An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Measurement and Standards Laboratories: Fiscal Year 2002 (2002)

AAMACS—

advanced automated master angle calibration system

AC—

alternating current

ACI—

American Concrete Institute

ACM—

Association for Computing Machinery

ADCL—

Accredited Dosimetry Calibration Laboratories

ADL—

architecture description language

AED—

atomic emission detection

AES—

Advanced Encryption Standard; Auger electron spectroscopy

AFLAP—

Armed Forces Laboratory of Applied Pathology

AFM—

atomic force microscopy/microscope

AIGER—

American Industry/Government Emissions Research

AMD—

Advanced Micro Devices

AMDIS—

Automated Mass Spectral Deconvolution and Identification Software

AML—

Advanced Measurement Laboratory

AMO—

atomic, molecular, and optical

ANSI—

American National Standards Institute

API—

application programming interface

ASHRE—

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers

ASME—

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

ASTM—

American Society for Testing and Materials

ATP—

Advanced Technology Program

ATSC—

Advanced Television Systems Committee

BACnet—

Building Automation and Control Network

BEC—

Bose-Einstein condensates

BEES—

Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability

BFRL—

Building and Fire Research Laboratory

BioMEMS—

biomicroelectromechanical systems

BIPM—

Bureau International des Poids et Mésures

BISR—

Bioinformatics Software Resource

BLAS—

Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms

BMCD—

Biomolecular Crystallization Database

BVL—

Biomarker Validation Laboratory

CAD—

computer-aided design

CAM—

computer-aided manufacturing

CARB—

Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology

CBEFF—

Common Biometric Exchange File Format

CCM—

Consultative Committee for Mass and Related Quantities

CCT—

Consultative Committee on Temperature

CD—

critical dimension; compact disk

CE—

capillary electrophoresis

CEC—

capillary electrochromatography

CGM—

Computer Graphics Metafile

CHRNS—

Center for High Resolution Neutron Scattering

CIF—

common industry format

CIO—

chief information officer

CIP—

critical infrastructure protection

CIPM—

Comité International des Poids et Mésures

CIRMS—

Council on Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standards

CISPR—

International Special Committee on Radio Interference

CIS2—

CIMsteel Integration Standards

CMM—

coordinate measuring machine

CMOS—

complementary metal-oxide semiconductor

CMRL—

Construction Materials Reference Laboratory

CMVP—

Cryptographic Module Validation Program

CNBT—

Cold Neutrons for Biology and Technology

CONSAFE—

Construction Systems and Safety

CONSIAT—

Construction Integration and Automation Technology

CORM—

Council for Optical Radiation Measurements

CRADA—

cooperative research and development agreement

CRDS—

cavity ring-down spectrometer

CSEAT—

Computer Security Expert Assist Team

CSTL—

Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory

CU—

University of Colorado

C-V—

capacitance-voltage

CVD—

chemical vapor deposition

CV-ID-ICP-MS—

cold vapor isotope dilution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

CW—

continuous wave

DARPA—

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DASE—

digital TV application software environment

DAVE—

data analysis and visualization environment

DC—

direct current

DCS—

disk chopper time-of-flight spectrometer

DLMF—

Digital Library of Mathematical Functions

DNA—

deoxyribonucleic acid

DNS—

Domain Name System

DOD—

Department of Defense

DOE—

Department of Energy

DOT—

Department of Transportation

DRM—

digital rights management

DTV—

digital television

DUC—

Document Understanding Conference

DUV—

deep ultraviolet

DVD—

digital versatile disk

EARS—

Effective Affordable Reusable Speech-to-text

EB—

electron beam

EBIT—

electron-beam ion trap

ECCI—

Electronic Commerce of Component Information

EDRN—

Early Detection Research Network

EEEL—

Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory

EIA—

Electronics Industry Association

EM—

electromagnetic

EMC—

electromagnetic compatibility; Enhanced Machine Controller

EPA—

Environmental Protection Agency

EPRI—

Electric Power Research Institute

EUV—

extreme ultraviolet

FASCAL—

