Going Digital in Brazil

Acronyms, abbreviations and units of measure

ABDI	Industrial Development Agency Agência para o Desenvolvimento da Indústria
AI	Artificial intelligence
Anatel	National Telecommunications Agency Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações
Ancine	National Film Agency Agência Nacional do Cinema
ANPD	National Data Protection Authority Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados
AUD	Australian dollar
BCB	Central Bank of Brazil Banco Central do Brasil
BERD	Business expenditure on research and development
BNCC	National Common Curricular Base for Basic Education Base Nacional Comum Curricular
BNDES	Brazilian Development Bank Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social
BRICS	Brazil, Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa
BRIICS	Brazil, Russian Federation, India, Indonesia, China and South Africa
BRL	Brazilian real
CAD	Canadian dollar
CADE	Administrative Council for Economic Defence Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica
CAPES	Foundation for the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
CBAP	Brazilian Commission of Precision Agriculture Comissão Brasileiro de Aquapaisagismo
CDC	Consumer Defence Code
CERT	Computer emergency response team Centro de Estudos, Resposta e Tratamento de Incidentes de Segurança
CERTI	Centres of Reference in Innovative Technologies Centros de Referência em Tecnologias Inovadoras
CESAR	Centre for Studies and Advanced Systems of Recife Centro de Estudos Avançados do Recife
CETIC.br	Regional Centre for Studies on the Development of the Information Society Centro Regional de Estudos para o Desenvolvimento da Sociedade da Informação
CFM	Federal Medical Council Conselho Federal de Medicina
CGI.br	Brazilian Internet Steering Committee Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil
CGSI	Information Security Management Committee Comitê Gestor da Segurança da Informação
CIDE	Contribution for Intervention in the Economic Domain Contribuição de Intervenção no Domínio Econômico
CMN	National Monetary Council Conselho Monetário Nacional
CNI	National Confederation of Industry Confederação Nacional da Indústria
CNPDP	National Council for the Protection of Personal Data and Privacy Conselho Nacional de Proteção de Dados e Privacidade
CNPq	National Council for Scientific and Technological Development Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
CPA	Applied research centre Centro de pesquisa aplicada
CRM	Customer Relationship Management
CSIRT	Computer security incident response team
CTIR	Government Response Team for Computer Security Incidents Centro de Tratamento e Resposta a Incidentes Cibernéticos de Governo
CVM	Securities and Exchange Commission Comissão de Valores Mobiliários
Decon	State Consumer Protection and Defense Programme Programa Estadual de Proteção e Defesa do Consumidor
DIFAL	Difference between the ICMS rate of the destination state and the interstate rate Diferencial de Aliquotas do ICMS
DIP	Digital inclusion point
DNI	National Identification Document Documento Nacional de Identificação
DPDC	Department of Protection and Defence of Consumers Departamento de Proteção e Defesa do Consumidor
DSIC	Department of Information and Communications Security Departamento de Segurança da Informação e Comunicações
ECT	Brazilian Post and Telegraph Company Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telégrafos
Embrapa	Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária
EMBRAPII	Brazilian Company for Research and Industrial Innovation Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa e Inovação Industrial
ENAP	National School of Public Administration Escola Nacional de Administração Pública
ENCTI	National Strategy for Science, Technology and Innovation Estratégia Nacional de Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação
ERP	Enterprise Resource Planning
ESALQ	Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz
EU	European Union
EUR	Euro
FAP	State research foundation
FAPESP	State Research Foundation of the State of São Paulo
FDI	Foreign direct investment
FINEP	Brazilian Agency for Innovation and Research Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos
FIRST	Forum of Incident Response and Security Team
FISTEL	Telecommunications Oversight Fund Fundo de Fiscalização das Telecomunicações
FNDCT	National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development Fundo Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
FTA	Free-to-air
GaaP	Government as a platform
GB	Gigabyte
