Mars Pathfinder ASI/MET Acronyms & Abbreviations ADC Analog to Digital Converter AIM Attitude Information Management AIP Aeroshell Instrumentation Package APXS Alpha Proton X-Ray Spectrometer ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange ASI/MET Atmospheric Structure Instrument/Meteorology Package BTC Block Truncation Coding CAHV Camera model described by four vectors C, A, H and V CAHVOR Camera model CAHV which accounts for CCD and non-linear distortions CBE Current Best Estimate CCD Charge-Coupled Device CD-ROM Compact Disc - Read Only Memory CD-WO Compact Disc - Write Once c.g. center of gravity CODMAC Committee On Data Management And Computation COSPAR Committee On Space Research CRSR Center for Radiophysics and Space Research dB Decibel DBMS Database Management System DCT Discrete Cosine Transform DDR Derived Data Record DN Data Number or Digital Number DOS Disc Operating System DPW Data Preparation Workbook DSN Deep Space Network E&H Engineering and Health EDL Entry, Descent, and Landing EDR Experiment Data Record EEPROM Electronically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory EH&A Engineering, Housekeeping, and Accountability EOF End of File EST Eastern Standard Time ETR Eastern Test Range FOV Field of View FTP File Transfer Protocol FY Fiscal Year GEM Graphite Epoxy Motor GMT Greenwich Mean Time HFS Hierarchical File System HGA High Gain Antenna HTML HyperText Markup Language IAG International Association of Geodesy IAU International Astronomical Union IBM International Business Machines® ICT Integer Cosine Transform IDL Interactive Data Language IEM Integrated Electronics Module IMP Imager for Mars Pathfinder ISA Integrated Support Assembly ISO International Standards Organization IVP Image Vector Pointing JGR Journal of Geophysical Research JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory LCT Linear Cosine Transform LGA Low Gain Antenna LPL Lunar and Planetary Laboratory LREU Lander Remote Engineering Unit LST Local Solar Time Mbytes Megabytes MESUR Mars Environmental Survey MET Meteorology MFEX Microrover Flight Experiment MFX Martian Surface Fixed coordinate frame (check) MGA Medium Gain Antenna MIPL Multimission Image Processing Laboratory MIPS Multimission Image Processing Subsystem MIPS Millions of Instructions Per Second MLL Mars Local Level coordinate frame (check) MPF Mars Pathfinder MPFL Mars Pathfinder Lander MPFR Mars Pathfinder Rover MSB Most Significant Bit (or Byte) MSW Microsoft Word NAIF Navigation and Ancillary Information Facility NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NCS Nutation Control System NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology NSSDC National Space Science Data Center OS Operating System PAM-D Payload Assist Module-D PC Personal Computer PDF Adobe Portable Document Format PDS Planetary Data System PDT Pacific Daylight Time PF Pathfinder PIO Public Information Office PROM Programmable Read Only Memory PRT Platinum Resistance Thermometer PSDD Planetary Science Data Dictionary PST Pacific Standard Time RAD Rocket Assisted Descent RAM Random Access Memory RDR Reduced Data Record RF Radio Frequency RFS Radio Frequency Subsystem RICE A lossless compression algorithm developed by Bob Rice of JPL RPM Revolutions Per Minute RSI Research Systems Incorporated® RTI Real Time Interrupt RVR Rover SAT Science Advisory Team SCLK Spacecraft Clock count SFDU Standard Formatted Data Unit SIS Software Interface Specification SOG Science Operations Group SPICE Spacecraft Planet Instrument C-matrix Events sps samples per second SSA Star Scanner Assembly TBD To Be Determined TC thermocouple TCM Trajectory Correction Maneuver TDS Telemetry Delivery Subsystem TMU Telemetry Modulation Unit UAMS Upper Atmosphere Mass Spectrometer UHF Ultra High Frequency UOFA University of Arizona URL Uniform Resource Locator USGS United States Geological Survey UTC Universal Time Coordinated VICAR Video Image Communication and Retrieval system VL Viking Lander VME VersaModule European, a reliable, multiple-processor, bus architecture VMS Virtual Memory System WWW World Wide Web XAR Extended Attribute Record