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Acronym Listing / Descriptions

  • Working list of active and past acronyms / abbreviations used for a variety of projects.
  • Refer to the acronyms.tex file for making additional edits and updates to this sheet.

Edit Notes & Information:

  • Modified- 20240125 (YYYYMMDD)
  • Notes: Combined other acronym listings to this file and added some missing acronyms.

Units:

  • AU -> AU -> astronomical Unit [1.5e11 m]
  • pc -> pc -> parsec
  • mas -> mas -> milliarcsecond
  • nm -> nm -> nanometer
  • CTE -> CTE -> coefficient of thermal expansion
  • sqarc -> as^2 -> square arcsecond
  • ppm -> ppm -> Part Per Million

Astrophysics:

  • smc -> SMC -> Small Magellanic Cloud
  • lmc -> LMC -> Large Magellanic Cloud
  • ism -> ISM -> interstellar medium
  • mw -> MW -> Milky Way
  • epseri -> $\epsilon$ Eri -> Epsilon Eridani
  • EKB -> EKB -> Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt
  • CFR -> CFR -> Complete Frequency Redistribution

Organizations:

  • nasa -> NASA -> National Aeronautics and Space Agency
  • esa -> ESA -> European Space Agency
  • omi -> OMI -> *Optical Mechanics Inc.
  • gsfc -> GSFC-> Lower-Case: nasa -> Goddard Space Flight Center
  • stsci -> STScI -> Space Telescope Science Institute
  • nsroc -> NSROC-> Lower-Case: nasa -> Sounding Rocket Operations Contract
  • wff -> WFF-> Lower-Case: nasa -> Wallops Flight Facility
  • wsmr -> WSMR -> White Sands Missile Range
  • BCT -> BCT -> Blue Canyon Technologies
  • SFL -> SFL -> Spaceflight Laboratory
  • UA -> UA -> University of Arizona
  • UTIAS -> UTIAS -> University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies
  • DIATF -> DIATF -> Drake Imager Assembly and Testing Facility
  • ETS -> ets -> Engineering Technical Services
  • ASTM -> ASTM -> American Society for Testing and Materials

Technologies and Sensors:

  • irac -> IRAC -> Infrared Array Camera
  • Plural= CCDs, charge-coupled devices (CCDs) -> ccd -> CCD -> charge-coupled device
  • Plural= EMCCDs, electron multiplying charge-coupled devices (EMCCDs) -> EMCCD -> EMCCD -> electron multiplying charge-coupled device
  • DM -> DM -> Deformable Mirror
  • ipc -> IPC -> Image Proportional Counter
  • cots -> COTS -> Commercial Off-The-Shelf
  • COTS -> COTS -> commercial off-the-shelf
  • ISR -> ISR -> incoherent scatter radar
  • atcamera -> AT -> angle tracker
  • MEMS -> MEMS -> microelectromechanical systems
  • QE -> QE -> quantum efficiency
  • RTD -> RTD -> Resistance Temperature Detector
  • PID -> PID -> Proportional-Integral-Derivative
  • PRNU -> PRNU -> photo response non-uniformity
  • DSNU -> PRNU -> dark signal non-uniformity
  • CMOS -> CMOS -> complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor
  • TEC -> TEC -> thermoelectric cooler

Optics:

  • FOV -> FOV -> field-of-view
  • NIR -> NIR -> near-infrared
  • PV -> PV -> Peak-to-Valley
  • MRF -> MRF -> Magnetorheological finishing
  • AO -> AO -> Adaptive Optics
  • TTP -> TTP -> tip, tilt, and piston
  • FPS -> FPS -> fine pointing system
  • SHWFS -> SHWFS -> Shack-Hartmann Wavefront Sensor
  • OAP -> OAP -> off-axis parabola
  • LGS -> LGS -> laser guide star
  • WFCS -> WFCS -> wavefront control system
  • OPD -> OPD -> optical path difference
  • MEL -> MEL -> Master Equipment List
  • EFC -> EFC -> electric-field conjugation
  • iEFC -> EFC -> implicit -> Lower-Case= EFC
  • LDFC -> LDFC -> linear dark field control
  • DAC -> DAC -> digital-to-analog converter
  • TMA -> TMA -> three-mirror anastigmat
  • resel -> resel -> resolution element
  • BOM -> BOM -> Bill of Materials

Spacecraft and Sounding Rocket:

