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Abbreviations and Acronyms
AADC
Automated Area Distribution Center
ACSS
Air Contract Support System
ADC
Area Distribution Center
AFCM
Advanced Facer Canceller Machine
AFCS
Advance Facer Canceller System
AFSM
Automated Flat Sorting Machine
AMC
Airport Mail Center
AMS
Address Management System
AO
Associate Offices
AR
Actual Rate
ASF
Auxiliary Service Facility
BAM
Business and Mixed
BARM
Bulk Automated Reply Mail
BCR
Barcode Reader
BCS
Barcode Sorters
BMC
Bulk Mail Center
BMEU
Business Mail Entry Unit
BMM
Bulk Metered Mail
BPM
Bound Printed Matter
BPRS
Bulk Parcel Return Service
BRM
Business Reply Mail
BRMAS
Business Reply Mail Accounting System
CAG
Cost Ascertainment Group
CAP
Capital
CAT/FAT
Curbline and Foot Access Test
CBCIS
Corporate Business Customer Information System
CBD
Central Business District
CCS
Carrier Cost System
CEM
Courtesy Envelope Mail
CFS
Computerized Forwarding System
C.O.D.
Collect on Delivery
COLA
Cost of Living Adjustment
CPI-W
Consumer Price Index-Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers
CPP
Centralized Postage Payment
CRA
Cost and Revenue Analysis
CRM
Courtesy Reply Mail
CSBCS
Carrier Sequence Bar Code Sorters
DBCS
Delivery Bar Code Sorters
DBMC
Destination Bulk Mail Center
DDU
Destination Delivery Unit
DMCS
Domestic Mail Classification Schedule
DMM
Domestic Mail Manual
DPS
Delivery Point Sequencing
DSCF
Destination Sectional Center Facility
ECP
Efficient Component Pricing
ECR
Enhanced Carrier Route
ECSI
Educational, Cultural, Scientific and Informational
EOR
End of Run
ES
Engineering Standards
EXFC
External First-Class Measurement System
FASB
Financial Accounting Standards Board
FERS
Federal Employees Retirement System
FGLS
Feasible Generalized Least Squares
FHP
First Handling Pieces
FIM
Facing Identification Mark
FSM
Flat Sorting Machine
FY
Fiscal Year
GAAP
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
GFY
Government Fiscal Year
HCSS
Highway Contract Support System
HDS
Household Diary Study
HMM
Hazardous Medical Materials
HRS
Hours
IBI
Information Based Indicia
IBIP
Information Based Indicia Program
IMHS
Integrated Mail Handling System
IOCS
In-Office Cost System
IPPS
Irregular Parcels and Pieces
LDC
Labor Distribution Code
LIOCATT
In-Office Cost Attributable (computer program written by the Postal Service)
LIPS
Linear Integrated Parcel Sorters
LMLM
Letter Mail Labeling Machines
LOT
Line of Travel
LSM
Letter Sorting Machine
LTV
Load Time Variability
MBPCS
Mail Processing Bar Code Sorters
MDCD
Mobile Data Collection Device
MDR
Multiple Delivery Residential
MLOCR
Multi Line Optical Character Reader
MLOCR-ISS
Multi Line Optical Character Reader Input Sub System
MODS
Management Operating Data System
MPLSM
Multi-Position Letter Sorting Machine
MSA
Metropolitan Statistical Area
MTAC
Mailers Technical Advisory Committee
MTEC
Mail Transportation Equipment Centers
NASS
National Air and Surface System
NCOA
National Change of Address
NECR
Nonprofit Enhanced Carrier Route
NMC
National Mail Count
NMO
Nonmachinable outside
OBMC
Origin BMC
OBRA
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
OCR
Optical Character Reader
OCS
In-Office Cost System
ODIS
Origin-Destination Information System
OHM
Other Hazardous Materials
OHMM
Other Hazardous Medical Materials
OLS
Ordinary Least Squares
OPM
Office of Personnel Management
OTR
Over-the-road
PERMIT
Permit Imprint
PETE
Priority-End-to-End
PFY
Postal Fiscal Year
PIRS
Productivity Information Reporting System
PMBDC
Priority Mail Base Delivery Confirmation
PMPC
Priority Mail Processing Center
PMRSDC
Priority Mail Retail Surcharge Delivery Confirmation
POB
Post Office Box
PPH
Piece Per Hour
PRA
Postal Reorganization Act
PRM
Prepaid Reply Mail
PSM
Parcel Sorting Machine
PVDS
Plant-verified Drop Shipment
PYL
Prior Years' Losses
QBRM
Qualified Business Reply Mail
RAF
Revenue Adjustment Factor
RBCS
Remote Bar Code Sorter
RCCS
Rural Carrier Cost System
RCR
Remote Computer Read
REC
Remote Encoding Center
RFRA
Revenue Foregone Reform Act
RPW
Revenue, Pieces and Weight
RPYL
Recovery of Prior Years' Losses
RR
Recommended Rate
RTS
Return-to-Sender
SCF
Sectional Center Facility
SCM
Special Counting Machines
SDR
Single Delivery Residential
SPBS
Small Parcel and Bundle Sorter
SPLY
Same Period Last Year
SS
Sector Segment
STS
Street Time Sampling
TMR
TMR Services
TPF
Total Pieces Fed
TPH
Total Piece Handlings
TRACS
Transportation Cost System
TY
Test Year
TYAR
Test Year After Rates
TYBR
Test Year Before Rates
UAA
Undeliverable-as-addressed
VBL
Computer program filename used by the U. S. Postal Service
VSD
Vehicle Service Driver



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