| Subject | English | Thesaurus |
| abbr., comp. | Access Control Facility | ACF (Vosoni) |
| IT, abbr. | Access Control List Facility | ACLF (DCE) |
| abbr., scottish | Actuator Control Electronics | ACE |
| abbr. | Advanced Atmosphere Control Corporation. | AACC (harser) |
| IT, abbr. | Advanced Information Manager/Shared Resource Control Facility | AIMSRCF (Fujitsu) |
| IT, abbr. | Advanced Information Manager/Shared Resource Control Facility | AIM/SRCF (Fujitsu) |
| avia. | aerodrome control | A unit established to provide air traffic control service to aerodrome traffic. |
| avia. | aerodrome control service | Air traffic control service for aerodrome traffic. |
| avia. | aerodrome control tower | A unit established to provide air traffic control service to aerodrome traffic. |
| avia. | aeronautical information regulation and control | (...) a system aimed at advance notification based on common effective dates, of circumstances that necessitate significant changes in operating practices. |
| abbr., scottish | Air Force Satellite Control Facility | AFSCF (USA) |
| NASA, abbr. | Air Force Satellite Control Facility | AFSCF |
| avia. | air traffic control clearance | Authorization for an aircraft to proceed under conditions specified by an air traffic control unit. Note 1.— For convenience, the term 'air traffic control clearance' is frequently abbreviated to 'clearance' when used in appropriate contexts. Note 2.— The abbreviated term 'clearance' may be prefixed by the words 'taxi', 'take-off', 'departure', 'en route', 'approach' or 'landing' to indicate the particular portion of flight to which the air traffic control clearance relates. |
| avia. | air traffic control instruction | Directives issued by air traffic control for the purpose of requiring a pilot to take a specific action. |
| avia. | air traffic control service | A service provided for the purpose of: 1. preventing collisions: 1)between aircraft, and 2)on the manoeuvring area between aircraft and obstructions; and 2. expediting and maintaining an orderly flow of air traffic. |
| avia. | air traffic control unit | A generic term meaning variously, area control centre, approach control unit or aerodrome control tower. |
| aeron., abbr. | Air Transport Control Beacon Interrogator | ATCBI |
| abbr., scottish | Air Transport Movement Control Centre | ATMCC |
| avia. | air-ground control radio station | An aeronautical telecommunication station having primary responsibility for handling communications pertaining to the operation and control of aircraft in a given area. |
| abbr., scottish | Altitude Control Test Facility | ACTF |
| physiol., abbr. | Antibiotic Resistance Prevention And Control | ARPAC |
| avia. | approach control | Air traffic control service for arriving or departing controlled flights. |
| avia., amer. | approach control facility | A terminal ATC facility that provides approach control service in a terminal area |
| avia. | approach control office | Air traffic control service for arriving or departing controlled flights. |
| avia. | approach control service | Air traffic control service for arriving or departing controlled flights. |
| avia. | approach control unit | A unit established to provide air traffic control service to controlled flights arriving at, or departing from, one or more aerodromes. |
| mil., abbr. | Area Communications Control Facility | ACCF |
| avia. | area control | A unit established to provide air traffic control service to controlled flights in control areas under its jurisdiction. |
| avia. | area control centre | A unit established to provide air traffic control service to controlled flights in control areas under its jurisdiction. |
| transp., abbr. | Area Control Facility | ACF |
| avia. | area control service | Air traffic control service for controlled flights in control areas. |
| mil., abbr. | Automated Command and Control Facility | AC2F |
| comp., abbr. | Bridge Control Facility | BCF |
| abbr., sec.sys. | Central Alarm and Control Facility | CACF (Yerkwantai) |
| commun. | central control fixed part | (CCFP) |
| comp., net., abbr. | Client Transport Control | CTC |
| physiol., abbr. | Cognitive Complexity And Control | CCC |
| abbr., econ. | Control Account Work Authorization | CAWA (Millie) |
| nucl.pow. | control and protection system actuator | CPS actuator (MichaelBurov) |
| avia. | control area | A controlled airspace extending upwards from a specified limit above the earth. |
