| ACL |
Access Control List; used to enable/disable kinds of access to resources |
| AD |
Actuator Dispatcher |
| AFM |
Administrative Federation Meeting |
| AFS |
Andrew File System |
| AMS |
Archive Management System |
| Annotation |
Comment, like a biological property, attached to a particular section
of a genome |
| AOD |
Analysis Object Data; used in HEP: information used in final analysis |
| API |
Application Programming Interface |
| ATF |
Architecture Task Force |
| ATSR |
Along Track Scanning Radiometer |
| AVHRR |
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer |
| BADC |
British Atmospheric Data Center |
| BDII |
Berkeley Database Information Index. Cache of testbed status information for Resource Broker. Implementation based on standard OpenLDAP |
| BIOS |
Basic Input/Output System |
| BOOTP |
Bootstrap Protocol |
| BS |
Bootstrap Service |
| CA |
Consortium Agreement |
| CA |
Certificate Authority |
| CAS |
Community Authorisation Service |
| CCM |
Configuration Cache Manager |
| CDB |
Configuration DataBase |
| CDP |
Configuration Distribution Protocol |
| CDR |
Central Data Recording |
| CE |
Computing Element; a Grid-enabled computing resource. |
| CERN |
Centre Europeen pour la Recherche Nucluaire |
| CERT |
X.509 Certificate |
| CIC |
Core Infrastructure Centers |
| CLI |
Command Line Interface |
| CMP |
Cache Manager Protocol |
| CMS |
Compact Muon Solenoid. Physics Experiment at CERN |
| CNRS |
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique |
| CORBA |
Commom Object Request Broker Architecture |
| COTS |
Commercial Off-The-Shelf |
| CPF |
Contract Preparation Form |
| CPU |
Central Processing Unit |
| CT Scanner |
Medical image acquisition device. Scanner reconstructing 3D volumes
from X-ray projections using computed tomography. CT images best show
dense tissues |
| CVS |
Concurrent Versioning System |
| DAQ |
Data Acquisition |
| DBMS |
Data Base Management System |
| DHCP |
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
| DLO |
Division Leader Organisation |
| DMA |
Industry standard for transfer of radiologic images and medical
applications between computers. The current version of the DICOM standard
is 3.0. DMA Direct Memory Access |
| DMM |
Division Management Meeting |
| DMTF |
Distributed Management Task Force |
| DNA |
Nucleic acid that constitutes the genetic material of all cellular
organisms and the DNA viruses |
| DNA-chips |
allows expression data from many genes to be collected very
quickly |
| DPD |
Derived Physics Data |
| EAC |
External Advisory Committee |
| EC |
European Commission |
| Echography |
Medical image acquisition device. Ultrasound images are acquired by
measuring the signal of on ultrasound beam reflected by the imaged
tissues |
| EDG |
European Data Grid; (official project name is “DataGrid”). |
| Ejection |
Ratio of heart ventricular volume at end of diastole and end of systole |
| ENEA |
Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie, L'Energia e l'Ambiente |
| ENVISAT |
ENVIronment SATellite |
| EO |
Earth Observation |
| EPFL |
Ecole Polytechnique Fйdйrale de Lausanne |
| ERS |
European Remote Sensing Satellite |
| ES |
Earth Science |
| ESD |
Event Summary Data; used in HEP: information required for detailed
analysis and high-level reconstruction |
| ESRD |
Earth Science Requirement document |
| EU Datagrid |
European Data Grid Project |
| FabNAT |
Fabric Network Address Translation service |
| FLIDS |
Fabric-Local Identity Service |
| FMFT |
Fabric Monitoring and Fault Tolerance |
| FR |
Federation Representative |
| Fraction |
(extremes of the cardiac cycle). The ejection fraction measures the
heart pumping efficiency (a normal left ventricle EF is approximately 60%
while a pathological heart may have much lower EF). |
| FSM |
Finite State Machine |
| FTA |
Fault Tolerance Actuator |
| FTDU |
Fault Tolerance Correlation Engine |
| FTP |
File Transfer Protocol |
| Gene |
Hereditary unit that is composed of a sequence of DNA and occupies a
specific position |
| Genome |
The genome of an organism is its set of chromosomes, containing all of
its genes and associated DNA |
| Genomics |
Generation of information about living things by systematic approaches
that can be performed on an industrial scale |
