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The aim of this list of abbreviations [1] is to include all notable abbreviations used forensic science, in alphabetical order.

A

ANZFSS

Australian and New Zealand Forensic Science Society

ASCLD/LAB

American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors / Laboratory Accreditation Board

ASQDE

American Society of Questioned Document Examiners

ASR

Automatic Speech Recognition

B

BKA

Bundeskriminalamt (Germany)

C

CFS

Centre of Forensic Sciences (Toronto, Canada)

CSFS

Canadian Society of Forensic Science

D

DHS

Department of Homeland Security (USA)

DPI

Dots Per Inch

E

EDEWG

European Document Experts Working Group

ENFHEX

European Network of Forensic Handwriting Examiners

ENFSI

European Network of Forensic Science Intitutes

F

FBI

Federal Bureau of Investigation (USA)

FDE

Forensic Document Examiner, Forensic Document Examination

FHE

Forensic Handwriting Examiner, Forensic Handwriting Examination

G

GFS

Gesellschaft für Forensische Schriftuntersuchung (Germany)

GSC

features corresponding to Gradient, Structural and Concavity attributes, which are used in automatic character recognition for interpreting handwritten postal addresses were used as micro-features.

H

I

ICE

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (USA)

IPES

Impression and Pattern Evidence Symposium, held August 2–5, 2010, in Clearwater Beach, Florida (USA)

J

K

L

LKA

Landeskriminalamt (Germany)

LPI

Lines Per Inch

LSJML

Laboratoire de sciences judiciaires et de médecine légale (Montréal, Canada)

M

MICR

Magnetic Ink Character Recognition

N

NFI

Netherlands Forensic Institute

O

OCR

Optical Character Recognition

OSV

Online Signature Verification

P

Q

R

S

T

TEI

Text Encoding Initiative

U

V

W

X

XML

Extensible Markup Language

Y

Z