| AAL |
Application Adaptation Layer (ATM) |
| ACTI |
Advanced Computational Technology Initiative (ER+DP+...) |
| ADC |
Analog to Digital Converter |
| ADFS |
Andrew/Distributed File System task force (DCCC) |
| ADPE |
Automatic Data Processing Equipment (Fed-speak) |
| ADSL |
Asymmetrical Digitial Subscriber Line (telco-speak) |
| AES |
Advanced Encryption Standard (NIST) |
| AGS |
Alternating Gradient Synchrotron (BNL) |
| ALS |
Advanced Light Source |
| AMC |
Advanced Manufacturing Center (located at NMSU, used in
PHENIX muTr work) |
| AMU |
Analog Memory Unit (usually a SCA
read out by an ADC) |
| ARPA |
Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| ASAP |
Academic Strategic Alliances Program (DOE.
And you thought you knew this one...) |
| ASCI |
Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative (DOE, yes, it overloads the other ASCI...) |
| ASE |
Accelerator Safety Envelope (RHIC) |
| ASIC |
Application Specific Integrated Circuit |
| ATF |
Architecture Task Force (DCCC) |
| ATM |
Asynchronous Transfer Mode |
| AUP |
Authorized Usage Policy |
| AWG |
Application Working Group (DCCC) |
| BA |
Binary Acronym |
| BES |
Beijing Electron Synchrotron (DOE-ER-HEP) |
|
Basic Energy Sciences (DOE-ER) |
| BNL |
Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| BTMS |
Brookhaven Training Management System |
| BTW |
By The Way (Internet-ese) |
| CAD |
Collider-Accelerator
Department (BNL) Also appears as C-AD, C-A D,
etc. |
| CANPS |
Computer Applications in Nuclear and Plasma Physics
(IEEE) |
| CAP |
Competive Access Providers (CATV-speak) |
| CAT |
Committee on Applications and Technology (IITF) |
| CAVE |
Computer Aided Visualization Experiment (??) |
| CBO |
Congressional Budget Office |
| CCIRDA |
Coordinating Committee for Information Research
Development and Application (DOE?) |
| CEBAF |
Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (DOE-ER-NP) |
| CERT |
Computer Emergency Response Team |
| CIAC |
Computer Incident Advisory Capability (DoE) |
| CIC |
Committee on Information and Communications (NSTC
committee) |
| CIDR |
Classless InterDomain Routing |
| CIF |
Cells In Frames (NSF-Cornell project to provide ATM
over Ethernet) |
| CIFS |
Commone Internet File System |
| CINC |
Computing and Informatics for Network Collaborations |
| CIR |
Committed Information Rate |
| CISE |
Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering (NSF,
Directorate of) |
| CIX |
Commercial Internet eXchange |
| CLNP |
ConnectionLess Network Protocol (part of GOSIP) |
| CORBA |
Common Object Request Broker Architecture |
| CORE |
Council of Registrars |
| COTS |
Commercial Off The Shelf (systems) |
| COSE |
Common Open Software Environment |
| COSINE |
Cooperation (Corporation?) for OSI Networking in Europe |
| CPA |
Cathode Pre-Amp (PHENIX muTr FEE) |
| CSU |
Channel Service Unit |
| CRADA |
Cooperative Research and Development Agreements |
| CVTS |
Compressed Video Transmission Service (FTS-specific?) |
| DAC |
Digital to Analog Converter
Detector Advisory Committee (BNL) |
| DAQ |
Data AcQuisition |
| DASIM |
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information Management (DOE of course) |
| DC |
Drift Chamber (PHENIX cental arm
detector) |
| DCCC |
Distributed Computing Coordinating Committee |
| DCEW |
Distributed Computing Environment Working group (DCCC) |
| DCIM |
Data Collection Interface Module (PHENIX
MVD FEE) |
| DCM |
Data Collection Module (PHENIX
DAQ) |
| DCMW |
Distributed Systems Management Working group (DCCC) |
| DCRE |
Distributed Collaborative Research Environments |
| DES |
Data Encryption Standard (FedGov speak) |
| DICCE |
