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    Default Acronyms for the Forum

    This may help the noobies to the forum:



    Acronyms
    A
    AIX-Aixiz Module
    AC-Alternating Current
    AKA-Also Known As
    AOM-Acoustic-Optic Modulator
    APD-Avalanche Photo Diode
    APM-Additive-Pulse Mode Locking
    ASE-Amplified Spontaneous Emission
    AMB-All My Best
    AFAIK-As Far As I Know
    AR-Anti-Reflective
    B
    BR-Blue Ray
    BRD-Blue Ray Diode
    BDR-203 - 8X diode from a Blu-Ray burner
    BTW-By The Way
    BPP-Beam Parameter Product
    C
    CCNA-Cisco Certified Network Associate
    CCSP-Cisco Certified Security Professional
    CNI-Changchung New Industries
    CW - Continuous Wave
    CEO-Carrier-Envelope Offset
    CPA-Chirped Pulse Amplification
    CWDM-Coarse Wavelenght Division Multiplexing
    COD-Catastrophic Optical Damage
    D
    DIY-Do It Yourself
    DPSS-Diode Pumped Solid State
    DDL-Daedal after the guy who first popularized the DDL driver's usage here
    DX-DealExtreme
    DBR-Distributed Bragg Reflector
    DCM-Dispersion Compensation Module
    DCM-Double Chirped Mirror
    DFB Laser-Distributed Feedback Laser
    DFG-Difference Frequency Generation
    DOS-Densitey Of States
    DWDM-Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
    DILDA-A red laser that looks like a phallic symbol
    DDnT-Dead Nuts, meaning right on the mark.
    DC-Direct Current
    E
    ECDL-External Cavity Diode Laser
    EDC-Electronic Dispersion Compensation
    EDFA-Erbium -Doped Fiber Amplifier
    EOM-Electro-Optic Modulator
    ErYAG-Erbium-Doped Yttrium Aluminium Garnet
    ESA-Excited State Absorption
    ESD-Electrostatic Discharge
    F
    FAQ-Frequently Asked Questions
    FD-Flex Drive
    FS-For Sale
    FS-Mirror-Front Surface-mirror
    FEL-Free Electron Laser
    FWM-Four Wave Mixing
    G
    GITD-Glow In The Dark
    GB-Group Buy
    GGW-H20L - 6X diode from a Blu-Ray burner
    GBW-H10N - 4X diode from a Blu-Ray burner
    H
    HAGD-Have A Great Day
    HeNe-Helium Neon laser
    HeCd-Helium Cadmium laser
    I
    ILDA-International Laser Display Association
    IR-Infrared
    IIRC-If I Recall Correctly
    IMO - In my opinion
    IMHO- In my honest opinion
    J
    J/K- Just kidding
    K
    kW-Kilowatt
    KTP Crystals- Potassium Trihydrogen Phosphate
    KD-Kaidomain
    L
    LASER-Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
    LED-Light Emitting Diode
    Li-ion-Lithium Ion
    LiPo-Lithium Polymer
    LD-Laser Diode
    LG-Laser Glow
    LC-Laser Community
    LPC - 22X diode from a DVD burner
    LOC - Long Open Can
    LCC - Long Closed Can
    M
    mA-Milliamp
    mW-Milliwatt
    mAh-Milliamp Hour
    N
    nm-Nanometer
    NOOB-Newbie (new to the forum)
    N/M-Never Mind
    N/P-No Problem
    NL-Nova Lasers
    NiMH-Nickel-Metal Hydride
    NiCd-Nickel Cadium
    NiZN-Nickel Zinc
    O
    OD-Optical Density
    OP-Original Poster
    P
    PM-Private Message
    PCB-Printed Circuit Board
    PBS-Polarising beam splitter
    PHR - Blu-Ray diode from a BRD 360 add-on
    PP-PayPal
    PPD-Pre-PaiD
    PSU-Power Supply Unit
    PL-Photonlexicon
    S
    SF-AW210 - 6x diode from a Blu-Ray burner
    SCC-Short close can
    SOC-Short open can
    SCD-Sound card DAC (Lasershows)
    T
    TTL-Transistor-Transistor Logic
    TL-Tech Lasers
    TO-3-laser Diode Package
    TEC-Thermo Electric Cooler
    W
    WTK-Want to Know
    W/E-What Ever
    WTB-Want to Buy
    WTS-Want to Sell
    WL-Wicked Lasers
    Y
    YAG-Yttrium Aluminium Garnet
    YVO4-Yttrium Orthovanadate

