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Open-File Report 03-088

ACRONYMS

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ACRONYM
OR
ABBREVIATION

DEFINITION

2D

2-Dimensional

ASCII

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

DOS

Disk Operating System

DVD

Digital Versatile Disc

ESRI

Environmental Systems Research Institute

FACS

Field Activity Collection System

FGDC

Federal Geographic Data Committee

GIF

Graphics Interchange Format

GIS

Geographic Information Systems

GMT

Greenwich Mean Time

GPS

Global Positioning System

HTML

Hyper Text Markup Language

Hz

Hertz

ID

Identification

ITI

Innovative Technologies, Inc.

JD

Julian Day

JPEG

Joint Photographic Experts Group

kHz

Kilohertz

m

Meter(s)

MB

Megabyte(s)

ms

Millisecond(s)

PC

Personal Computer

RCE

River Contaminant Evaluation

R/V

Research Vessel

s

Second(s)

SEG

Society of Exploration Geophysicists

SU

Seismic Unix

UDF

Universal Disc Format

USGS

United States Geological Survey

UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

WGS

World Geodetic System

WWW

World Wide Web


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