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| Acronym | Definition | Acronym | Definition |
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| ACM | Adaptive Coding and modulation | ADC | Analog to Digital Converter |
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| BP | Bundle Protocol | CCSDS | Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems |
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| COTS | Commercial Off the Shelf | DLR | German Aerospace Center |
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| DSA | Dynamic Spectrum Access | DSP | Digital Signal Processor |
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| DTN | Delay Tolerant Network | DVB-S2 | Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite 2nd generation |
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| EDRS | European Data Relay System | ELaNa | Educational Launch of Nanosatellites |
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| EO | Earth observation | ESA | European Space Agency |
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| FEC | Forward Error Correction | FPGA | Field Programmable Gate Array |
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| FSK | Frequency Shift Keying | GEO | Geostationary Orbit |
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| GPP | General Purpose Processor | GRACE | Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment |
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| GSTP | General Support Technology Programme | HTS | High Throughput Satellite |
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| HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol | HW | Hardware |
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| ICN | Information-centric networking | IOT | Internet of things |
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| IP | Internet Protocol | ISS | International Space Station |
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| IT | Information technology | JPL | Jet Propulsion Lab |
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| LDPC | Low Density Parity Check | LEO | low Earth Orbit |
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| LTP | Licklider Transmission Protocol | LUCE | LUnar Cubesats for Exploration |
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| LUMIO | Lunar Meteoroid Impacts Observer | MAC | Mean Access Control |
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| MarCO | Mars Cube One | MEC | Multi-Access Edge Computing |
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| MEO | medium Earth Orbit | MMIC | Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit |
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| M2M | Machine-to-Machine | NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
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| NC | Network Coding | NEA Scout | Near-Earth Asteroid Scout |
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| NFV | Network function Virtualization | OPALS | Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science |
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| OSIRIS | Optical Space Infrared Downlink | PICASSO | Pico-Satellite for Atmospheric and Space Science Observations |
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| PRETTY | Passive REflecTomeTrY | QARMAN | QubeSat for Aerothermodynamic Research and Measurements on Ablation |
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| QKD | Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) | QoS | Quality of Service |
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| QoE | Quality of Experience | SCAN | Space Communications and Navigation |
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| SDN | Software Defined Networking | SDLS | Space Data Link Security |
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| SDR | Software Defined Radio | SOTA | Small Optical Transponder |
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| SW | Software | TBIRD | Terabyte Infrared Delivery |
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| TCP | Transmission Control Protocol | TTL | Time-To-Live |
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| UHF | Ultra High Frequency | USD | US Dollar |
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| USLP | Unified Space Link Protocol | VHF | Very High Frequency |
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| VLC | Visible Light Communications | VMMO | Volatile and Mineralogy Mapping Orbiter |
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