| GGF |
Global Grid Forum |
| GIF |
Graphics Interchange Format |
| GIS |
Grid Information Service |
| GLM |
Group Leader Meeting |
| GLOBUS |
Project that aims at developing fundamental technologies needed to
build computational grids |
| GMA |
Grid Monitoring Architecture; monitoring architecture defined by GGF |
| GNU |
GNU's Not Unix |
| GOME |
Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment |
| GRAM |
Grid Resource Allocation Management |
| GriFIS |
Grid Fabric Information Service |
| GS |
Grid Scheduler; service responsible for selecting which Grid resources
to use for a given job |
| GSI |
Grid Security Infrastructure (Globus Security mechanism). |
| GUI |
Graphical User Interface |
| HDF |
Hierarchical Data Format |
| HDF5 |
Hierarchical Data Format by NCSA, version 5. Library and file format
for storing scientific data. |
| HEP |
High Energy Physics |
| HLD |
High-Level Description |
| Homology |
Relationship among sequences due to descent from a common ancestral
sequence |
| HSM |
Hierarchical Storage Manager. HSM software allows infrequently
accessed data to be migrated to less expensive offline storage
automatically |
| HTML |
Hyper Text Markup Language |
| HTTP |
HyperText Transfer Protocol |
| HW |
Hardware |
| I/O |
Input/Output |
| IDL |
Interactive Data Language |
| IMS |
Information and Monitoring System; catalogue and distribute static and
dynamic data about the Grid |
| II (Information Index) |
Information Index. Cache of testbed status information for Resource
Broker. MDS-based implementation |
| IPSL |
Institut Pierre Simon Laplace |
| ISDN |
Integrated Services Digital Network |
| IST |
Information Society Technologies |
| JDL |
Job Description Language; to describe Grid jobs. |
| JRA |
Joint Research Activities |
| JRA1 |
Middleware Engineering and Integration |
| JRA2 |
Quality Assurance |
| JRA3 |
Security |
| JRA4 |
Network Services Development |
| JSS |
Job Submission Service |
| KNMI |
Royal Netherlands Metereological Institute |
| L3 |
Level 3 trigger |
| LB |
Logging and Bookkeeping |
| LCAS |
Local Centre Authorisation Service |
| LCG |
LHC Computing Grid |
| LCMAPS |
Local Credential MAPping Service |
| LDAP |
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
| LFN |
Logical File Name; A globally unique name to identify a specific file
which is mapped by the RC onto one or more PFNs |
| LHC |
Large Hadron Collider |
| LLD |
Low-Level Description |
| LON |
Logical Object Name |
| LRMS |
Local Resource Management System; controls resources within a CE e.g. PBS or LSF. |
| LSF |
Load Sharing Facility |
| MDS |
Globus Meta-computing Directory Service |
| Metabolism |
Sum of all the chemical and physical processes within a living
organism, including anabolism and catabolism |
| Mgr |
Manager |
| MIPAS |
Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding |
| MLD |
Machine Level Description |
| MPI |
Message Passing Interface. Standard API for exchanging messages
between networked computers. Several implementations of MPI are available
on different platforms. MPICH is a freely available, portable
implementation of the MPI standard. A Globus-aware MPICH implementation is
proposed on Globus home page |
| MR |
Monitoring Repository |
| MRI Scanner |
Medical image acquisition device used for imaging soft tissues. MR
images are obtained by embedding the body in an intense magnetic field and
using the resonance property of hydrogen protons to locate them. |
| MS |
Monitoring Sensor |
| MSA |
Monitoring Sensor Agent |
| MSS |
Mass Storage System |
| MUI |
Monitoring User Interface |
| MySQL |
Widely distributed SQL database open source implementation |
| NA |
Networking Activities |
| NA1 |
Management of the I3 |
| NA2 |
Dissemination and Outreach |
| NA3 |
User Training and Induction |
| NA4 |
Application Identification and Support |
| NA5 |
Policy and International Cooperation |
| NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NFS |
Network File System |
| NIKHEF |
National Institute for Nuclear Physics and High Energy Physics |
| NIS |
Network Information System |
| NMA |
Node Management Agent |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NRENs |
National Research and Education Networks |
