A few abbreviations and key-words frequently used in the RHIC jargon (with up-to-date links)

1. the "W.A. Zajc Acronyms page" (general)
2. the "Particle Detector Briefbook" (detector-related)
3. the "On-line Computing Dictionary" (computing-related)

• AFS - Andrew File System (Computing)
• AH - Assembly Hall
• AMU - Analog Memory Unit (Elect.,DAQ)
• API- Application Programming Interface (Computing)
• ASIC- Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (Elect.,DAQ)
• ATM- Asynchronous Transfer Mode (Computing)
• ATP- Assembly and Trigger Processors (Elect.,DAQ)
• BB(C)- Beam Beam (Counter) (Detector)
• BNL- Brookhaven National Laboratory
• BRAHMS- Broad RAnge Hadron Magnetic Spectrometers
• C-A - Collider Accelerator (Department)
• CA- Channel Access
• CAMERA- Central Arm Major Event Reconstruction (Computing)
• (R)CAS- (RHIC) Central Analysis Server (Computing)
• CDEV- Common DEVice
• CH/CR - Counting House/Room
• CORBA- Common Object Request Broker Architecture
• CRS- Central Reconstruction Server (Computing)
• CTS- (RCF) Call Tracking ("Ticket") System (Computing)
• DAQ- Data AcQuisition
• DC- Drift Chamber (Detector)
• DCM- Data Collection Module (Elect.,DAQ)
• DD- Data Distributor (Elect.,DAQ)
• DDL- Data Definition Language (Computing)
• DSP- Digital Signal Processor (Elect.,DAQ)
• DST- Data Summary Tapes
• EMCAL- ElectroMagnetic CALorimeter (Detector)
• EPICS- Experimental Physics and Industrial Control Systems
• EvB- EVent Builder (DAQ)
• FEE- Front End Electronics (Elect.,DAQ)
• FEM- Front End Module (Elect.,DAQ)
• FPGA- Field Programmable Gate Array (Elect.,DAQ)
• GDG- Gate Delay Generator (Elect.,DAQ)
• GL1- Global Level 1 (Elect.,DAQ)
• GTM- Granular Timing Module (Elect.,DAQ)
• GUI- Graphical User's Interface (Computing)
• HPSS- High Performance Storage System (Computing)
• HV- High Voltage
• IDL- Interface Description Language (Computing)
• IOC- Input Output Controller
• IP- Interaction Point (PHENIX is "IP8")
• IR - Interaction Room
• ISM- Integrated Safety Management
• LAN- Local Area Network (Computing)
• LL1- Local Level 1 (Elect.,DAQ)
• LSF- Load Sharing Facility (Computing)
• LSR- Large Seminar Room
• LV- Low Voltage
• LVL1- Trigger Level 1 (Elect.,DAQ)
• LVDS- Low Voltage Differential Signaling

Luxor- CAMERA general software environment (Computing)
• MCR - C-A Main Control Room
• MDC2- Mock Data Challenge 2 (Computing)
• MEDM- Motif Editor and Display Manager
• MTM- Master Timing Module (Elect.,DAQ)
• MVD- Multiplicity Vertex Detector (Detector)
• MuID- Muon Identifier (Detector)
• MuTr- Muon Tracker (Detector)
• NFS- Network File System
• Objy- Objectivity/DB (Computing)
• OID- Object IDentifier
• OLE- Object Linking and Embedding (Computing)
• (PH)ONCS- (PHenix) ONline Computing Systems (Computing)
• OPC- OLE for Process Control (Computing)
• OPM- Operational Procedures Manual
• PbSc- Lead Scintillator (Detector)
• PC- Pad Chamber (Detector)
• PCI- Peripheral Component Interconnect (Computing)
• PbGl- Lead Glass (Detector)
• Pdbcal- Phenix Calibration database (Computing)
• PHENIX- Pioneering High Energy Nuclear Ion eXperiment
• PHGEO - PHenix GEOmetry (Computing)
• PHOOL- "PHenix Offline" general framework (Computing)
• PHRED- PHenix Run and Event Database (Computing)
• PISA- PHENIX Integrated Simulation Application (Computing)
• PLC- Programmable Logic Controller (Elect.,DAQ)
• PM- Partition Module
• PPC- Power PC (Personal Computer) (Computing)
• PPG- Programmable Pulse Generator (Elect.,DAQ)
• PWG- Physics Working Group
• PRDF- PHENIX Raw Data Format
• PSB- PHENIX Speakers' Bureau
• Pyrite- "PHOOL Macros Generator" (Computing)
• RAID - (Originally) Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks (Computing)
• RC- Run Control
• RCF- RHIC Computing Facility (Computing)
• RCMS - Rack Control and Monitoring System
• RH6.1- Red Hat 6.1 (Computing)
• RHIC- Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
• RICH- Ring Imagining CHerenkov (Detector)
• RMC- Rack Monitor Control (Elect.,DAQ)
• ROC- Read Out Card (Elect.,DAQ)
• ROOT- ROOT Object Oriented Tool (Computing)
• SEB- Sub Event Buffer (DAQ)
• SMP- Symmetric Multi-Processor (Computing)
• STAR- Solenoidal Tracking At RHIC
• TEC- Time Expansion Chamber (Detector)
• TOF- Time Of Flight counter (Detector)
• THINC- THeory INterface Committee
• VRDC- Virtual Real Data Challenge (Computing)
• ZDC- Zero Degree Calorimeter (Detector)