  • acs -> ACS -> attitude control system
  • orsa -> ORSA -> Ogive Recovery System Assembly
  • gse -> GSE -> ground station equipment
  • FSM -> FSM -> fast steering Mirror
  • CFRP -> CRFP -> carbon fiber reinforced plastic
  • CDP -> CDP -> critical design phase
  • CDR -> CDR -> critical design review
  • LEO -> LEO -> low-earth orbit
  • GEO -> GEO -> geosynchronous orbit
  • FEA -> FEA -> finite element analysis
  • ESPA -> ESPA -> EELV Secondary Payload Adapter
  • EEID -> EEID -> Earth-equivalent Insolation Distance, the distance from the star where the incident energy density is that of the Earth received from the Sun
  • STOP -> STOP -> Structural-Thermal-Optical-Performance
  • STM -> STM -> science traceability matrix
  • ConOps -> ConOps -> concept of operations
  • NRE -> NRE -> non-recurring engineering
  • CSR -> CSR -> concept study report
  • XAO -> XAO -> extreme-adaptive optics
  • AT -> AT -> angle tracking camera
  • SRR -> SRR -> system requirements review
  • ROI -> ROI -> region of interest
  • LCP -> LCP -> liquid-crystal polymer
  • CBE -> CBE -> current best estimate
  • SBC -> SBC -> single-board computer
  • ADCS -> ADCS -> attitude determination and control system
  • CDH -> C&DH -> command and data handling
  • EPS -> EPS -> electrical power system
  • TLE -> TLE -> Two Line Element set
  • TRL -> TRL -> technology readiness level
  • swap -> SWaP -> Size, Weight, and Power

High Contrast Imaging:

  • WFS -> WFS -> wavefront sensor
  • LSI -> LSI -> Lateral Shearing Interferometer
  • VVC -> VVC -> Vector Vortex Coronagraph
  • VNC -> VNC -> Visible Nulling Coronagraph
  • CGI -> CGI -> Coronagraph Instrument
  • IWA -> IWA -> Inner Working Angle
  • OWA -> OWA -> Outer Working Angle
  • NPZT -> N-PZT -> Nuller piezoelectric transducer
  • ZWFS -> ZWFS -> Zernike wavefront sensor
  • SPC -> SPC -> Shaped Pupil Coronagraph
  • HLC -> HLC -> Hybrid-Lyot Coronagraph
  • ADI -> ADI -> angular differential imaging
  • RDI -> RDI -> reference differential imaging
  • HOWFSC -> HOWFS/C -> high-order wavefront sensing and control
  • WFSC -> WFSC -> wavefront sensing and control
  • CDI -> CDI -> coherent differential imaging
  • SCC -> SCC -> self-coherent camera
  • LLOWFS -> LLOWFS -> Lyot low-order wavefront sensor
  • VSG -> VSG -> vacuum surface gauge
  • TDEM -> TDEM -> Technology Development for Exoplanet Missions
  • HZ -> HZ -> habitable zone
  • ODI -> ODI -> orbital-differential imaging
  • PSFTFC -> PSFTFC -> PSF template subtracted coronagraphy
  • LOWFSC -> LOWFSC -> Low-order -> Lower-Case= WFS -> and control
  • scoob -> SCoOB -> Space Coronagraph Optical Bench
  • FDPR -> FDPR -> focus diversity phase retrieval

Observatories and Instruments:

