Acronyms, abbreviations and units of measure

ACARA

Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority

AFBF

American Farm Bureau Federation

AHEG

Ad Hoc Expert Group

AI

Artificial intelligence

APEC

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

AUD

Australian dollar

BDA

Big data analytics

BEC

Business email compromise

BEPS

Base Erosion and Profit Shifting

BEREC

Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications

BIT

Behavioural Insights Team

CAD

Canadian dollar

CAS

Chinese Academy of Sciences

CCPA

California Consumer Privacy Act

CDR

Consumer Data Right

CISA

Cyber and Infrastructure Security Agency

CNY

Yuan renminbi

CoE

Council of Europe

CPF

Compte personnel de formation

CRC

Comisión de Regulación de Comunicaciones

CRM

Customer-relationship management

CVD

Co-ordinated vulnerability disclosure

DDoS

Distributed denial of service

DEO

Digital Economic Outlook

DKK

Danish krone

DLT

Distributed ledger technology

DS&R

Data sharing and release

DSIP

Digital Science and Innovation Policy

DSS

Dynamic spectrum sharing

DTS

Digital transformation strategy

EECC

European Electronic Communications Code

ELLIS

European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems

EPO

European Patent Office

ERP

Enterprise resource planning

ESRI

Economic and Social Research Institute

EU

European Union

EUR

Euro

FCC

Federal Communications Commission

FWA

Fixed Wireless Access

GB

Gigabyte

GBP

British pound

Gbps

Gigabits per second

GDP

Gross domestic product

GDPR

General Data Protection Regulation

GIS

Geographic information systems

ICO

Initial coin offering

ICS

Industrial control system

ICT

Information and communication technology

IDS

Industrial Data Space

IMDA

Infocomm Media Development Authority

IoT

Internet of Things

ILA

Individual Learning Account

ILS

Individual learning schemes

IM

Instant messaging

IP

Internet Protocol

ISP

Internet service provider

ISSA

International Survey of Scientific Authors

IT

Information technology

JPO

Japan Patent Office

JRC

Joint Research Centre

kbps

Kilobits per second

KBC

Knowledge-based capital

KIPO

Korean Intellectual Property Office

LORCA

London Office for Rapid Cybersecurity Advancement

MaaS

Mobility as a Service

MB

Megabyte

Mbps

Megabits per second

MinTIC

Ministry of Information Technology and Communications

MNO

Mobile network operator

MOOC

Massive open online course

MVNO

Mobile virtual network operator

NDGS

National digital government strategy

NDS

National digital strategy

NIA

National Information Society Agency

NICE

National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education

NIST

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NSA

National Security Agency

NSF

National Science Foundation

NTIA

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

NUS

National University of Singapore

OGD

Open government data

OT

Operational technology

PDBN

Personal data breach notification

PEA

Privacy enforcement authority

PES

Public employment services

PIAAC

Programme for International Assessment of Adult Competencies

PISA

Programme for International Student Assessment

PPP

Purchasing power parity

PSI

Public sector information

QoS

Quality of Service

R&D

Research and development

RD&I

Research, development and innovation

RFID

Radio frequency identification

SAFT

Simple agreements for future tokens

SDGs

Sustainable Development Goals

SFI

Science Foundation Ireland

SMEs

Small and medium-sized enterprises

SMP

Significant market power

SNA

System of National Accounts

STEM

Science, technology, engineering and mathematics

STI

Science, technology and innovation

STO

Security token offering

T&C

Terms and conditions

TfL

Transport for London

UK

United Kingdom

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

US

United States

USD

United States dollar

USPTO

US Patent and Trademark Office

VNI

Visual Networking Index

VR

Virtual Reality

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