Acronyms, abbreviations and units of measure

ABDI

Industrial Development Agency

Agência para o Desenvolvimento da Indústria

AI

Artificial intelligence

Anatel

National Telecommunications Agency

Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações

Ancine

National Film Agency

Agência Nacional do Cinema

ANPD

National Data Protection Authority

Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados

AUD

Australian dollar

BCB

Central Bank of Brazil

Banco Central do Brasil

BERD

Business expenditure on research and development

BNCC

National Common Curricular Base for Basic Education

Base Nacional Comum Curricular

BNDES

Brazilian Development Bank

Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social

BRICS

Brazil, Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa

BRIICS

Brazil, Russian Federation, India, Indonesia, China and South Africa

BRL

Brazilian real

CAD

Canadian dollar

CADE

Administrative Council for Economic Defence

Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica

CAPES

Foundation for the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior

CBAP

Brazilian Commission of Precision Agriculture

Comissão Brasileiro de Aquapaisagismo

CDC

Consumer Defence Code

CERT

Computer emergency response team

Centro de Estudos, Resposta e Tratamento de Incidentes de Segurança

CERTI

Centres of Reference in Innovative Technologies

Centros de Referência em Tecnologias Inovadoras

CESAR

Centre for Studies and Advanced Systems of Recife

Centro de Estudos Avançados do Recife

CETIC.br

Regional Centre for Studies on the Development of the Information Society

Centro Regional de Estudos para o Desenvolvimento da Sociedade da Informação

CFM

Federal Medical Council

Conselho Federal de Medicina

CGI.br

Brazilian Internet Steering Committee

Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil

CGSI

Information Security Management Committee

Comitê Gestor da Segurança da Informação

CIDE

Contribution for Intervention in the Economic Domain

Contribuição de Intervenção no Domínio Econômico

CMN

National Monetary Council

Conselho Monetário Nacional

CNI

National Confederation of Industry

Confederação Nacional da Indústria

CNPDP

National Council for the Protection of Personal Data and Privacy

Conselho Nacional de Proteção de Dados e Privacidade

CNPq

National Council for Scientific and Technological Development

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

CPA

Applied research centre

Centro de pesquisa aplicada

CRM

Customer Relationship Management

CSIRT

Computer security incident response team

CTIR

Government Response Team for Computer Security Incidents

Centro de Tratamento e Resposta a Incidentes Cibernéticos de Governo

CVM

Securities and Exchange Commission

Comissão de Valores Mobiliários

Decon

State Consumer Protection and Defense Programme

Programa Estadual de Proteção e Defesa do Consumidor

DIFAL

Difference between the ICMS rate of the destination state and the interstate rate

