Gemini Acronym Glossary - Gemini Observatory
Gemini Acronym Glossary - Gemini Observatory
Gemini Acronym Glossary - Gemini Observatory
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GEMINI<br />
8-M Telescopes<br />
Project<br />
PG-S-G0008<br />
<strong>Gemini</strong> <strong>Acronym</strong> <strong>Glossary</strong><br />
Version 1.1<br />
R. Kneale<br />
Systems Engineering<br />
March 5, 1996<br />
GEMINI PROJECT OFFICE 950 N. Cherry Ave. Tucson, Arizona 85719<br />
Phone: (520) 318-8545 Fax: (520) 318-8590
<strong>Gemini</strong> <strong>Acronym</strong> <strong>Glossary</strong><br />
<strong>Acronym</strong><br />
A&G<br />
A&GCS<br />
AA<br />
aai<br />
AAMA<br />
aao<br />
AAO<br />
ACI<br />
ADAM<br />
ADC<br />
Ag<br />
ai<br />
AISC<br />
AISI<br />
Al<br />
ALH<br />
ao<br />
aO<br />
AO<br />
AOC-G<br />
AOCS<br />
APA<br />
APD<br />
APS<br />
APSS<br />
AR<br />
ARG<br />
ARR<br />
AS<br />
ASCE<br />
ASCII<br />
ASHRAE<br />
ASTM<br />
ATM<br />
AtmDC<br />
AURA<br />
AVL<br />
AWS<br />
BNF<br />
BNL<br />
BRDF<br />
Definition<br />
Acquisition and Guiding<br />
Acquisition and Guiding Control System<br />
Aluminum Association<br />
EPICS array analogue input record<br />
Architectural Aluminum Manufacturers’ Association<br />
EPICS array analogue output record<br />
Anglo-Australian <strong>Observatory</strong><br />
American Concrete Institute<br />
Astronomical Data Acquisition/Analysis Monitor<br />
Analog to digital signal converter<br />
Silver<br />
EPICS analogue input record<br />
American Institute of Steel Construction, Inc.<br />
American Iron and Steel Institute<br />
Aluminum<br />
EPICS Alarm Handler<br />
EPICS analogue output record<br />
Active Optics<br />
Adaptive Optics<br />
AURA Oversight Committee for <strong>Gemini</strong><br />
Adaptive Optics Control System<br />
American Plywood Assocation<br />
Avalanche PhotoDiode<br />
Advanced Photon Source (at ANL)<br />
Air Pressure Support System<br />
EPICS archiving tool<br />
Argument structure processing routines; part of SDS<br />
EPICS archive retrieval tool<br />
Astronomer requesting science data<br />
American Society of Civil Engineers<br />
American Standard Code for Information Interchange<br />
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers,<br />
Inc.<br />
American Society for Testing and Materials<br />
Asynchrous Transfer Mode<br />
Atmospheric Dispersion Compensator<br />
Association for Universities for Research in Astronomy<br />
Attribute/Value Layer<br />
American Welding Society, Inc.<br />
Backus Naur Form<br />
Brookhaven National Laboratory<br />
Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Factor
<strong>Acronym</strong><br />
CA<br />
CA client<br />
CA server<br />
CAD<br />
CAD<br />
CADC<br />
CAN<br />
CAR<br />
CASE<br />
CATS<br />
CC<br />
CCD<br />
CCP<br />
CCS<br />
CDR<br />
CEBAF<br />
CFHT<br />
CFRP<br />
CI<br />
CICS<br />
CG<br />
CLUI<br />
CLS<br />
CM<br />
CoDR<br />
CP<br />
CR<br />
CRCS<br />
CRSI<br />
CS<br />
CTIO<br />
CVD<br />
DAO<br />
DBMS<br />
DAC<br />
DC<br />
DC<br />
DC Offset<br />
DCT<br />
DHS<br />
dec<br />
DESY<br />
DFD<br />
DHS<br />
Definition<br />
EPICS channel access<br />
A program that accesses an EPICS database through CA<br />
A program that provides access to an EPICS database<br />
EPICS command action directive<br />
Computer Aided Design<br />
Canadian Astronomy Data Centre<br />
Controller Area Network<br />
EPICS command action response<br />
Computer-Aided Software Engineering<br />
Collaborative Access Teams<br />
Components Controller<br />
Charge Coupled Device<br />
Carousel Control Panel<br />
Configurable Control System<br />
Critical Design Review<br />
Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility<br />
Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope<br />
Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic<br />
Configuration Item<br />
Core-Instrument Control System<br />
Center of Gravity<br />
Command Line User Interface<br />
Command Layer Server<br />
Configuration Management<br />
Conceptual Design Review<br />
Cerro Pachon<br />
Cassegrain Rotator<br />
Cassegrain Rotator Control System<br />
Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute<br />
Commercial Standard, US Department of Commerce<br />
Cerro Tololo Interamerican <strong>Observatory</strong><br />
Chemical Vapor Deposition<br />
Dominican Astrophysical <strong>Observatory</strong><br />
Database management system<br />
Digital to Analog Converter<br />
Direct Current<br />
Detector Array Controller<br />
Constant Offset<br />
EPICS Database Configuration Tool<br />
Data Handling System<br />
Declination<br />
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron<br />
Data Flow Diagram<br />
Data Handling System
<strong>Acronym</strong><br />
DITS<br />
dm<br />
DM<br />
DOE<br />
DOF<br />
DRAL<br />
DRAMA<br />
DSD<br />
ECS<br />
edd<br />
ee<br />
EL<br />
EPICS<br />
ERD<br />
ESO<br />
FDDI<br />
FEA<br />
FITS<br />
FOC<br />
FOG<br />
FOV<br />
FPA<br />
FPRD<br />
FS<br />
FWHM<br />
GAOS<br />
GBD<br />
GCS<br />
GIS<br />
GMOS<br />
GP<br />
GPCS<br />
GPO<br />
GPS<br />
GS<br />
GSC<br />
GSCG<br />
GSCP<br />
GSR<br />
GTA<br />
GUI<br />
GWPR<br />
HDF<br />
HDS<br />
Definition<br />
Distributed Instrumentation Tasking System<br />
EPICS display manager tool<br />
Deformable Mirror<br />
Distributed Objects Everywhere<br />
Degree of Freedom<br />
Daresbury and Rutherford-Appleton Laboratories<br />
Distributed Real-time AAO Monitor for Astronomy<br />
Data Structure Diagram<br />
Enclosure Control System<br />
EPICS database control screen editor<br />
Encircled Energy<br />
Elevation<br />
Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System<br />
Entity Relationship Diagram<br />
European Southern <strong>Observatory</strong><br />
Fiber Distributed Data Network<br />
Finite Element Analysis<br />
Flexible Image Transport System<br />
Fiber Optic Cable<br />
Fiber Optic Gyro<br />
Field of View<br />
Focal Plane Array<br />
Functional and Performance Requirements Document<br />
Federal Specification of General Services Administration<br />
Full-Width at Half-Maximum<br />
<strong>Gemini</strong> Adaptive Optics System<br />
Guidance and Beam Direction system (A&G)<br />
<strong>Gemini</strong> Control System<br />
<strong>Gemini</strong> Interlock System<br />
<strong>Gemini</strong> Multi-Object Spectrograph<br />
<strong>Gemini</strong> Project<br />
<strong>Gemini</strong> Project Controls System<br />
<strong>Gemini</strong> Project Office<br />
Global Positioning System<br />
<strong>Gemini</strong> system<br />
<strong>Gemini</strong> Science Committee<br />
<strong>Gemini</strong> Software and Controls Group<br />
<strong>Gemini</strong> Software and Controls Project<br />
<strong>Gemini</strong> Science Requirements<br />
Ground Test Accelerator<br />
Graphical User Interface<br />
<strong>Gemini</strong> Work Package Responsible<br />
Hierarchal Data Format<br />
Hierarchal Data System
<strong>Acronym</strong><br />
HOS<br />
HROS<br />
HRWFS<br />
HRWFS/AC<br />
I/O<br />
IAW<br />
IC<br />
ICD<br />
ICE<br />
ICS<br />
ID<br />
IDL<br />
IEEE<br />
IERS<br />
IRIG-B<br />
IGPO<br />
IMP<br />
IOC<br />
IPC<br />
IR<br />
IRAF<br />
IS<br />
ISDN<br />
ISS<br />
ISO<br />
IVD<br />
JACH<br />
JCMT<br />
JD<br />
JNLT<br />
KPNO<br />
LAN<br />
LANL<br />
LBL<br />
LOS<br />
LRG<br />
LUT<br />
M1<br />
M2<br />
M3<br />
MCS<br />
MCSF<br />
MIL<br />
MIR<br />
Definition<br />
High-level Operations Software<br />
High Resolution Optical Spectrograph<br />
High Resolution Wavefront Sensor<br />
High Resolution Wavefront Sensor Acquisition Camera<br />
