| Affiliation | An individual or entity that has been, or will be, financially or materially supporting an individual's participation in a particular IEEE standards activity; this is not necessarily the same as an employer. |
| Audit Committee (AudCom) | Provides oversight of the policies and procedures used in the standards-development activities of Standards Committees and their working groups |
| Ballot | See IEEE Standards Association (IEEE SA) Ballot |
| Ballot Group | Individuals or entities formally approved to cast a vote (approve/disapprove/abstain) during an IEEE SA ballot |
| Committee | A generic term referring to any group of people with a leader (e.g. Standards Committee, Executive Committee, SASB standing committee, etc.) |
| DR/DRA | Designated Representative/Designated Representative Alternate, or the person(s) responsible for representing an IEEE SA Corporate Member organization in an entity Working Group |
| EBR/EBRA | Entity Ballot Representative/Entity Ballot Representative Alternate, or the person(s) responsible for representing an IEEE SA Corporate Member Organization by casting a vote in an entity ballot |
| EMR | Entity Member Representative, or the person responsible for managing representatives of their IEEE SA Corporate Member Organization |
| Entity Member | Company or other organization that has IEEE SA Corporate membership |
| Group Officer | Related to Working Group or Standards Committee officers |
| IEEE Account | A web account used for IEEE web services |
| IEEE SA | The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Standards Association, or the organizational unit of the IEEE responsible for oversight of all IEEE standards activities |
| IEEE SA Ballot | The process of conducting the formal consensus vote using myProject |
| Interested Party | A person who has expressed an interest in the activities of a Standards Committee and/or Working Group; this is a self-assigned level of involvement in myProject and cannot be removed by anyone other than the user themself. |
| Involvement Level | The classification of a user's involvement within a committee (e.g., Interested Party, Observer, Non-Voting Member, Voting Member). This is assigned by the Standards Committee Officers/Working Group Officers. |
| Mandatory Editorial Coordination (MEC) | A required review by IEEE SA staff to verify whether a draft standard is compliant with all legal, copyright, and other editorial matters prior to the initiation of an IEEE SA ballot |
| New Standards Committee (NesCom) | Examines Project Authorization Requests (PARs) and makes recommendations to the IEEE SA Standards Board (SASB) regarding their approval. |
| NesCom Administrator | IEEE SA staff member responsible for facilitating the activities of NesCom |
| Officer | Any member of a committee with a special role, e.g., Chair, Designee, Secretary, etc. |
| Project Authorization Request (PAR) | Used to authorize work on a new standards project or a revision to an existing standard. An approved PAR is needed before official work is begun on a standards project. |
| Recirculation | An additional round of voting on an IEEE SA Ballot |
| Review Committee (RevCom) | Makes recommendations on proposed standard(s) drafts to the IEEE SA Standards Board |
| Non-Ballot Comment | A comment received on an IEEE SA ballot from someone outside of the ballot group |
| Standards Association Standards Board (SASB) | Encourages and coordinates the development and revision of IEEE standards. |
| Society | IEEE technical and professional organization |
| Standards Committee | The group responsible for the development, coordination, and supervision of the IEEE standards project from inception to completion. |
| Standards Committee Chair | The person responsible for facilitating the activities of a Standards Committee (as defined above) |
| Program Manager (PM) | The IEEE SA staff member responsible for guiding Standards Committees and Working Groups through the standards development process |
| Standards Representative/Standards Coordinator | The person responsible for handling the standards activities within a Standards Committee. By default, the Standards Committee Chair is the Standards Representative, unless delegated to another Standards Committee member. |
| Voter | A person authorized to cast a vote on an IEEE SA Ballot |
| Working Group (WG) | A group of experts, formally recognized under a Standards Committee, who are responsible for the development of one or more standards projects |
| Working Group Chair | The person responsible for facilitating the standards development activities of a Working Group (as defined above) |
| ZIP file | A file format used to combine multiple files into a single, smaller file for purposes of uploading and downloading |
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