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A
- abbreviation
- Abbreviation Dictionary
- abscissa
- absolute accuracy
- absolute coordinates
- absolutely constrained adjustment
- absorption
- abstract class
- abstraction
- access key
- accessibility
- accuracy
- acetate
- acknowledgement file
- acknowledgement message
- ACL
- across-track scanner
- active data frame
- active network
- active remote sensing
- active theme
- ActiveX Connector
- acutance
- add-in
- address
- address data
- address data format
- address data model
- address element
- address event
- address event table
- address field
- address format
- address locator
- address locator property
- address locator style
- address matching
- address range
- address service
- address standardization
- address standardizer
- address style
- adds table
- ADF
- ADF runtime
- adjacency
- adjacency query
- adjustment level
- adoption
- ADT
- aerial photograph
- affiliation
- affine transformation
- agent
- agent-based model
- aggregation
- AIR
- AIXM
- AJAX
- albedo
- alert
- algorithm
- alias
- aliasing
- alidade
- align fields
- aligned dimension
- allocation
- almanac
- along-track scanner
- alphanumeric grid
- alternate key
- alternate name
- altitude
- AM/FM
- ambiguity
- AML
- anaglyph
- analog
- analog image
- analysis
- analysis extent
- analysis of variance
- ancillary data
- ancillary source
- angular unit
- animation
- Animation Manager
- anisotropic
- anisotropy
- annotation
- annotation class
- annotation construction method
- annotation feature class
- annotation group
- annotation layer
- annotation target
- ANSI
- Ant
- antipode
- any-vertex connectivity
- anywhere fix
- apartment
- API
- apogee
- APP-6A
- appending
- applet
- application
- application server
- application Web service
- arbitrary symbol
- arc
- ArcGIS Online
- ArcGIS Server Web service
- ArcGIS Spatial Analyst
- arcgisant
- architecture
- archive
- archiving
- ArcIMS
- ArcIMS Administrator
- ArcIMS application server
- ArcIMS Application Server Connector
- ArcIMS architecture
- ArcIMS Author
- ArcIMS Designer
- ArcIMS Manager
- ArcIMS manager application
- ArcIMS Monitor
- ArcIMS service
- ArcIMS Service Administrator
- ArcIMS Tasker
- ArcIMS viewer
- ArcIMS virtual server
- ArcIMS Web site directory
- ArcIMSFolders.sez
- ArcIMSSite.sez
- ArcInfo interchange file
- ArcInfo workspace
- ArcMap Server
- arc-node topology
- ArcObjects
- ArcSDE
- ArcSDE administrative user
- ArcSDE client application
- ArcSDE database server
- ArcSDE geodatabase
- ArcSDE Personal Edition geodatabase
- ArcSDE system tables
- ArcToolbox
- ArcToolbox Window
- ArcView project
- ArcXML
- are
- area
- area chart
- area of adjustment
- area of interest
- argument
- arithmetic expression
- arithmetic function
- array
- ascending node
- ASCII
- ASP
- ASP.NET
- aspect
- aspect ratio
- assembly
- assignment operator
- associated feature class
- association
- assumed bearing
- astrolabe
- asynchronous
- asynchronous request
- ATL
- atlas
- atmospheric window
- atomic clock
- attenuation
- attractiveness
- attribute
- attribute data
- attribute domain
- attribute query
- attribute table
- attributes dialog box
- attribution
- authentication
- authorization
- authorization file
- autocorrelation
- automated cartography
- automated feature extraction
- automated text placement
- automation
- automation scale
- autovectorization
- availability
- Avenue
- average point spacing
- AVHRR
- axis
- azimuth
- azimuthal projection