Input/Output<br />
In Accordance With<br />
Integrated Control<br />
Interface Control Document<br />
Inter-Client Exchange<br />
Instrument Control System<br />
Identifier<br />
Interactive Data Language<br />
Institute of Elecrtical and Electronic Engineers<br />
International Earth Rotation Service<br />
Inter-Range Instrumentation Group, Standard B<br />
International <strong>Gemini</strong> Project Office<br />
Interprocess Message Passing System<br />
Input/Output Controller<br />
Interprocess Communication<br />
Infrared<br />
Image Reduction and Analysis Facility<br />
Instrument Sequencer<br />
Integrated Services Digital Network<br />
Instrument Support Structure<br />
International Standards Organization<br />
Ion-beam Vapor Deposition<br />
Joint Astronomy Centre Hilo<br />
James Clerk Maxwell Telescope<br />
Julian Date<br />
Japanese Large National Telescope (Subaru)<br />
Kitt Peak National <strong>Observatory</strong><br />
Local Area Network<br />
Los Alamos National Laboratory<br />
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory<br />
Line of Sight<br />
Laser Ring Gyro<br />
Look Up Tables<br />
Primary Mirror<br />
Secondary Mirror<br />
M3 Engineering in Tucson, Arizona (not a tertiary mirror)<br />
Mount Control System<br />
Mirror Cell Support Frame<br />
Military Specification of US Department of Defense<br />
Mid-Infrared
<strong>Acronym</strong><br />
MK<br />
MOS<br />
MPC<br />
MSBI<br />
NAAMM<br />
N/A<br />
NCU<br />
NDF<br />
NDI<br />
NEC<br />
NEMA<br />
NFPA<br />
NFS<br />
NIR<br />
NIRI<br />
NIRS<br />
NIST<br />
NOAO<br />
NPST<br />
NSF<br />
NTP<br />
NTS<br />
OB<br />
OCC<br />
OCS<br />
ODB<br />
OIWFS<br />
OPI<br />
O/S<br />
OSS<br />
OT<br />
PCRB<br />
PCS<br />
PDF<br />
PDR<br />
PMA<br />
PMAC<br />
PPARC<br />
PRS<br />
PS<br />
PSF<br />
PSS<br />
PST<br />
PTC<br />
Definition<br />
Mauna Kea<br />
Multi-Object Spectrograph<br />
Multi-point Constraint<br />
Major Systems Baseline Interface<br />
National Association of Architectural Metal Manufacturers<br />
Not Applicable<br />
Node Control Unit<br />
Extensible N-dimensional Data Format<br />
Normalized Detector Irradiance<br />
National Electric Code<br />
National Electrical Manufacturers’ Association<br />
National Fire Protection Association<br />
Network File System<br />
Near-Infrared<br />
Near IR Imager<br />
Near-Infrared Spectrograph<br />
National Institute for Science and Technology<br />
National Optical Astronomy Observatories<br />
Normalized Point Source Transmittance<br />
National Science Foundation<br />
Network Time Protocol<br />
Network Time Service<br />
On-site observer (may also be the astronomer)<br />
Optical Components Controller<br />
<strong>Observatory</strong> Control System<br />
Observing Database<br />
On-Instrument Wavefront Sensor<br />
Operator Interface<br />
Operating System<br />
Optical Support Structure<br />
Observing Tool<br />
Program Change Review Board<br />
Primary Mirror Control System<br />
Packet Description File<br />
Preliminary Design Review<br />
Primary Mirror Assembly<br />
Programmable Multi-Axis Controller<br />
Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council<br />
Package Requirement Specification<br />
Product Standard of National Bureau of Standards<br />
Point Spread Function<br />
Passive Support System<br />
Point Source Transmittance<br />
Primary Thermal Control
<strong>Acronym</strong><br />
PTP<br />
PVD<br />
PWFS<br />
QA<br />
QC<br />
RA<br />
RAM<br />
RAL<br />
RC<br />
RDBMS<br />
RF<br />
RGO<br />
RMS<br />
RO<br />
ROE<br />
ROM<br />
RPC<br />
RSS<br />
RTAP<br />
RTE<br />
RTOS<br />
Rx<br />
Ry<br />
Rz<br />
SAD<br />
SC<br />
SCCP<br />
SCA<br />
SCE<br />
SCS<br />
SDD<br />
SDR<br />
SDS<br />
SE<br />
SEM<br />
SHA<br />
SiC<br />
SIC<br />
SIR<br />
SIS<br />
SMACNA<br />
SMP<br />
SPIE<br />