Distributed Informatics, Computing & Collaborative
Environment |
| DICE |
Distributed Information Computing Environment |
| DISA |
Defense Information Systems Agency |
| DMS |
Defense Messaging System |
| DMA |
Direct Memory Access |
| DMU |
Digital Memory Unit (e.g., in PHENIX
PC FEM's) |
| DNL |
Differential Non Linearity |
| DNR |
Do Not Resuscitate |
| DNS |
Domain Name System |
| DOE |
Department of Energy (I know you know that, it's
included for referential integrity) |
| DP |
Defense Programs (DOE) |
| DSA |
Directory Service Agent (X.500) |
|
Digital Signature Algorithm |
| DSP |
Digital Signal Processor |
| DQS |
Distributed Queuing System |
| DSS |
Digital Signature Standard |
| DSWG |
Digital Signature Working Group (DOE-OSC?) |
| DTSUG |
Departmental Televideo Services Users Group (DOE-wide?) |
| EARN |
Eurpoean Academic and Research Network |
| EDWG |
ESnet DECnet Working Group |
| EIA |
Energy Information Administration (DOE) |
| E/FT |
E-mail / File-Transfer |
| EHR |
Education and Human Resources (NSF, Directorate of) |
| EM |
Environmental Restoration and Waste Management (DOE) |
| EMSL |
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (PNL) |
| EMTF |
Electronic Mail Task Force (ESCC) |
| ENWG |
ESnet Network Working Group |
| EOWG |
Engineering Operations Working Group (sub-sub-group in
FNC) |
| EPICS |
Experimental Physics Industrial Control System |
| EPS |
Emergency Purgation System (for gas in the PHENIX IR at RHIC) |
| ER |
Engineering Run (PHENIX)
Energy Research (DOE) |
| ERPUS |
Energy Research Power Users Symposium |
| ERSUG |
Energy Research Supercomputer User's Group |
| ERVN |
Energy Research Video Network |
| ESC |
Experimental Safety Committee (RHIC) |
| ESCC |
ESnet Site Coordinating Committee |
| ESSC |
ESnet Steering Committee |
| ESnet |
Energy Sciences network |
| ESSC |
ESnet Steering Committee |
| EVB |
EVent Builder (PHENIX DAQ) |
| EXERSUG |
Executive Committee ERSUG (q.v.) |
| FADC |
Flash ADC |
| FAQ |
Frequently Asked Question (Internet cuteness) |
| FARNET |
Federation of American Research Networks |
| FCC |
Fusion Computing Council (just when you thought you'd
heard of this before..) |
| FCCSET |
Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering
and Technology |
| FCSI |
Fiber Channel Systems Initiative |
| FEE |
Front End Electronics (PHENIX) |
| FEM |
Front End Module (PHENIX) |
| FEPG |
Federal Engineering and Planning Group |
| FESAC |
Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Council |
| FIPS |
Federal Information Processing Standard (e.g., FIPS 186
= DSS, q.v) |
| FIRP |
Federal Internetworking Requirements Panel |
| FIX |
Federal Inter-agency eXchange (connections) |
| FNAL |
Fermilab National Accelerator Laboratory |
| FNC |
Federal Networking Council |
| FNCAC |
Federal Networking Council Advisory Council |
| FOIA |
Freedom of Information Act (mostly Cook report) |
| FTP |
File Transfer Protocol |
| FTP |
Field Task Proposal (DOE, note
degeneracy with above) |
| FTS |
Federal Telecommunications Service |
| GA |
General Atomics |
| GAO |
Government Accounting Office |
| GBVS |
Global Business Video Services (AT&T) |
| GCWG |
Group Communications Working Group (DCCC) |
| GDS |
Global Directory Service |
| GIBN |
Global Interoperability for Broadband Networks (some
GII program?) |
| GII |
Global Information Infrastructure |
| GILS |
Government Information Locator Services (OMB) |
| GIX |
Global Internet eXchange |
| GMH |
Gas Mixing House (PHENIX) |
| GOSIP |
Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile |
| GSA |
General Services Administration |
| gTLD |
generic Top Level Domains |