  • HST -> HST -> Hubble Space Telescope
  • GPS -> GPS -> Global Positioning System
  • ISS -> ISS -> International Space Station
  • Description= Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer -> acis -> ACIS -> Advanced -> Lower-Case= ccd -> Imaging Spectrometer
  • stis -> STIS -> *Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph
  • mcp -> MCP -> Microchannel Plate
  • jwst -> JWST -> *JWST
  • fuse -> FUSE -> *FUSE
  • galex -> GALEX -> *Galaxy Evolution Explorer
  • spitzer -> Spitzer -> *Spitzer Space Telescope
  • mips -> MIPS -> Multiband Imaging Photometer for -> Lower-Case= spitzer
  • gissmo -> GISSMO -> Gas Ionization Solar Spectral Monitor
  • iue -> IUE -> International Ultraviolet Explorer
  • spinr -> SPINR -> *Spectrograph for Photometric Imaging with Numeric Reconstruction
  • imager -> IMAGER -> *Interstellar Medium Absorption Gradient Experiment Rocket
  • TPF-C -> TPF-C -> Terrestrial Planet Finder Coronagraph
  • RAIDS -> RAIDS -> Atmospheric and Ionospheric Detection System
  • mama -> MAMA -> Multi-Anode Microchannel Array
  • ATLAST -> ATLAST -> Advanced Technology Large Aperture Space Telescope
  • PICTURE -> PICTURE -> Planet Imaging Concept Testbed Using a Rocket Experiment
  • LITES -> LITES -> Limb-imaging Ionospheric and Thermospheric Extreme-ultraviolet Spectrograph
  • LBT -> LBT -> Large Binocular Telescope
  • LBTI -> LBTI -> Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer
  • KIN -> KIN -> Keck Interferometer Nuller
  • SHARPI -> SHARPI -> Solar High-Angular Resolution Photometric Imager
  • IRAS -> IRAS -> Infrared Astronomical Satellite
  • HARPS -> HARPS -> High Accuracy Radial velocity Planetary
  • hstSTIS -> STIS -> Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph
  • spitzerIRAC -> IRAC -> Infrared Array Camera
  • spitzerMIPS -> MIPS -> Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer
  • spitzerIRS -> IRS -> Infrared Spectrograph
  • CHARA -> CHARA -> Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy
  • wfirst-afta -> WFIRST-AFTA -> Wide-Field InfrarRed Survey Telescope-Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets
  • GPI -> GPI -> Gemini Planet Imager
  • WFIRST -> Roman -> Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
  • HabEx -> HabEx -> Habitable Exoplanet Observatory Mission Concept
  • FGS -> FGS -> Fine Guidance Sensor
  • MGHPCC -> MGHPCC -> Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center
  • WISE -> WISE -> Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
  • ALMA -> ALMA -> Atacama Large Millimeter Array
  • GRAIL -> GRAIL -> Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory
  • jwstNIRCam -> NIRCam -> near--> Lower-Case= IR-camera
  • jwstMIRI -> MIRI -> Mid-Infrared Instrument
  • LUVOIR -> LUVOIR -> Large UV Optical IR Surveyor
  • Roman -> Roman -> Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
  • STP -> HLST -> Hypothetical Large Space Telescopes
  • CDEEP -> ESC -> STP ExtraSolar Camera, a Coronagraphic Pathfinder
  • ESC -> ESC -> ExtraSolar Camera
  • CCS -> WCC -> Wavefront and Context Camera
  • WCC -> WCC -> Wavefront and Context Camera
  • LSST -> LSST -> Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
  • M1 -> M1 -> Mirror 1 (Telescope Module Primary Mirror)
  • M2 -> M2 -> Mirror 2 (Telescope Module Secondary Mirror)
  • M3 -> M3 -> Mirror 3
  • M4 -> M4 -> Mirror 4
  • AOA -> AOA -> Aft-Optics Assembly
  • FOA -> FOA -> Fore-Optics Assembly
  • AOSS -> AOSS -> Aft-optics Support Structure
  • MMTO -> MMTO -> MMT Observatory
  • MMT -> MMT -> Multiple Mirror Telescope
  • PMCC -> PMCC -> primary mirror (M1) control computer
  • PMSS -> PMSS -> primary mirror (M1) support structure
  • UASAL -> UASAL -> UArizona Space Astrophysics Lab
  • ITL -> ITL -> Imaging Technology Lab
  • TAO -> TAO -> Tokyo Atacama Observatory
  • UVS -> UVS -> Ultraviolet Spectrograph
  • IFS -> IFS -> Integral Field Spectrograph
  • STIS -> STIS -> Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph
  • SCoOB -> scoob -> space-coronagraph optical bench

Software:

  • AURIC -> AURIC -> The Atmospheric Ultraviolet Radiance Integrated Code
  • FFT -> FFT -> Fast Fourier Transform
  • MODTRAN -> MODTRAN -> MODerate resolution atmospheric TRANsmission
  • idl -> IDL -> *Interactive Data Language
  • sort=NED,Description= NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database -> ned -> NED-> Lower-Case: nasa/-> Lower-Case= ipac -> Extragalactic Database
  • iraf -> IRAF -> Image Reduction and Analysis Facility
  • wcs -> WCS -> World Coordinate System
  • pegase -> PEGASE -> *Projet d'Etude des GAlaxies par Synthese Evolutive
  • dirty -> DIRTY -> *DustI Radiative Transfer, Yeah!
  • CUDA -> CUDA -> Compute Unified Device Architecture
  • KLIP -> KLIP -> Karhunen-Lo`eve Image Processing
  • FEM -> FEM -> finite element method
  • CLI -> CLI -> command-line interface
  • CAD -> CAD -> computer-aided design
  • DBMS -> DBMS -> database management system
  • POPPY -> POPPY -> Physical Optics Propagation in Python
  • SOEDMS -> SOEDMS -> Steward Observatory Electronic Data Management System

Earth's Atmosphere and Ionosphere:

  • MSIS -> MSIS -> Mass Spectrometer Incoherent Scatter Radar
  • nmf2 -> N_m -> F2-Region Peak density
  • hmf2 -> h_m -> F2-Region Peak height
  • H -> H -> F2-Region Scale Height

Misc jargon:

