Jargon (Definitions, Acronyms and Abbreviations)

• AOT: Astronomical Oobservation Template - may have two meansing: 1)the mode in which an instrument is used, e.g.:, when you are scanning a line with the LWS Fabry Perot, you are using the AOT LWS04; 2) the self-contained observation achieved using one of these modes, e.g.: ISO conducted 10,000 LWS AOTs, including all 4 AOT types.
• AAR: Auto Analysis Result
• ERD: Edited Raw Data
• EW: Equivalent Width
• FITS: Flexible Image Transport System
• FP: Fabry Perot
• FWHM: Full-width-at-half-maximum
• GUI: Graphical User Interface, the result of combining a number of widgets plus application specific processing.
• IDL: Interactive Data Language, is a data analysis software package developed by Research Systems Inc. IDL forms the basis of ISAP and the Interactive Analysis packages developed for the ISO mission.
• IPAC: Infrared Processing and Analysis Center, Caltech/JPL, Pasadena, CA
• IRAS: Infrared Astronomical Satellite
• ISAP: ISO Spectral Analysis Package
• KAO: Kuiper Airborne Observatory
• LIDT: LWS Instrument Dedicated Team
• LWS: Long Wavelength Spectrometer
• MC-FITS: Coordination modules for FITS
• MPE: Max Planck Institute , Garching, Germany
• PV: Performance Verification
• RAL: Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, England
• SED: Spectral Energy Distribution
• SIDT: SWS Instrument Dedicated Team
• SPD: Standard Processed Data
• SRON: Space Research Organization of the Neatherlands
• SWS: Short Wavelength Spectrometer
• TBC: to be confirmed
• TBD: to be decided
• YAAAR: "Yet Another AAR"; a more generic, flexible AAR-like IDL data structure.
• VILSPA: Villafranca Spain, the ESA Tracking Center for ISO
• Widget: A simple graphical object such as a push button or slider that allows user interaction.