Acronyms Database

eResearch SA has compiled a list of acronyms about eResearch and divided them into the following categories:

Organisations

Acronym	Description
AARNet	Australian Academic and Research Network
ACPFG	Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics
AeRIC	Australian eResearch Infrastructure Council
ANDS	Australian National Data Service
APAC	Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing
ARC	Australian Research Council
ARCS	Australian Research Collaboration Service
CSIRO	Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
DFEEST	Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology
DIISR	Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
eRSA	eResearch SA
ICEWaRM	International Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Management
NCI	National Computational Infrastructure
QCIF	Queensland Cyber Infrastructure Foundation
SABRENet	South Australian Broadband Research & Education Network
SAPAC**	South Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing
SAVRC	South Australian Virtual Reality Centre
TPAC	Tasmanian Partnership for Advanced Computing
VPAC	Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing

^{** SAPAC has been superseded by eResearch SA see www.ersa.edu}

Acronym	Description
AAF	Australian Access Federation
AGAF	Australian Government e-Authentication Framework
ARDC	Australian Research Data Commons
AVH	Australia's Virtual Herbarium
IMOS	Integrated Marine Observing System
LIEF	Linkage Infrastructure Equipment and Facilities Scheme
MAMS	Meta Access Management System
NCRIS	National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy
NeAT	National e-Research Architecture Taskforce
PfC	Platforms for Collaboration
SASR	South Australian Sustainable Repository
SII	Systemic Infrastructure Initiative
TERN	Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network

Acronym	Description
ACM	Automatic Curve Matching
AG	Access Grid
DHPC	Distributed and High Performance Computing
ESA	Energy Spectral Analysis
EVO	Enabling Virtual Organisations
HD	High Definition
Hi-Res	High Resolution
HPC	High Performance Computing
HTML	Hypertext Mark-up Language
ICT	Information Communication Technology
IM	Instant Messenger
IP address	Internet Protocol address
ISP	Internet Service Provider
JPEG	Joint Picture Experts Group
LOA	Levels of Assurance
MARCS	Member of ARCS
NAT	Network Address Translation
PDF	Portable Document Format
QCD	Quantum Chromo-Dynamics
R&E	Research & Education
RAM	Random-access memory
RIF-CS	Registry Interchange Format - Collections and Services
SLCS	Short Lived Credential Service
URL	Uniform Resource Locator
VisLab	Visualisation Laboratory
VO	Virtual Organisation
VOMS	Virtual Organisation Membership Service
VOMRS	Virtual Organisation Management Registration Service