SPS<br />
Definition<br />
Package Test Procedure<br />
Physical Vapor Deposition<br />
Peripheral Wavefront Sensor<br />
Quality Assurance<br />
Quality Control<br />
Right Ascension<br />
Random Access Memory<br />
Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory (see DRAL)<br />
Relational database management system<br />
Radio Frequency<br />
Royal Greenwich <strong>Observatory</strong><br />
Root Mean Squared<br />
Royal Observatories<br />
Royal <strong>Observatory</strong> Edinburgh<br />
Read-Only Memory<br />
Remote Procedure Call<br />
Root Sum Squared<br />
Real Time Applications Platform<br />
Real Time Engineer<br />
Real Time Operating System<br />
Rotation about x axis<br />
Rotation about y axis<br />
Rotation about z axis<br />
Status and Alarm Database<br />
Standard Controller<br />
Software Configuration Control Plan<br />
Sensor Chip Assembly<br />
Servo Control Engineer<br />
Secondary (M2) Control System<br />
Software Design Description<br />
System Design Review<br />
Self-defining Data System<br />
Sequence Executor<br />
Scanning Electron Microscope<br />
Seismic Hazard Analysis<br />
Silicon Carbide<br />
Standard Instrument Controller<br />
Status/Information Record (EPICS)<br />
Sub-arcsecond Imaging Spectrograph<br />
Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association, Inc.<br />
Software Management Plan<br />
Society of Physical and Industrial Engineers<br />
Software Programming Standards
<strong>Acronym</strong><br />
SQL<br />
SRS<br />
SSCL<br />
SSE<br />
SSPC<br />
STARCAT<br />
STD<br />
Synchro Bus<br />
TAI<br />
TBD<br />
TBP<br />
TBR<br />
Tcl<br />
TCS<br />
TCP/IP<br />
Tk<br />
TMS<br />
TTL<br />
Tx<br />
Ty<br />
Tz<br />
UBC<br />
UDP/IP<br />
UHV<br />
UK<br />
UKIRT<br />
UL<br />
ULE<br />
UOS<br />
USA<br />
UTC<br />
UV<br />
VDD<br />
Vis<br />
VLT<br />
VME<br />
VMIC<br />
VOS<br />
VSI<br />
VUI<br />
VxWorks<br />
WAN<br />
WFS<br />
Definition<br />
Structured Query Language<br />
Software Requirements Specification<br />
Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory<br />
System Software Engineer<br />
Steel Structures Painting Council<br />
Space Telescope Archive and Catalog<br />
State Transition Diagram<br />
Synchronization Bus<br />
International Atomic Time<br />
To Be Determined<br />
To Be Provided<br />
To Be Resolved<br />
Tool Command Language<br />
Telescope Control System<br />
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol<br />
Tcl Tool kit<br />
Thermal Management System<br />
Transistor-transistor Logic<br />
Translation in x<br />
Translation in y<br />
Translation in z<br />
Uniform Building Code<br />
User Datagram Protocol/Internet Protocol<br />
Ultra High Vacuum<br />
United Kingdom<br />
United Kingdom Infrared Telescope<br />
Underwriters’ Laboratories, Inc.<br />
Ultra Low Expansion<br />
Unless Otherwise Specified<br />
United States of America<br />
Coordinated Universal Time<br />
Ultraviolet<br />
Version Description Document<br />
Visible<br />
ESO’s Very Large Telescope<br />
A real-time system obeying the ANSI/IEEE 1014-1987 Versatile Backplane Bus<br />
Standard<br />
Name of Vendor of Reflective Memory for Synchro Bus<br />
Virtual <strong>Observatory</strong> System<br />
Virtual System Interface<br />
Visible User Interface<br />
A real-time operating system from WindRiver Systems (WRS)<br />
Wide Area Network<br />
Wavefront Sensor
<strong>Acronym</strong><br />
WHT<br />
WI<br />
WiFOS<br />
WMKO<br />
WP<br />
WPM<br />
WPR<br />
WYFFOS<br />
Definition<br />
William Herschel Telescope<br />
Without Interruption<br />
Wide Field Faint Object Spectrograph<br />
William M. Keck Observatories<br />
Work Package<br />
Work Package Manager<br />
Work Package Responsibles<br />
WHT’s Wide Field Faint Object Spectrograph
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