Glossary

ADC

Astronomical Data Center

ADF

Astrophysics Data Facility

AE

Atmospheric Explorer

AEROS

AEROnomy Satellite

AIM

Automated Internal Management

AIP

Archive Information Package

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

API

Applications Programming Interface

ARCAD

Arc Aurorale et Densite

ASCII

American Standard Code for information Interchange

ATMOWeb

Web interface for ATMOspheric data

CCSDS

Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems

CD-ROM

Compact Dist-Read Only Memory

CD-WO

Compact Disk-Write Once

CDAW

Coordinated Data Analysis Workshop

CDF

Common Data Format

CGRO

Compton Gamma Ray Observatory

COBE

Cosmic Background Explorer

COHO

Coordinated Heliospheric Observations

DE

Dynamics Explorer

DEDSL

Data Entity Dictionary Specification Language

DLT

Digital Linear Tape

DTD

Document Type Definition

DVD

Digital Versatile Disk (originally, V = video)

EOSDIS

Earth Observing System Data and Information System

ESA

European Space Agency

EUVE

Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer

FAME

Full-sky Astrometric Mapping Explorer

FAST

Fast Auroral SnapshoT

FEP

Formats Evolution Process

FEPC

Formats Evolution Process Committee

FITS

Flexible Image Transport System

FSO

FITS Support Office

FTP

File Transfer Protocol

FUSE

Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer

GB

Gigabyte

GOES

Geostationary Observational Environmental Satellite

GSFC

Goddard Space Fligbht Center

GUI

Graphical User Interface

HEAO

High Energy Astrophysics Observatory

HST

Hubble Space Telescope

HUT

Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope

IAU

International Astronomical Union

IDA

Interactive Data Archive

IMAGE

Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration

IMP

Interplanetary Monitoring Platform

IRAND

Interactive Request and Name Directory

IRAS

Infrared Astronomical Satellite

ISEE

International Sun-Earth Explorer

ISIS

International Satellite for Ionosphere Studies

ISO

International Standards Organization

ISTP

International Solar-Terrestrial Physics

IUE

International Ultraviolet Explorer

K-12

Kindergarten through Grade 12

KP

Key Parameters

LANL

Los Alamos National Laboratory

MAGSAT

MAGnetic field SATellite

MAST

Multimission Archive at STScI

M-O

Magneto-optic

MSIS

Mass Spectrometer and Incoherent Scatter

MSU

Moscow State University

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NDADS

NSSDC Data Archive and Distribution System

NMC

NSSDC Master Catalog

NOST

NASA/Science Office of Standards and Technology

NRAO

National Radio Astronomy Observatory

NSDF

NSSDC Supplementary Data File

NSSDC

National Space Science Data Center

OAIS

Open Archival Information System

OGLE

Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment

OMNI

Interplanetary Medium Data (not an acronym)

OSO

Orbiting Solar Observatory

OV

Orbitting Vehicle

PDS

Planetary Data System

PIMS

Personnel Information Management System

PVL

Parameter Value Language

RAID

Redundant Array of Independent Disks (originally, "I" was "Inexpensive")

SAMPEX

Solar Anomalous and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer

SEC

Sun Earth Connection

SECEF

SEC Education Forum

SOHO

Solar and Heliospheric Observatory

SOLRAD

SOLar RADiation

SPyCAT

Space Physics CATalog

SSC

Satellite Situation Center

SSDOO

Space Science Data Operations Office

STScI

Space Telescope Science Institute

SWAS

Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite

TB

Terabyte

TIFF

Tagged Image File Format

TRF

Technical Reference File

UIT

Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope

WDC-SI

World Data Center for Satellite Information (formerly WDC-A-Rockets and Satellites, WDC-A-R&S)

WORM

Write-Once, Read-Many

WUPPE

Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photopolarimetry Experiment

WWW

World Wide Web

XML

eXtensible Markup Language