ANSI American National Standard InstituteASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
DAS Data Analysis specialist
DICB Data Interface Control Board
DFIR Data Flow Instrument Responsible
DFO Data Flow Operator
DFS Data Flow system
DMD Data Management Division
DPG Data Pipeline Group
ESO European Southern Observatory
ETC Exposure Time Calculator
FITS Flexible Image Transport system
FTE Full-Time Equivalent
GUI Graphical User Interface
I/O Input-Output
ICR Instrument Control Responsible
IR Instrument Responsible
IS Instrument Scientist
MIDAS Munich Image Data Analysis System
NTT New Technology Telescope
OB Observation Block
OPC Observing Programmes Committee
P2PP Phase II Proposal Preparation
PAF Parameter Format File
VCS VLT Control Software
VLT Very Large Telescope
VLTI VLT Interferometer
VOM VLT Operations Model
WWW World-Wide Web