Acronym Glossary
ADB - Amplifier-Discriminator Board
BC - Bunch Crossing
CB
- Control Board
PDT readout controller; also PCB
CF - Central Fe
central region of muon system
CFT - Central Fiber Tracker
CMSC
- Central Muon SCintillator
CMxxx
- Central Muon MRC crates:
- CMEBP - Central Muon East Bottom PDT
MRC crate
- CMESC - Central Muon East SCintillator
MRC crate
- CMESP - Central Muon East Side PDT
MRC crate
- CMETP - Central Muon East Top PDT
MRC crate
- CMWBP - Central Muon West Bottom PDT
MRC crate
- CMWSC - Central Muon West SCintillator
MRC crate
- CMWSP - Central Muon West Side PDT
MRC crate
- CMWTP - Central Muon West Top PDT
MRC crate
DSP - Digital Signal Processor
EF - End Fe
forward regions of muon system
EFN - End Fe North
north forward region of muon system
EFS - End Fe South
south forward region of muon system
FAMUS -
Forward Angle MUon System
FE - Front End card or board
FEB
- Front End Board
PDT front ends; also PFEB
FEC - Front End Card
FMxx
- Forward MUon MRC crate
- FMNM - Forward Muon North MDT MRC crate
- FMNS - Forward Muon North Scintillator
MRC crate
- FMSM - Forward Muon South MDT MRC crate
- FMSS - Forward Muon South Scintillator
MRC crate
FMSC
- Forward Muon SCintillator
GS - Geographic Section
corresponds to 1 MRC crate
L1 - Level
1 trigger
L2 - Level 2 trigger
L3 - Level 3 trigger
MCCM
- MCEN Crate Manager
MCEN - Muon
CENtroid
often also used to mean Muon Centroid card; sometimes shortened to
MC
MCH - Moveable Counting House
MCxx
- MCEN crates:
- MCNA - MCEN North A-layer
- MCNB - MCEN North B-layer & C-layer
- MCSA - MCEN South A-layer
- MCSB - MCEN South B-layer & C-layer
MDC
- MDT Digitizing Card
MDT front end card
MDRC
- MDT Readout Controller
1 per crate of MDC's
MDT
- Mini Drift Tube
MFC
- Muon Fanout Card
fans out TFW signals to FE crates
MFIO
- Muon Fan-In/Out Card
fans in signals from SFE's and MDT's; fans them out to MTCxx cards
MRC - Muon
Readout Card
same type of card receives data from all systems (PDT, MDT, scintillator)
MSxxx - Muon Scintillator front end crates:
- central
crates:
- MSCET - Muon SCintillator East Top
- MSCES - Muon SCintillator East Side
- octants 0 & 7
- MSCEB - Muon SCintillator East Bottom
- octant 6
- MSCWT - Muon SCintillator West Top
- octant 2
- MSCWS - Muon SCintillator West Side
- octants 3 & 4
- MSCWB - Muon SCintillator West Bottom
- octant 5
- forward
crates:
- MSNAE - Muon Scintillator North A-layer
East
- north end east A-layer front end crate
- MSNAW - Muon Scintillator North A-layer
West
- north end west A-layer front end crate
- MSNBE - Muon Scintillator North B-layer
East
- north end east B-layer front end crate
- MSNBW - Muon Scintillator North B-layer
West
- north end west B-layer front end crate
- MSNCE - Muon Scintillator North C-layer
East
- north end east C-layer front end crate
- MSNCW - Muon Scintillator North C-layer
West
- north end west C-layer front end crate
- MSSAE - Muon Scintillator South A-layer
East
- south end east A-layer front end crate
- MSSAW - Muon Scintillator South A-layer
West
- south end west A-layer front end crate
- MSSBE - Muon Scintillator South B-layer
East
- south end east B-layer front end crate
- MSSBW - Muon Scintillator South B-layer
West
- south end west B-layer front end crate
- MSSCE - Muon Scintillator South C-layer
East
- south end east C-layer front end crate
- MSSCW - Muon Scintillator South C-layer
West
- south end west C-layer front end crate
MTC05 - Muon Trigger Card
L1 card for scintillator and CFT tracks; same card type for central
or forward
MTC10 - Muon Trigger Card
L1 card for scintillator and either PDT's or MDT's; same card type
for central
or forward
MTCx - L1 Muon
Trigger Crates:
- MTCC - Muon Trigger Crate Central
- MTCN - Muon Trigger Crate North
- MTCS - Muon Trigger Crate South
MTCM
- Muon Trigger Crate Manager
L1 component; 1 MTCM per MTCxx crate
MTCxx - Muon Trigger Card
L1 trigger card, either MTC05 or MTC10
MTM - Muon
Trigger Manager
L1 component; only 1 MTM in whole system
MUTR
- MUon TRigger MRC crate
L1 MRC crate
PCB
- PDT Control Board
PDT
- Proportional Drift Tube
PFEB
- PDT Front End Board
SCL - Serial Command Link
SCRC - SCintillator Readout Controller
also called SRC; same central
and forward
SFE - Scintillator Front-End card
same central
and forward
SMD - Surface Mount Device
or Surface Mount Design; alternative to solid-state design for MDC
ADB's
SRC - Scintillator Readout Controller
also called SCRC; same central
and forward
TF - Trigger Framework
also called TFW
TFW - Trigger FrameWork
also called TF
TMC - Time Memory Chip
VBD
- VME Buffer/Driver
reads out MRC crate
VI - Vertical Interconnect
WAMUS -
Wide Angle MUon System
created: 1996.12.03 revised: 1996.12.04
Contact: darien@fnal.gov