215 terms
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SCsemiconductor
SCCstandard cubic centimeter
SCMscanning capacitance microscopy
sCMOSscientific complementary metal-oxide semiconductor
SCNsatellite-control network
SCRsilicon controlled rectifier
SCSIsmall computer standard interface
SCTSchmidt-Cassegrain telescope
ASCIIAmerican Standard Code for Information Interchange
csccosecant of
DESCDefense Electronics Supply Center
ESCAelectron spectroscopy for chemical analysis
FM-SCfrequency-modulated subcarrier
GRINSCHgraded-index separate confinement heterostructure
GSCgas-solid chromatography
LASCRlight-activated silicon-controlled rectifier
LASCSlight-activated silicon-controlled switch
MSCPmass storage control protocol
NTSCNational Television Systems Committee
OSCIOffice of Standards Code and Information
RISCreduced instruction set computing
SQW-GRINSCHsingle-quantum-well, graded index separate confinement heterostructure
SSCsuperconducting supercollider
ZISCzero-instruction-set computing
USAS-CSOCRUSA standard character set for optical character recognition
AAASAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science
ABGThe ABg model or Harvey-Shack is a method of describing bidirectional scattering from isotropic or polished surfaces.
ACTFELAC thin film electroluminescent display devices
ADSLasymmetric digital subscriber line
AESAuger electron spectroscopy; atomic emission spectrometry
AFMatomic force microscope
AFOSRAir Force Office of Scientific Research
AFSatomic fluorescence spectroscopy
APSactive pixel sensor; active pixel system; Advanced Photon Source; American Physical Society; atom probe spectroscopy; autocorrelated photon spectroscopy
ASIIAmerican Science Information Institute
ASISAmerican Society for Information Science
BOblocking oscillator
BSDFbidirectional scatter distribution function
BUVbackscatter ultraviolet
BWObackward-wave oscillator
C/AHARScompass/attitude heading and reference system
CALScomputer-aided acquisition and logistics support
CAMRSSCenter for Autonomous and Man-Controlled Robotics and Sensing Systems (NASA)
CARScoherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering; coherent amplified Raman spectroscopy
CCDSCenter for Commercial Development of Space
CCOcurrent-controlled oscillation
CDcircular dichroism; compact disc
CD-ROMcompact disc read-only memory
CD/Icompact disc/interactive
CDMcapacitive discharge mode
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