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S&T Strategies of Six Countries: Implications for the United States
GDP gross domestic product
GERD gross expenditure on research and development
GET-UP Growing Enterprises with Technology Upgrade (Singapore)
GLONASS Global’naya Navigatsionnaya Sputnikovaya Sistema (Global Navigation Satellite System)
GNP gross national product
GPS global positioning system
GSLV Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle
GWe gigawatt-electric
HTI High Tech Indicator
IC intelligence community
IED improvised explosive device
IGS information gathering satellite
IITs Indian Institutes of Technology
IMD International Institute for Management Development
IMF International Monetary Fund
INCT Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia (National Institute of Science and Technology)
INSAT Indian National Satellite System
IP intellectual property
ISSCC International Solid State Circuits Conference
IT information technology
ITC innovative-technological centers
JBRICS Japan, Brazil, Russia, India, China, and Singapore
KAM Knowledge Assessment Methodology
KIP Knowledge Innovation Program
MDA model-driven architecture
MLTP Medium and Long Term Plan for S&T
MTI Ministry of Trade and Industry (Government of Singapore)
MRI magnetic resonance imaging
MWe megawatt-electric
NAE National Academy of Engineering
NIAC national information analytical center
NIC National Intelligence Council (of the United States)
NIE National Intelligence Estimate
NISTADS National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies
NISTEP National Institute of Science and Technology Policy
NRC National Research Council
NSF National Science Foundation
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
PACTI Plano de Ação, Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação para o Desenvolvimiento Nacional (Action Plan on Science, Technology and Innovation for National Development)