Facility for Automatic Spectroradiometric Calibrations

FAST—

financial agent secure transactions

FBI—

Federal Bureau of Investigation

FCC—

Federal Communications Commission

FDA—

Food and Drug Administration

FDD—

fault detection and diagnostics

FDS—

fire dynamics simulator

FEMA—

Federal Emergency Management Agency

FIATECH—

Fully Integrated and Automated Technology

FIB—

focused ion beam

FIMA—

Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration

FISH—

fluorescence in situ hybridization

FRP—

fiber-reinforced polymer

FTIR—

Fourier-transform infrared

GaAs—

gallium arsenide

GAMS—

Guide to Available Mathematical Software

GC/MS—

gas chromatography/mass spectrometry

GEC—

Gaseous Electronics Conference

GEMnet—

GSA Energy Management network

GIXPS—

grazing incidence x-ray photoemission spectroscopy

GPS—

Global Positioning System

GSA—

General Services Administration

GSAS—

general structure analysis system

HACR—

High Accuracy Cryogenic Radiometer

H/D—

hydrogen/deuterium

HDSA—

High Density Storage Association

HDTV—

high-definition television

HFBS—

high-flux backscattering spectrometer

HFC—

hydrofluorocarbon

HIV—

Human Immunodeficiency Virus

HIVDB—

HIV Protease Structural Database

HPC—

high-performance concrete

HR—

high resolution

HUD—

Department of Housing and Urban Development

HVAC/R—

heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration

IAI—

International Alliance for Interoperability

IAQ—

indoor air quality

IC—

integrated circuit

ICM—

Internet Commerce for Manufacturing

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

IFC—

Industry Foundation Classes

IGERT—

Integrative Graduate Education, Research, and Training

IGOR—

data reduction and analysis software

IIEDM—

Infrastructure for Integrated Electronic Design and Manufacturing

IKE—

Internet Key Exchange

ILC—

interlaboratory comparison

IM—

intercomparison materials

IMPI—

Interoperable Message Passing Interface

INAA—

instrumental neutron activation analysis

IP—

Internet Protocol; intellectual property

IPsec—

Internet Protocol Security

IR—

infrared

ISO—

International Organization for Standardization

IT—

information technology

ITF—

Irradiation Testbed Facility

ITL—

Information Technology Laboratory

ITRS—

International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors

ITS—

intelligent transportation system

IUPAC—

International Union for Pure and Applied Chemistry

JEDEC—

Joint Electron Device Engineering Council

KC—

Key Comparison

LADAR—

laser detection and ranging

LANL—

Los Alamos National Laboratory

LBNL—

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

LC—

liquid chromatography

LCC—

life cycle costs

LED—

light-emitting diode

LFRD—

load and resistance factor design

LISA—

Laser Interferometer Space Antenna

LLC—

Limited Liability Corporation (consortium)

LLNL—

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

LS—

liquid scintillation

MACS—

multi-analyzer crystal spectrometer

MALDI—

matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization

MANET—

mobile ad hoc network

MBE—

molecular beam epitaxy

MEF—

mask enhancement factor

MEL—

Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory

MEMS—

microelectromechanical systems

MEP—

Manufacturing Extension Partnership

MERLiN—

modeling, evaluation, and research of lightwave networks

MFM—

magnetic force microscope

MOS—

metal-oxide semiconductor

MOSFETS—

metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors

MOU—

memorandum of understanding

MPD—

Measurement Program Description

MPEG—

Motion Picture Experts Group

MPLS—

multiprotocol label switching

MQA—

measurement quality assurance

MRA—

Mutual Recognition Agreement

MRAM—

magnetic random access memory

MS—

mass spectrometry/spectrometer

MSAG—

Measurement Services Advisory Group

MSEL—

Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory

MSL—

Measurement and Standards Laboratories

NASA—

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NCI—

National Cancer Institute

NCNR—

NIST Center for Neutron Research

NCSLI—

National Conference of Standards Laboratories International

NEMI—

National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative

NEMS—

Nanoelectromechanical Systems

NFG—

nonfederal government (agencies)

