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Glossary of Terms and Acronyms**

Term / Acronym Definition
ADR Architectural Decision Record
AI Artificial Intelligence
API Application Programming Interface
ATO Authority to Operate
AWS Amazon Web Services
BOM Bill of Materials
CD Continuous Delivery
CFR Change Failure Rate
CI Continuous Integration
CUI Controlled Unclassified Information
DB Database
FLAN Fine-tuned Language Net (e.g., FLAN-T5)
GPT Generative Pre-trained Transformer
IDE Integrated Development Environment
IL4 Impact Level 4 (DoD classification tier)
ISR Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance
JWCC Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability
LLM Large Language Model
ML Machine Learning
MLBOM Machine Learning Bill of Materials
NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
RAG Retrieval-Augmented Generation
RMF Risk Management Framework
SBOM Software Bill of Materials
SCIF Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility
SCRM Supply Chain Risk Management
SDLC Software Development Lifecycle
ZTA Zero Trust Architecture