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U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 670

Acronyms and Abbreviations

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ACRONYM OR
ABBREVIATION
DEFINITION
2-D Two-Dimensional
AGC Automatic Gain Control
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
CDP Common Depth Point
CMGP Coastal and Marine Geology Program
cos Cosine
CWP Center for Wave Phenomena
DB Decibel
DGPS Differential Global Positioning System
DOS Disk Operating System
DVD Digital Versatile Disc
EBCDIC Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
ESRI Environmental Systems Research Institute
ext. Extension
FACS Field Activity Collection System
FID Feature Identification
FGDC Federal Geographic Data Committee
FGS Florida Geological Survey
FID Feature Identification
GIF Graphics Interchange Format
GIS Geographic Information System
GMT Greenwich Mean Time
GNIS Geographic Names Information System
GPS Global Positioning System
HTML Hypertext Markup Language
Hz Hertz
ID Identification
IN Inch
Inc. Incorporated
ISO International Organization for Standardization
J Joules
JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group
KB Kilobyte
kHz Kilohertz
km Kilometer
m Meter
MB Megabyte
MESH Multi-Element Streamer Hydrophone
MFG Manufacturer
ms Millisecond
MODIS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
N North
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NO Number
OS Operating System
PC Personal Computer
PDF Portable Document Format
PT Point
R/V Research Vessel
rev. Revision
s / sec Second
SEG Society of Exploration Geophysicists
SPCMSC St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
SU Seismic Unix
SJRWMD St. Johns River Water Management District
TEI Triton Elics International, Inc.
USGS U.S. Geological Survey
UTM Universal Transverse Mercator
W West
WGS84 World Geodetic System 1984
WWW World Wide Web
XML Extensible Markup Language


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