| OMC |
Operations Management Center |
| OPERA |
Operational Programme for the Exchange of weather RAdar information |
| OS |
Operating System |
| PB |
PetaByte |
| PCB |
Project Collaboration Board |
| PD |
Project Director |
| PDS |
Payload Data Segment |
| PEB |
Project Executive Board |
| PET Scanner |
Medical image acquisition device. PET scanner detects gamma photons
produced by the disintegration of radioactive material injected in the
imaged body |
| PFN |
Physical File Name; URL of actual physical instance of an LFN |
| PKI |
Public Key Infrastructure |
| PM |
Project Manager |
| PMA |
Policy Management Authority |
| PMB |
Project Management Board |
| PO |
Project Office |
| PON |
Physical Object Name |
| Post-genomics |
aims to discover the biological function of particular genes and to
uncover how sets of genes and their products work together in health and
diseases |
| PPR |
Project Progress Report |
| PQP |
Project Quality Plan |
| Protein |
Class of organic compounds that are made of amino acids |
| Proteome |
Protein complement of an organism coded for by its genome |
| Proteomics |
Analysis of complete complements of proteins |
| PTB |
Project Technical Board |
| PXE |
Preboot eXecution Environment |
| QC |
Quality Correspondent |
| QE |
Quality Engineer |
| QoS |
Quality of Service |
| RAMS |
Regional Atmospheric Modelling System |
| RB |
Resource Broker |
| RC |
Replica Catalog; associates an LFN to one or more PFNs |
| RC |
Resource Center |
| RCS |
Revision Control System |
| RD |
Research and Development |
| RDBMS |
Relational Database Management System |
| Replica |
A copy of a file that is managed by the Grid middleware |
| Replica service |
The combination of Replica Catalogue, Replica Manager, and all
associated components |
| RM |
Replica Manager; provides several services related to replicas |
| RMS |
Resource Management Subsystem |
| ROC |
Regional Operations Center |
| ROI |
Region of interest |
| RPC |
Remote Procedure Call |
| RPM |
Red Hat Package Manager |
| RSL |
Globus Resource Specification Language |
| RUP |
Rational Unified Process |
| SA1 |
European Grid Operations, Support and Management |
| SA2 |
Network Resource Provisions |
| SAN |
Storage Area Network |
| SAR |
Synthetic Aperture Radar |
| SARA |
Academic Computing Services of Amsterdam |
| SCIAMACHY |
SCanning Imaging Absorption SpectroMeter for Atmospheric CHartographY |
| SE |
Storage Element; a Grid-enabled storage system |
| Sequencing |
Analytical procedures for the determination of the order of amino
acids in a protein or of nucleotides in a DNA or RNA molecule |
| SI2000 |
SpecInt 2000 Benchmark |
| SLA |
Service Level Agreement |
| SMTP |
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
| SNMP |
Simple Network Management Protocol |
| SP |
Software Package |
| SPOT |
System Pour Observation de la Terre |
| SQL |
Standard Query Language for relational databases |
| SR |
Software Repository |
| SRV |
Acronym for Server |
| SSA |
Specific Service Activities |
| SSL |
Secure Sockets Layer |
| SW |
Software |
| TA |
Technical Annex |
| TAG |
Event Selection Tag; used in HEP: used for fast event selection |
| TBC |
To Be Confirmed |
| TBD |
To Be Determined |
| TC |
Technical Coordinator |
| TeV |
Tera electron Volt |
| TFN |
Transport File Name; URL to access a given file on a SE |
| TFTP |
Trivial File Transfer Protocol |
| TOI |
Time of interest |
| UI |
User Interface |
| ULM |
Universal Logger Message |
| UML |
Unified Modeling Language; a notation for describing software systems |
| URL |
Uniform Resource Locator |
| VAC |
Value Adding Company |
| VO |
Virtual Organization; A set of individuals defined by certain sharing
rules - e.g. members of a collaboration. |
| VPN |
Virtual Private Network |
| VRML |
Virtual Reality Modeling language |
| WM |
Workload Management |
| WP |
Work Package |
| WPM |
Work Package Manager |
| WWW |
World Wide Web |
| XML |
eXtensible Markup Language |
| Milestone |
A clearly identifiable point in a project that summarises the
completion of a related or important set of tasks. |
| Deliverable |
A clearly defined result, goods or services produced during a project
or at its outcome |
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