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===== METIS Acronyms =====

based on METIS consortium document E-LIS-NOVA-MET-0042_0-2_Abbreviations_and_AcronymsList version 0D2, 4 Oct 2016; with additions (see Wiki change log)

  *µm	micrometers, microns
  *AC	Alternating Current
  *AD	Applicable Document
  *ADC	Atmospheric Dispersion Compensator
  *ADC	Analog to Digital Converter
  *ADI	Angular Differential Imaging
  *AGPM	Annular Groove Phase Mask
  *AI	Action Item
  *AIT	Assembly, Integration and Test
  *AIV	Assembly, Integration and Verification
  *ALMA	Atacama Large Milimetre Array
  *alt	altitude
  *ANF	Antofagasta
  *AO	Adaptive Optics
  *AOP	AO Pick-off
  *AO RTC	Adaptive Optics Real Time Computer
  *AOWFC	Adaptive Optics Wave-Front-Sensor Camera 
  *APP	Apodizing Phase Plate
  *AR	Anti-Reflective
  *arcmin	arc minute
  *arcsec	arc second
  *ART	Adaptive Relay Tower
  *ARU	Adaptive Relay Unit
  *ASCII 	American Standard Code for Information Interchange
  *ATE	Automatic Test Equipment
  *ATP	Acceptance Test Plan
  *ATR	Acceptance Test Report
  *AU	Astronomical Unit
  *az	azimuth
  *BFL	Back Focal Length
  *BITE	Built-In-Test-Equipment
  *BOL	Beginning of Life
  *BOM	Bill Of Material
  *C	Centigrade
  *CAD	Computer Added Design
  *CB	Circuit Breaker
  *CCB	Changed Control Board
  *CCD	Charged Coupled Device
  *CCS	Cold Central Structure
  *CCS	Central Control System/Software
  *CD	Compact Disk
  *CDR 	Conceptual Design Review
  *CE	Common Elements
  *CE	Conformité Européenne
  *CE 	Constraint Equation
  *CEN	European Committee for Standardisation
  *CENELEC	European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation
  *CETOP	Comité Européenne des Transmissions Oléohydrauliques et Pneumatiques (Euroean Fluid Power Committee)
  *CF	ConFlat - high vacuum connection system using metallic gasket
  *CFC	Continuous Flow Cryostat
  *CFO	Common Fore Optics
  *CFP 	Call for Proposals
  *CFRP 	Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastic
  *CHO	Chopper
  *CI	Configuration Item
  *CIDL	Configuration Item Data List
  *CII	Core Integration Infrastructure
  *CM	Consortium Meeting
  *CM (CM1, CM2…)	Curved Mirror
  *CMMS	Computerised Maintenance Management System
  *CoG	Centre of Gravity
  *COM 	Commissioning Phase
  *Co-PI	Co-Principal Investigator
  *COTS	Commercial Off The Shelf (products)
  *CPL	Common Pipeline Library
  *CPU	Central Processing Unit
  *CRE	Change Request
  *CRE-PF	Change Request Proposal Form
  *CRE-SF	Change Request Submission Form
  *CRIRES	CRyogenic InfraRed Echelle Spectrograph
  *CRY	CryoVacuum
  *CST	Cold Stop
  *CTE	Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
  *DAC	Digital to Analog Converter
  *DC	Direct Current
  *DCS	Detector Control System
  *DD	Deliverable Document
  *DEC 	Declination
  *DET 	Detector Subsystem
  *DFE	Detector Front-End Electronics
  *DFI 	Data Flow Infrastructure Department of SDD
  *DFS 	Data Flow System
  *DG 	Director General
  *DIC 	Data Interface Control
  *DICB	Data Interface Control Board
  *DICD	Data Interface Control Document
  *DID 	Data Interface Dictionary
  *DIN	Deutsches Institut für Normung
  *DIT	Detector Integration Time
  *DLR 	Damage Limitation Requirement
  *DM	Deformable Mirror
  *DMD 	Data Management Division
  *DMO 	Data Management and Operations Division of ESO
  *DN	Nominal Diameter
  *DoC	Declaration of Conformity
  *DoE	Directorate of Engineering
  *DOF 	Degree of Freedom
  *DoI	Declaration of Incorporation
  *DoO 	Director of Operations
  *DOORS	Dynamic Object Oriented Requirements System
  *DoP 	Director of Programmes
  *DoS 	Director of Science
