LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

AGV - Automatic Guided Vehicle

AMA - Apparel Manufacturing Architecture

AMTC - Apparel Manufacturing Technology Center

AMP - Apparel Manufacturing Protocol Suite

ANSI - American National Standards Institute

CAD - Computer Aided Design

CAM - Computer Aided Manufacturing

CBEMA - Computer Business Equipment Manufacturers Association (now ITIC)

CIM - Computer Integrated Manufacturing

CNC - Computer Numerical Control

DEC - Digital Equipment Corporation

DNC - Direct Numerical Control

EDI - Electronic Data Interchange

FIGARMA - Fully Integrated GARment MAnufacturing

FMS - Flexible Manufacturing System

FTAM - File Transfer, Access and Management

GM - General Motors

HP - Hewlett Packard

IBM - International Business Machines Corp.

IC - Integrated Circuit

ICAM - Integrated Computer Aided Manufacturing

ICOM - Input, Control, Output, or Mechanism (for IDEF model)

IDEF - ICAM Definition Models

IDEF0 - Function Model

IDEF1 - Information Model

IDS - Integrated Design Support

IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

IIM - Information Integrated Manufacturing

IMDAS - Integrated Manufacturing Distributed Database

ISO - International Standards Organization

MAP - Manufacturing Automation Protocol

MMS - Manufacturing Message Specification

NBS - National Bureau of Standards

NC - Numerically Controlled

NCSU - North Carolina State University

NIST - National Institute of Standards and Technology (formerly NBS)

OSI - Open Systems Interconnection

PC - Personal Computer

POMS - Plant Operating Management System

RDBMS - Relational Database Management System

SQL - Structured Query Language

SADT - Structured Analysis and Design Technique

TALC - Textile Apparel Linkage Council

TAMMF - Textile and Apparel Machinery Modernization Foundation

(TC)² - Textile/Clothing Technology Corporation

TLA - Three Letter Acronym

TOP - Technical Office Protocol

USAF - United States Air Force

USL - University of Southwestern Louisiana