Information & On-line Data in Astronomy
List of Acronyms used in the book
- 2MASS
- Two Micron All-Sky Survey
- AAS
- American Astronomical Society
- ACM
- Association for Computational Machinery
- ADC
- Astronomical Data Center
- ADS
- Astrophysics Data System
- AIT
- Astronomisches Institut Tuebingen
- ALD
- Astronomy from Large Databases Conference
- ANSI/NISO
- American National Standards Institute/ National Information Standards Organization
- API
- Applications Program Interface
- ASIAS
- Astrophysics Science Information and Abstract Service
- AXAF
- Advanced X-ray Astronomy Facility
- BATSE
- Burst and Transient Source Experiment
- BDA
- Base de Donnees des Amas (Database for Galactic Open Clusters)
- CADC
- Canadian Astronomy Data Centre
- CADC
- Canadian Astronomy Data Centre
- CALIB*
- Calibration star database (DENIS)
- CCDM
- Catalogue des Composantes d'Etoiles Doubles et Multiples
- CCI
- Common Client Interface
- CDS
- Centre de Donnees astronomiques de Strasbourg
- CDS
- Strasbourg astronomical Data Center
- CEA
- Center for EUV Astrophysic
- CFHT
- Canada France Hawai Telescope
- CFHT
- Canada France Hawaii Telescope
- CNIDR
- Clearinghouse for Networked Information Discovery and Retrieval
- CNRS
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- COBE
- Cosmic Background Explorer
- CfA
- Center for Astrophysics
- DADS
- Data Archive and Distribution System
- DAO
- Dominion Astrophysical Observatory
- DENIS
- DEep Near Infrared Survey of the Southern Sky
- DICB
- ESO Data Interface Control Board
- DIRBE
- COBE Diffuse Infrared Background Experiment
- DMR
- COBE Differential Microwave Radiometer
- ECHT
- European Conference on Hypertext
- EGRET
- Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope
- EOLS
- The Einstein On-Line Service
- ESDB
- Extended Source Database (DENIS)
- ESIS
- European Space Information System
- ESO
- European Southern Observatory
- EUVE
- Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer
- EXSAS
- Extended Scientific Analysis System
- FAQ
- Frequently Asked Questions
- FGDC
- Federal Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
- FIRAS
- COBE Far Infrared Absolute Spectrophotometer
- FOURBI
- Follow--Up Relational Base for Images (DENIS)
- GIS
- geographic information systems
- GRO
- Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory
- GSOC
- German Space Operation Center
- Glimpse
- GLobal IMPlicit SEarch
- HEASARC
- High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Center
- HEASARC
- High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Center
- HRI
- High Resolution Imager
- HST
- Hubble Space Telescope
- http
- hypertext transfer protocol
- IAU
- International Astronomical Union
- IDL
- Interactive Data Language
- IPAC
- Infrared Processing and Analysis Center
- IPAC
- Infrared Processing and Analysis Center
- IRAS
- Infrared Astronomical Satellite
- ISDN
- Integrated Services Data Network
- ISO
- Infrared Space Observatory
- ISO
- International Organization for Standardization
- IUE
- International Ultraviolet Explorer
- IUESIPS
- International Ultraviolet Explorer Spectral Image Processing System
- JAM
- JYACC Application Manager
- JCMT
- James Clerk Maxwell Telescope
- LDAC
- Leiden Data Analysis Center
- LEDA
- Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database
- LHEA
- Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics
- LODA
- Large Object DAtabase
- MBONE
- Multicast BackbONE
- MIME
- Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
- MIPS
- Mission Information and Planning System
- MPE
- Max-Planck-Institut fuer Extraterrestrische Physik
- NASA/STI
- NASA Scientific and Technical Information
- NASA
- US National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- NCSA
- National Center for Supercomputing Applications
- NED
- NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
- NTT
- New Technology Telescope
- OPTID
- IRAS Optical Identification
- OSSE
- Oriented Scintillation Spectroscopy Experiment
- OST
- observation summary table
- PASP
- Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
- PASP
- Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
- PDAC
- Paris Data Analysis Center
- PPM
- Positions and Proper Motions Catalog
- PROFDA
- Processed Frame Database (DENIS)
- PROS
- Post Reduction Offline System
- PSC
- IRAS Point Source Catalog
- PSS
- Palomar Sky Survey
- RAL
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
- RDA
- ROSAT Data Archive
- RDF
- Rationalized Data Format
- ROSAT
- Roentgen Satellite
- RRA
- ROSAT Result Archive
- RSDC
- ROSAT Science Data Centres
- SASS
- Standard Analysis Software System
- SERC
- UK Science and Engineering Research Council
- SIAM
- Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
- SIMBAD
- Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data
- SIRTF
- Space Infra-Red Telescope Facility
- SODA
- Small Objects DAtabase
- SQL
- Structured Query Language
- ST-ECF
- Space Telescope - European Coordinating Facility
- STSDAS
- Space Telescope Scientific Data Analysis System
- SVJPS
- Springer-Verlag Journals Preview Service
- TMSS
- Two Micron Sky Survey
- UKRDAC
- UK ROSAT Data Archive Centre
- ULAS
- Union List of Astronomy Serials
- ULDA
- IUE Uniform Dispersion Low Dispersion
- URL
- Uniform Resource Locator
- USSP
- ULDA Support Software Package
- VLT
- ESO Very Large telescope
- WF/PC
- Wide Field/Planetary Camera
- WFC
- Wide Field Camera
- WFC
- Wide Field Camera
- WIRE
- Wide--Field Infrared Explorer
- WWW
- World-Wide Web
- XRT
- X-ray telescope
- ZIG
- Z39.50 Implementors Group
Last update: Oct 6, 1995