GDP	Gross domestic product
GDPL	General Data Protection Law
GDPR	General Data Protection Regulation
GESAC	Electronic Government Citizen Services programme Governo Eletrônico - Serviço de Atendimento ao Cidadão
GHG	Greenhouse gas
GSI/PR	Institutional Security Cabinet of the Presidency of the Republic Gabinete de Segurança Institucional/Presidência da República
GST	Goods and services tax
HEI	Higher education institution
ICIO	Inter-Country Input-Output
ICLF	Integrated Crop-Livestock-Forest
ICMS	Tax on the movement of goods, transport services and telecommunication services Imposto sobre Circulação de Mercadorias e Serviços
ICT	Information and communication technology
IDP	Industry digital plan
IIA	Israel Innovation Authority
IMDA	Infocomm Media Development Authority
INPI	National Institute for Patents Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial
IoT	Internet of Things
IPI	Tax for industrialised products Imposto sobre Produtos Industrializados
ISP	Internet service provider
ITI	National Institute of Information Security Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia da Informação
IXP	Internet exchange point
JEI	Young innovative enterprise Jeune entreprise innovante
JEU	Young innovative university Jeune entreprise universitaire
kbps	Kilobits per second
km	Kilometre
km2	Square kilometre
LAB	Laboratory of Financial Innovations
LGPD	General Data Protection Law Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados
M2M	Machine to machine
MAPA	Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento
Mbps	Megatibs per second
MCTIC	Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovations and Communications Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia, Inovações e Comunicações
MEC	Ministry of Education Ministério da Educação
MNE	Multinational enterprise
MNO	Mobile network operator
MPDFT	Public Ministry of Federal Districts and Territories Ministério Público do Distrito Federal e Territórios
ms	Millisecond
MVNO	Mobile virtual network operator
NCDS	National Consumer’s Defence System
NIC.br	Brazilian Network Information Centre Núcleo de Informação e Coordenação
NIT	Technological innovation hub Núcleo de inovação tecnológica
NSCP	National School of Consumer Protection
OGP	Open Government Partnership
OTT	Over-the-top
P2P	Peer-to-peer
PADIS	Semiconductor Technological Development Support Program Programa de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Tecnológico da Indústria de Semicondutores
PEA	Privacy enforcement authority
PISA	Programme for International Student Assessment
PKI	Public Key Infrastructure
PL	Law Project Projeto de Lei
PMP	Privacy management programme
PNE	National Education Plan Plano Nacional de Educação
PNSI	National Information Security Policy Política de Segurança da Informação
PPB	Basic production process Processo produtivo básico
PPH	Patent prosecution highway
PPIs	Programmes and Projects of National Interest in the Areas of Information and Communication Technologies Programa e Projeto de Interesse Nacional nas Áreas de Tecnologias da Informação e Comunicação
PPP	Purchasing power parity
Procon	Consumer’s Protection and Defence Authority
PSG	Productivity Solutions Grant
R&D	Research and development
RIA	Regulatory impact assessment
SEBRAE	Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service Serviço Brasileiro de Apoio às Micro e Pequenas Empresas
Senacon	National Consumer Secretariat Secretaria Nacional do Consumidor
SENAI	National Service for Industrial Training Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Industrial
SENAR	National Rural Apprenticeship Service Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Rural
SGD	Secretariat of Digital Government Secretaria de Governo Digital
SINDEC	National Information System for Consumer Protection Sistema Nacional de Informações de Defesa do Consumidor
SISP	Information Technology Resource Management System Sistema de Administração dos Recursos de Tecnologia da Informação
SMEs	Small and medium-sized enterprises
SSO	Single sign-on
STEM	Science, technology, engineering and mathematics
STI	Science, technology and innovation
SUS	Universal healthcare system Sistema Único de Saúde
SUSEP	Private Insurance Regulator Superintendência de Seguros Privados
SVOD	Subscription video on demand
Tbps	Terabits per second
TCU	Federal Court of Accounts Tribunal de Contas da União
TRAINS	Trade Analysis Information System
TTO	Technology transfer office
TVOD	Transactional video on demand
USD	United States dollar
VAT	Value-added tax
VC	Venture capital
VoD	Video on demand