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Technology for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, 2000-2035: Becoming a 21st-Century Force Volume 2: Technology (1997) / Chapter Skim
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B: ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
Pages 330-336

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... B Acronyms and Abbreviations ABM ac ACTD A/D ADC ADM AgZn AI AIMS AlGaAs AMRFS ARG ARM ASAT ASIC ASMP ASW ATR AWACS BASS BAT bhp C3 C/A Antiballistic missile Alternating current Advanced concept technology demonstration Analog-to-digital Analog-to-digital conversion (converter) Advanced development model Silver zinc Artificial intelligence Agile infrastructure for manufacturing Aluminum gallium arsenide Advanced multifunction radio-frequency system Amphibious-ready group Antiradar missile Antisatellite Application-specific integrated circuit Advanced Surface Machinery Program Antisubmarine warfare Automatic target recognition Airborne Warning and Control System Bulk avalanche semiconductor switch Brilliant antitank Brake horsepower Command, control, and communications Coarse/acquisition (code)
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From page 331...
... APPENDIX B 331 CAD Computer-aided design CBW Chemical and biological warfare CCD Charge-coupled device CD Compact disk CEC Cooperative engagement capability CEP Circular error of probability CFAR Constant false alarm CFC Chlorofluorocarbon CFD Computational fluid dynamics CHRIMP Consolidated Hazardous Material Re-utilization and Inventory Managment Program CIC Combat information center CID Combat identification CINC Commander in Chief CINCPAC Commander in Chief, Pacific CISC Complex instruction set computing (computer' CMOS Complementary metal oxide semiconductor CMR Colossal magnetoresistance CNO Chief of Naval Operations CO2 Carbon dioxide COAMPS Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System COADS Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Dynamic System COLA Cost and operational-effectiveness analysis CONUS Continental United States CORBA Common object request broker architecture COTS Commercial off-the-shelf CPS Collective Protection System CPU Central processing unit CVD Chemical vapor deposition CVX Next-generation aircraft carrier CW Continuous wave D/A Digital-to-analog DAC Digital-to-analog conversion DBDB Digital bathymetric database do Direct current DC Digital circuit DDS Direct digital synthesis DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agenc, DEW Directed-energy weapon DEB Distributed feedback DMP Dynamic mission planning DOD Department of Defense DOE Department of Energy
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From page 332...
... 332 DRAM DSB DSP ECAC ECL BEG EHF EM EMI EMP ENIAC EO ESM ETC EW FET FFT FLIR FM FP FPA FSAD GaAs GAMOT GaN GCCS GLONASS GMR GPS TICS HDTV HEMT HEPA HE HgCdTe HM&E HPCI HEM HSLA HTS IC IC2 ICR APPENDIX B Dynamic random access memory Defense Science Board Digital signal processing Electromagnetic Compatibility Analysis Center Emitter control logic Electro enc ephalo gram Extremely high frequency Electromagnetic Electromagnetic interference Electromagnetic pulse Electronic Numerical Intergrator and Computer Electro-optic Electronic support measure Electrothermal chemical Electronic warfare Field-effect transitor Fast Fourier transform Forward-looking infrared radar Frequency modulation Function point Focal plane array Full-scale advanced development Gallium arsenide Global acoustic monitoring of ocean thermometry Gallium nitride Global Command and Control System Global Navigation Satellite System Giant magnetoresistance Global Positioning System Human-centered system High-definition television High-electron mobility transistor High-efficiency particulate air (filter) High frequency Mercury - c admium-telluride Hull, mechanical, and electrical High performance computing initiative High-power microwave High-strength, low-alloy High-temperature superconductor Integrated circuit Integrated command and control Intercoded recuperated (gas turbine)
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From page 333...
... ISC Integrated ship control ISDN Integrated services digital network ISPM Integrating smart product model IW Information warfare JCS Joint Chiefs of Staff JJ Josephson junction JPEG Joint photographic experts group JPO Joint Program Office JSF Joint Strike Fighter JTF Joint Task Force ksi Kips per square inch kWe/kg Kilowatts of electric power output per kilogram LED Light-emitting diode LEO Low Earth orbiting LHX Large-deck amphibious ship LIDAR Laser detection and ranging LMRS Long-term mine reconnaissance system LNA Low-noise amplification LPI Low probability of intercept LWIR Long-wavelength IR Marisat Maritime satellite MARPOL Marine Pollution (regulations) MBE Molecular beam epitaxy MCM Multichip module MEMS Microelectromechanical systems MESFET Metal-semiconductor field-effect transistor MHD Magnetohydrodynamics MIMD Multiple-instruction, multiple-data MMIC Monolithic microwave integrated circuit MMW Millimeter wave
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From page 334...
... Encrypted precision code PA Power amplification PC Personal computer PCR Polymerase chain reaction PCS Personal communication system PEBB Power electronic building block PET Positron emission tomography PFN Pulse-forming network PGM Power generation module PHEMT Pseudomorphic HEMT PM Power magnet
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From page 335...
... Read-only memory Relocatable over-the-horizon radar Remotely operated vehicle Run-time interface Real-time logistic management Science and technology Search-and-destroy armor munition Synthetic aperture radar Synthetic aperture sonar Satellite communications Simulation-based acquisition Simulation-based design Self-electro-optic effect device Software engineering initiative Spherical error of position Single-electron transistor Superhigh frequency Silicon carbide Silicon germanium Single-instruction, multiple-data Source line of code Standard monitoring control system Superconducting magnet energy storage (device) State of art Solar Heliospheric Observer Smart product model Superconductor quantum interference device Single quantum well Ship service gas turbine generator Ship service inverter module Nuclear-powered submarine Space-time adaptive processing System Threat Assessment Report
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... 336 STOL STOW SVD SWATH TEWA TMC TOF T/R TRANSCOM UAV UHF ULCB UUV UV UWB Vac Vdc VE VHF VLO VLSI VOR VRML VSTOL VTOL WAAS WBS WIMP APPENDIX B Short takeoff and landing Synthetic theater of war Singular value decomposition Small waterplane area twin hull Threat Evaluation and Weapon Assessment Titanium matrix composite Time of flight Transmitter/receiver Transportation Command Unmanned aerial vehicle Ultrahigh frequency Ultralow-carbon bainite Unmanned underwater vehicle Ultraviolet Ultrawide bandwidth Volts alternating current Volts direct current Virtual environment Very high frequency Very low observability Very large scale integrated VHF omnidirectional range Virtual-reality modeling language Vertical short takeoff and landing Vertical takeoff and landing Wide area augmentation system Wide-bandgap semiconductor Windows, icons, mouse, pointer Zonal electrical distribution system
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Key Terms

  • ship service
  • smart product
  • gas turbine
  • product model
  • synthetic aperture

  • superconducting magnet
  • threat assessment
  • laser detection
  • chain reaction
  • emission tomography

  • beam epitaxy
  • armor munition
  • microwave integrated
  • quantum interference
  • silicon germanium

  • marine pollution
  • joint strike
  • silicon carbide
  • remotely operated
  • magnet energy

  • solar heliospheric
  • earth orbiting
  • engineering initiative
  • interference device
  • source line

  • precision code
  • standard monitoring
  • maritime satellite
  • molecular beam
  • power generation


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