  • isr -> ISR -> Incoherent Scatter Radar
  • Description= TLA Within Another Acronym -> twaa -> TWAA-> Lower-Case: tla -> Within Another Acronym
  • Plural= SNe, Supernovae (SNe) -> sn -> SN -> Supernova
  • EUV -> EUV -> Extreme-Ultraviolet
  • EUVS -> EUVS-> Lower-Case: EUV -> Spectrograph
  • F2 -> F2 -> Ionospheric Chapman F Layer
  • F10.7 -> F10.7 -> 10.7 cm radio flux [10^-22 W m^-2 Hz^-1]
  • FUV -> FUV -> far-ultraviolet
  • IR -> IR -> infrared
  • MUV -> MUV -> mid-ultraviolet
  • NUV -> NUV -> near-ultraviolet
  • nir -> NIR -> near-infrared
  • mir -> MIR -> mid-infrared
  • UV -> UV -> ultraviolet
  • O^+ -> O^+ -> Singly Ionized Oxygen Atom
  • OI -> OI -> Neutral Atomic Oxygen Spectroscopic State
  • OII -> OII -> Singly Ionized Atomic Oxygen Spectroscopic State
  • PSF -> PSF -> point spread function
  • R_E -> R_E -> Earth radii [~ 6400 km]
  • RV -> RV -> radial velocity
  • WFE -> WFE -> wavefront error
  • sed -> SED -> spectral energy distribution
  • Plural= PAHs, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) -> pah -> PAH -> Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon
  • obsid -> OBSID -> Observation Identification
  • SZA -> SZA -> Solar Zenith Angle
  • PZT -> PZT -> lead zirconate titanate
  • AIT -> AIT -> Assembly, Integration and Test
  • CPR -> CPR -> cost performance report
  • FDR -> FDR -> final design review
  • DHS -> DHS -> data handling system
  • CNS -> CNS -> communications and network system
  • FOC -> FOC -> fiber optic cable
  • CDS -> CDS -> correlated double sampling
  • DDCP -> DDCP -> document and drawing control plan
  • FOCS -> FOCS -> feed optics control system
  • CSH -> CSH -> camera systems hardware
  • CSS -> CSS -> camera systems software
  • DMA -> DMA -> dynamic mechincal anlysis
  • MWIR -> MWIR -> midwave infrared
  • LWIR -> LWIR -> longwave infrared
  • SVD -> SVD -> singular value decomposition
  • NRM -> NRM -> normal response mode
  • KISS -> KISS -> keep it sans spectrometer
  • CIDL -> CIDL -> configuration item data list
  • ICD -> ICD -> interface control document
  • ERD -> ERD -> Environmental Requirements Document
  • EP -> EP -> Telescope Entrance Pupil
  • HFOV -> HFOV -> Half Field of View
  • L3 -> L3 -> Telescope Module Collimating Lens
  • QKD -> QKD -> Quantum Key Distribution
  • XP -> XP -> Telescope Exit Pupil
  • TBC -> TBC -> To Be Confirmed
  • TBD -> TBD -> To Be Determined
  • TBR -> TBR -> To Be Reviewed
  • EEIS -> EEIS -> End-to-End Information Systems
  • EA -> EA -> Executing Agent
  • SPGD -> SPGD -> Stochastic Parallel Gradient Descent
  • TAM -> TAM -> Test Allocation Matrix
  • CCP -> CCP -> Contamination Control Plan
  • VC -> VC -> Visualy Clean
  • VC-S -> VC-S -> Visualy Clean Sensitive
  • VC-HS -> VC-HS -> Visualy Clean High Sensitive
  • PAC -> PAC -> Percent Area Coverage
  • ATLO -> ATLO -> Assembly Test, and Launch Operations
  • QA -> QA -> Quality Assurance
  • UUT -> UUT -> Unit Under Test
  • P/N -> P/N -> Part Number
  • ESD -> ESD -> Electro-static Discharge
  • AC -> AC -> Alternating Current
  • RH -> RH -> Relative Humidity
  • RGA -> RGA -> Residual Gas Analyzer
  • esds -> ESDS -> ESD Sensitive
  • dmm -> DMM -> Digital Multimeter
  • DC -> DC -> Direct Current
  • CPG -> CPG -> Common Point Ground
  • WM -> WM -> Workmanship Manual
  • N/A -> N/A -> Not Applicable
  • na -> NA -> Not Applicable
  • MM -> MM -> Machine Model [for electrostatic discharge]
  • LVDS -> LVDS -> Low-Voltage Differential Signal
  • LNA -> LNA -> Low Noise Amplifier

Material Abbreviations

  • PVC -> PVC -> Polyvinyl Chloride
  • PTFE -> PTFE -> Polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon)

Statistics:

  • PCA -> PCA -> principal component analysis
  • fwhm -> FWHM -> full-width-half maximum
  • RMS -> RMS -> root mean squared
  • RMSE -> RMSE -> root mean squared error
  • MCMC -> MCMC -> Marcov chain Monte Carlo
  • DIT -> DIT -> discrete inverse theory
  • SNR -> SNR -> signal-to-noise ratio
  • PSD -> PSD -> power spectral density
  • NMF -> NMF -> non-negative matrix factorization
  • DOF -> DOF -> degrees-of-freedom