| abbr., progr. | control complexity | controlling complexity (ssn) |
| abbr., qual.cont. | Control of Work | CoW (AVLS) |
| abbr. | control path | actuating path (ssn) |
| abbr., file.ext. | Control Path Method | CPM |
| IT, abbr. | Control Program Facility | CPF (OS, IBM, S/38) |
| avia. | control tower | A unit established to provide air traffic control service to aerodrome traffic. |
| abbr., tech. | control valve actuator | CVA (olga garkovik) |
| avia. | control zone | A controlled airspace extending upwards from the surface of the earth to a specified upper limit. |
| mil., abbr. | CONUS transport control center | CTCC |
| abbr., SAP. | Credit Control Area | CCA (Служба кредитного контроля hieronymus) |
| abbr., mil. | Electrical Interface Control Drawing | EICD (WiseSnake) |
| abbr., mil., WMD | Entry Control Facility | ECF |
| USA | Facility Administration Control System | FACS |
| telecom., abbr. | Facility Assignment and Control System | FACS |
| mil., abbr. | Facility Control Office | FCO |
| abbr., scottish | Facility Control Terminal | FCT |
| abbr. | Facility Monitoring and Control System | FMCS (Elenka_M) |
| avia. | flow control | Measures designed to adjust the flow of traffic into a given airspace, along a given route, or bound for a given aerodrome, so as to ensure the most effective utilization of the airspace. |
| avia. | immigration control | Measures adopted by States to control the entry into, transit through and departure from their territories of persons travelling by air. |
| IT, abbr. | Independent Flow Control Messages | IFCM (SSP) |
| abbr., avia. | Integrated Control Work Station | ICWS (Interex) |
| abbr., scottish | Integrated Message Handling & Control System | IMUS |
| abbr., mil., commer. | Interface Control Drawing or Document | ICD |
| transp., abbr. | Inter-Facility Flow Control Network | IFCN |
| abbr., file.ext. | Internet Control Message Protocol | ICMP (Novell) |
| abbr., comp., MS | Internet Control Message Protocol A required maintenance protocol in the TCP/IP suite that reports errors and allows simple connectivity. ICMP is used by the Ping tool to perform TCP/IP troubleshooting | ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) |
| IT | Internet Control Message Protocol | A set of protocols that allow systems to communicate information about the state of services on other systems (For example, ICMP is used in determining whether systems are up, maximum packet sizes on links, whether a destination host/network/port is available. Hackers typically use (abuse) ICMP to determine information about the remote site) |
| IT, abbr. | Internet Control Message Protocol | ICMP |
| telecom., abbr. | Internet Control Message Protocol | ICMP (IETF) |
| abbr., scottish | Joint Staff Message Control | JSMC |
| transp., abbr. | Local Control Facility | LCF |
| abbr., scottish | Long Distance Operational Control Facility | LDOCF |
| telecom., abbr. | Loop Facility Assignment and Control System | LFACS |
| abbr., post | Mail Transport Equipment Configuration Control Committee | MTEC3 |
| abbr., post | Mark II Facer-Canceler with microprocessor controls | Micro Mark (year 1987) |
| abbr., astronaut. | Master Control Facility | MCF (semfromshire) |
| abbr., file.ext. | Message Control Program | MCP |
| comp., net., abbr. | Message Control Protocol | MCP |
| avia. | narcotics control | Measures to control the illicit movement of narcotics and psychotropic substances by air. |
| transp., abbr. | National Control Facility | NCF |
| telecom., abbr. | Network Communication Control Facility | NCCF |
| IT, abbr. | Network Communications Control Facility | NCCF (IBM) |
| mil., abbr. | Network Communications Control Facility | NCCF |
| comp., abbr. | Ole Control Message | OCM |
| abbr. | One-Man Control | OMC |
| avia. | operational control | The exercise of authority over the initiation, continuation, diversion or termination of a flight in the interest of the safety of the aircraft and the regularity and efficiency of the flight. |
| abbr., scottish | Operational Control Work Post | OCWP |
| avia. | operator's maintenance control manual | A document which describes the operator's procedures necessary to ensure that all scheduled and unscheduled maintenance is performed on the operator's aircraft on time and in a controlled and satisfactory manner. |
| mil., abbr. | Pacific Division Transport Control Center | PTCC |