Diferencial de Aliquotas do ICMS

DIP

Digital inclusion point

DNI

National Identification Document

Documento Nacional de Identificação

DPDC

Department of Protection and Defence of Consumers

Departamento de Proteção e Defesa do Consumidor

DSIC

Department of Information and Communications Security

Departamento de Segurança da Informação e Comunicações

ECT

Brazilian Post and Telegraph Company

Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telégrafos

Embrapa

Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation

Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária

EMBRAPII

Brazilian Company for Research and Industrial Innovation

Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa e Inovação Industrial

ENAP

National School of Public Administration

Escola Nacional de Administração Pública

ENCTI

National Strategy for Science, Technology and Innovation

Estratégia Nacional de Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação

ERP

Enterprise Resource Planning

ESALQ

Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture

Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz

EU

European Union

EUR

Euro

FAP

State research foundation

FAPESP

State Research Foundation of the State of São Paulo

FDI

Foreign direct investment

FINEP

Brazilian Agency for Innovation and Research

Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos

FIRST

Forum of Incident Response and Security Team

FISTEL

Telecommunications Oversight Fund

Fundo de Fiscalização das Telecomunicações

FNDCT

National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development

Fundo Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

FTA

Free-to-air

GaaP

Government as a platform

GB

Gigabyte

GDP

Gross domestic product

GDPL

General Data Protection Law

GDPR

General Data Protection Regulation

GESAC

Electronic Government Citizen Services programme

Governo Eletrônico - Serviço de Atendimento ao Cidadão

GHG

Greenhouse gas

GSI/PR

Institutional Security Cabinet of the Presidency of the Republic

Gabinete de Segurança Institucional/Presidência da República

GST

Goods and services tax

HEI

Higher education institution

ICIO

Inter-Country Input-Output

ICLF

Integrated Crop-Livestock-Forest

ICMS

Tax on the movement of goods, transport services and telecommunication services

Imposto sobre Circulação de Mercadorias e Serviços

ICT

Information and communication technology

IDP

Industry digital plan

IIA

Israel Innovation Authority

IMDA

Infocomm Media Development Authority

INPI

National Institute for Patents

Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial

IoT

Internet of Things

IPI

Tax for industrialised products

Imposto sobre Produtos Industrializados

ISP

Internet service provider

ITI

National Institute of Information Security

Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia da Informação

IXP

Internet exchange point

JEI

Young innovative enterprise

Jeune entreprise innovante

JEU

Young innovative university

Jeune entreprise universitaire

kbps

Kilobits per second

km

Kilometre

km2

Square kilometre

LAB

Laboratory of Financial Innovations

LGPD

General Data Protection Law

Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados

M2M

Machine to machine

MAPA

Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply

Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento

Mbps

Megatibs per second

MCTIC

Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovations and Communications

Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia, Inovações e Comunicações

MEC

Ministry of Education

Ministério da Educação

MNE

Multinational enterprise

MNO

Mobile network operator

MPDFT

Public Ministry of Federal Districts and Territories

Ministério Público do Distrito Federal e Territórios

ms

Millisecond

MVNO

Mobile virtual network operator

NCDS

National Consumer’s Defence System

NIC.br

Brazilian Network Information Centre

Núcleo de Informação e Coordenação

NIT

Technological innovation hub

Núcleo de inovação tecnológica

NSCP

National School of Consumer Protection

OGP

Open Government Partnership

OTT

Over-the-top

P2P

Peer-to-peer

PADIS

Semiconductor Technological Development Support Program

Programa de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Tecnológico da Indústria de Semicondutores

PEA

Privacy enforcement authority

PISA

Programme for International Student Assessment

PKI

Public Key Infrastructure

PL

Law Project

Projeto de Lei

PMP

Privacy management programme

PNE

National Education Plan

Plano Nacional de Educação

PNSI

National Information Security Policy

Política de Segurança da Informação

PPB

Basic production process

Processo produtivo básico

PPH

Patent prosecution highway

PPIs

Programmes and Projects of National Interest in the Areas of Information and Communication Technologies

Programa e Projeto de Interesse Nacional nas Áreas de Tecnologias da Informação e Comunicação

PPP

Purchasing power parity

Procon

Consumer’s Protection and Defence Authority

PSG

Productivity Solutions Grant

R&D

Research and development

RIA

Regulatory impact assessment

SEBRAE

Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service

Serviço Brasileiro de Apoio às Micro e Pequenas Empresas

Senacon

National Consumer Secretariat

Secretaria Nacional do Consumidor

SENAI

National Service for Industrial Training

Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Industrial

SENAR

National Rural Apprenticeship Service

Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Rural

SGD

Secretariat of Digital Government

Secretaria de Governo Digital

SINDEC

National Information System for Consumer Protection

Sistema Nacional de Informações de Defesa do Consumidor

SISP

Information Technology Resource Management System

Sistema de Administração dos Recursos de Tecnologia da Informação

SMEs

Small and medium-sized enterprises

SSO

Single sign-on

STEM

Science, technology, engineering and mathematics

STI

Science, technology and innovation

SUS

Universal healthcare system

Sistema Único de Saúde

SUSEP

Private Insurance Regulator

Superintendência de Seguros Privados

SVOD

Subscription video on demand

Tbps

Terabits per second

TCU

Federal Court of Accounts

Tribunal de Contas da União

TRAINS

Trade Analysis Information System

TTO

Technology transfer office

TVOD

Transactional video on demand

USD

United States dollar

VAT

Value-added tax

VC

Venture capital

VoD

Video on demand

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