B Glossary

 

The following is a list of acronyms and abbreviations used in the text of this document, along with the corresponding definitions:

1-D - 1-Dimensional

2-D -2-Dimensional

3-D - 3-Dimensional

ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange

BCKGRD - High-Dispersion Background Determination Module

CALUV - Ultraviolet Flood Lamp

CDI - Core Data Item

CDS - Astronomical Data Center of Strasbourg

CRHI - Cosmic Ray Image Extension to the SIHI (NEWSIPS)

CROSS-CORR - Cross-Correlation Module

DCG - Data Coordination Group

DMU - Data Multiplexer Unit

DN - Data Number (pixel intensity from the raw image)

EBCDIC - Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code

ELBL - Extended Line-by-Line Image (IUESIPS)

ESA - European Space Agency

EXTRACT - High-Dispersion Boxcar Extraction Module

FADC - Final Archive Definition Committee

FES - Fine Error Sensor

FITS - Flexible Image Transport System

FN - Flux Number (pixel intensity from the photometrically corrected image)

FPM - Flux Particle Monitor

FTP - File Transfer Protocol

GEOM - Geometric Correction Module

GMT - Greenwich Mean Time

GO - Guest Observer

GSFC - Goddard Space Flight Center; Greenbelt, Maryland

HDU - Header and Data Unit

ID - Identification

IOR - Interorder Overlap Region

IRAF - Image Reduction and Analysis Facility

ITF - Intensity Transfer Function

IUE - International Ultraviolet Explorer

IUEOCC - IUE Operations Control Center

IUESIPS - IUE Spectral Image Processing System

IUESOC - IUE Science Operations Center

LF - Linearized $\nu$-Flag Image (NEWSIPS)

LFHI - $\nu$-Flag Image Extension to the LIHI (NEWSIPS)

LFLO - $\nu$-Flag Image Extension to the LILO (NEWSIPS)

LI - Linearized Image (NEWSIPS)

LIHI - High-Dispersion Linearized Image FITS File (NEWSIPS)

LILO - Low-Dispersion Linearized Image FITS File (NEWSIPS)

LWLA - Long Wavelength Large Aperture

LWP - Long Wavelength Prime Camera

LWR - Long Wavelength Redundant Camera

LWSA - Long Wavelength Small Aperture

MMF - Missing Minor Frame

MX - Merged Extracted Image (NEWSIPS)

MXHI - High-Dispersion Merged Extracted Image FITS File (NEWSIPS)

MXLO - Low-Dispersion Merged Extracted Image FITS File (NEWSIPS)

NAG - Numerical Algorithms Group, Ltd. (providers of certain FORTRAN routines used in NEWSIPS)

NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NEWSIPS - New Spectral Image Processing System

NOST - NASA/Science Office of Standards and Technology

OBC - On-board Computer

ORDERG - High-Dispersion Order Registration Module (part of RAW_SCREEN)

PHOTOM - Photometric Correction Module

PIXEL - Picture Element

POT - Preplanned Observation Tape

PSF - Point Spread Function

PT-NE - Platinum-Neon

RA - Resident Astronomer

RAW_SCREEN - Raw Image Screening Module

RI - Raw Image (NEWSIPS)

RIHI - High-Dispersion Raw Image FITS File (NEWSIPS)

RILO - Low-Dispersion Raw Image FITS File (NEWSIPS)

ROLO - Original Raw Image Extension to the RILO (NEWSIPS)

S/C - Spacecraft

SCRIPTS - Observing Specifications Log

SEC - Secondary Electron Conduction

SERC - Science and Engineering Research Council (U.K.)

SF - Resampled $\nu$-Flag Image (NEWSIPS)

SFHI - $\nu$-Flag Image Extension to the SIHI (NEWSIPS)

SFLO - $\nu$-Flag Image Extension to the SILO (NEWSIPS)

SI - Resampled Image (NEWSIPS)

SIHI - High-Dispersion Resampled Image FITS File (NEWSIPS)

SILO - Low-Dispersion Resampled Image FITS File (NEWSIPS)

SIMBAD - Set of Identifications, Measurements, and Bibliography for Astronomical Data

S/N - Signal-to-Noise Ratio

SWET - Signal Weighted Extraction Technique Module

SWLA - Short Wavelength Large Aperture

SWP - Short Wavelength Prime Camera

SWR - Short Wavelength Redundant Camera

SWSA - Short Wavelength Small Aperture

TFLOOD - Tungsten Flood Lamp

THDA - Camera Head Amplifier Temperature

TO - Telescope Operator

TTDC - Mean Dispersion Constant Correction Module

ULDA - Uniform Low-Dispersion Archive

UT - Universal Time

UV - Ultraviolet

UVC - Ultraviolet to Visible Converter

UVFLOOD - Ultraviolet Flood Lamp

VD - Vector Displacements

VDHI - High-Dispersion Vector Displacement Image FITS File (NEWSIPS)

VDLO - Low-Dispersion Vector Displacement Image FITS File (NEWSIPS)

VICAR - Video Image Communication and Retrieval

VILSPA - Villafranca del Castillo, Spain (European Ground Station)

VMS - Virtual Machine System

WAVECAL - Wavelength Calibration

WLHI - Wavelength Binary Table Extension to the SIHI (NEWSIPS)

XC - Cross-Correlation Coefficients

XCHI - Cross-Correlation Binary Table Extension to the VDHI (NEWSIPS)

XCLO - Cross-Correlation Binary Table Extension to the VDLO (NEWSIPS)