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Last Updated: 23/08/2008

Acronyms


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Acronym Detail

 ABI

 Association of British Insurers

 ACPO    

 Association of Chief Police Officers

 AFRL

 Automated First Registration and Licensing (Project

 ANPR

 Automatic Number Plate Reader

 

 

 BQF

 British Quality Foundation

 

 

 CASP

 

 Casework and Specialist Processes (Project)

 CCN

 Change Control Notice (request for a change to a computer system)

 CCTV

 Closed Circuit Television

 CFER

 Consolidated Fund Extra Receipts

 CTO

 Central Ticket Office (of the Metropolitan Police)

 

 

 DSA

 Driving Standards Agency

 DVLA

 Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

 DVLC

 Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre (at Swansea)

 DVO

 Drivers, Vehicles and Operators

 DVOIT

 The previous IT section of DVLA, sold as an Agency to ED

 EC

 European Community

 EDI

 Electronic Data Interchange

 EDS

 The company providing IT services to DVLA

 ELN

 Endorsed Licence Notification (from Courts to DVLA)

 

 

 FDSG

 Forward Development Steering Group (DVLA internal committee)

 FJ

 Fujitsu

 

 HGV

 Heavy Goods Vehicle

 HR

 Human Resource

 

 IBM

 International Business Machines

 ICR

 Intelligent Character Recognition

 IiP

 Investors in People

 

 

 JEDI

 Joint Enforcement Database Initiative

 

 LAN

 Local Area Network (of computers)

 LGV

 Large Goods Vehicle

 LOCS

 Local Office Casework System (Project)

 LON

 

 Local Office Network

 

 MOTO

 Memorandum of Terms of Occupation (sub-lease on a building)

 

 

 

 OCR

 Optical Character Recognition

 ODL

 Ordinary Driving Licence

 

 

 PACT

 Partners Achieving Change Together

 PC

 Personal Computer

 PCV

 Passenger Carrying Vehicle

 PFI

 Private Finance Initiative

 PLG

 Private and Light Goods (vehicle taxation class)

 POCL

 Post Office Counters Ltd

 POL

 Photographs on Licences (Project)

 PSV

 Public Service Vehicle

 

 

RAB Resource Accounting and Budgeting (Project)
SLA Service Level Agreement
SOM Sale of Marks
SORN Statutory Off Road Notification
TAN Traffic Area Network (now VOSA)
TAO Traffic Area Office
TERO Training and Equipment Roll out (Project)
TUS Trade Union Side
UTP Unclaimed test pass - (this transaction is used to match a Test Pass that didn't have a Driver Number on the D10 to a Driver Record using the Serial Number on the D10).
UTT Transfer Test Pass - (Manually putting the details of a D10 onto a Driver Record (Ie the examiners copy keyed on to the Record to set a Test Pass to Waiting to be claimed).
V5 Vehicle Registration Document
V10 Vehicle Relicensing form (manual)
V11 Vehicle Relicensing reminder and application form (computer produced)
V55 First Registration and vehicle licensing form
VCA Vehicle Certification Agency
VED Vehicle Excise Duty
VI Vehicle Inspectorate Executive Agency
VOSA Vehicle & Operator Services Agency
VRO Vehicle Registration Office
VSS Vehicle System Software (Project)