SDO / EVE Acronyms

AIA

Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (instrument on SDO)

AM

Amplitude Modulation

APT 

Advanced Product Testing, Longmont, Colorado

ARAM

Application RAM

ASF

Advanced Streaming Format

ATS 

Advanced Tape Services

AXS 

Advanced X-ray Spectrometer

BAT 

Bench Acceptance Test

BB 

Bread Board

BOL

Beginning of Life

CASA

Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy, CU

CBE

Current Best Estimate

CC

Contamination Control

CCD

Charge Coupled Device

C&DH

Command and Data Handling

CDPR

Critical Design Peer Review

CDR

Critical Design Review

CDRL 

Contract Data Requirements List

CE   

Conductive Emissions

CEB

Camera Electronics Box

CELIAS

Charge, Element, and Isotope Analysis System (on SOHO)

CG

Center of Gravity

CM

Configuration Management

CMAD

Calibration Measurement and Algorithm Document

CMD/TLM

Command/Telemetry

COTS

Commercial Off the Shelf

CP

Command Processor

cPCI

Compact Peripheral Component Interface

CPT

Comprehensive Performance Test

CPU

Computer Processing Unit

CS

Conducted Susceptibility

CT

Cadence Time

CTE

Charge Transfer Efficiency

CU

University of Colorado, Boulder

CVS

Concurrent Versions Systems

DCR

Document Change Request

DDS

Data Dissemination Subsystem

DOOR

Dynamic Object Orientated Requirements

DPO

Data Processing Operations

DSF

Detailed Schedule File

EE

Electrical Engineering

EEB

EVE Electrical Box

EEPROM

Electrical Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory

EGSE

Electrical Ground Support Equipment

ELDRS

Enhanced Low Dose Rate Sensitivity

EMC

Electromagnetic Compatibility

EMI

Electromagnetic Interference

EOP

EVE Optics Package

ESD

Electrostatic Discharge

ESP

Euv Spectrophotometer

ETU

Engineering Test Unit

EUV

Extreme Ultraviolet

EVE

Extreme ultraviolet Variability Experiment

FADR

Fabrication and Assembly Discrepancy Report

FAI

Fabrication and Assembly Instructions

FDS

Flight Dynamics System

FEL

Field Emission Lamp

FFL

Flatfield LED

FlatSat

Not an acronym, but a laboratory bench spacecraft simulator (Flat Satellite)

