Appendix Acronyms U

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Acronyms - U

u (representing the greek mu) - micro

U Universe

UA United Artists

UAR United Arab Republic

UAR User Action Routine

ARS Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite [Space]

UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter

UBA UniBus Adapter [DEC]

UBC Universal Bibliographic Control

UBC University of British Columbia

UBM Unpressurised Berthing Mechanism [Space]

UCAR University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

UCB University of California at Berkeley

UCD Uniform Call Distributor [Telephony]

UCD University of California at Davis

UCI University of California at Irvine

UCL University College London

UCLA University of California at Los Angeles

UCR University of California at Riverside

UCSB University of California at Santa Barbara

UCSC University of California at Santa Cruz

UCSD University of California at San Diego

UCSF University of California at San Francisco

UDB Unified DataBase

UDMH Unsymmetrical DiMethyl Hydrazine [Space]

UDP User Datagram Protocol

UEC User Environment Component

UFO Unidentified Flying Object [Space]

UGC Uppsala General Catalog [Space]

UH Upper Half

UHF Ultra High Frequency (300-3000MHz)

UID Unique IDentifier

UID User IDentification [UNIX]

UIMS User Interface Management System

UIT Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (Astro package) [Space]

UIUC University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

UK United Kingdom

UKST United Kingdom Schmidt Telescope [Space]

UL Underwriters Laboratory

ULANA Unified Local-Area Network Architecture

UMOC Ugliest Man On Campus [MIT]

UMT Universal Military Training

UN United Nations

UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific, & Cultural Organization

UNICEF United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (now United Nat. Child. Fund)

UNICS UNiplex Information Computer Services

UNIX Not an acronym at all. Was a joke on MIT's MULTICS

UNMA Unified Network Management Architecture [AT&T]

UNO United Nations Organization

UP Union Pacific [Railroading, Corporate name]

UPC Universal Product Code

UPI United Press International

UPI United Press International [Corporate name]

UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply

UPS United Parcel Service [Corporate name]

UR University of Rochester

URI University of Rhode Island

US United States (of America)

USA Union of South Africa

USA United States Army

USA United States of America

USAF United States Air Force

USAFA United States Air Force Academy (in Colorado Springs)

USAN University Satellite Network

USB Upper Side Band

USC University of Southern California

USCG United States Coast Guard

USDA United States Department of Agriculture

USES United States Employment Service

USFL United States Football League

USGS United States Geological Survey

USIA United States Information Agency

USM United States Mail

USMC United States Marine Corps

USMP United States Microgravity Payload [Space]

USN United States Navy

USO United Service Organizations

USO Unix Software Operation

USP United States Pharmacopeia

USPS United States Postal Service

USR User Service Routines

SS United States Ship

USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

USSS User Services and Systems Support

USW Und So Weiter

UT Universal Time (a.k.a. GMT, UTC, or Zulu Time)

UT University of Tennessee

UT University of Texas

UT UTah

UTC Coordinated Universal Time (a.k.a. UT)

UTC Universal Coordinated Time (a.k.a. UT)

UTnet University of Texas Network

UTP Unshielded Twisted Pair [Telecom, Networking]

UUCP UNIX-to-UNIX Copy Program

UUG Unix User Group

UV UltraViolet

UVS UltraViolet Spectrometer

UW UnderWriter

UW Univ of Wisconsin