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U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 346

Acronyms and Abbreviations


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ACRONYM OR
ABBREVIATION
DEFINITION
2-D
Two-Dimensional
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
CD
Compact Disc
CTI
Chesapeake Technology, Inc.
DOS
Disk Operating System
DOY
Day of Year
EBCDIC
Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
ESRI
Environmental Systems Research Institute
FGDC
Federal Geographic Data Committee
FISC
Florida Integrated Science Center
GIF
Graphics Interchange Format
GIS
Geographic Information System
GPS
Global Positioning System
HR
Hour(s)
HTML
Hypertext Markup Language
Hz
Hertz
ID
Identification
ISO
International Organization for Standardization
ITI
Innovative Transducers, Inc.
J
Joules
JPEG
Joint Photographic Experts Group
KB
Kilobyte(s)
kHz
Kilohertz
LCA
Lakes and Coastal Aquifers
m
Meter(s)
MB
Megabyte(s)
MIN
Minute(s)
MO
Magneto-Optical
ms
Millisecond(s)
N
North
NAD83
North American Datum 1983
ORE
Ocean Research Engineering
PC
Personal Computer
PDF
Portable Document Format
s, SEC
Second(s)
SEG
Society of Exploration Geophysicists
SWFWMD
Southwest Florida Water Management District
SU
Seismic Unix
TAR
Tape Archive (File format)
USGS
U.S. Geological Survey
UTC
Coordinated Universal Time
UTM
Universal Transverse Mercator
W
West
WGS84
World Geodetic System 1984
XML
Extensible Markup Language

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