U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 95
Acronyms and Abbreviations
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ACRONYM OR |
DEFINITION |
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2D |
2-Dimensional |
ASCII |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
CMG |
Coastal and Marine Geology |
DGPS |
Differential Global Positioning System |
DLG |
Digital Line Graph |
DOS |
Disk Operating System |
DVD |
Digital Versatile Disc |
EBCDIC |
Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code |
ESRI |
Environmental Systems Research Institute |
FACS |
Field Activity Collection System |
FGDC |
Federal Geographic Data Committee |
FISC |
Florida Integrated Science Center |
GDT |
Geographic Data Technology, Inc. |
GIF |
Graphics Interchange Format |
GIS |
Geographic Information Systems |
GMT |
Greenwich Mean Time |
GPS |
Global Positioning System |
HTML |
Hypertext Markup Language |
Hz |
Hertz |
ID |
Identification |
ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
JPEG |
Joint Photographic Experts Group |
KB |
Kilobyte(s) |
kHz |
Kilohertz |
km |
Kilometer(s) |
LOSCO |
Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator's Office |
m |
Meter(s) |
MB |
Megabyte(s) |
ms |
Millisecond(s) |
NAD83 |
North American Datum 1983 |
PC |
Personal Computer |
|
Portable Document Format |
RCE |
River Contaminant Evaluation |
R/V |
Research Vessel |
s |
Second(s) |
SEG |
Society of Exploration Geophysicists |
SU |
Seismic Unix |
USGS |
United States Geological Survey |
UTM |
Universal Transverse Mercator |
WAAS |
Wide Area Augmentation System |
WGS84 |
World Geodetic System 1984 |
XML |
Extensible Markup Language |