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  • ADFS

    ADFS Active Directory Federation Services

  • ADG

    ADG Advance Data Guard

  • ATS

    ATS The ATS sector comprises four departments: EN (Engineering), TE (Technology), SY (Systems), and BE (Beams). Read more Accelerators & Technology Sector

  • BEMB

    BEMB Weekly meeting of all Group Leaders in the Beams Department, the Department Head, the HR Representant for BE, the Staff Association Responsible for BE and the BE Head Office. Focus on discussion about news from the ATSMB (Accelerator & Technology Sector Management Board), the Director General, the ED (Enlarged Directorate) and important points from…

  • BIS

    BIS Beam Interlock System

  • CALS

    CALS CERN Accelerator Logging Service

  • CCDA

    CCDA Controls Configuration Database API

  • CCDB

    CCDB Controls Configuration Database

  • CCM

    CCM Common Console Manager

  • CIET

    CIET Cryogenics Instrumentation Expert Tool

  • CMW

    CMW A general term to identify a software layer, and it's components, which is above "hardware services" and below "client software". Therefore CMW is in-between. Usually this software comes as servers. Controls Middleware

  • CPC

    CPC UNICOS-CPC is a package from UNICOS to engineer industrial PLC based process control systems. The goal of UNICOS is to standardize the development of control applications at CERN by: Part of the UNICOS Framework Continuous Process Control

  • CSAM

    CSAM CERN Safety Alarm Monitoring

  • CTTB

    CTTB ATS Common Hardware & Software Technologies Technical Board (CTTB) As one of the three Controls groups in the department ICS is a key player in the CTTB. Common Hardware & Software Technologies Technical Board

  • CV

    CV Cooling and Ventilation

  • DAI

    DAI This document is required to announce to Finance that you want to place an order with a company. This document serves as a basis to "block" the amount to be spent on the budget code. The DAI is a form that can be found in EDH: https://edh.cern.ch/Document/DAI. A quote must be attached always to…

  • DAO

    DAO The DAO works at the BE Central Secretariat and oversees information linked to arrivals and departures in the department, organizes the BE onboarding events, deals with contract formalities (extensions, terminations), and provides to the GAOs advice and guidance on the application of procedures. Departmental Administrative Officer

  • DCS

    DCS Detector Control System

  • DIM

    DIM Distributed Information Management

  • DIP

    DIP Data Interchange Protocol