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Suggested Citation:"D Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 1998. An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Measurement and Standards Laboratories, Fiscal Year 1998. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9515.
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Appendix D

Acronyms and Abbreviations

AC—

alternating current

ACSL—

Advanced Chemical Sciences Laboratory

ADAHF—

American Dental Association Health Foundation

AEC—

architecture-engineering-construction

AES—

Advanced Encryption Standard

AES—

Auger electron spectroscopy (spectrometer)

AHP—

analytical hierarchy process

AIS—

advanced insulation system

ALOFT—

A Large Outdoor Fire Plume Trajectory (model)

AMCIT—

Advanced Measurement Center for Information Technology

AML—

Advanced Measurement Laboratory

AMSANT—

Advanced Manufacturing Systems and Networking Testbed

APTD—

Automated Production Technology Division

ASHRAE—

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

ASTM—

American Society for Testing and Materials

ATM—

asynchronous transfer mode

ATP—

Advanced Technology Program

BACnet—

Building Automation and Controls Network

BEC—

Bose-Einstein condensation

BEES—

Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability

BFRL—

Building and Fire Research Laboratory

BLAS—

Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms

BMCD—

Biological Macromolecule Crystallization Database

BT—

beam tube

CAD—

computer-aided design

CALS—

Continuous Acquisition and Life-cycle Support

CAM—

computer-aided manufacturing

CARB—

Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology

CBS—

Cybernetic Building Systems

CC—

common criteria

CFC—

chlorofluorocarbon

CFD—

computational fluid dynamics

CHRNS—

Center for High-Resolution Neutron Scattering

CICE—

computer-integrated construction environment(s)

Suggested Citation:"D Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 1998. An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Measurement and Standards Laboratories, Fiscal Year 1998. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9515.
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CIKS—

Computer-Integrated Knowledge System(s)

CIRMS—

Council on Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standards

CKMech—

chemical kinetic mechanisms database

CMM—

coordinate measuring machine

CMOS—

complementary metal oxide semiconductor

CNRF—

Cold Neutron Research Facility

CODATA—

Committee on Data for Science and Technology

CONTAM—

a multizone indoor air-quality model designed to track airflow and contaminant dispersal

CRADA—

Cooperative Research and Development Agreement

CRDS—

cavity ring-down spectroscopy

CSTL—

Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory

CTCMS—

Center for Theoretical and Computational Materials Science

CVD—

chemical vapor deposition

CW—

continuous wave

CWC—

Chemical Weapons Convention

D/H—

deuterium to hydrogen ratio

DARPA—

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DARTS—

double-axis residual stress/single-crystal diffractometer

DCISD—

Distributed Computing and Information Services Division

DMD—

differential mode delay

DVD—

digital video disk

EC—

electronic commerce

EDFA—

erbium-doped fiber amplifier

EDS—

energy dispersive spectrometer

EEEL—

Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory

EFT—

electronic funds transfer

EMF—

electromagnetic field

EPA—

Environmental Protection Agency

ESD—

electrostatic discharge

EUV—

extreme ultraviolet

FDA—

Food and Drug Administration

FDD—

fault detection and diagnosis

FedCIRC—

Federal Computer Incident Response Capability

FM—

frequency modulation

FT—

Fourier transform

FTIR—

Fourier transform infrared

FTP—

full-time permanent

GAMS—

Guide to Available Mathematical Software

GC/MS—

gas chromatography/mass spectrometry

GHRS—

Goddard high-resolution spectrometer

GMR—

giant magnetoresistance

GPS—

Global Positioning System

Suggested Citation:"D Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 1998. An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Measurement and Standards Laboratories, Fiscal Year 1998. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9515.
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HCFC—