| HDLC |
High-level Data Link Control (PPP-related?) |
| HDSL |
High Bit Rate Digital Subscriber Line (telco-speak) |
| HEP |
High Energy Physics |
| HEPIX |
HEP Unix Information Exchange |
| HFIT |
High Flux Isotope Reactor |
| HGP |
Human Genome Project |
| HIPPI |
High Performance Parallel Interface |
| HPCC |
High Performance Computing and Communications |
| HPSS |
High Performance Storage System (for DCCC) |
| HTCC |
HEPnet Technical Coordinating Committee |
| HTML |
HyperText Markup Language (WWW) |
| HTTP |
HyperText Transfer Protocol (WWW) |
| IAB |
Internet Architecture Board |
| IAHC |
International Ad Hoc Committee (re Internet Domain
naming) |
| IANA |
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (part of IETF) |
| IC |
ISODE (q.v.) Consortium |
| IETF |
Internet Engineering Task Force |
| IIS |
International Internet Services |
| IITA |
Information Infrastructure Technology and Application
(NASA) |
| IITF |
Information Infrastructure Task Force (advises on NII,
replaces FCCSET) |
| IM |
Information Management (DOE) |
| INL |
Integral Non Linearity |
| IR |
Intersection Region |
| IMPACT |
Information Planning and Architecture Team |
| INTA |
INternational Trademark Association |
| IP |
Internet Protocol
Intersection Point |
| IPNG |
IPng working group (ESCC) |
| IPNG |
IP Next Generation |
| iPOC |
interim Policy Oversight Committee (re Internet Domain
naming) |
| IRM |
Information Resources Management |
| ISO |
International Standards Organization |
| ISOC |
Internet SOCiety |
| ISP |
Internet Service Provider |
| ISODE |
IISO Development Environment |
| ISDN |
Integrated Sevices Digital Network |
| iTLD |
international Top Level Domains (IETF -- I guess
they've gone Hungarian in naming conventions) |
| ITSO |
Information Technology Service and Operations (under
IRM) |
| ITS-PIT |
Information Technology Standards- Process Improvement
Team (GOSIP?) |
| ITTS |
Integration Technology Transfer System (DOE) |
| ITU |
International Telecommunication Union |
| JAERI |
Japanese Atomic Energy Research Institute |
| JSEB |
Jack (Fried) SEB |
| KIAE |
Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy |
| KDC |
Key Distribution Center (Kerberos, AFS) |
| KDTF |
Key Distribution Task Force |
| LANE |
LAN Emulation (ATM) |
| LANL |
Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| LATM |
Local ATM |
| LATM |
LAN Asynchronous Transfer Mode Co-pilot project (ESCC) |
| LBL |
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory |
| LCP |
Link Control Protocol (PPP-related?) |
| LDAP |
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
| LLNL |
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
| LMAP |
Lightweight Mail Access Protocol |
| LOTO |
Lock-Out, Tag-Out (CAD) |
| MAE |
Metropolitan Area Ethernet (?) |
| MBONE |
Multicast Backbone |
| MCM |
Multi Chip Module (used in PHENIX
MVD FEE) |
| MCR |
Main Control Room (RHIC/AGS) |
| MCU |
Multi-Channel Unit |
| MDC |
Mock Data Challenge (at RCF) |
| MFH |
Major Facility Hall (now PEH) |
| MICS |
Mathematical, Information and Computational Sciences
(division of OCTR of ER of DOE, formerly OSC) |
| MIME |
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions |
| MMN |
Muon Magnet North (PHENIX) |
| MMS |
Muon Magnet South (PHENIX) |
| MOU |
Memorandum Of Understanding |
| MRE |
Major Research Equipment (NSF) |
| MTF |
Muon Task Force (PHENIX) |
| MTU |
Maximum Transfer Unit (telecom, network-speak) |
| muID |
Muon Identifier (PHENIX) |
| muTr |
Muon Tracker (PHENIX) |
| MVD |
Multiplicity Vertex Detector (PHENIX) |
| NAC |
Network Advisory Committee (to OSC, q.v.) |
| NANOG |
