These are the acronyms and abreviations used in these GCN web pages. Their expansions and explanations are given.
ALEXIS - Array of Low Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors ASM - All Sky Monitor (on RXTE) BACODINE - BATSE COordinates DIstribution NEtwork (the original name; see GCN) BATSE - Burst And Transient Source Experiment (on GRO) COMPTEL - COMPton TELescope (on GRO) DOMSAT - DOMestic SATellite FOV - Field Of View GCN - GRB Coordinates Network (the 2nd generation name; see BACODINE and TAN) GRB - Gamma-Ray Burst GSFC - Goddard Space Flight Center HETE - High Energy Transient Explorer IPN - InterPlanetary Network Jy - Jansky (unit of power: 10E-26 watt/m2-Hz) mag - optical stellar magnitude MOC - Mission Operations Center (see SOC) MSFC - Marshall Space Flight Center NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration NFI - Narrow Field Instruments (on BeppoSAX) PCA - Proportional Counter Array (on RXTE) RXTE - Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer SOC - Science Operations Center (see MOC) T50 - The burst Time duration for which 50% of the energy is emitted T90 - The burst Time duration for which 90% of the energy is emitted TAN - Transient Astronomy Network TBD - To Be Determined TJD - Truncated Julian Day (e.g. TJD=10449=01/Jan/97) ToO - Target Of Opportunity (also TOO) WFC - Wide Field Camera (on BeppoSAX) XTE - X-ray Timing Explorer (now called RXTE)