EOS P96 - 1.4 List of Abbreviations & Acronyms

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VLT-MAN-ESO-14650-4942
P96
24.06.2015
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ESO, Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 2, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany
1.4 List of Abbreviations & Acronyms
This document employs several abbreviations and acronyms to refer concisely to an item,
after it has been introduced. The following list is aimed to help the reader in recalling the
extended meaning of each short expression:
A&G/AG
Acquisition and Guiding
ADC
Atmospheric Dispersion Compensator
AFC
Active Flexure Compensation
DCS
Detector Control Software
DEC
DFS
Declination
Data Flow System
DIT
Detector Integration Time
ESO
European Southern Observatory
ETC
FDR
Exposure Time Calculator
Final Design Review
FF
Flat Field
GUI
Graphical User Interface
ICS
Instrument Control Software
IFU
Integral Field Unit
ISF
Instrument Summary File
IWS
Instrument Workstation
LCU
Local Control Unit
N/A
Not Applicable
OB
PAE
Observing Block
Preliminary Acceptance Europe
P2PP
Phase 2 Proposal Preparation
RA
RMS
RON
SM
TBC
Right Ascension
Root Mean Square
Readout Noise
Service Mode
To Be Clarified
TCCD
QE
Technical CCD
Quantum Efficiency
SNR
Signal to Noise Ratio
TBD
To Be Defined
TCS
Telescope Control Software
TLI
Threshold Limited Integration
TSF
Template Signature File
VLT
VM
Very Large Telescope
Visitor Mode
WCS
ZP
World Coordinate System
Zeropoint