Design Alphabetti

AiD (Acronyms in Design)

If someone in the studio needs to use one of our 3D printing facilities, it’s a lot easier to talk about the SLA, as StereoLithography Apparatus is a bit of a mouthful.  Love them or hate them, it’s hard to live without them – and the design business loves using acronyms as much as everyone else does.

With the help of the people in the team and our friends on twitter, we gathered and expanded this list of acronyms, abbreviations and a little bit of onomatopoeia that relate to who we are and what we do.  If you have a favourite not listed here, contact us and let us know!

 

 

Ai  Adobe Illustrator

ASCII  American Standard Code for Information Interchange

ASM  Assembly

BoM  Bill of Materials

CAD  Computer Aided Design

CAM  Computer Aided Manufacturing

CC  Carbon Copy

CE   Conformité Européenne

CFD  Computational Fluid Dynamics

CMYK  Cyan Magenta Yellow blacK

CNC  Computer Numerical Control

CR   Child Resistance

CRM  Client Relationship Management

DfM  Design for Manufacture

DPI  Dots Per Inch

DSLR  Digital Single-Lens Reflex

DST  Double Sided Tape

EDM  Electrical Discharge Machining

EMC  Electromagnetic Compatibility

EPS  Encapsulated Post Script

FEA  Finite Element Analysis

FMCG  Fast Moving Consumer Goods

FMEA  Failure Mode Effect Analysis

FoB  Freight on Board

FoC  Free of Charge

FSC  Forest Stewardship Council

FTP  File Transfer Protocol

FYI  For Your Information

GA  General Arrangement (drawing)

GRP  Glass Reinforced Polymer

GUI  Graphic User Interface

HDRI  High Dynamic Range Image

HTML  Hyper Text Markup Language

IC   Integrated circuit

ID  Industrial Design

IDI  In-Depth Interviews

IR  InfraRed

IFU  Instructions for Use

IGES  Initial Graphics Exchange Specification

IP  Intellectual Property

ISIR  Initial Sample Inspection Report

IxD  Interaction Design

JiT   Just in Time

JPEG   Joint Photographic Experts Group

KD  Kinneir Dufort

Kk  giggles in Korean (equivalent of hehe in English or ajaj in Spanish)

LCA   Life Cycle Analysis

LCD  Liquid Crystal Display

LLWL  Looks-like – works-like (prototype)

NDA  Non Disclosure Agreement

NPD  New Product Development

PCB  Printed Circuit Board

PDG   Product Design Guidelines

POS  Point of Sale

POP  Point of Purchase

PP  PolyPropylene

Psd  Photoshop

PU  PolyUrethane

QR  Quick Response code

RFI  Radio Frequency Interference

RGB  Red Green Blue

RIM  Reaction Injection Moulding

RP  Rapid Prototyping

RT  ReTweet

SF  Senior Friendly

SKU  Stock Keeping Unit

SLA  StereoLithography Apparatus

SLS  Selective Laser Sintering

SRP  Shelf Ready Packaging

UCD   User Centered Design

USP  Unique Selling Point

UX  User Experience

WEEE  Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment (directive)

WYSIWYG  What You See Is What You Get