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    FAC Fast-Axis Collimation
    DAC Digital Analog converter
    SHG
    Second Harmonic Generation
    KPPS
    Kilo Points Per Second
    CT
    Cambridge Technology
    OPSL
    Optically Pumped Semiconductor Laser
    QFT Quoted For Truth
    GRIN GRadient INdex (optics)
    DT Dragon Tiger
    ML Medialas
    HB HB-laser
    FL Focal Lengh
    LBO Lithium Triborate
    OC Output Coupler
    UV Ultra Violet
    HR High Reflective (mirror)
    PD Photo Diode
    PCAOM
    Poly Chromatic Acoustic Optic Modulator
    H Horizontally (polarised)
    V Vertically (polarised)
    P Pangolin
    CBF Clue-by-four
    MPE Maximum Permissible Exposure
    FDA Food and Drug Administration
    CDRH Center for Devices and Radiological Health's
    AOTF Acoustic-Optic Tunable Filter
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    You forgot the various types of LEM's

    LEM - Laser Enthusiasts Meeting
    FLEM - Florida Laser Enthusiasts Meeting
    SELEM - South Eastern Laser Enthusiasts Meeting

    Feel free to add more. That is all I know.

    Lazerjock

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    ASS - Acronym Supression Society

    ARSE - Acronyms Remove Stylographic Effort

    Just kidding, good idea
    http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/3985/laser.gif

    Doc's website

    The Health and Safety Act 1971

    Recklessly interfering with Darwin’s natural selection process, thereby extending the life cycle of dim-witted ignorami; thus perpetuating and magnifying the danger to us all, by enabling them to breed and walk amongst us, our children and loved ones.





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    WOT?
    No UKLEM?

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    IDSPISPOPD I Dig Smashing Pumpkins Into Small Piles of Putrid Debris
    "TO DO IS TO BE" - Nietzsche
    "TO BE IS TO DO" - Kant
    "DO BE DO BE DO" - Sinatra

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    WYSIWYG - What you see is what you get

    TANSTAFL
    - There aint no such thing as a free lunch

    SINTWYPYN - IWYPTB
    - Style is not the way you pick your nose - its where you put the booger.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Laserman532 View Post

    SINTWYPYN - IWYPTB - Style is not the way you pick your nose - its where you put the booger.
    http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/3985/laser.gif

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    The Health and Safety Act 1971

    Recklessly interfering with Darwin’s natural selection process, thereby extending the life cycle of dim-witted ignorami; thus perpetuating and magnifying the danger to us all, by enabling them to breed and walk amongst us, our children and loved ones.





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    wtpotus,iotfampu,ej,idt,pftcd,ptgw,astboltoaop,doa etcftusoa.

    That one's even on an (albeit biased) intelligence test.
    "TO DO IS TO BE" - Nietzsche
    "TO BE IS TO DO" - Kant
    "DO BE DO BE DO" - Sinatra

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    LIME DILLIGAF

    Anyone else catch the irony of a new user posting a list of acronyms for "noobies"? Especially when a lot of them are never used on this site... (Seriously - HAGD? WTK? W/E? NiZN? ) These acronyms were *never* used on PL until this thread. (Yeah, I checked... And there are many more on that list that haven't been used as well.)

    It looks suspiciously like the acronym list from another website - not unlike the smaller list of acronyms that Keeprex posted back in May... Now, I wonder where they came from???

    Adam

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