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An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Programs: Fiscal Year 1997 (1997)
Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications (CPSMA)

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An Assessment of the NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS: Fiscal Year 1997

CTCMS—

Center for Theoretical and Computational Materials Science

DAVIC—

Digital Audio Visual Council

DoE—

Department of Energy

EBIT—

Electron Beam Ion Trap

EC—

European Community

EEEL—

Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory

EIS—

Environmental Impact Statement

EMC—

electromagnetic compatibility

EMC—

enhanced machine controller

EMF—

electromagnetic field

EMI—

electromagnetic interference

EPA—

Environmental Protection Agency

ESD—

electrostatic discharge

FDA—

Food and Drug Administration

FET—

field-effect transistor

FHWA—

Federal Highway Administration

FIB—

focused ion beam

FIR—

far-infrared

FTIR—

Fourier transform infrared

FTP—

full-time permanent

GC/AED—

gas chromatography/atomic emission detector

GC/MS—

gas chromatography/mass spectrometry

GMR—

giant magnetoresistance

HCFCs—

hydrochlorofluorocarbons

HELP—

high-dimensional empirical linear prediction

HEMTS—

high-electron-mobility transistors

HFC—

hybrid fiber/coaxial

HPCC—

high-performance computing and communication (systems)

HVAC—

heating, ventilation, and air conditioning

IAQ—

indoor air quality

IAT—

International Atomic Time

ICP—

inductively coupled plasma

IEEE—

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IETF—

Internet Engineering Task Force

IGBT—

insulated-gate bipolar transistor

IMPACT—

a set of guidelines designed to assist building owners, operators, and designers in evaluating the mpact of building materials on IAQ

IMPI—

interoperability message passage interface

IMTC—

International Multimedia Teleconferencing Consortium

IPS—

Internet Protocol Suite

ISO—

International Organization for Standardization

ITS—

Industrial Technology Services (ATP and MEP)

ITS—

International Temperature Scale of 1990

IUPAC—

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

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