CALS meaning in Military and Defence ?

Answer: What is Continuous Acquisition and Life-cycle Support mean?

CALS (Continuous Acquisition and Life-cycle Support) is a United States Department of Defense initiative for electronically capturing military documentation and linking related information.

The initiative has developed a number of standard specifications(protocols) for the exchange of electronic data with commercial suppliers. These standards are often referred to as simply "CALS". CALS standards have been adopted by several other allied nations.

The CALS initiative has endorsed IGES and STEP as formats for digital data.

CALS includes standards for electronic data interchange, electronic technical documentation, and guidelines for process improvement.

The CALS Table Model is a DTD standard for representing tables in SGML/XML. (see also DocBook)The CALS Raster file format was developed in the mid-1980s to standardize on graphics data interchange for electronic publishing for the federal government.

CALS was known formerly as Computer-aided Acquisition and Logistic Support.

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Full Form	Category
Cooperative Academic Library Service	Academic & Science
Central Arkansas Library System	Academic & Science
California Academy for Liberal Studies	Academic & Science
Christadelphian Auxiliary Lecturing Society	Academic & Science
Centre For Advanced Legal Studies	Academic & Science
Connecticut Association of Land Surveyors	Community
Croatian Applied Linguistics Society	Community
Computer Aided Acquisition and Logistic Support	Computing
Commerce At Light Speed	Computing
Consolidated Accreditation and Licensure Survey	Computing
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences	Educational Institute
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences	Educational Institute
Bitmap Graphics (computer Aided Acquisition and Logistics Support)	File Type
Canadian Association For Leisure Studies	General
Committee for Ammunition Logistics Supply	Governmental
Carbonic Anhydrase Like Sequence	Medical
Clinical Advice and Liaison Service	Medical
Comprehensive Advanced Life Support	Medical
Cafe Au Lait Spots	Medical
Continuous Acquisition and Life-cycle Support	Military and Defence
Computer Aided Logistics Support	Military and Defence
Computer-aided Acquisition and Logistics Support	Military and Defence
Committee for Ammunition Logistic Support	Military and Defence
Computer Aided Logistic Support	Military and Defence