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Q
ACRONYM
DEFINITION
CONTRIBUTOR
Q
Quality Factor
CASI
Q/L
Quick-Look
Goddard
QA
Quality Assurance
CASI
QAE
Quality Assurance Executive
Goddard
QAM
Quality Assurance Manual
Goddard
QAM
Quality Assurance Monitor
Goddard
QAMIP
Quality Assurance Mandatory Inspection Point
Goddard
QAP
Qualification and Acceptance Program
Goddard
QAT
Qualification Acceptance Test
Goddard
QB
Quiet Bus
Goddard
QBO
Quasi-Biennial Oscillation
Goddard
QBO
Quasi-biennial Oscillation (equatorial atmospheric oscillation)
Langley
QC
Quality Circle
Langley
QC
Quality Control
CASI
QCC
Quenched Carbonaceous Composite
Goddard
QCD
Quantum Chromodynamics
CASI
QCI
Quality Conformance Inspection
Goddard
QCM
Quartz Crystal Microbalance
Goddard
QCSEE
Quiet, Clean ShortHaul Experimental Engine Program
CASI
QD
Quick Disconnect
CASI
QDE
Quantum Detector Efficiency
Goddard
QDSB
Quadrature Double Sideband
CASI
QE
Quality Engineer
Goddard
QE
Quantum Efficiency
Goddard
QED
Quantum Electrodynamics
CASI
QEH
Quantum Efficiency Hysteresis
Goddard
QFCIAF
Quartermaster Food and Container Inst. for the Armed Forces, Chicago, IL
CASI
QFEA
Quartermaster Field Evaluation Agency Fort Lee, VA
CASI
QFM
Qualification Flight Model
Goddard
QI
Quality Increase
Langley
QM
Qualification Model
Goddard
QM
Quality Management
Langley
QMB
Quality Management Board
CASI
QML
Qualified Manufacturers List
Goddard
QML
Qualified Materials List
Goddard
QMS
Quality Management System
Goddard
QMWC
Queen Mary and Westfield College
Goddard
QPAF
Quarter Panel Alignment Fixture
Goddard
QPL
Quality Parts List
Goddard
QPLT
Quiet Propulsion Lift Technology Program
CASI
QPO
Quasi-Periodic Oscillation
CASI
QPR
Quality Project Requirement
Goddard
QPSK
Quadrs Phase Shift Key
Goddard
QPSK
Quadrature Phase Shift Keying
CASI
Q-R
Quick-Reaction
Goddard
QREC
Quartermaster Research and Engineering Command, Natick, MA
CASI
QRTM
Quick-Release Technical Memorandum (replaced by TM)
Langley
QS
Body Heat Storage Index
CASI
QSI
Quality Step Increase
Langley
QSO
Quasi Steller Object
Goddard
QSO
QuasiStellar Object (Quasar)
CASI
QSRA
Quiet, Shorthaul Research Aircraft
CASI
QSTR
Quick Short Test Report
CASI
QUEEN
Quick Uplink, Expandable Executive (NSSC-1)
Goddard
QUESTOL
Quiet, Experimental, Short Takeoff and Landing (Aircraft or NASA program)
CASI
QuickSCAT
Quick Scatterometer
CASI
QuikTOMS
Quik Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer
Goddard
QWIP
Quantum Well Infrared Photoconductor
Goddard
QWIPS
Quantum Well Infrared Photodetectors
CASI
   


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