Legacy SLACspeak U-V-W
U
UG Unified Graphics. (Obsolete)
Unibus A bus system developed by DEC for the PDPs and other DEC computers.
USPCI U. S. Pollution Control, Inc.
V
Valiant Little Terminal See VLT.
VAX Virtual Access computer made by Digital Equipment Corporation.
VAX CAMAC Channel See VCC.
VAX SLCNET Channel See VSC.
VBA Very Big Accelerator.
VCAM Video Cable Access Module. A CAMAC module which can be programmed to multiplex any one out of eight video signals from cameras and to transfer that signal to one of five possible CATV channels. It multiplexes the video signals used by the operators at MCC.
VCC VAX CAMAC Channel. A chassis which interfaces the VAX unibus DMA system to the CAMAC system.
VCO A chassis used to vary the damping ring frequency.
VDCI Video Digitizer Clock Interface. A CAMAC module.
VDS Vertex Detector System. (Mark II) HEP
VDST Video Distribution SysTem. A VAX primary.
VDT Video Display Terminal.
Video Cable Access Module See VCAM.
Virtual Machine See VM.
Virtual Machine/Conversational Monitor System See VM/CMS.
VM Virtual Machine. Refers to the operating system on the IBM 3081 or 3270. (Phased out at SLAC in 1997.)
VM/CMS Virtual Machine/Conversational Monitor System. IBM main interactive timesharing system.
VMS Virtual Memory System. DEC's designation for the VAX operating system. COMPUTING
VSC VAX SLCNET Channel. Refers usually to the interface circuit and firmware (the VSC box) between the VAX and the SLCNET.
VVC Virtual Visitors Center
W
WDC Washington, DC GOV
WIC Warm Iron Calorimeter. A part of the SLD detector.
Wirefix A System for making harmonic corrections in the SLC arcs.
WIS Women's Interchange at SLAC.
WISRD Wire Imaging Synchrotron Radiation Detector. Part of the system that measured beam energies at the SLC.
WSC Web Support Coordinator
WWWCC WWW Coordinating Committee (SLAC)
Www-tech World Wide Web Technical Committee (SLAC).
WYLBUR A text editing program for the VAX. It was a component of SLAC's mainframe system before VM, the IBM 360 OS/VS.
