collection of EPICS related keywords and abbreviatons

A

alh

• alarm handler

ANL

• Argonne National Lab, U.S.
  • http://www.anl.gov

API

• Application programming interface
  • Wikipedia: en de

APS

• Advanced Photon Source at ANL
  • http://www.aps.anl.gov/

Australian Synchrotron

• aka.: Antipodian Synchroton (ASP)
• http://www.synchrotron.vic.gov.au

AWT

• Abstract Windowing Toolkit
• AWT (Wikipedia de, en)
• AWT vs. SWT
  • SWT (Wikipedia de, en)
  • Eclipse uses SWT
• see also SWT

B

BESSY

• Berlin electron storage ring company for synchrotron radiation
  • www.bessy.de

BNL

• Brookhaven National Laboratory
  • http://www.bnl.gov

BPM

• Beam Profile Monitor
• Beam Position Monitor

BSP

• Board Support Package

C

CLS

• Canadian Light Source
  • http://www.lightsource.ca/

Coldfire

• 68x RISC embedded System by Motorola
• Wikipedia: de, en

CORBA

• Common Object Request Broker Architecture
  • Wikipedia: en, de

CSS

• Control System Suite/Studio
  • http://css.desy.de/
  • based on eclipse

D

DCOM

• Distributed Component Object Model
• Wikipedia: en, de

DCT

• Database Configuration Tool

DESY

• Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron
  • www.desy.de

Diamond Light Source

• http://www.diamond.ac.uk

DIM

• Distributed Information Management System by CERN
  • http://dim.web.cern.ch/dim

DM

• Display Manager
• see also MEDM

E

Eclipse Framework

• Eclipse is an open source community whose projects are focused on providing an extensible development platform and application frameworks for building software
  • http://www.eclipse.org/

EDD

• Edit Display
  • see also MEDM

EDM

• combination of EDD and DM
  • see MEDM
• Extensible Display Manager
  • http://ics-web1.sns.ornl.gov/edm/

Endian, Endianness

• endianness generally refers to sequencing methods used in a one-dimensional system
  • in my words: "Byte Ordering" ( ... of values exceeding the size of one byte)
  • Wikipedia en, de

EPICS

• Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System
  • Homepage: http://www.aps.anl.gov/epics/
  • Wikipedia: en
  • Mailinglist: tech-talk
  • GSI: http://wiki.gsi.de/cgi-bin/view/Epics/WebHome

I

IDE

• Integrated Design Environment
• Integrated Development Environment
• Wikipedia: en, de

IOC

• Input Output Controller

IPNS

• Intense Pulsed Neutron Source at Argonne National Laboratory
  • http://www.pns.anl.gov/

J

JDCT

• Java Database Configuration Tool
  • JDCT is a good tool for use when learning to write EPICS databases. It provides a `forms' view of each record with options for the individual field settings
  • http://aps.anl.gov/epics/extensions/jdct/index.php
  • see also VDCT

JMS

• The Java Message Service (JMS) API is a Java Message Oriented Middleware (MOM) API for sending messages between two or more clients.
  • Wikipedia: en, de

JPARC

• JPARC: Japan Proton Accelerator Reasearch Center
  • http://j-parc.jp/index-e.html

JUnit

• JUnit is a unit testing framework for the Java programming language.
  • http://junit.org
  • Wikipedia: en de

K

KEK

• http://www.kek.jp/intra-e

L

LabVIEW™

• LabVIEW™ (short for Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Engineering Workbench) is a platform and development environment for a visual programming language from National Instruments.
  • http://www.ni.com/labview/
  • Wikipedia: en, de

LCLS

• Linac Coherent Light Source at SLAC
  • http://www-ssrl.slac.stanford.edu/lcls/index.html

Legacy System

• "old" system
• Wikipedia: en, de

LCLS

• Linac Coherent Light Source
  • http://www-ssrl.slac.stanford.edu/lcls/index.html

M

MEDM

• MEDM stands for Motif Editor and Display Manager
  • MEDM was started by Mark Anderson at Argonne in 1990. It was originally partially based on the two programs, DM (Display Manager) and EDD (Edit Display), which had been developed at Los Alamos. These programs used the X library directly. MEDM handles both the construction and running of displays and has a Motif interface.
  • Reference Manual

MVC

• Model-View-Controler Programming
  • Wikipedia

MLS

• Metrology Light Source (aka. "Willy-Wien Laboratory")
  • project page: http://ib.ptb.de/en/org/7/71/716/index.html
  • project "PTB-driven" (PTB: Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt, Germany)

N

NetBeans

• NetBeans refers to both a platform for the development of Java desktop applications, and an integrated development environment (IDE) developed using the NetBeans Platform.
  • http://www.netbeans.org/
  • Wikipedia en, de

NSLS

• National Synchrotron Light Source
  • http://www.nsls.bnl.gov/

O

OPI

• Operator Interface

P

PTB

• Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig, Germany
• http://www.ptb.de

PMC

PV

• Process Variable

PVSS/PVSS-2

• PVSS is an industrial SCADA product from the Austrian company ETM
  • used at CERN (http://itcobe.web.cern.ch/itcobe/Services/Pvss/whatAreScadaAndPvss.html)

R

RCP

• "Rich Client" Platform

RTEMS

• Real-Time Executive for Multiprocessor Systems
  • http://www.rtems.com
  • Wikipedia: de, en
  • distributed under a modified GPL licence
  • port based on FreeBSD

S

SCADA

• Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition.
  • SCADA may be called Human-Machine Interface (HMI) in Europe
  • Wikipedia: en, de

SDK

• Software development kit
  • Wikipedia: en, de

SLAC

• Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
  • http://www.slac.stanford.edu/

SNS

• Spallation Neutron Source
  • http://www.sns.gov/

SoftIOC

SWT

• Standard Widget Toolkit
• SWT (Wikipedia de, en)
• AWT vs. SWT
  • AWT (Wikipedia de, en)
  • Eclipse uses SWT
• see also AWT

synApps

• synApps is a collection of software tools that help to create a control system for beamlines. It contains beamline-control and data-acquisition components for an EPICS based control system. synApps is distributed under the EPICS Open licence.
  • http://www.aps.anl.gov/aod/bcda/synApps

T

Tango

• TANGO is an object oriented control system based on CORBA
  • http://www.esrf.fr/computing/cs/tango/

TRIUMF

• Tri - University Meson Facility in Vancouver, Canada
  • http://www.triumf.ca

Tornado

• IDE on vxWorks
• Wikipedia: en

U

uCdimm™

• http://www.arcturusnetworks.com/ucdimm.shtml
• Arcturus hardware platforms are designed to save OEM's real time and real money.
  • Arcturus uCdimm™ ColdFire 5282

V

VDCT

• Visual Database Configuration Tool
  • http://www.aps.anl.gov/epics/wiki/index.php/VDCT_Status_Page
  • see also DCT

vxWorks

• vxWorks is a Unix-like real-time operating system made and sold by Wind River Systems
  • Wikipedia: en

X

XAL

• XAL - A Java based Heirarchy for Application Programming

-- PeterZumbruch - 02 Aug 2006