| HANDY ACRONYM LIST | |||
| ACIS | AXAF CCD Imaging Spectrometer (IPI: G. Garmire) | ||
| ASC | AXAF Science Center | ||
| ASCDS | ASC Data System | ||
| AXAF | Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility | ||
| CDR | Critical Design Review | ||
| CLI | Command Line Interface | ||
| CSC | Computer Sciences Corporation | ||
| CSR | Center for Space Research (at MIT) | ||
| EKC | Eastman Kodak Corporation | ||
| FTOOLS | A suite of X-ray analysis software | ||
| GESS | Grating Element Support Structure | ||
| GO | General Observer (anyone but a GTO) | ||
| GTO | Guaranteed-Time Observer (SI teams, TS, IDSs) | ||
| GUI | Graphical User Interface | ||
| HDOS | Hughes Danbury Optical Systems | ||
| HEG | High Energy Gratings (part of the HETG instrument) | ||
| HESS | HETG Element Support System | ||
| HETG | High Energy Transmission Gratings (IPI: C. Canizares) | ||
| HRC | High Resolution Camera (IPI: S. Murray) | ||
| HRMA | High Resolution Mirror Assembly (telescope) | ||
| HXDS | HRMA X-ray Detection System (at the XRCF) | ||
| IDS | InterDisciplinary Scientist (A. Fabian, S. Holt, R. Giacconi, J. Linsky, R. Mushotzky, A. Wilson ) | ||
| IPI | Instrument Principal Investigator (A. Brinkman, C. Canizares, G. Garmire, S. Murray) | ||
| LETG | Low Energy Transmission Gratings (IPI: A. Brinkman) | ||
| LR | Laser Reflection Test | ||
| MEG | Medium Energy Gratings (part of the HETG instrument) | ||
| MPE | Max Planck Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik | ||
| MSFC | Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA) | ||
| MST | Mission Support Team | ||
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | ||
| NRA | NASA Research Announcement | ||
| OCC | Operations Control Center (for AXAF at SAO) | ||
| OCLI | Optical Coating Laboratories, Inc | ||
| OOV | On-Orbit Verification | ||
| PIMMS | Portable Interactive Multi-Mission Simulator software | ||
| PROS | Post-Reduction Off-Line Software | ||
| PS | Project Scientist (M. Weisskopf) | ||
| PSF | Point Spread Function | ||
| QE | Quantum Efficiency | ||
| QPOE | Quick Position-Ordered Event data files | ||
| SAO | Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory | ||
| SI | Science Instrument (detector) | ||
| SRON | Stichting RuimteOnderzoek Nederland | ||
| TRW | TRW, Inc. | ||
| TS | Telescope Scientist (L. Van Speybroeck) | ||
| XDS | X-ray Detection System (at XRCF) | ||
| X-GEF | X-ray Grating Evaluation Facility (at MIT) | ||
| XSPEC | An X-ray spectral fitting package | ||
| XRCF | X-ray Calibration Facility | ||
| XSS | X-ray Source System (at the XRCF) | ||