hydrochlorofluorocarbon

HFC—

hydrofluorocarbon

HPC—

high-performance computing

HPCC—

high-performance computing and communications

HPSSD—

High Performance Systems and Services Division

HTS—

high-temperature superconductive

HST—

Hubble Space Telescope

HVAC—

heating, ventilation, and air conditioning

IAQ—

indoor air quality

ICP-MS—

inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy

ICP-OES—

inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry

ICSSC—

Interagency Committee on Seismic Safety in Construction

IEC—

International Electrotechnical Commission

IEEE—

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IETF—

Internet Engineering Task Force

IMPI—

interoperable message passing interface

IP—

Internet Protocol

IPsec—

Internet Security Protocol

IR—

infrared

ISD—

Intelligent Systems Division

ISO—

International Organization for Standardization

IT—

information technology

ITL—

Information Technology Laboratory

ITS-90—

International Temperature Scale of 1990

LC—

liquid chromatography

LCC—

life-cycle cost

LFPG—

low-frost-point generator

MALDI—

matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization

MCSD—

Mathematical and Computational Sciences Division

MEL—

Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory

MEMS—

microelectromechanical systems

MEP—

Manufacturing Extension Partnership

MIRF—

Medical-Industrial Radiation Facility

MMIC—

microwave monolithic integrated circuit

MOIST—

moisture flow analysis software

MR—

magnetic resonance

MS—

mass spectrometry

MSEL—

Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory

MSID—

Manufacturing Systems Integration Division

NAAQS—

National Ambient Air Quality Standards

NAMT—

National Advanced Manufacturing Testbed

NASA—

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NCNR—

NIST Center for Neutron Research

Suggested Citation:"D Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 1998. An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Measurement and Standards Laboratories, Fiscal Year 1998. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9515.
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NFG—

nonfederal government

NHPS—

National Network for High Performance Seismic Simulation

NIAP—

National Information Assurance Partnership

NICE-OHMS—

Noise-Immune Cavity-Enhanced Optical Heterodyne Molecular Spectroscopy

NIDR—

National Institute of Dental Research

NIH—

National Institutes of Health

NMR—

nuclear magnetic resonance

NOAA—

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NSF—

National Science Foundation

NSMP—

National Semiconductor Metrology Program

NSOM—

near-field scanning optical microscopy

NSTC—

National Science and Technology Council

NTRM—

NIST Traceable Reference Materials

NTRS—

National Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors

OA—

other agency

OAE—

Office of Applied Economics

OIDA—

Optoelectronics Industry Development Association

OLES—

Office of Law Enforcement Standards

OMP—

Office of Microelectronics Programs

Open/GL—

open/graphics language

PAC—

Program Advisory Committee

PED—

Precision Engineering Division

PET—

positron emission tomography

PHPCT—

Partnership for High-Performance Concrete Technology

PKI—

public-key infrastructure

PlantSTEP—

the use of STEP for exchange of plant engineering information

RCS—

radar cross section

REFPROP—

refrigerant properties

RF—

radio frequency

Rs

surface resistance

RTM—

resin transfer molding

SANS—

small-angle neutron scattering

SCALPEL—

scattering with angular limitation projection electron-beam lithography

SED—

Statistical Engineering Division

SEM—

scanning electron microscopy

SEMATECH—

Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology (consortium)

SEMPA—

scanning electron microscopy with polarization analysis

SET—

single-electron tunneling

SFG—

sum frequency generation

SI—

International System of Units

SIA—

Semiconductor Industry Association

SIM—

Inter-American System for Metrology

SIMS—

secondary ion-mass spectrometry

Suggested Citation:"D Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 1998. An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Measurement and Standards Laboratories, Fiscal Year 1998. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9515.
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SNS—

spallation neutron source

SPINS—

spin polarized inelastic neutron scattering

SRD—

Standard Reference Data

SRIM—

structural reaction injection molding

SRMs—

Standard Reference Materials

SRR—

social rate of return

STEP—

standard for the exchange of product model data

STM—

scanning tunneling microscopy

StRD—

statistical reference dataset

STRs—

short tandem repeats

STRS—

Scientific and Technical Research and Services

SURF—

Synchrotron Ultraviolet Radiation Facility

TBC—

thermal barrier coating

Tc

critical temperature

U.S. NRC—

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

UV—

ultraviolet

VAMAS—

Versailles Project on Advanced Materials and Standards

VM—

virtual machine

VRML—

Virtual reality modeling language

V-t—

voltage time

WD-XRF—

wavelength dispersive x-ray fluorescence

XPS—

x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (spectrometer)

Suggested Citation:"D Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 1998. An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Measurement and Standards Laboratories, Fiscal Year 1998. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9515.
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