ACC11 (automatic code changing)

ACC11 expands to automatic code changing. NATO lists it as an abbreviation in AAP-15, its glossary of acronyms and abbreviations, and gives the French equivalent as changement de code automatique. The entry is published in the 2013 edition of AAP-15.

The glossary attributes the acronym to the NATO Air and Space Group, known as the NASG. ACC11 is a NATO terminology item. It is a defined abbreviation in an allied standardization publication, not a Canadian program, contract clause or policy instrument.

The AAP-15 entry for ACC11

AAP-15 is NATO's bilingual glossary of acronyms and abbreviations. Its title carries both English and French, and each entry follows that pattern. For ACC11 the record contains three pieces of information:

• The English expansion: automatic code changing.
• The French equivalent: changement de code automatique.
• The originating body: the NATO Air and Space Group (NASG).

These three details are what NATO's own glossary establishes about the term. A bid team that needs to cite the meaning of ACC11 can point to this entry directly.

The NATO Air and Space Group attribution

The glossary links ACC11 to the NATO Air and Space Group. That attribution tells a reader which part of the alliance's standardization work the abbreviation belongs to. Anyone who meets the acronym in a document should read it as NATO air and space terminology and use the expansion exactly as NATO lists it: automatic code changing.

NATOTerm and where NATO terminology is kept

NATO maintains an official terminology database called NATOTerm. It holds non-classified military and non-military terminology relevant to NATO. The NATO Terminology Office maintains it, and that office sits within the NATO Standardization Office.

ACC11 is consistent with this body of official terminology. AAP-15 supplies the acronym entry itself, and NATOTerm is the official database where NATO's non-classified terminology is held. Suppliers who want to confirm how NATO uses a term can start with these two resources.

What ACC11 means for a supplier bidding on Canadian public contracts

Canadian federal tender notices are published on CanadaBuys. ACC11 is a NATO glossary term, so a bid team that sees it in a requirement or in supporting documentation should read it as automatic code changing, the expansion NATO lists in AAP-15.

If a solicitation uses the acronym without defining it, cite the AAP-15 entry in your working notes and put any clarification questions to the contracting authority named in the notice. Keep the English and French forms side by side when you prepare bilingual material, since NATO lists both: automatic code changing and changement de code automatique.