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Acronym List

2SB : Two sideband (ALMA bands 3-8)
ACA : Atacama Compact Array
ALMA : Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array
APC : Atmospheric Phase Correction
ARC : ALMA Regional Centre
ASC : ALMA Sensitivity Calculator
ATF : Alma Test Facility
BBC : BaseBand Configuration
BL : Baseline (e.g. BL Correlator)
DBB : Database Browser
DFS Data Flow System
DSB : Double Sideband (ALMA bands 9 and 10)
FOV : Field Of View
FFT : Fast Fourier Transform
HLA : High Level Analysis
GUI : Graphical User Interface
ID : Identifier
IPT : Integrated Product Team
JDK : Java Development Kit
JRE : Java Runtime Environment
JVM : Java Virtual Machine
LO : Local Oscillator
LSB : Lower Side Band
ObsUnitSet : Observation Units Set
OT : Observing Tool
OTF : On The Fly (mapping)
ObsUnitSet : Observating Units Set
PI : Principal Investigator
SB : Scheduling Block
SSB : Single Sideband (ALMA bands 1 and 2)
SSR : Science Software Requirements
SFI : Single Field Interferometry
TAC : Time Allocation Committee
TFB : Tunable Filter Bank
VLA : Very Large Array
USB : Upper Side Band
UT : User Test
XML : Extensible Markup Language



The ALMA OT Team, 2011 May 20