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BU: Boston University
CERN: European Organization for Nuclear Research (formerly Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire)
CMS: Compact Muon Solenoid

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DAQ: Data AcQuisition

DCC: Data Concentrator Card. 9U VMEbus module developed by us, currently about 35 installed in CMS
ECAL: Electromagnetic Calorimeter

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FTDI: Future Technologies Devices International
FPGA: Field Programmable Gate Array

HCAL: Hadron CALorimeter
HTR: Hcal Trigger/Readout card. 9U VMEbus module developed by University of Maryland, currently about 400 installed in CMS.
ILS: Instrument Landing System

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JTAG: Joint Test Action Group
LVDS: Low Voltage Differential Signaling

MCH: MicroTCA Carrier Hub. The required controller module for a MicroTCA crate. A crate may have 1 or 2 of these.
MicroTCA: Micro Telecommunications Architecture. The bus standard for the little electronics crates with the blinky lights.

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MMC: MultiMedia Card

NFL: National Football League
QIE: Charge (Q) Integrator and Encoder. A fancy ADC used the the RBX to digitize data from HCAL
RBX: Readout Box. Enclosure containing photo-diodes and front-end digitizing electronics mounted on the CMS HCAL detector. Optical fibers from the RBX are connected to the HTR inputs.
SFP: Small Formfactor Pluggable. A standard replaceable module for fiber optic links. 4 SFP are located on the front of the AMC13.
SFP+: A high-speed variant of SFP

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TTC: Trigger and Timing Control
USB: Universal Serial Device

VORTAC: VHF Omnidirectional Range/Tactical Aircraft Control
VMEbus: Versa Module Eurobus or something. The bus standard for the big electronics crates with the blinky lights. Cards come in 6U (small) and 9U (large) sizes.

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ADC: Analog to Digital Converter
AMC: Advanced Mezzanine Card. An electronics module which mounts in an ATCA or MicroTCA crate
AMC13: A module developed by us to mount in a MicroTCA crate for CMS. Sort of a hybrid between an AMC and an MCH
ATCA: Advanced Telecommunications Architecture. The bus standard for another blinky lights crate standard (not used by us)
BU: Boston University
CERN: European Organization for Nuclear Research (formerly Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire)
CMS: Compact Muon Solenoid
DCC: Data Concentrator Card. 9U VMEbus module developed by us, currently about 35 installed in CMS
ECAL: Electromagnetic Calorimeter
HCAL: Hadron CALorimeter
HTR: Hcal Trigger/Readout card. 9U VMEbus module developed by University of Maryland, currently about 400 installed in CMS.
ILS: Instrument Landing System
MCH: MicroTCA Carrier Hub. The required controller module for a MicroTCA crate. A crate may have 1 or 2 of these.
MicroTCA: Micro Telecommunications Architecture. The bus standard for the little electronics crates with the blinky lights.
NFL: National Football League
QIE: Charge (Q) Integrator and Encoder. A fancy ADC used the the RBX to digitize data from HCAL
RBX: Readout Box. Enclosure containing photo-diodes and front-end digitizing electronics mounted on the CMS HCAL detector. Optical fibers from the RBX are connected to the HTR inputs.
SFP: Small Formfactor Pluggable. A standard replaceable module for fiber optic links. 4 SFP are located on the front of the AMC13.
SFP+: A high-speed variant of SFP
VORTAC: VHF Omnidirectional Range/Tactical Aircraft Control
VMEbus: Versa Module Eurobus or something. The bus standard for the big electronics crates with the blinky lights. Cards come in 6U (small) and 9U (large) sizes.

-- EricHazen - 08 Feb 2012

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