NG-3—

neutron guide 3

NIAP—

National Information Assurance Partnership

NIF—

National Ignition Facility

NIH—

National Institutes of Health

NIJ—

National Institute of Justice

NIR—

near infrared

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

NPL—

Nanoscale Physics Laboratory

NRC—

National Research Council

NRIP—

NIST Radiochemistry Intercomparison Program

NRL—

Naval Research Laboratory

NRS—

nanoscale recording system

NSA—

National Security Agency

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

NTRM—

NIST-Traceable Reference Material

NVLAP—

National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program

OA—

other agencies

OAE—

Office of Applied Economics

OASIS—

Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards

OCT—

optical coherence tomography

OFA—

Organizational Focus Area

OLES—

Office of Law Enforcement Standards

OMP—

Office of Microelectronics Programs

OOF—

object-oriented finite-element (analysis system)

OOMMF—

Object Oriented Micromagnetic Framework

OSEP—

Optical Science and Engineering Program

OSTP—

Office of Science and Technology Policy

PARCS—

Primary Atomic Reference Clock in Space

PATRIOT—

Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism

PC—

personal computer

PCR—

polymerase chain reaction

PDA—

personal digital assistant

PDB—

Protein Data Bank

PDL—

polarization-dependent loss

PEEM—

photoemission electron microscope

PEO—

polyethylene oxide

PerMIS—

Performance Metrics for Intelligent System

PGAA—

prompt gamma-activation analysis

PIMM—

pulsed inductive microwave magnetometer

PKI—

public-key infrastructure

PL—

Physics Laboratory

PLGA—

polylactic/polyglycolic acid

PLIF—

planar, laser-induced fluorescence

PMD—

polarization mode dispersion

PRT—

participating research team

QD—

quantum dot

QH—

quantum Hall

RCS—

real-time control system; radar cross section

REML—

Radio-frequency Electromagnetic-field Metrology Laboratory

RF—

radio frequency

RILEM—

Réunion Internationale des Laboratoires d’Essais et de recherche sur les Matériaux et les Constructions

RIMS—

resonance ionization mass spectrometry/spectrometer

RNA—

ribonucleic acid

RNAA—

radiochemical neutron activation analysis

RPG—

Recommended Practice Guide

SANS—

small-angle neutron scattering

SCM—

scanning capacitance microscopy/microscope

SED—

Semiconductor Electronics Division

SEM—

scanning electron microscopy/microscope

SEMATECH—

Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology Consortium

SEMPA—

scanning electron microscopy with polarization analysis

SET—

single-electron transistor

SFA—

Strategic Focus Area

SFC—

supercritical fluid chromatography

SFE—

supercritical fluid extraction

SFG-OS—

sum frequency generation optical spectroscopy

SI—

International System (of units)

SIA—

Semiconductor Industry Association

SIM—

Sistema Interamericano Metrología

SIMS—

secondary ion mass spectroscopy

SIP—

session initiation protocol

SIRCUS—

spectral irradiance and radiance calibration with uniform sources

SIS—

superconductor-insulator-superconductor

SM³—

Single Molecule Manipulation and Measurement

SNS—

Spallation Neutron Source

SPIE—

Society for Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers

SPINS—

spin-polarized triple-axis spectrometer

SPP—

storage photo-stimulable phosphor

SRD—

Standard Reference Database

SRM—

Standard Reference Material

SRP—

Standard Reference Photometer

SS7—

signaling system seven

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

TCAD—

technology computer-aided design

TDCR—

Triple Double Coincidence Ratio

TDEP—

trace explosives detection portal

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

UGV—

unmanned ground vehicles

UHV STM—

ultrahigh-vacuum scanning tunneling microscope

ULSI—

ultralarge-scale integration

UMD—

University of Maryland

UpnP—

Universal Plug and Play

USANS—

ultrasmall-angle neutron scattering

UTC—

coordinated universal time

UV—

ultraviolet

UWB—

ultrawideband

VCBT—

Virtual Cycybernetic Building Testbed

VCCTL—

Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing Laboratory

VESA—

Video Electronics Standards Association

VIS—

visible

VUV—

vacuum ultraviolet

WDM—

wavelength-division multiplexing

W3C—

World Wide Web Consortium

XML—

extensible markup language

XMM—

x-ray multi-mirror

XPS—

x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

YBCO—

yttrium-barium-copper oxide

ZSM-5—

zeolite-based heterogeneous catalyst