ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

ADP Automatic Data Processing

ADS Audio Distribution Subsystem

AFD Aft Flight Deck

AIS Automated Information System

AIU Audio Interface Unit

ANSI American National Standards Institute

AOS Acquisition of Signal

APAS Androgynous Peripheral Attachment System

APM Attached Pressurized Module

ARCU American-Russian Converter Unit

ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange

ASQC American Standard for Quality Control

AST American Segment Trainer

ATCS Active Thermal Control System

ATF Autonomous Thruster Facilities

ATP Assembly Training Plan

ATU Audio Terminal Unit

BIT Built In Test

BITE Built In Test Equipment

C&C Command and Control

C&DH Command and Data Handler

C&T Communications and Tracking

C&W Caution and Warning

CA Criticality Analysis

CBT Computer-Based Training

CCB Configuration Control Board

CCIDM Completion Criteria Increment Development Matrix

CCSDS Consultant Committee for Space Data Systems

CCTV Closed-Circuit Television

CD Compact Disk

CEI Contract End Item

CETA Crew and Equipment Transfer Aid

CF Completion Form

CFR Code of Federal Regulations

CIL Critical Items List

CM Configuration Management

CMG Control Moment Gyro

CO Contracting Officer

COTR Contracting Officer's Technical Representative

COTS Commercial-Off-The-Shelf

COU Concept of Operations and Utilization

COU Concept of Utilization

CPR Cost Performance Report

CPU Central Processing Unit

CR Change Reqest

CRD Contract Requirements Document

CSA Canadian Space Agency

CSCI Computer Software Configuration Item

CSIOP Crew Station Input/Output Processor

CTE Central Timing Equipment

CTRR Capability Build Release Test Readiness Review

CUP Cupola Trainer

CWBS Contract Work Breakdown Structure

DAIU Docked Audio Interface Unit

DC Docking Compartment

DCN Document Change Notice

DMS Data Management System

DoD Department of Defense

DR Discrepancy Report

DRD Data Requirements Description

DRLI Data Requirements List Item

DT Space Flight Training Division

DVIS Digital Voice Intercommunication Subsystem

DVIS-SE Digital Voice Intercommunication Subsystem-SSTF Extension

ECLSS Environmental Control and Life Support System

ECP Engineering Change Proposal

EF Exposed Facility

EIA Electronics Industry Association

ENV Environment

EOM Equations of Motion

EP Equivalent Person

EPS Electrical Power System

ESA European Space Agency

EVA Extravehicular Activity

EVAS Extravehicular Activity System

FAC SSTF Facility

FAR Federal Acquisition Regulations

FDDI Fiber Distributed Data Interface

FDIR Fault Detection, Isolation and Recovery

FEFHW Functional Equivalent Flight Hardware

FEP Front End Processor

FEU Functionally Equivalent Unit

FGB Functional Cargo Module or Functional Energy Block

FIPS Federal Information Processing Standard

FMEA Failure Modes and Effects Analysis

FMECA Failure Mode Effects and Criticality Analyses

FSW Flight Software

FTS Federal Telecommunication System

FTT Full Task Trainer

FY Fiscal Year

G&A General and Administrative

GFE Government Furnished Equipment

GFP Government Furnished Property

GFESS Government Furnished Equipment, Software and Services

GFS Government Furnished Services

GFI Government Furnished Information

GMT Greenwich Mean Time

GN&C Guidance, Navigation, and Control

GP LAN General-Purpose LAN

GPCP Government Property Control Procedures

GPS Global Positioning System

GPST Global Positioning System Time

GPWS General-Purpose Workstation

GSDE Ground Systems Development Environment

GSP Ground Support Personnel

Hab US Habitation Module

HAIU Hyperbaric Audio Interface Unit

HAR Hazard Analysis Report

HOSC Huntsville Operations Support Center

HTI Hughes Training, Incorporated

HVAC Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning

HViDS HOSC Video Distribution System

HVoDS HOSC Voice Distribution System

HWCI Hardware Configuration Item

I/O Input/Output

I/T Information/Technology

IAV Internal Audio/Video

IATCS Internal Active Thermal Control System

ICD Interface Control Document

ID Identifier

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

IGA International Government Agreement

IMARS IPS MOD Avionics Reconfiguration Subsystem

IMCS Integrated Management Control System

IOS Instructor/Operator Station

IP International Partners

IP Internet Protocol

IPS Integrated Planning System

IPT Integrated Product Team

IRD Interface Requirement Document

IS Instructor Station

ISS International Space Station

ISSA International Space Station Alpha

ISPR International Space Station Payload Rack

IVA Intravehicular Activity

JATL JSC Analysis and Test Laboratory

JEM Japanese Experiment Module

JHB JSC Handbook

JIN JSC Information Network

JMI JSC Management Instruction

JSC Johnson Space Center

JSCM Johnson Space Center Manual

Lab US Laboratory Module

LAN Local Area Network

LOE Level of Effort

LOS Loss of Signal

LRU Lowest Replaceable Unit

LSM Lite Support Module

LVLH Local Vertical Local Horizontal

M&O Maintenance and Operations

MBF Mission Build Facility

MBSU Main Bus Switching Unit

MC Mission Controller

MCT Management Control Team

MCS Motion Control System

MCC-H Mission Control Center-Houston

MCDS Multifunction CRT Display Subsystem

MDM Multiplexer/Demultiplexer

MIL-STD Military Standard

MOD Mission Operations Directorate

MOTS Mobile Servicing Operations Training Simulator

MSFC Marshall Space Flight Center

MSS Mobile Servicing System

MTR Mean Time to Restore

NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NBL Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory

NCS Node Control System

NEMS NASA Eauipment Management System

NFS NASA FAR Supplement

NHB NASA Handbook

NHS NASA Health Standard

NSTS National Space Transportation System

NTSC National Television Standards Committee

O/H Overhead

O&SHA Operations and Support Hazard Analysis

OBCS Onboard Computer System

ODC Other Direct Costs

ODF Onboard Data File

OIU Orbiter Interface Unit

OJT On the Job Training

OPS Operations

ORU Orbital Replaceable Unit

OS Operating System

OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OSS Operations Support System

OST Operations Support Team

OSTP Operational Short Term Plan

OSWS Operations Support Workstation

OTW Out The Window

P/L Payload

PA Public Address System

PCS Portable Computer System

PDAC Procedures Development and Control Subsystem

PDC Payload Development Center

PDSS Payload Data Services System

PED Payload Experiment Developers

PEHG Payload Ethernet Hub Gateway

PEP Program Execution Plan

PG Product Group

PHA Preliminary Hazard Analysis

PIMS Payload Information Management System

PMB Performance Measurement Baseline

PMS Performance Measurement System

PMT Productivity Monitoring Tool

POIC Payload Operations Integration Center

POP Program Operating Plan

POSIX Portable Operating System Interface for Computer Environments

PPL Pre-Positioned Load

PSCD Portable Simulation Control Device

PSIV Payload Software Integration and Verification

PSR Program Status Review

PSSA Payload Simulator Staging Area

PTC Payload Training Capability

PTCDEV Payload Training Capability Development

PTCS Passive Thermal Control System

PTS Payload Training Simulator

PTT Part Task Trainer

PUB Publication

PUDG Payload User Development Guide

QA Quality Assurance

QMS Quality Management System

# R/T Real Time

RACU Russian-American Converter Unit

RAM Reliability, Availability and Maintainabiity

RAP Resource Allocation Plan

RAPS Remote Area for Payload Support

RCS Reaction Control System

RDITE Rack Data Interface Test Equipment

RECON Reconfiguration

RF Radio Frequency

RFS Request For Support

RFT Ready for Training

RID Review Item Disposition

RM Research Module

RMA Reliability, Maintainability, Availability

RMS Remote Manipulator System

ROB Robotics

RPC Remote Power Controller

RS Russian Segment

RSA Russian Space Agency

RSM Russian Segment Model

RSMM Russian Simulation Math Model

RSS Russian Segment Simulator

RST Russian Segment Trainer

RSTF Russian Segment Training Facility

RT COMMON Real-Time Common Subsystem

RT LAN Real-Time Local Area Network

RTIS Real-Time Infrastructure System

RTS Real-Time Session

RTS CORE Real-Time Session System

RTSSW Real-Time System Software

RWS Robotics Workstation

S&A Selling and Administrative

S&M Structures and Mechanisms

SaC Status and Control

SAR Safety Assessment Report

SAS Statistical Analysis System

SB Small Business

SCA Security Control Architecture

SCA Simulation Control Area Workstation

SCN Specification Change Notice

SCSI Small Computer System Interface

SDB Small Disadvantaged Business

SDF Software Development Folder

SEMO Supply and Equipment Management Officer

SEMP System Engineering Management Plan

SER Simulation Event Record/Recording

SF Standard Form

SGMT Simulated Greenwich Mean Time

SM Service Module

SMS Shuttle Mission Simulator

SMTF Shuttle Mission Training Facility

SOP Standard Operating Procedure

SOW Statement of Work

SPP Science Power Platform

SR & QA Safety, Reliability and Quality Assurance

SRMS Shuttle Remote Manipulator System

SSAT/SAT Subsystem Acceptance Testing

SSCC Space Station Control Center

SSFTT Space Station Full Task Trainer

SSIOS Space Station Instructor/Operator Station Subsystem

SSMB Space Station Manned Base

SSMTF Space Station Mockup and Training Facility

SSP Space Station Program

SSPP System Safety Program Plan

SSRMS Space Station Remote Manipulator System

SSRTS Space Station Full Task Trainer Real-Time Sessions Subsystem

SSTF Space Station Training Facility

SSTFDV Space Station Training Facility Development

STA APS Station Applications Subsystem

STA C/S Station Crew Stations Subsystem

STI Scientific and Technical Information

STS Space Transportation System

SVM Simulation Virtual Machine

TAMS Training Administration and Management System

TBD To Be Determined

TCP Transmission Control Protocol

TCS Thermal Control System

TDRS Tracking and Data Relay Satellite

TEA Torque Equilibrium Attitude

TIA Telemetry Industry Association

TIRF Transmittal/Information Request Form

TLC/CC Training Load Content/Completion Criteria

TPB Technical Performance Baseline

TPM Technical Performance Measures

TQT Trainer Qualification Test

TRRJ Thermal Radiator Rotary Joint

TSC Training Systems Contract

TV Television

UCS UHF Communication Subsystem

UF Utilization Flight

UHF Ultra-High Frequency

US United States

USA United Space Allicance

USGS United States Ground Segment

USO United States On Orbit

USOS United States On Orbit Segment

USOS United States On Orbit Segment Software

UTC Universal Time Code

VAC Variance at Completion

VDD Version Description Document

VDS Video Distribution Subsystem

VIS Visual System

VME Virtual Machine Emulator

WAN Wide Area Network

WBS Work Breakdown Structure

WS Workstation

XPDR Transponder

5N/5S Building 5 North/Building 5 South (Johnson Space Center)