  *DPQC 	Data Products and Quality Control Group of DMO
  *DRD 	Document Requirements Definition
  *DRL 	Data Reduction Library
  *DRS 	Data Reduction System
  *DSO 	Divisional Safety Officer
  *E2V,e2v,E2v	e2v Technologies (CCD manufacturer http://e2vtechnologies.com)
  *EC	European Commission
  *EDP 	External Data Product
  *EELT	European Extremely Large Telescope
  *E-ELT	European Extremely Large Telescope
  *EFL	Effective Focal Length
  *EFOV	Effective Field Of View
  *EFTA	European Free Trade Association
  *EH	Entrance Hall
  *EHSR	Essential Health and Safety Requirements
  *EIR 	ESO Instrument Responsible
  *ELFN	Extra Low Frequency Noise
  *ELT	Extremely Large Telescope
  *EM	Electromagnetic
  *EMC	Electromagnetic Compatibility
  *EMI	Electromagnetic  Interference
  *EN	European Standard (Norm)
  *EOL	End of Life
  *EQ	Earthquake
  *ES	Edge Sensor
  *ESD	Electrostatic Discharge
  *ESO	European Southern Observatory
  *ESO	European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere
  *ETC	Exposure Time Calculator
  *ETSI	European Telecommunications Standards Institute
  *EU	European Union
  *EUT	Equipment Under Test
  *EW	Entrance Window
  *FAR	Functional Acceptance Review
  *FDIR	Fault Detection, Isolation and Recovery 
  *FDR	Final Design Review
  *FE 	Finite Element
  *FEA	Finite Element Analysis
  *FEM 	Finite Element Model 
  *FF	Feedforward
  *FITS	Flexible Image Transport System
  *FL	Focal Length
  *FM (FM1, FM2…)	Folding Mirror (flat)
  *FMECA	Failure Mode Effect and Criticality Analysis
  *FO	Fore Optics
  *FOV, FoV	Field of View
  *FP (FP1, FP2,…)	Focal Plane  
  *FPA	Focal Plane Assembly
  *FPGA	Field Programmable Gate Array
  *FPS, fps	Frames Per Second
  *FPT	Flat Platform Truck
  *FPWFS	Focal Plane WaveFront Sensing
  *FS	Field Stabilization
  *FWHM	Full Width at Half Maximum
  *G10	Glass fibre/epoxy insulating material
  *Gbytes 	Gigabytes
  *GTO	Guaranteed Time Observations
  *GUI	Graphical User Interface
  *H2RG Hawaii II RG (infrared detector array produced by Teledyne Imaging Systems)
  *HA	Hazard Analysis
  *HALT	Highly Accelerated Life Test
  *HAWK-I	High Acuity Wide field K-band Imager
  *HCI	High Contrast Imaging
  *HDRL	High-Level Data Reduction Library
  *HDU 	FITS Header + Data Unit
  *HF	High Frequency
  *HFT	Hardware Failure Tolerance
  *HoA 	Head of Administration
  *HoD 	Head of Division
  *HR	High Resolution
  *HRS	High Resolution Spectrometer
  *HSM	Health Status and Monitoring
  *HST 	Hubble Space Telescope
  *HTML 	Hypertext Markup Language
  *HVAC	Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning
  *HW	Hardware
  *HX	Heat Exchanger
  *Hz	Hertz
  *I/F(s)	Interface(s)
  *I/O	Input/Output
  *IAA	Instrument Assembly Area at Armazones
  *ICD	Interface Control Document
  *ICS	Instrument Control System/Software
  *ID	Identification Number
  *IDD	Instrument Description Database
  *IDF 	Instrument Definition File of an Exposure Time Calculator
  *IDP 	Internal Data Product
  *IEC	International Electrotechnical Commission
  *IFM	Integral Field Mode
  *IFM	Interface Matrix
  *IFOV	Instantaneous Field Of View
  *IFS	Integral Field Spectrograph
  *IFU	Integral Field Unit
  *IFV	Interface Visualization
  *ILS	Interlock and Safety System
  *IMG	Imager
  *INC	Instrument Control  
  *INL	Integral  Non-Linearity
  *INS?	Instrument Division of ESO
  *INS?	Instrument Subsystem
  *IOT 	Instrument Observing Template
  *IP	Inspection Point
  *IP	International Protection Marking (IEC 60529)
  *IQ	Image Quality
  *IR	Infrared
  *IRM	Integration Readiness Meeting
  *ISDD	Instrument Software Design Description
  *ISFS	Instrument Software Functional Specification
