PCRAM
Phase-Change RAM
PIC
Precision Ionization Chamber
PLC
Precision Long Counter
PLL
Phase Locked Loop
PRBS
Pseudo Random Binary Sequence
PROM
Programmable Read-Only Memory
PTB
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
PXI
PCI eXtensions for Instrumentation
QGP
Quark-Gluon Plasma
RadMon
Radiation Monitor
RAM
Random Access Memory
RCU
Readout Control Unit
RHIC
Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider
RMS
Root Mean Square
ROM
Read-Only Memory
RORC
ReadOut Receiver Card
RTL
Register Transfer Level
S-ALTRO Super ALTRO
SAMPA
Serialized Analogue-digital Multi Purpose ASIC
SAR
Successive Approximation Register
SCA
Slow Control ASIC
SDRAM
Synchronous DRAM
SEB
Single Event Burnout
SECDED
Single Error Correction, Double Error Detection
SEE
Single Event Effects
SEFI
Single Event Functional Interrupt
SEGR
Single Event Gate Rupture
SEL
Single Event Latch-up
SET
Single Event Transient
SEU
Single Event Upset
SFDR
Spurious Free Dynamic Range
SFP
Small Form-factor Pluggable
SINAD
Signal-to-Noise And Distortion
SLVS
Scalable Low-Voltage Signalling
SOLAR
SAMPA to Optical Link for Alice Readout
SPI
Serial Peripheral Interface
SPS
Super Proton Synchrotron
SRAM
Static Random Access Memory
SSRAM
Synchronous SRAM
STAR
Solenoid Tracker at RHIC
TCI
Trigger Crocus Interface
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TDI
Test Data Input
TDO
Test Data Output
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