North American Network Operations Group |
| NAEP |
National Assessment of Educational Progress |
| NAP |
Network Access Point (NSF's new contracts) |
| NBS |
NSFnet Backbone Service |
| NCO |
National Coordination Office (HPCC) |
| NCP |
Network Control Protocol (PPP-related) |
| NetCDF |
Network Common Data Format
(www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf/) |
| NERSC |
National Energy Research Supercomputer Center |
| NGI |
Next Generation Internet |
| NIE |
Networking Infrastructure for Education (NSF) |
| NIFS |
National Institute for Fusion Studies (Japan) |
| NII |
National Information Infrastructure |
| NIST |
National Institute for Standards and Technology |
| NMSU |
New Mexico State University |
| NMTF |
Network Monitoring Task Force (ESCC) |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NPRM |
Notice of Proposed Rule Making (?), (.gov speak) |
| NRC |
National Research Council |
| NREL |
National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
| NREN |
National Research and Education Network |
| NSA |
National Security Agency |
| NSB |
National Science Board |
| NSI |
Network Solutions, Inc |
| NSIO |
NASA Science Internet Office |
| NSP |
Network Service Provider |
| NSTC |
National Science and Technology Council
(non-Feds-->FNC?) |
| NTIA |
National Telecommunications and Information
Administration (Commerce) |
| NTIS |
National Technical Information Service |
| NTP |
Network Time Protocol |
| OCTR |
Office of Computational and Technology Research (DOE-ER) |
| ODH |
Oxygen Deficit Hazard |
| OFES |
Office Fusion Energy Sciences (DOE) |
| OHER |
Office of Health and Environmental Research (DOE-ER) |
| OIT |
Office of Industrial Technologies (DOE) |
| OLE |
Object Linking and Embedding (Microsoft?) |
| OPC |
OLE for Process Control |
| ORBIT |
Optical Ring using Buffer Insertion Technology (IBM) |
| ORNL |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| ORR |
Operational Readiness Review |
| OS |
Offline Shifter (PHENIX) |
| OSC |
Office of Scientific Computing (within DOE-ER) |
| OSETI |
Office of Science, Education & Technical
Information (DOE) |
| OSF |
Open Software Foundation |
| OSI |
Open Systems Interconnection |
| OTA |
Office of Technology Assessment (Congress) |
| PAB |
Policy Advisory Body (directs POC) |
| PAC |
Program Advisory Committee |
| PASS |
Personnel Access Safety System (RHIC) |
| PC |
Personal Computer (of course) |
| |
Pad Chamber (PHENIX central arm
detector) |
| PCAS |
Portable Channel Access Servers (used on PC's to talk
to wider EPICS network??) |
| PCAST |
Presidential Committee (Council?) of Advisors on
Science and Technology |
| PCI |
Peripheral Component Interconnect (PC industry) |
| PEH |
PHENIX Experimental Hall
(formally MFH) |
| PEM |
Privacy Enhanced Mail |
| PHENIX |
Pioneering High Energy Nuclear Interaction eXperiment |
| PIC |
Person In Charge (PHENIX) |
| PGP |
Pretty Good Privacy (public domain utility) |
| PKCS |
Public-Key Cryptography Standards |
| PKI |
Public Kew Infrastructure |
| PM |
Project Management (PHENIX)
Partition Module (in a PHENIX DCM crate) |
| PMC |
PCI (q.v) Mezzanine Card |
| PMT |
Photo Multiplier Tube |
| PNL |
Pacific Northwest Laboratory |
| POC |
Policy Oversight Committee (see iPOC) |
| POP |
Point of Presence |
| POTS |
Plain Old Telephone System |
| PPG |
Paper Preparation
Group
Programmable Pulse Generator (both acronyms, alas, are from PHENIX
) |
| PPP |
Point-to-Point Protocol |
| PPPL |
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory |
| PRDF |
PHENIX Raw Data Format |
| PSB |
PHENIX Speakers' Bureau |
| PSTN |
Public Switched Telephone Network |
| PWG |