| telecom., abbr. | Path Control | PC |
| abbr., O&G, sakh. | Permit Control Facility | PCF (Sakhalin Energy) |
| abbr., O&G, sahk.r. | Primary Pipeline Control Facility | PPCF |
| avia. | quality control | Part of quality management focused on fulfilling quality requirements (ISO 9000*) *ISO Standard 9000:2000 — Quality Management Systems — Fundamentals and Vocabulary. |
| NASA, abbr. | Quality Control Work | QCW |
| avia. | radar control | Term used to indicate that radar-derived information is employed directly in the provision of air traffic control service. |
| comp., abbr. | Realtime Transport Control Protocol | RTCP |
| IT, abbr. | Resource Access Control Facility | RACF (IBM, MVS/ESA) |
| abbr., file.ext. | Resource Access Control Facility | RACF |
| abbr., IT | Resource Access Control Facility RACH random access channel | RACF |
| abbr., scottish | Satellite Control Facility | SCF |
| avia. | security control | A means by which the introduction of weapons, explosives or other dangerous devices, articles or substances which may be used to commit an act of unlawful interference can be prevented. |
| abbr., IT | Signaling Collection Control Part | SCCP |
| abbr., comp., net. | Signaling Connection and Control Part | SCCP |
| IT, abbr. | Signaling Connection Control Part | SCCP (MSC, GSM, Mobile-Systems) |
| telecom. | signalling connection control part | SCCP (ssn) |
| telecom., abbr. | Signalling Connection Control Part | SCCP |
| abbr., commun. | Signalling Connection Control Part/Point | SCCP (CCS7) |
| abbr., IT | ST Control Message Protocol | SCMP |
| abbr., scottish | Stand-Alone Control Facility | SACF |
| abbr., auto. | Start Control Unit | SCU (translator911) |
| abbr. | Start Of Header, ASCII control character | SOH (dec=01,control-A) |
| earth.sc., mech.eng. | start-stop pressure control | ON-OFF |
| abbr. | steady-state control system | terminal control system (ssn) |
| abbr., avia. | Stock Control Message | SCM (Alexey Lebedev) |
| IT, abbr. | Stream Control Message Protocol | SCMP (ST2) |
| abbr., file.ext. | System Control Facility | SCF |
| mil., abbr. | TACINTEL Link Control Facility | TLCF |
| abbr., scottish | Tactical Communications Control Facility | TCCF (USA) |
| mil., abbr. | Tactical Communications Control Facility | TCCF |
| mil., abbr. | Tactical Ground Control Facility | TGCF |
| avia. | terminal control area | A control area normally established at the confluence of ATS routes in the vicinity of one or more major aerodromes. |
| avia. | terminal radar approach control facility | TRACON facility (MichaelBurov) |
| avia. | terminal radar control facility | TRACON facility (MichaelBurov) |
| abbr. | Termination Control Block | TCB (Vosoni) |
| comp., abbr. | Text Control ActiveX | TXX |
| mil., abbr. | Theater Air Command and Control Simulation Facility | TACCSF |
| abbr., scottish | Transfer of control message, Non-Radar | TNR |
| avia. | transfer of control point | A defined point located along the flight path of an aircraft, at which the responsibility for providing air traffic control service to the aircraft is transferred from one control unit or control position to the next. |
| abbr., scottish | Transport Control Centre | TCC |
| abbr., scottish | Transport Control Officer | TCO (British Army) |
| abbr., scottish | Transport Control Protocol | TCP |
| abbr., tech. | Type C characteristic is for general device protection in control circuits | C-characteristic (IgBar) |
| abbr., avia. | ULD Control Message | UCM (Alexey Lebedev) |
| telecom., abbr. | Up Path Power Control | UPPC |
| abbr., mil., WMD | Water Pollution Control Facility | WPCF |
| mil., abbr. | Weapons Control Simulator Facility | WCSF |
| radio, amer., abbr. | West Jersey Radio Control Club | WJRC |
| comp., net., abbr. | Wireless Control Message Protocol | WCMP |
| comp., net., abbr. | Wireless Transport Control Protocol | WTCP |
| mil., abbr. | Work Breakdown Structure Control Board | WBSCB |
| USA | Work Force Administration Control | WFAC |
| media., abbr. | Work Locus of Control Scale | WLCS |
| mil., abbr. | Work Order Assign Control Number | WOAC |
| mil., abbr. | Work Order Control Number Inquiry | WOCI |
| mil., abbr. | Work Order Control Number Inquiry Program | WOCIP |
| transp., abbr. | Work Zone Traffic Control | WZTC |
| transp., abbr. | Work Zone Traffic Control Plan | WZTCP |
| progr., abbr. | Write Garbage in Process-control Block | WGPB |