Acronyms

Many acronyms are defined in in Appendix B (p.154) of the TDR (Technical Design Report) and in this Glossary.

• ADC = Analogue Digital Conversion - integer measurement of charge
• ACC = Analysis Coordination Committee
• ACU = Automated Calibration Unit
• AD = Antineutrino Detector
• AV = Acrylic Vessel (of AD)
• BCW = ?
• BO = Beneficial Occupancy
• CBLT = Chained BLock Transfer
• CFB = Clock Fan-out Board - part of the clock system
• CMT = software Configuration Management Tool
• CVS = Concurrent Versions System (superceeded by SVN)
• CWG = Calibration Working Group
• DAQ = Data AcQuisition System
• DCS = Detector Control System (aka Slow Control)
• DMC = Decoupled Multiplicity Cut, see DYB-doc-7280.
• DQWG = Data Quality Working Group
• DST = Data Summary Tape (or file)
• EH1 = Experimental Hall 1 = Daya Bay Hall
• FEC = Front End Card (for RPC)
• FEE = Front End Electronics (for PMT)
• FMCP = Fast Monte Carlo Production (see MDC)
• Hall4 = Water purification hall
• Hall5 = Scintillator Mixing hall
• HPSS = High Performance Storage System (tape robot system)
• IAV = Inner Acrylic Vessel
• IBD = Inverse Beta Decay
• INWG = Cosmogenic Isotopes and Neutrons Working Group
• IWP = Inner Water Pool = IWS
• IWS = Inner Water Shield
• KUP = Keep-UP Production (Which means to provide reconstruction data as fast as we can, for people do calibration, data quality, and quick data analysis.)
• LAB = Linear AlkylBenzene = base for our liquid scintillator
• LED = Light Emitting Diode
• LIM = Local Installation Manager
• LS = liquid scintillator
• LSO = Local Safety Officer
• LTB = Local Trigger Board
• MCS = Manual Calibration System
• MDC = Mock Data Challenge
• MO = Mineral Oil
• MTB = Master Trigger Board
• OAV = Outer Acrylic Vessel
• ODM = Offline Data Monitor, web pages designated for data monitoring
• ORR = Operational Readiness Review
• OWP = Outer Water Pool = OWS
• OWS = Outer Water Shield
• P11A = 2011 Production, revision "a"
• PDSF = Parallel Distributed Systems Facility (Linux cluster at LBNL)
• PMT = PhotoMultiplier Tube
• PPE = Personal Protective Equipment
• PQM = Physics Quality Monitor
• Pre-ADC = An ADC taken just before the signal crosses threshold, a measure of the pedestal. It is the average of 4 samples. It is not strictly a pedestal but can be a good approximation.
• PWG = ?Production? Working Group
• RACF = RHIC/ATLAS Computing Facility (Linux Cluster at BNL)
• RFWG = ?Reactor Flux Working group?
• ROM = ReadOut Module (for RPC)
• ROT = ReadOut Transceiver (for RPC)
• RPC = Resistive Plate Chamber
• RTM = RPC Trigger Module
• SAB = Surface Assembly Building
• SC = Slow Control
• SPE = Single PhotoElectron
• SVN = SubVersioN (software version control)
• TCF = Task Control Form
• TPWG = Target Proton Working Group