Abbreviations/Acronyms

automatic data transmission; anthradithiophene

basic-level automation of data through electronics

computer-assisted data entry

data acquisition and analysis

data collection system; digital access and cross-connect systems; dual-cone scanner

digital radar simulator; data relay satellite

electronic data display

electronic data processing

equivalent direct radiation; effective data rate

fiber distributed data interface

fiber data distribution network

integrated signal and data processor

megabytes per second — The megabyte per second (not to be mixed up with the Mb/s -- megabits per second) is a unit of data transfer rate equivalent to one million (106) bytes per second over a given information network.

megabits per second — The megabit per second (not to be mixed up with the mbit/s – millibit per second, or Mbitps- megabit picosecond) is a unit of data transfer rate equivalent to one million (or 106) bits per second over a given information network.

multiple-instruction/multiple-data

optical data processing

optical data storage

radar data acquisition

surface-enhanced Raman optical data storage

single-instruction/multiple-data

switched multimegabit data service

tracking and data acquisition system

tracking and data relay satellite

visual data acquisition