Appendix E Acronyms and Abbreviations
ADA—
American Dental Association
ADL—
architecture description language
AES—
Advanced Encryption Standard
AFM—
atomic force microscopy/microscope
AFST—
Advanced Fire Services Technologies
AML—
Advanced Measurement Laboratory
AMO—
atomic, molecular, and optical
AM&PM—
Advanced Measurement and Prediction Methods
ANSI—
American National Standards Institute
API—
application programming interface
ASME—
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASTM—
American Society for Testing and Materials
ATP—
Advanced Technology Program
BACnet—
Building Automation and Control Network
BEES—
Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability
BFRL—
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
BIPM—
Bureau International des Poids et Mésures
CAD—
computer-aided design
CARB—
Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology
CCCBDB—
Computational Chemistry Comparison and Benchmark Database
CCL—
Consultative Committee on Length
CCM—
Consultative Committee for Mass and Related Quantities
CCQM—
Consultative Committee for the Amount of Substance
CD—
critical dimension; compact disk
CHRNS—
Center for High Resolution Neutron Scattering
CIF—
common industry format
CIO—
chief information officer
CIPM—
Comité International des Poids et Mésures
CIRMS—
Council on Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standards
CISPR—
International Special Committee on Radio Interference
CMM—
coordinate measuring machine
CONTAM—
contaminant transport analysis computer program
CORM—
Council for Optical Radiation Measurements
CPC—
calcium phosphate cement
CPCC—
Ceramic Processing and Characterization Council
CPTWG—
Copyright Protection Technical Working Group
CRADA—
cooperative research and development agreement
CRM—
certified reference material
CSEAT—
Computer Security Expert Assist Team
CSTL—
Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory
CVD—
chemical vapor deposition
DARPA—
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DASE—
digital TV application software environment
DC—
direct current
DCS—
disk chopper time-of-flight spectrometer
DLMF—
Digital Library of Mathematical Functions
DMATS—
Display Measurement Assessment Transfer Standard
DMIS—
dimensional measuring interface standard
DNA—
deoxyribonucleic acid
DOD—
Department of Defense
DOE—
Department of Energy
DOT—
Department of Transportation
DRM—
digital rights management
DRS—
diffuse reflectance spectrometer/spectrometry
DTV—
digital television
DVD—
digital versatile disk
EBIT—
electron-beam ion trap
EEEL—
Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory
EM—
electromagnetic
EMC—
electromagnetic compatibility; Enhanced Machine Controller
EPA—
Environmental Protection Agency
EPR—
electron paramagnetic resonance
ESR—
electron spin resonance
EUV—
extreme ultraviolet
FANS—
filter analyzer neutron spectrometer
FASCAL—
Facility for Automatic Spectroradiometric Calibrations
FAST—
financial agent secure transactions
FCS—
Fermi chopper time-of-flight spectrometer
FDA—
Food and Drug Administration
FDD—
fault detection and diagnostics
FDS—
fire dynamics simulator
FEMA—
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FERET—
face recognition technology
FIATECH—
fully integrated and automated technologies
FIB—
focused ion beam
FRP—
fiber-reinforced polymer
FTIR—
Fourier transform infrared
GaAs—
gallium arsenide
GAMS—
Guide to Available Mathematical Software
GEC—
Gaseous Electronics Conference
GMO—
genetically modified organism
GMR—
giant magnetoresistance
GPS—
Global Positioning System
HFBS—
high-flux backscattering spectrometer
HHI—
Healthy Homes Initiative
HPC—
high-performance concrete
HP-ICP-OES—
high performance-inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry
HTS—
high-temperature superconductor
HUD—
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HVAC—
heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning
IAEA—
International Atomic Energy Agency
IAV—
Industrial Autonomous Vehicles
IC—
integrated circuit
ICP—
inductively coupled plasma
IDEMA—
International Disk Drive Equipment and Materials Association
IEA—
International Energy Agency
IEC—
International Electrotechnical Commission
IEEE—
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IETF—
Internet Engineering Task Force
IGBT—
insulated gate bipolar transistors
INAA—
instrumental neutron activation analysis
INO—
inhaled nitric oxide
IP—
Internet Protocol; intellectual property
IPsec—
Internet Protocol Security
IR—
infrared
ISO—
International Organization for Standardization
IT—
information technology
ITAP—
IT architecture plan
ITL—
Information Technology Laboratory
ITRS—
International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors
ITSPT—
Information Technology Services Planning Team
IUPAC—
International Union for Pure and Applied Chemistry
IVI—
Intelligent Vehicle Initiative
JamPack—
Java matrix package
JEDEC—
Joint Electron Device Engineering Council
JPEG—
Joint Photographic Experts Group
MALDI—
matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization
MANET—
mobile ad hoc network
MBE—
molecular beam epitaxy
MEL—
Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory
MEMS—
microelectromechanical systems
MERLiN—
modeling, evaluation, and research of lightwave networks
MMS—
Minerals Management Service
MPEC—
Motion Picture Experts Group
MPLS—
multiprotocol label switching
MRA—
Mutual Recognition Agreement
MRAM—
magnetic random access memory
MS—
mass spectrometry/spectrometer
MSEL—
Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory
MSL—
Measurement and Standards Laboratories
NAAQS—
National Ambient Air Quality Standards
NASA—
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NCNR—
NIST Center for Neutron Research
NCSLI—
National Conference of Standards Laboratories International
NEI—
Nuclear Energy Institute
NFG—
nonfederal government (agencies)
NFPA—
National Fire Protection Association
NIAP—
National Information Assurance Partnership
NIH—
National Institutes of Health
NIJ—
National Institute of Justice
NIOF—
Neutron Interferometry and Optics Facility
NIST—
National Institute of Standards and Technology
NMI—
national measurement institute
NMR—
nuclear magnetic resonance
NOAA—
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NORAMET—
North American Metrology Organization
NRC—
National Research Council
NRS—
nanoscale recording system
NSE—
neutron spin echo
NSF—
National Science Foundation
NSIC—
National Storage Industry Consortium
NSMP—
National Semiconductor Metrology Program
NSOM—
near-field scanning optical microscopy/microscope
NSRL—
National Software Reference Laboratory
NTRM—
NIST-Traceable Reference Material
OA—
other agencies
OAE—
Office of Applied Economics
OASIS—
Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
OCAP—
OpenCable Application Program
OIDA—
Optoelectronics Industry Development Association
OLCI—
optical low-coherence interferometer
OLES—
Office of Law Enforcement Standards
OMP—
Office of Microelectronics Programs
OOF—
object-oriented finite-element (analysis system)
PATH—
Partnership for Advancing Technologies in Housing
PCASYS—
pattern-level classification for automation system for fingerprints
PDB—
Protein Data Bank
pdf—
portable document format
PDM—
product data management
PKI—
public key infrastructure
PL—
Physics Laboratory
PM—
particulate matter
PMD—
polarization mode dispersion
QD—
quantum dot
QPD—
Quantum Physics Division
RCS—
real-time control systems
REFLEAK—
refrigerant mixture leakage behavior
REML—
RF-EM Field Metrology Laboratory
RF—
radio frequency
RIF—
reduction in force
RIMS—
resonance ionization mass spectrometry/spectrometer
RNA—
ribonucleic acid
RRF—
Reduced Risk of Flashover
RTP—
rapid thermal processing
SANS—
small-angle neutron scattering
SCM—
scanning capacitance microscopy/microscope
SDMI—
Secure Digital Music Initiative
SEM—
scanning electron microscopy/microscope
SEMATECH—
Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology Consortium
SEMPA—
scanning electron microscopy with polarization analysis
SET—
single-electron tunneling
SHMOKE—
second harmonic magneto-optic Kerr effect
SI—
International System (of units)
SIA—
Semiconductor Industry Association
SIM—
Sistema Interamericano Metrología
SIP—
session initiation protocol
SIRCUS—
spectral irradiance and radiance calibration with uniform sources
SIS—
superconductor-insulator-superconductor
SQUID—
superconducting quantum interference device
SRAM—
static random access memory
SRD—
Standard Reference Database
SRM—
Standard Reference Material
STEP—
standard(s) for the exchange of product model data
STM—
scanning tunneling microscopy/microscope
STR—
short tandem repeat
STRS—
Scientific and Technical Research and Services
SURF—
Synchrotron Ultraviolet Radiation Facility
TBC—
thermal barrier coating
TEM—
transmission electron microscopy/microscope
TIA—
Telecommunications Industries Association
TIMS—
thermal ionization mass spectrometry/spectrometer
TOF—
time of flight
TRC—
Thermodynamics Research Center
TREC—
Text Retrieval Conference
UCN—
ultracold neutron
ULSI—
ultralarge-scale integration
USFA—
U.S. Fire Administration
UTC—
coordinated universal time
UTM—
universal testing machine
UV—
ultraviolet
UWB—
ultrawideband
VCBT—
virtual cybernetic building testbed
VCCTL—
virtual cement and concrete testing laboratory
WDM—
wavelength division multiplexing
XML—
extensible markup language