Glossary

3-DI	Three-dimensional Internet
E&E	Electrical and Electronics
EPU	Economic Planning Unit, Malaysia
GPS	Global Positioning System
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IBM	International Business Machines
ICT	Information and Communications Technology
IHL	Institute of Higher Learning
IoFT	Impact of Future Technology
IP	Intellectual Property
ITIC	Institutional Coordination, Talent, Infrastructure and Commercialisation
MAMPU	Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit
MDTCA	Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs
MECD	Ministry of Entrepreneur and Co-operative Development
MEPS	Malaysian Electronic Payment System
MESDAQ	Malaysian Exchange of Securities Dealing and Automated Quotation
MEWC	Ministry of Energy, Water and Communications
MITI	Ministry of International Trade and Industry
MOA	Ministry of Agriculture & Agro-based Industry
MOE	Ministry of EducationMOHA Ministry of Home Affairs
MOHE	Ministry of Higher Education
MOHR	Ministry of Human Resources
MOI	Ministry of Information
MOSTI	Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation
MSC	Multimedia Super Corridor
MyICMS 886	Malaysian Information, Communications and Multimedia Services 886
NITC	National Information Technology Council
PA	Predictive Analytics
R&D	Research and Development
RMC	Royal Malaysian Customs
Signpost	Recognisable future events that indicate a signifi cant change in the likelihood that an envisioned future state will be realised. Signposts connect the dots between the deep future (as described in scenarios) and the present (technology landscapes). They can be such things as a technological breakthrough, an economic event, a policy change, or a social shift.
TFA	Technology Focus Area
VC	Venture Capital
WSN	Wireless Sensor Networks

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