Acronyms
a.u.
Arbitrary Units
ADC
Analogue-to-Digital Converter
ALICE
A Large Ion Collider Experiment
ALTRO
ALICE TPC ReadOut
AMS
Analogue Mixed-Signal
AMS
Austria Micro Systems
API
Application Programming Interface
ARM
Advanced RISC Machine
ASIC
Application Specific Integrated Circuit
ASIM
Atmosphere Space Interaction Monitor
ATCA
Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture
ATLAS
A Toroidal LHC ApparatuS
ATPG
Automatic Test Pattern Generation
BC1
Baseline Correction 1
BC2
Baseline Correction 2
BC3
Baseline Correction 3
BERT
Bit Error Rate Tester
BFM
Bus Functional Model
BGA
Ball Grid Array
BIST
Built-In Self-Test
BJT
Bipolar Junction Transistor
BNL
Brookhaven National Laboratory
CCD
Charge-Coupled Device
CDC
Clock Domain Crossing
CERF
CERN-EU High Energy Reference Field
CERN
Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire
CMOS
Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
CMS
Compact Muon Solenoid
COTS
Commercial Off The Shelf
C-RAM
Chalcogenide RAM
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