List of abbreviations

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The aim of this list of abbreviations [1] is to include all notable abbreviations used forensic science, in alphabetical order.

A

AAFS
American Academy of Forensic Science
ANZFSS
Australian and New Zealand Forensic Science Society
ASCLD/LAB
American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors / Laboratory Accreditation Board
ASQDE
American Society of Questioned Document Examiners
ASR
Automatic Speech Recognition

B

BKA
Bundeskriminalamt (Germany)

C

CBSA
Canada Border Services Agency
CFS
Centre of Forensic Sciences (Toronto, Canada)
CSFS
Canadian Society of Forensic Science
CSS
Cascading Style Sheets

D

DHS
Department of Homeland Security (USA)
DPI
Dots Per Inch

E

EDEWG
European Document Experts Working Group
ENFHEX
European Network of Forensic Handwriting Examiners
ENFSI
European Network of Forensic Science Intitutes

F

FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation (USA)
FDE
Forensic Document Examiner, Forensic Document Examination
FHE
Forensic Handwriting Examiner, Forensic Handwriting Examination
FSS
Forensic Science Service (UK)
FSSoc
Forensic Science Society (UK)

G

GFS
Gesellschaft für Forensische Schriftuntersuchung (Germany)
GSC
features corresponding to Gradient, Structural and Concavity attributes, which are used in automatic character recognition for interpreting handwritten postal addresses were used as micro-features.

H

HTML
Hypertext Markup Language

I

ICE
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (USA)
IPES
Impression and Pattern Evidence Symposium, held August 2–5, 2010, in Clearwater Beach, Florida (USA)

J

K

L

LKA
Landeskriminalamt (Germany)
LPI
Lines Per Inch
LSJML
Laboratoire de sciences judiciaires et de médecine légale (Montréal, Canada)

M

MICR
Magnetic Ink Character Recognition

N

NFI
Netherlands Forensic Institute

O

OCR
Optical Character Recognition
OSV
Online Signature Verification

P

Q

QA
Quality Assurance
QC
Quality Control
QM
Quality Manual
QSI
Quality System Instruction (equivalent to SOP)
QSP
Quality System Procedure

R

RCMP
Royal Canadian Mounted Police

S

SOP
Standard Operating Procedure (equivalent to QSI)

T

TEI
Text Encoding Initiative

U

V

W

X

XML
Extensible Markup Language

Y

Z