kVA means kilovolt-ampere or kilovolt-amperes;
Panchayat means an institution (by whatever name called) of self-government constituted under article 243B, for the rural areas;
MVAR means megavolt ampere of reactive power.
RO means Responding Organization/ Bidder Firm.
SQM means the specialist quality mark standard specified by us as at the Contract Start Date as amended by us provided that had the SQM been a Contract Document such amendments would not have been prohibited by Clause 13.1;
DIA means the department of inspections and appeals established in Iowa Code chapter 10A.
MGD means million gallons per day. "mg/l" means milligrams per liter. "ug/l" means micrograms per liter. "ng/l" means nanograms per liter. "S.U." means standard pH unit. "kg/day" means kilograms per day.
SDSL or "Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line" is a baseband DSL transmission technology that permits the bi-directional transmission from up to 160 kbps to 2.048 Mbps on a single pair. "VDSL" or "Very High Speed Digital Subscriber Line" is a baseband DSL transmission technology that permits the transmission of up to 52 Mbps downstream (from the Central Office to the End User Customer) and up to 2.3 Mbps digital signal upstream (from the End User Customer to the Central Office). VDSL can also be 26 Mbps symmetrical, or other combination.
VCSE means a non-governmental organisation that is value- driven and which principally reinvests its surpluses to further social, environmental or cultural objectives;
GATS means the General Agreement on Trade in Services, contained in Annex 1B to the WTO Agreement;
SFTR means Regulation (EU) 2015/2365 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on transparency of securities financing transactions and of reuse and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012;
Catechumen means a member of the catechumenate of a Catholic Church. This will normally be evidenced by a certificate of reception into the order of catechumens.
POPIA means the Protection of Personal Information Act, No 4 of 2013;
kWp means kilo-Watt Peak;