Abbreviations/Acronyms

indium phosphide

image photocounting distribution; interpupillary distance

imaging photopolarimeter

American Institute of Physics

background-limited infrared photoconductor

chain input pointing

cold isostatic pressing

communications, information and processing services

cellular logic image processor

dual in-line package

direct laser interference patterning

electrostatic latent image photography

floating index point; floating point interpretive program

government open systems interconnection profile

hot isostatic pressing

high-performance parallel interface

joint services image processing system

missile precision instrumentation radar

million instructions per second

National Center for Integrated Photonics Technology

power in/power out

quantum-well infrared photodetector

refractive index profile

virtual image processing

zinc impurity photodetector

adaptive delta modulation; add-drop multiplexer

aerospace ground equipment

Asynchronous Time Division Multiplexing

battery integration and radar display equipment

built-in test equipment

birefringent wavelength division multiplexing

Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers' Association

continuous dynode electron multiplier

compensating digital readout multiplexer

channel electron multiplier

channel multiplier array

chip on board

centipoise

carrier sense multiple access/collision detection

coarse wavelength division multiplexing

dynamic cross-field photomultiplier

demultiplexer

dense wavelength division multiplexing

electron multiplying CCD

frequency division multiplex

high-density wavelength division multiplex

International Disk Drive Equipment and Materials Association

liquid crystal cell; leadless chip carrier

milliamperes-second - unit measure of electric charge acquired when multiplying the electric current in milliamperes (one thousandth or 10-3 of the standard unit for electric current the ampere) by the time in seconds. It is commonly used to describe the length of time that electrons are produced or passed through a given circuitry.

media access unit — A media access unit (MAU) is a unique device utilized to connect token ring devices from multiple network stations into a star topology. There are two types of MAUs, passive and active. Passive MAUs are powered from their network connections while active MAUs are powered electrically from an external source.