Abbreviations/Acronyms

candela

circular dichroism; compact disc

compact disc read-only memory

compact disc/interactive

cesium dideuterium arsenate

continuous dynode electron multiplier

capacitive discharge mode

Center for Devices and Radiological Health

compensating digital readout multiplexer

cinema digital sound; conjugate direction search; correlated double sampling

control display unit

compressed digital video

active-matrix liquid crystal display

binary coded decimal

charge-coupled device

Center for Commercial Development of Space

carrier sense multiple access/collision detection

electrochemical diffused collector

electron multiplying CCD

field transfer charge-coupled device

high-performance CCD

intensified charge-coupled device

infrared charge-coupled device

liquid crystal display

millicandela — The millicandela is equivalent to one thousandth (or 10-3) of the standard unit of luminous intensity that is the candela, which is the power emitted by a given light source in a particular direction.

optical coherence domain reflectometer

optics coupling display unit

plasma-coupled device

passive-matrix liquid crystal display

supertwist liquid crystal display

twisted nematic liquid crystal display

variable-capacitance diode

digital-to-analog converter

direct current

Defense Electronics Supply Center

differential interference contrast

diamondlike carbon; digital-loop carrier

Department of Commerce

Defense Technical Information Center

mercury cadmium telluride — Mercury cadmium teluride (HgCdTe) is a specific alloy combination that allows one to obtain any optical absorption bandgap of the material between 0 and 1.5 electron volts (eV) making it completely transparent at photon energies and wavelengths below the energy gap in the infrared.