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

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D
Acronym Meaning
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
F
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FET Field Effect Transistor

G H I

G
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GBT Green Bank Telescope
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I
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IDCAF interim Data Capture and Format
IPT Integrated Product Team

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K
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L
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LCP Left Circular Polarization
LNA Low Noise Amplifier
LO Local Oscillator

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M
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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
O
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OPT Observation Preparation Tool
OSRO Open Shared Risk Observing
OTS On-the sky
OMT Ortho mode Transducer

P Q R

P
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PST Proposal Submission Tool
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R
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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

S
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SBC Single Board Computer
SDM Science Data Model
SEFD System Equivalent Flux Density
SLC Serial Line Controller
StB Station Board
T
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TelCal Telescope Calibration
U
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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
W
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WIC WIDAR Insanity Confirmation
WIDAR Wideband Interferometric Digital ARchitecture
X
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XML eXtensible Markup Language

Y Z

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YIG Yttrium Iron Garnet
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