FM

Filter Mechanism

FOV

Field-Of-View

FPGA

Field Programmable Gate Array

FSW

Flight Software

FWFM

Full Width at Fiftieth Maximum

FWHM

Full Width at Half Maximum

FU

Flight Unit

GBK

Germainium Black Kapton

GEVS

General Environmental Verification Specifications

GNAT

GNats: A Tracking System

GS

Ground Software

GSE

Ground Support Equipment

GSFC

Goddard Space Flight Center

GTO

Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit

HB

High-Speed Bus

HC

Hollow Cathode

HCL

Hollow Cathode Lamp

HK

Housekeeping

HOP

High Output Paraffin

HSB

High Speed Bus

HV

High Voltage

ICD

Interface Control Document

ICE

Interface Control Electronics

ICE

Instrument Control Electronics

IDL

Interactive Data Language

I/F

Interface

IM

Instrument Module

INC

Instrument Notification Command

IPER

Instrument Pre-Environmental Review

IPSR

Instrument Pre-Ship Review

IPT

Integrated Product Team

ISR

Interrupt Servicing Routine

I&T

Integration and Test

IV&V

Independent Verification and Validation

JY 

Jobin-Yvon

KRAM

Kernel RAM

KSC

Kennedy Space Center

LASP 

Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, CU

LDO

Low Drop-Out

LED

Light Emitting Diode

LOC

Lines of Code

LPT

Limited Performance Test

LSTB

LASP Space Technology Building

LVDS

Low Voltage Differential Signal

LVPC

Low Voltage Power Card

LVPS

Low Voltage Power Supply

LWS

Living With a Star

MAR

Mission Assurance Requirements

ME

Mechanical Engineering

MEGS

Multiple EUV Grating Spectrograph

MGSE

Mechanical Ground Support Equipment

MIL-STD

Military Standards

MIT LL

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lincoln Laboratory

MKS

Meter-Kilogram-Second

MLI

Multi-Layer Insulation

MOBI

Multi-Optical Beam Instrument

MOC

Mission Operations Center

MOI

Moments of Inertia

MOSFET

Metal–Oxide–Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor

MRB

Material Review Board

MRD

Mission Requirements Document

MRF

Master Reference Frame

MS

Margin of Safety

MUA

Material Usage Agreement

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NCR

Non-Conformance Report

NDT

Non-Destructive Testing

NIST

National Institute for Standards and Technology

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NRL

Naval Research Laboratory

NVR

Non-Volatile Residue

OASIS

Operations and Science Instrument Support

OASIS-CC

OASIS – Command and Control

OASIS-PS

OASIS – Planning Subsystem

OGSE

Optical Ground Support Equipment

OIS

OASIS-CC Interface System

OP 

Optics Package

OS 

Operating System

OSC

Orbital Sciences Corporation

OSPCI 

Operating System / Peripheral Component Interconnect

PAIP

Product Assurance and Implementation Plan

PBBL 

Prom-Based Boot Loader

PCB

Perforated Circuit Board

PCI

Peripheral Component Interface

PDPR

Preliminary Design Peer Review

PDR

Preliminary Design Review

PER

Pre-Environmental Review

PFA

Perfluoroalkoxy (tubing)

PFR

Problem Failure Report

PI  

Principal Investigator

PJAB 

Pointing Jitter and Alignment Budget

PM 

Propulsion Module

PM 

Project Manager

POR 

Power On Reset

PR

Problem Report

PROCPAR

Procurement Product Assurance Requirements Plan for Subcontractors

PRT

Platinum Resistance Thermometer

PS

Power Service

PSC

Power Services Card

PSD

Power Spectral Density

PSR

Pre-Ship Review

QA

Quality Assurance

QACs

Quality and Accounting Capsules

QE

Quantum Efficiency

QT

Quarter-second (ISR) Task

QT

Quantum Throughput

RA

Reliability Analysis/Assurance

RAID

Redundant Array of Independent Disks

RAM

Random Access Memory

RE

Radiated Emissions

RF

Radio Frequency

RFA

Request For Action

RGA

Residual Gas Analyzer

ROS

Reference Optical Surface

RS

Rapid Sample

RS

Radiated Susceptibility

RT

Round-Trip

RT

Real-Time

RTVM

Requirement Traceability and Verification Matrix

SAM

Solar Aspect Monitor

SAT  

Software Acceptance Test

SAWS

Surface Acoustic Wave Sensor

SB

Spacecraft Bus

SC

Stored Command

S/C  

Spacecraft

SCA 

Spacecraft Assembly

SCFH  

Standard Cubic Feet per Hour

SDN    

Subsystem Data Node

SDN-CC

SDN Common Code

SDO

Solar Dynamics Observatory

SEE

Solar Euv Experiment (on TIMED)

SEM 

Solar EUV Monitor (on SOHO)

SHK

Science Housekeeping

SLOC

Source Lines of Code

SOC 

Science Operations Center

SOHO

Solar & Heliospheric Observatory

SORCE

Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment

SPOC

Science Processing and Operations Center

SRAM

Static RAM

SRD 

System Requirements Document

SRR 

System Requirements Review

SSIM  

Spacecraft Simulator

SURF 

Synchrotron Ultraviolet Radiation Facility

SW

Software

SwRI

Southwest Research Institute

TB

Thermal Balance

TB

Terabytes

TBD 

To Be Determined

TC 

Time Client

TC

Thermocouple

TCAD

Telemetry, Check, Analysis, Display

TCS 

Thermal Control Subsystem

T&E   

Test and Evaluation

TEMS  

Thermal Environmental Monitoring System

TGA

ThermoGravimetric Analysis

TID 

Total Integrated Dose

TID  

Total Ionizing Dose

TIM

Technical Interchange Meeting

TIMED

Thermosphere-Ionosphere-Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics

TLM

Telemetry

TP

Telemetry Processor

TQCM

Thermal Quartz Crystal Microbalances

TQSM

Telemetry Quality Status and Monitoring

TRR

Test Readiness Review

TV

Thermal Vacuum

TVAC

Thermal Vacuum

UPS

Uninterrupted Power Supply

USC

University of Southern California

USU

Utah State University

UVF

UnVerified Failure

VCHS

Visibly Clean Highly Sensitive

WRT

With Respect To

WSMR

White Sands Missile Range