  *ISMP	Instrument Software Management Plan
  *ISO	International Standards Organisation
  *ISRM	Installation Readiness Meeting
  *ISUM	Instrument Software User and Maintenance Manual
  *ISURS	Instrument Software User Requirement Specification
  *ITE	Information Technology Equipment
  *IWS	Instrument Workstation
  *JWST	James Web Space Telescope
  *K 	Kelvin
  *KF	Klein-Flange - easily dismountable vacuum connection system
  *Kg	Kilogram
  *KM	Key Milestone
  *KM (KM1, KM2,…)	K-Mirror
  *KO	Kick-off
  *KOM	Kick-Off Meeting
  *L (L1, L2,…)	Lense
  *LAN	Local Area Network
  *LCS	Local Control System
  *LCU	Local Control Unit
  *LED	Light Emitting Diode
  *LEMP	Lightning ElectroMagnetic imPulse
  *LGS	Laser Guide Star
  *LLCU	Linux Local Control Unit
  *LMS	LM Spectrograph
  *LN2 	Liquid Nitrogen
  *LOO	(Telescope) Low Order Optimisation (active optics)
  *LPM	Lyot-plane Phase Mask
  *LPM	Local Project Manager
  *LPO	La Silla Paranal Observatory
  *LPZ	Lightning Protection Zone
  *LRU	Line Replaceable Unit
  *LSE	Local Systems Engineer(ing)
  *LSZH	Low-Smoke Zero-Halogen
  *LT	Launch Telescope
  *LTA 	Laset Tomography AO
  *LTAO	Laser Tomography Adaptive Optics
  *LUT	Look Up Table
  *LV	Low Voltage
  *m	meter
  *M1	Primary Mirror
  *M2	Secondary Mirror
  *M3	Tertiary Mirror
  *M4 	4th mirror in E-ELT (or Quaternary Mirror)
  *M5	5th mirror in E-ELT 
  *MAAL	METIS Abbreviations and Acronmys List
  *MAIT	Manufacture Assembly Integration and Test
  *MAIV	Manufacture Assembly Integration and Verification
  *mas	miliarsecond
  *MCAO	Multi-Conjugate Adapative Optics
  *MCMT	Maximum Corrective Maintenance Time
  *MCT  Mercury Cadmium Telluride (HgCdTE) -- a common material used for detecting infrared light
  *MET	Short form of METIS
  *METIS	Mid Infrared E-ELT Imager and Spectrograph 
  *MIDIR	E-ELT instrument: Mid Infrared imager and spectrograph 
  *MIRI	Mid Infra Red Instrument
  *mm	millimeter
  *MOAO	Multi-Object Adaptive Optics
  *MoS 	Margin of Safety
  *MOU	Memorandum of Understanding
  *MPO	METIS Project Office
  *MS	(Telescope) Main Structure
  *MS	Maintenance Software
  *MSF	
  *MSS 	Main Support Structure
  *MTBF	Mean Time Between Failure 
  *MTR	Main Transit Ring
  *MTTR	Mean Time To Repair
  *n.c.	Normally closed
  *n.o.	Normally open
  *N/A	Not Applicable
  *NCP	Non-Common Path
  *NCPA	Non-Common Path Aberrations
  *NCR	Non-Conformance Report
  *NCR 	No Collapse Requirement
  *NGC	New General Detector Controller
  *NGCU	Nitrogen Gas Conditioning Unit
  *NGS	Natural Guide Star
  *NIH	New Integration Hall
  *NIR	Near-Infrared
  *NTT 	New Technology Telescope
  *OAP	Off-Axis Parabolic mirror
  *OB 	Observation Block
  *OCD	Operations Concept Description (or Document)
  *OPC	Observing Programme Committee
  *OS	Observing Software
  *OST 	Observation Summary Table
  *OT 	Observing Tool
  *P2PP 	Phase 2 Proposal Preparation
  *PA	Product Assurance
  *PAC	Preliminary Acceptance Chile
  *PACT	Position Actuator
  *PAE	Preliminary Acceptance Europe
  *PAE	Provisional Acceptance Europe
  *PAF 	Parameter File
  *PBC	Protective Bonding Circuit
  *PCB	Printed Circuit Board
  *PDR	Preliminary Design Review
  *PDRM 	Pluggable Data Reduction Module
  *PE	Protective Earth
  *PELV	Protective Extra Low Voltage
  *PFD	Probability of Failure on Demand
  *PFH	Probability of dangerous Failure per Hour
  *PFS	PreFocal Station
  *PH2 	Phase 2
  *PHA	Preliminary Hazard Analysis
  *PHL	Preliminary Hazard List
  *PI	Principal Investigator
  *PI/CO-I 	Principal Investigator/Co-Investigator
  *PID	Proportional Integral Derivative
  *PIP	Pipeline
  *PLC	Programmable Logic Controller
