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  • URL

    Uniform Resource Locator

  • URN

    Uniform Resource Name

  • URS

    User Requirements Specification

  • URS

    Unrestricted Random Sample

  • URS (User Requirement Specification)

  • US

    United States

  • USA

    Unique Surface Antigen

  • Usability

    (IEEE) The ease with which a user can learn to operate, prepare inputs for, and interpret outputs of a system or component.

  • Usability Testing

    Tests designed to evaluate the machine/user interface. Are the communication device(s) designed in a manner such that the information is displayed in an understandable fashion enabling the operator to correctly interact with the system.

  • Usability Testing

    (BCS) Testing the ease with which users can learn and use a product.

  • USAN

    United States Adopted Names

  • USB

    Universal Serial Bus

  • USC

    United States Code

  • USCG

    United States Coast Guard

  • USDA

    United States Department of Agriculture

  • USDOE

    United States Department of Education

  • Use

    The sharing of individually identifiable health information within a covered entity. For Partners' purposes, a use is the sharing of such information within the Partners affiliated covered entity.

  • Use-by Date

    Indicates the period of use in, e.g., month/year format and in a manner that avoids any ambiguity. [Synonym: Expiry Date. (Re-test date should only be used foe API and not for IP)]

  • Use-by-Date

    The date after which an Investigational Drug Product can no longer be used without additional supportive stability data.

  • User

    The person or persons who operate or interact directly with the system.

  • User

    The person, or persons, who operate or interact directly with the system. The User(s) and the Customer(s) are often not the same person(s), but may be.

  • User

    (ANSI) Any person, organization, or functional unit that uses the services of an information processing system.

  • User

    The pharmaceutical customer or user organization contracting a supplier to provide a product. In the context of GAMP 5 it is, therefore, not intended to apply only to individuals who use the system, and is synonymous with customer.

  • User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

    Defines precisely and clearly what the user expects the system to do. The document contains information about the operating environment, the required data for processing, and the functionality that the system should carry out. Additionally, the URS can contain non-process-related topics, such as processing time requirements, cost, etc. In a regulated environment, the URS should have a reference on the GxP regulation and must interpret it.

  • User Facility

    Building or area owned by the end user of the pharmaceutical drug manufacturing process, and/or equipment to be tested.