IBM's term for a computer monitor resolution standard of
1024 x 768 pixels and 16-bit color. Nowadays, XGA just means 1024 x 768. Laptop makers
often mention that their screens are XGA, meaning that they support that resolution.)

XHTML eXtended Hyper-Text Markup Language

XID Extended Identifier (C2C)
XIOS Extended Input Output System
XMAS eXtended Memory Specification
Xmit transmit.
XML EXtensible Markup Language (an application profile of SGML)
XMS Extended Memory Specification
XMTR Transmitter
XMTR Transmitter. An abbreviation.
XOR eXclusive OR (This is an operation that can be executed on two or more binary strings. XOR
returns true or "1" if only one of the two strings contains a 1 at a particular bit position, and a
false, or "0" if both strings contain 0's or 1's at both positions: "One or the other, but not both.")

XPCI eXtended Peripheral Component Interface

XPLA Extended Programmable Logic Array
Xplat Cross platform.
Xpress Express (an abbreviation)
XSL Extensible Stylesheet Language (goes with XML)
XTAL Crystal
XTC Experimental Twin Cam Engine
XUI X-windows User Interface
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Acronym Definition
Y Yes
Y Yttrium
Y12 Martin Marietta Energy System
Y2K Year 2000
YACC Yet Another Compiler Compiler
YAFIYGI You Asked For It, You Got It
YAG Yttrium-Aluminum-Garnet
YAHOO Yet Another Hierarchical Organized Oracle
Yb Ytterbium
YEA Yield Enhancement Analysis (Semiconductors)
YGWYPF You Get What You Pay For
YIG Yttrium Iron Garnet
YMCK Yellow Magenta Cyan Black
YOYO You're On Your Own
YRS Yaw Rate Sensor
YS Yes Service. Represents a service only part.
YTC Yellow Tag Code
YTD Year To Date
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Z Zinc
ZAC Zone Access Control
ZBT Zero Bus Turnaround ENG
ZCS Zero Current Switching
ZD Zero Defects
ZEV Zero Emissions Vehicle. ENG, GMPT
ZF Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen (a German company that manufactures transmissions and
transaxles used in many exotic, high performance, and racing cars)
ZIF Zero Insertion Force ENG
ZIP Zig-zag Inline Package
ZIP Zone Improvement Plan (ala ZIP code)
ZISC Zero Instruction Set Computer (NASA)
ZMRI Zinc Metals Research Institute
ZPR Zipper. An abbreviation. ENG
Zr Zirconium
Department Definition
AIAG Automotive Industry Action Group. A not-for-profit trade association of North
American vehicle manufacturers and suppliers. These member organizations
come together under the auspices of AIAG to tackle a wide range of industry
issues. The result of this work is the development of new technologies and the
standards that govern their usage.
AVDC Advanced Vehicle Development Center. The mission of the Advanced Vehicle
Development Center is to provide a place for project teams made up of a
composite of organizations to collaborate and focus on a given concept utilizing
the Advanced Vehicle Development (AVD) process in order to deliver required
inputs for VPI.
CVO Company Vehicle Operations
EAG Enterprise Activities Group
ENG Engineering. Acronyms and Titles commonly used within the GM Engineering
Community.
ePD electronic Product Development
EPMS Engineering Process & Math Strategy
FIN GM Finance
GM Defense
GMCL General Motors Canada limited
GMPT General Motors PowerTrain
GMU Acronyms within this listing are found in numerous on-line course materials
within the GMU web site; not within a single listing.
GVDP Global Vehicle Development Process. Acronyms from all Vehicle Development
Processes (VDP) including 4 Phase, VDP24, VDP18, etc.
HR Human Resources (General Motors)
ILM Information LifeCycle Management.
MFD Metal Fabricating Division

PSEO Product Service Engineering Operations. A department of Service Operations

(SO). Acronyms listed with this department are official listings from their own
acronym list.
QVR Quality Valve Review.

R&D General Motors Research & Development

SO Service Operations. A division of Vehicle Sales, Service, Marketing. Acronyms
with this listing are general in nature and can reflect titles, departments, forms,
equipment, etc. Most of the acronyms will be unique to Service Operations and
it's departments.
VTS Vehicle Technical Specification. Core listing of acronyms, abbreviations and
symbols that are used in the Global VTS template document. This listing is
found in section 6.3.

WFG Worldwide Facilities Group.

Web site
http://www.aiag.org/

http://gmna1.gm.com/vi/avdc/

https://cvo.qekgs.com
http://eag.gm.com/index.htm
http://gmna1.gm.com/eng/grc/abbre.htm

http://epd.gm.com/DesktopServlet
http://gmna1.gm.com/vle/mathstrat/
http://finance.iweb.gm.com/index.jsp

http://powertrain.gm.com/
http://gmu.iweb.gm.com:80/home/gmuhome.html

http://vdp.gm.com/gvdp/index.htm

http://hr.gm.com/
http://ilm.gm.com/
http://mfd.gm.com/quality/qs-
9000/doccenter/manuals/mfdqman.doc
http://so.gm.com/product/pseo.html

http://trucktown.gm.com/rq/quality/qualityvalve/Welcome.htm

http://gmr.gm.com/
http://so.gm.com/

http://tyeisaa1.eis.atg.gmeds.com/eis/edis/viewer.htm
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D 595
E 501
F 363
G 355
H 215
I 450
J 66
K 55
L 258
M 491
N 297
O 172
P 801
Q 95
R 450
S 803
T 415
U 123
V 372
W 169
X 30
Y 18
Z 14
9100