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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2005. An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Measurement and Standards Laboratories: Fiscal Years 2004-2005. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11475.
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Acronyms and Abbreviations


ACD—

Analytical Chemistry Division

AEX—

Automating Equipment Information Exchange

AFAM—

atomic force acoustic microscopy

AFM—

atomic force microscopy

AISC—

American Institute of Steel Construction

AML—

Advanced Measurement Laboratory

ANTD—

Advanced Network Technologies Division

ASHRAE—

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers

ASME—

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

ASTM—

American Society for Testing and Materials


BACnet—

Building Automation and Control Network

BD—

Biotechnology Division

BED—

Building Environment Division

BFRL—

Building and Fire Research Laboratory


CAD—

computer-aided design

CARB—

Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology

CAVP—

Crypto-algorithm Validation Program

CBR—

chemical, biological, and radiation

CCCBDB—

Computational Chemistry Comparison and Benchmark Database

CD—

compact disk; critical dimension

CFD—

computational fluid dynamics

CMVP—

Cryptographic Module Validation Program

CONTAM—

multizone indoor-air-quality-and-ventilation-analysis computer program

CORM—

Council for Optical Radiation Measurements

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2005. An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Measurement and Standards Laboratories: Fiscal Years 2004-2005. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11475.
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CPOE—

computerized physician order entry

CRADA—

cooperative research and development agreement

CSD—

Computer Security Division

CSTL—

Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory


DARPA—

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DHS—

Department of Homeland Security

DLMF—

Digital Library of Mathematical Functions

DNA—

deoxyribonucleic acid

DNS—

Domain Name System

DOC—

Department of Commerce

DOD—

Department of Defense


EEEL—

Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory

EHR—

electronic health record

EM—

electromagnetic

EOS—

Electro-Optic Sampling (project); equation of state

EUV—

extreme ultraviolet


FDA—

Food and Drug Administration

FDS—

Fire Dynamics Simulator

FEMA—

Federal Emergency Management Agency

FIATECH—

Fully Integrated and Automated Technology

FIPS—

Federal Information Processing Standard

FRD—

Fire Research Division

FTD—

Fabrication Technology Division

FTE—

full-time-equivalent

FTP—

full-time permanent


GFP—

green fluorescent protein

GRA—

Guest Researcher Association


HECT—

high-energy computer tomography

HfO2

hafnium oxide

HIPAA—

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

HL—

Health Level

HML—

Hollings Marine Laboratory

HRTEM—

high-resolution transmission electron microscope

HVAC/R—

heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration


IAD—

Information Access Division

IAI—

International Alliance for Interoperability

IBMC—

Interagency Blast Mitigation Committee

ICMS—

Intelligent Control of Mobility Systems

IEC—

International Electrotechnical Commission

IETF—

Internet Engineering Task Force

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2005. An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Measurement and Standards Laboratories: Fiscal Years 2004-2005. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11475.
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IP—

intellectual property

ISD—

Intelligent Systems Division

ISO—

International Organization for Standardization

IT—

information technology

ITL—

Information Technology Laboratory

ITRS—

International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors


JILA—

Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics


LADAR—

laser radar

LAN—

local area network

LBNL—

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

LFL—

Large Fire Laboratory

LLNL—

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory


MALDI-MS—

matrix-assisted laser desorption-ionization mass spectrometry

MCRD—

Materials and Construction Research Division

MCSD—

Mathematical and Computational Sciences Division

MEL—

Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory

MINEX 04—

Minutia Interoperability Exchange Test 200

MMD—

Manufacturing Metrology Division

MOS—

metal-oxide semiconductor

MOSFET—

metal oxide silicon field-effect transistor

MRA—

Mutual Recognition Arrangement

MRAM—

magnetic random access memory

MSEL—

Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory

MSID—

Manufacturing Systems Integration Division

MSL—

Measurement and Standards Laboratory


NBS—

National Bureau of Standards

NCMC—

NIST Combinatorial Methods Center

NCNR—

NIST Center for Neutron Research

NCSTA—

National Construction Safety Team Act

NEHRP—

National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program

NIH—

National Institutes of Health

NIH-ODS—

Office of Dietary Supplement

NIJ—

National Institute of Justice

NIST—

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NMI—

National Metrology Institute

NRC—

National Research Council

NSF—

National Science Foundation

NTP—

Network Time Protocol


OA—

other agencies

OAE—

Office of Applied Economics

OAMG—

Organic Analytical Methods Group

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2005. An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Measurement and Standards Laboratories: Fiscal Years 2004-2005. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11475.
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OLES—

Office of Law Enforcement Standards

OMP—

Office of Microelectronics Programs


PAT—

process analytical technology

PCPD—

Physical and Chemical Properties Division

PDB—

Protein Data Bank

PED—

Precision Engineering Division

PEM—

proton exchange membrane

PL—

Physics Laboratory

PMD—

Process Measurements Division

PTB—

Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt

PVT—

pressure, volume, temperature


QEM—

Quantum Electrical Metrology (division)


R&D—

research and development

RCS—

real-time control system

REML—

RF-EM-Field Metrology Laboratory

RF—

radio frequency

RIF—

reduction in force


S&T—

science and technology

SANS—

small-angle neutron scattering

SBIR—

Small Business Innovative Research

SCUBA—

Submillimeter Common-Use Bolometer Array

SDCTD—

Software Diagnostics and Conformance Testing Division

SED—

Semiconductor Electronics Division (in EEEL); Statistical Engineering Division (in ITL)

SEMATECH—

Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology Consortium

SEMPA—

scanning electron microscopy with polarization analysis

SFA—

Strategic Focus Area

SI—

International System of Units

SMS—

Smart Machining System

SMSD—

Surface and Microanalysis Science Division

SNS—

Spallation Neutron Source

SPHERE—

Simulated Photodegradation by High Energy Radiant Exposure

SQUID—

superconducting quantum interference device

SRM—

Standard Reference Material

STEP—

Standards for the Exchange of Product Model Data

STM—

scanning tunneling microscopy

STRS—

Scientific and Technical Research and Services


TAS—

triple axis spectroscopy

TRC—

Thermodynamics Research Center

TREC—

Text Retrieval Conference

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2005. An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Measurement and Standards Laboratories: Fiscal Years 2004-2005. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11475.
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UGV—

unmanned ground vehicle

ULSI—

ultralarge-scale integration

UV—

ultraviolet

UWB—

ultrawideband


VCAT—

Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology

VCCTL—

Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing Laboratory

VSLI—

very large-scale integration


WTC—

World Trade Center


XCALIBIR—

X-ray Optics Calibration Interferometer

XML—

extensible markup language

XML/MathML—

extensible markup language/math markup language

XPS—

X-ray photoelectron spectroscope

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2005. An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Measurement and Standards Laboratories: Fiscal Years 2004-2005. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11475.
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