NEXUS Association

Acronyms

Commonly used acronyms in Mems and Nanotechnology.

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3D	ThreeDimensional

A

ACC	American College of Cardiology
ACC	Associate Candidate Countries
ADAS	Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
ADEMIS	Association for the DEvelopment of the Microtechnologies and the Integration of the Systems
AEC	Advanced Equipment Control
AMICOM	Advanced MEMS for RF and Millimeter Wave Communications
APC	Advanced Process Control

B

BCI	Brain to Computer Interaction

C

CA	Coordination Action
CEMMNT	The Centre of Excellence in Metrology for Micro and Nano Technolgies
CDR	Circular Disc Resonator sensor
CIP	Co-ordinated Investigation Program
CMOS	Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
COG	Cost Of Goods
COM	Cost Of Manufacture
COST	European COoperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research
CP	Collaborative Projects
CPM	Cost Per Mile (Thousand)
CRC	Cyclic Redundancy Check
CRC	Collaborative Research Centre
CRC	Colo Rectal Cancer
CSA	Co-ordination and Support Actions
CSEM	Centre Suisse d’ Electronique et de Microtechnique

D

DfMM	Design for Micro&Nano Manufacturing
DG	Director General
DIMM	Dual Inline Memory Module
DIP	Dual Inline Package
DIP	Detailed Implementation Plan
DNA	Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid
DoE	Design of Experiments
DoW	Distribution of Work

E

EAM	Electro Absorption Modulator
EC	Electro Chemical sensor
EC	European Commission
EHR	Electronic Health Records
EIROForum	Partnership of Europe’s seven largest Intergovernmental Research Organizations. (www.eiroforum.org)
ENIAC	European Nanoelectronics Initiative Advisory Council
ENTA	Euro Nano Trade Alliance
EPoSS	European Technology Platform on Smart Systems Integration
EPSS	Electronic Proposal Submission System
ERA	European Research Area
ERC	European Research Council
ESF	European Social Fund
ETP	European Technology Platforms
EU	European Union
EUREKA	A Europe-wide network for Industrial RTD (www.eureka.be)
EURIPIDES	EURIPIDES is a EUREKA Cluster Project promoting Smart Systems

F

FBAR	Film Bulk Acoustic Resonator
FET	Future and Emerging Technologies
FP	Framework Program
FSRM	Swiss Foundation for Research in Microtechnology
FTO	Freedom To Operate
ftp	File Transfer Protocol

G

GA	Grant Agreement
GA	General Assembly
GAP	Gender Action Plan
GEANT	The GÉANT project is a collaboration between 26 National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) across Europe, the European Commission, and DANTE
GEOSS	Global Earth Observation System of Systems
GMES	Global Monitoring for Environment and Security
GOSPEL	General Olfaction and Sensing Projects on a European Level
GP	General Practitioner

H

HFSP	Human Frontier Science Program
HIS(s)	Health Information Systems
HPV	Human Papilloma Virus
http	Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
HUMS	Health and Usage Monitoring MicroSystems
HVAC	Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning

I

ICPC	International Cooperation Partner Countries
ICT	Information and Communication Technologies
IMRAMP	Immuno Real -Time Amplification
IMS	Intelligent Manufacturing Systems
IMST	Innovative Mass Storage Technology
INSAT	The Institute for Nanoscale Science And Technology
INSPIRE	Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe
IP	Internet Protocol
IPs	Integrated Projects
IPR	Intellectual Property Rights (sometimes referred to as IP)
ISP	Internet Service Provider
IST	Information Society Technologies
ISTAG	Information Society Technologies Advisory Group
ISTC	Information Society Technologies Committee

J

JTI	Joint Technology Initiative(s)
JRC	Joint Research Centre

K

L

KED	Light Emitting Diode
LNA
LOD	Limit Of Detection

M

MEMS	Micro Electro- Mechanical Systems
MIDEM	Microelectronics, Devices and Materials
MINAM	The Working Group Micro and Nano Manufacturing
MINOS-EURONET	MIcro- Nan OSystems – EUROpean NETwork
MMA	The Microsystems Manufacturing Association (UK)
MNBS	Micro- Nano Bio-convergence Systems
MOEMS	Micro- Opto- Electro- Mechanical Systems
MST	Micro- Systems Technology
MWG	Methodology Working Groups

N

NAS	Newly Affiliated States
NASBA	Nucleic Acid Sequence Based Amplification http://www.ibi.cc/nasba.htm
NCP	National Contact Points
NEMS	Nano- Electro Mechanical System(s)
NDA	Non- Disclosure Agreement
NMP	Nano Materials & Production
NMS	Nano/ Micr o Structures
NMS	New Member States
NoE	Networks of Excellence
NSF	National Science Foundation

O

P

PBS	Phosphate Buffer Saline
PC	Polycarbonate
PCB	Printed Circuit Board
PCR	Polymerase Chain Reaction http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymerase_chain_reaction
PDMS	Polydimethylsiloxine
PET	Polyethyleneterephtlate
PI	Polyimide
PMMA	Polymethylmethacrylate
PNA
POC	Point Of Care
POLs	Physician Office Labs
PSA	Pressure Sensitive Adhesive

Q

QIPC	Quantum Information Processing and Communication
qPCR	Quantitative PCR

R

RF	Radio Frequency
RFID	Radio Frequency Identification
RNA	Ribo Nucleic Acid
RTD	Research and Technology Development
RTD	Resistance Temperature Detectors
RTDI	Research & Technological Development & Innovation
RT-PCR	Reverse Transcriptase PCR

S

SAFE	Special Non-Invasive Advances in Feotal and Neonatal Evaluation Network
SAM	Self-Assembled Monolayer
SAM	Scanning Acoustic Microscope
SC	Steering Commitee
SEIC	Systems Engineering Innovation Centre (based in Loughborough, UK)
SFIT	Smart Fabric Interactive Textile
SICA	Specific International Cooperation Actions
SIM	Subscriber Identity Module
SiP	System in Package
SLD	Superluminescent Diode
SMA	Shape Memory Alloys
SME	Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
SNP	Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism
SOA	Semiconductor Optical Amplifier
SOC	System on a Chip
SSA	Specific Support Actions
STREPs	Specific Targeted REsearch Projects

T

TNNA	Trained Neural Network Algorithms
TPB	Transmission Plasmon Biosensor
TR	Technical Review
TWI	The Welding Institute

U

USC	User Supplier Clubs
UV-Vis	Ultra Violet Visible

V

vftp	Virtual File Transfer Protocol

W

WIND	Wide Integrated-Project Dissemination
WP	Work Package

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