• IOV - Interval of Validation

Abbreviations in the CMS Collaboration

Detector related abbreviations

• CMS - Compact Muon Solenoid

• ROC - Read-Out Chip
• TIB - Tracker Inner Barrel * TOB - Tracker Outer Barrel
• TEC - Tracker End Cap
• TID - Tracker Inner Disk

• DT - Muon Drift Tubes
• RPC - Resistive Plate Chambers
• CSC - Cathode Strip Chambers
• CASTOR - Centauro And Strange Object Research (this is a calorimeter)

• HLT - High Level Trigger
• DQM- Data Quality Monitoring
• DCS - Detector Control System

Run related abbreviations

• CRUZET - Cosmic RUn at ZEro Tesla
• CRAFT - Cosmic Run At Four Tesla
• IOV - Intervall of Validation

Meeting abbreviations

• DPG - Detector Performance Group
• POG - Physics Object Groups
• TSG - Trigger Studies Group
• TIG - Technical Implementation Group
• DAQ - Triggering and Data Acquisition

• ACCU - Advisory Committee of CERN Users

Other abbreviations

• DOC - Pixel detector on call
• TDR - Technical Design Report
• GT - Global Tag

To be continued...

-- TamasVami - 2015-04-02