Physics Working Group (PHENIX)
Policy Working Group (sub-comm of FNC) |
| QA |
Quality Assurance |
| QVC |
Charge to Voltage Converter (in PHENIX
TOF FEE, ask Chi about Q for Charge) |
| RA |
Routing Arbiter (as in new NSFnet model) |
| RARE |
Reseaux Associes pour la Recherche Europeenne |
| RBOC |
Regional Bell Operating Companies |
| RBUP |
RHIC Beam Use Proposal |
| RCMS |
Rack Control and
Monitoring System (PHENIX) |
| RCF |
RHIC Computing Facility |
| RCWG |
Remote Conferencing Working Group (ESCC) |
| RFC |
Request For Comment (Internet) |
| RFI |
Request For Information |
| RHIC |
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (BNL) |
| RNP |
Regional Network Provider |
| ROC |
Read Out Controller (PHENIX
PC) |
| RVWG |
Reliability and Vulnerability Working Group (IITF,
q.v.) |
| SA1 |
Shift Assistant 1 (PHENIX) |
| SA2 |
Shift Assistant 2 (PHENIX) |
| SAC |
Supercomputer Access Committee (DOE-ER) |
| SBIR |
Small Business Innovative Research |
| SCA |
Switched Capacitor Array |
| SCI |
Scalable Coherent Interface |
| SCIE |
Scientific Computing Information Exchange council |
| SEB |
Sub Event Buffer (PHENIX DAQ) |
| SIF |
Security Issues Forum (under IITF) |
| SDH |
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (international form of
SONET) |
| SDIS |
Switched Digital Integrated Service |
| SHEBA |
Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic (NSF) |
| SI-PMO |
Security Infrastructure Program Management Office (see
www.nsa.gov) |
| SL |
Shift Leader (PHENIX) |
| SLAC |
Stanford Linear Accelerator |
| SMC |
Sprint Meeting Channel (video?) |
| SMCS |
Smoke Monitoring
Control System (PHENIX) |
| SMDS |
Switched Multimegabit Data Service |
| SMTP |
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
| SNA |
Systems Network Architecture (IBM) |
| SNL |
Sandia National Laboratories |
| SONET |
Synchronous Optical Network |
| SPE |
Synchronous Payload Envelope |
| SPP |
Special Parallel Processing (NERSC program) |
| SSP |
Science Simulation Plan (DOE) |
| STM-1 |
Synchronous Transport Module-Level 1 (= STM-3c, really) |
| STS-n |
Synchronous Transmission Speed (??) = n * 51.84 Gb/s
(aka OC-n) |
| SVC |
Switched Virtual Circuit (ATM) |
| SWG |
Security Working Group (sub-comm of FNC) |
| TAC |
Time to Amplitude Converter |
|
Technical Advisory Committee |
| TCP |
Transmission Control Protocol |
| TEC |
Time Expansion Chamber (PHENIX
central arm detector) |
| TERENA |
Trans-European Research and Education Networking
Association (=RARE+EARN as of 01-Nov-1994) |
| TIIA |
Telecommunications and Information Assistance Program
(NTIA-Commerce) |
| TOF |
Time Of Flight |
| TPC |
Time Projection Chamber |
| TPWG |
Technology Policy Working Group (of IITF) |
| TQM |
Total Quality Management |
| TLD |
Top Level Domains (IETF) |
| TUBA |
TCP and UDP with Bigger Addresses |
| TVC |
Time to Voltage Converter (e.g., in PHENIX
TOF FEE) |
| UCAID |
University Corporation for Advanced Internet
Development (Internet2) |
| UDP |
User Datagram Protocol |
| URL |
Uniform Resource Locator (WWW) |
| vBNS |
very high speed Backbone Network Service |
| VCC |
Video Conferencing Center (ESnet) |
|
or "" Control "" ? |
| VCS |
Video Conferencing Service (ESnet) |
| VRDC |
Virtually Real Data Challenge (PHENIX) |
| VTC |
Video TeleConference |
| WAIS |
Wide Area Information Servers -!-overloaded, see
below-!- |
| WAIS |
West Antartic Ice Sheet (NSF) -!-overloaded, see
above-!- |
| WBS |
Work Breakdown Schedule |
| WET ICE |
Workshop on Enabling Technologies (on) Infrastructure
for Collaborative Enterprises |
| WIPO |
World Intellectual Property Organization |
| WWW |
World Wide Web |
