EVLA Acronym List
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A B C
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ACU | Antenna Control Unit |
ALC | Automatic Level Control |
AOC | Array Operations Center (now DSOC) |
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BlB | Baseline Board |
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CASA | Common Astronomy Software Applications |
CBE | Correlator BackEnd |
CDL | Central Development Laboratory |
CM | Configuration Mapper |
CMIB | Correlator Module Interface Board |
CMP | Control and Monitor Processor |
CPCC | Power Control Correlator Computer |
CRC | Cyclic Redundancy Check |
D E F
Acronym | Meaning |
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DCAF | Data Capture and Format |
DDS | Direct Digital Synthesizer |
DiFX | Distributed FX software correlator used for VLBA |
DMTV | Delay Module Test Vector |
DSOC | Domenici Science Operations Center |
DTS | Digital Transmission System |
FFT | Fast Fourier Transform |
FPGA | Field Programmable Gate Array |
FRM | Focus Rotation Mount |
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ECSO | EVLA Commissioning Staff Observing |
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FET | Field Effect Transistor |
G H I
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GBT | Green Bank Telescope |
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IDCAF | interim Data Capture and Format |
IPT | Integrated Product Team |
J K L
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LCP | Left Circular Polarization |
LNA | Low Noise Amplifier |
LO | Local Oscillator |
M N O
Acronym | Meaning |
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MCAF | Metadata Capture and Formatting |
MCCC | Master Correlator Control Computer |
MIB | Module Interface Board |
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NGAS | Next Generation Archive Server |
NIC | Network Interface Card |
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OPT | Observation Preparation Tool |
OSRO | Open Shared Risk Observing |
OTS | On-the sky |
OMT | Ortho mode Transducer |
P Q R
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PST | Proposal Submission Tool |
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RSRO | Resident Shared Risk Observing |
RFI | Radio Frequency Interference |
RTCAT | Real-time Calibrator Analysis Tool |
RXP | Retiming, Crossbar & Phasing |
S T U
Acronym | Meaning |
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SBC | Single Board Computer |
SDM | Science Data Model |
SEFD | System Equivalent Flux Density |
SLC | Serial Line Controller |
StB | Station Board |
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TelCal | Telescope Calibration |
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V W X
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VCI | Virtual Correlator Interface |
VEX | VLBI EXchange (observation description file format) |
VLA | Very Large Array |
VLBA | Very Long Baseline Array |
VLBI | Very Long Baseline Interferometry |
VME | Virtual Machine Environment |
VPN | Virtual Private Network |
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WIC | WIDAR Insanity Confirmation |
WIDAR | Wideband Interferometric Digital ARchitecture |
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XML | eXtensible Markup Language |
Y Z
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YIG | Yttrium Iron Garnet |
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