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Acronyms
16-QAM

16 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation

2FS

Secondary Field Stop

3D

Three dimensional

A/D

Analog to Digital

AIA

Atmospheric Imaging Assembly, SDO

ANNartificial neural network

AOCS

Attitude and Orbit Control System

APS

Active Pixel Sensor

AR

Active region

ASNARO

Advanced Satellite with New System Architecture for Observation

BF

Broadband filtergraph

BOL

Beginning of life

BS

Beam splitter

CCD

Charge Coupled Device

CDS

Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer, SOHO

CFRP

Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics

CH

Coronal hole

CHIANTI

An Atomic Database for Spectroscopic Diagnostics of Astrophysical Plasmas

CME

Coronal Mass Ejection

CMOS

Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor

CMU

Collimator Mirror Unit

CRD

complete angle and frequency redistribution

CT

Correlation Tracker

CTE

Coefficient of thermal expansion

DEM

Differential Emission Measure

EIS

Extreme ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer, HinodeEIT

EUV Imaging Telescope, SoHOEOLEnd of life

EQ

Equilibrium
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ESA

European Space Agency

EUNIS

Extreme Ultraviolet Normal Incidence Spectrograph

EUV

Extreme Ultraviolet

EUVS

EUV/FUV high-throughput spectrometer

FOV

Field of View

FPGA

Field-Programmable Gate ArrayFUVFar Ultraviolet

FWHM

Full width half maximum

GEO, GSO

Geo-Synchronous Orbit

GOES

Geostationary Operational Environment Satellite

GTO

Geo-Transfer Orbit

HAZEL

Hanle and Zeeman Light (Inversion code)

HDM

Heat Dump Mirror

HPD

Half power diameter

IR

Infrared

IRU

Inertial Reference Unit

IRISInterface Region Imaging Spectrograph

ISS

Image stabilization system

ITU

International Telecommunication Union

JAXA

Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencykGkilo Gauss

LDE

Long-duration flare event

LVCR

Liquid crystal variable retarder

M1

Primary mirror

M2

Secondary mirror

MET

Microfield Exposure Tool

MHD

Magneto-Hydro-Dynamics

MIB

Momentum wheel Isolation BenchMK

Million Kelvin

MW

Momentum Wheel

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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NEN

Near Earth Network

NF

Narrowband filtergraph

NGXT

Next generation X-ray telescope

NI

Normal incident

NIR

Near infrared

NLFFF

non-linear force free field

OBU

Optical Bench Unit

OTA

Optical Telescope AssemblyPC

Photon counting

PCA

Principal component analysis

PCU

Polarization Calibration Unit

QE

Quantum efficiency

QPSK

Quadrature Phase Shift Keying

QS

Quiet Sun

RAISE

Rapid Acquisition Imaging Spectrograph Experiment

RHESSI

Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager

RMS

Root mean square

SDO

Solar Dynamics Observatory

SFCG

Space Frequency Coordination Group

SIR

Stokes inversion based on response function

SMEX

Small Explorer

S/N

Signal-to-Noise

SOHO

Solar and Heliospheric Observatory

SOT

Solar Optical Telescope, HinodeSP

Spectro-Polarimeter

SSO

Sun-synchronous polar orbit

SSPA

Solid State Power Amplifier

STEREO

Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory

SUMER

Solar Ultraviolet Measurements of Emitted Radiation, SOHOSUVIT

Solar UV-Visible-IR Telescope

SXT

Yohkoh Soft X-ray Telescope

R-12

TBD

To be determined

TF

Tunable filter

TRACE

The Transition Region and Coronal Explorer

LTE

Local thermodynamic equilibriumTM

Tip-tilt mirror

TRTransition Region

TRACE

Transition Region and Coronal Explorer

TWTA

Travelling Wave Tube Amplifier

UFSS

Ultra Fine Sun Sensor

USC

Uchinoura Space Center

UV

Ultraviolet

UVCS

Ultraviolet Coronagraph Spectrometer, SOHOVERISVEry high angular Resolution Imaging Spectrometer

WFS

Wavefront sensor

WP

Wave plate

XIT

X-ray Imaging Telescope

XRT

X-ray Telescope, HinodeR-13