  *PM	Project Manager
  *PO	Project Office
  *PoA	Paranal or Armazonas
  *PoE	Power over Ethernet
  *PP (PP1, PP2,…)	Pupil Plane
  *PPE	Personal Protective Equipment
  *PRNU	Photon Response Non-Uniformity
  *PSD	Power Spectral Density
  *PSD 	Pipeline Systems Department of SDD
  *PSF	Point  Spread  Function  (system  response  to  an  infinitely  narrow stimulus)
  *PSH	Phase Separator Hole
  *PSO 	Paranal Science Operations
  *PT	Pulse Tube
  *PTFE	Polytetrafluoroethylene
  *PTV	Peak to Valley
  *PWV	Precipitable Water Vapour
  *px	pixel
  *QA	Quality Assurance
  *QC1 	Quality Control Level 1
  *QE	Quantum Efficiency
  *QSS	Quasi-Static Speckles
  *RA 	Right Ascension
  *RAM(S)	Reliability Availability Maintainability (Safety) 
  *RAVC	Ring Apodized Vortex Coronagraph
  *RB 	Reduction Block
  *RBE 	Rigid Body Element
  *RCCB	Residual Current Circuit Breaker
  *RCD	Residual Current Device
  *RD	Reference Document
  *RF	Radio Frequency
  *RFW	Request for Waiver
  *RMS, rms	Root Mean Square
  *ROHS	Restriction of Hazardous Substances
  *RON	Read Out Noise
  *RTC	Real Time Computer
  *RTD	Read Time Display
  *SA	System Analysis
  *SAM	Sparse Aperture Masking
  *SAP	System Analysis Plan
  *SCA	Single Conjugarte AO
  *SCAO	Sincle Conjugate Adaptive Optics
  *SCL	Santiago de Chile
  *SCP	Service Connection Point
  *SDI	Spectral Differential Imaging
  *SDD 	Software Development Division of ESO
  *SE	Systems Engineer(ing)
  *SED	
  *SELV	Safety Extra Low Voltage
  *SEMP	Systems Engineering Management Plan
  *SGDP 	Science Grade Data Product
  *SH	Shack-Hartmann
  *SIL	Safety Integrity Level
  *SL	Systems Lead
  *SMA	Saturation Management Algorithm
  *SMO	Spectrometer Main Optics
  *SNR	Signal to Noise Ratio
  *SO	Static Offsets
  *SO 	Science Operations
  *SOP	Small Outline Package
  *SoW	Statement of Work
  *SPD	Surge Protective Device
  *SPE 	Technical Specification
  *SPO	Spectrometer Pre-Optics
  *SRCF	Safety Related Control Function
  *SRECS	Safety-Related Electrical, electronic and programmable electronic Control System
  *SRF	Spectral Response Function
  *SRS	System Requirements Specifications 
  *SSE 	Site Safety Engineer
  *SSM	Spacecraft Support Module
  *SSR      	Solid State Recorder 
  *ST	System Team
  *STSDAS 	Space Telescope Standard Data Analysis Software
  *SV	Science Verification
  *SVN	Subversion (software versioning and revision control system)
  *SW	Software
  *TBC	To Be Confirmed
  *TBD	To Be Defined
  *TBR	To Be Reviewed
  *TCF	Technical Construction File
  *TCS 	Telescope Control Software
  *TIS  Teledyne Imaging Sensors (http://www.teledyne-si.com/index.html)
  *TMA	Three Mirror Anastigmatic
  *TMP	Turbo Molecular Pump
  *TOC	Table of Contents
  *TR	Time to Repair
  *TRB	Test Readiness Bord
  *TRL	Technology Readiness Level
  *TRR	Test Readiness Review
  *TRS	Time Reference System
  *TS	Technical Specification
  *TSE	Thermal Self Emission
  *TT	Tip-Tilt
  *UPS	Uninterruptible Power Supply
  *USD 	User Support Department of DMO
  *UT	Unit Telescope
  *UTC 	Universal Time Coordinated
  *V&V	Verification & Validation
  *VC 	Vortex Coronagraph
  *VCS 	VLT Control Software
  *VDE 	Verband der Elektrotechnik
  *VDI	Verein Deutscher Ingenieure
  *VIC 	VLT Instrument Consortium
  *VIT	VLT Instrument Team
  *VLT	Very Large Telescope
  *VLTI	Very Large Telescope Interferometer
  *WBS	Work Breakdown Structure
  *WCS 	World Coordinate System
  *WCU	Warm Calibration Unit
  *WFE	WaveFront Error
  *WFS	WaveFront Sensing
  *WIN	(entrance) Window
  *WP	Work Package 
  *WRT, wrt	With Respect To
  *WS	Workstation
  *WSS	Warm Support Structure
  *WVR	Water Vapor Radiometer