List of Terms

• A Matrix formalism
• aberration
• abstract base class
• aerial
• AIPS
• AIPS++
  
• algorithm
• aliased response
• aliasing
• altitude
• altitude-azimuth mount
• anomalistic year
• antenna
• antenna gain
• antenna/i.f. gain
• antenna/i.f. phase
• antenna temperature
• aperture efficiency
• aperture synthesis
• application developer
• application program
• array
• array processor
• association
• ATCA
• atmospheric attenuation
• ATNF
• atomic clock
• atomic time
• autocorrelation
• azimuth
• background noise
• bandpass calibration
• bandwidth smearing
• bandwidth synthesis
• base class
• baseline
• baseline co-ordinates
• baseline-time order
• baud
• beam
• beam patch
• beam squint
• beam switching
• big table view
• bit
• bitmap
• blanked pixel
• blinking
• brightness temperature
• broadband imaging
• browser
• bug
• bus error
• byte
• C
• C++
• Catalog
• CD-ROM
• celestial equator
• celestial sphere
• cell-averaging
• cell size
• chromatic aberration
• chromaticity
• Clark CLEAN
• class
• class developer
• class interface
• CLEAN
• CLEAN beam
• CLEAN component
• CLEAN image
• CLEAN speedup factor
• CLEAN window
• CLI
• client-server
• clipping
• closure amplitude
• closure phase
• CMYK
• coherence
• color contour
• color triangle
• command line interpreter
• compression
• conjugate symmetry
• constructor
• control hub
• convolution theorem
• coprocessor
• correlator offset
• crash
• cross correlation
• cursor
• DAT
• database
• data cube
• DataManager
• declination
• deconvolution
• delay beam
• derived class
• destructor
• digitizer
• direct Fourier transform
• dirty beam
• dirty image
• discrete Fourier transform
• disk hog
• dithering
• domain theory
• Doppler correction
• dork
• drag and drop
• drift curve
• dynamic range
• ecliptic
• ecliptic co-ordinates
• effective area
• elevation
• EMACS
• E-mail
• encapsulation
• encoder
• ephemeris second
• ephemeris time
• EPS
• equalization
• equatorial mount
• Ethernet
• Exabyte
• exception
• exception handler
• exponential type
• exp x sinc function
• false color
• Faraday rotation
• fast Fourier transform
• FDDI
• feed
• filled table
• FITS format
• floating-point
• floating-point accelerator
• flux density
• form-based interface
• frequency switching
• fringe
• fringe frequency
• fringe rotator
• front end
• FTP
• full-synthesis image
• FWHM
• galactic co-ordinates
• gamma correction
• Gaussian-tapered sinc function
• GBT
• geometrical delay
• Gibbs' phenomenon
• GIF
• Gigabyte
• Glish
• global fringe fitting
• grading function
• graphical user interface
• gray scale
• Green Bank model
• gridding convolution function
• gridding correction function
• GUI
• Hanning smoothing function
• hardware mount
• HasA
• heliocentric velocity system
• Hermitian function
• hexadecimal
• histogram modification
• Högbom CLEAN
• holography
• homology
• horizon
• host computer
• hour angle
• hour circle
• HPBW
• HSV
• HTML
• hue
• hybrid mapping
• hydrogen maser
• hypertext
• illumination function
• image
• Image
• image co-ordinate system
• image enhancement
• image formats
• image reconstruction
• ImageStack
• inheritance
• instantiation
• instrumental polarization
• intensity
• interface
• interference
• interferometer
• interlacing
• Internet
• Inter-process communcations
• invert
• invisible distribution
• IPosition
• IPC
• IsA
• ISO
• isoplanaticity assumption
• JPEG
• Jy
• Karma
• kernel
• keyword
• kilobyte
• kluge
• LaTeX
• latitude
• Lattice
• leap second
• Lempel-Ziv compression
• Lempel-Ziv Welch compression
• lobe rotator
• local mean solar time
• local oscillator
• local sidereal time
• local standard of rest
• locked file
• log
• longitude
• lookup table
• loop gain
• LSR
• LST
• luminance
• magic value blanking
• major cycle
• map
• mapping
• mask
• Maximum Entropy Method
• mean solar day
• Measure
• MeasurementModel
• MeasurementSet
• Megabyte
• member function
• meridian
• MERLIN
• message
• method
• minor cycle
• MIPS
• MIRIAD storage manager
• modem
• monochrome
• mosaic
• Mosaic
• movie
• MPEG
• natural weighting
• NCSA
• negative bowl artifact
• Netscape
• network
• NEWSTAR
• NFRA
• NFS
• non-closing offset
• NRAO
• NSF
• NSFNet
• nutation
• Nyquist sampling rate
• object
• ObjectID
• object-oriented design
• object-oriented language
• object-oriented programming
• on-the-fly calibration
• on-the-fly imaging
• operating system
• operator overloading
• optical depth
• PagedArray
• palette
• Paley-Wiener theorem
• panel
• parallactic angle
• PCX
• Perl
• persistence
• phased array
• phaseless reconstruction
• phase tracking center
• pixel
• pixel co-ordinate
• pointer
• pointing error
• points per beam
• point spread function
• polarization
• polymorphism
• position angle
• PostScript
• precession
• primary beam
• primary beam correction
• primary reflector
• prime focus
• principal solution
• prolate spheroidal wave function
• protocol
• proxy object
• Prussian helmet CLEAN
• pseudo-color display
• pseudo-continuum data
• PSF
• quantization
• quantization correction
• raster
• raster graphics
• ray-tracing
• receptor
• regular expression
• regularization method
• regularization parameter
• rendering
• residual delay
• residual fringe rate
• restoring beam
• RFI
• RGB
• right ascension
• RLE
• rotation measure
• sampler
• saturation
• scanner
• scintillation
• scroll
• secondary
• Section
• self-calibration
• self-calibration gain solution algorithm
• server
• SGML
• Shannon sampling theorem
• Shape
• sidelobe
• sidereal day
• sidereal year
• single dish
• Sky Model
• slice
• snapshot
• Sobel filter
• software mount
• Solver
• sort order
• source model
• spatial resolution
• spectral index
• spectrum set
• spherical aberration
• spheroidal function
• spillover
• spreadsheet
• stateless
• Steer-Dewdney-Ito CLEAN
• Stokes' parameters
• Stokes' visibility functions
• StorageManager
• subreflector
• super-resolution
• support
• support width
• surface brigthness
• synthesized beam
• system temperature
• Table
• taper function
• TCP/IP
• telescope
• Telescope component
• TelescopeModel
• temperature
• tertiary
• TeX
• tied array
• TIFF
• time
• time-average smearing
• time-baseline order
• time standard
• tipping scan
• total power receiver
• transfer function
• tropical year
• troposphere
• turret
• uniform weighting
• Universal Time
• Unix
• URL
• user
• user interface
• UTC
• u-v coverage
• u-v FITS format
• u-v measurement distribution
• u-v plane
• u-v sampling distribution
• u-v taper function
• u-v-w co-ordinates
• u-v weight function
• variational method
• vector graphics
• velocity
• vernal equinox
• view of data
• virtual memory
• virtual table
• visibility function
• VisSet
• visualization
• VLA
• VLBA
• VLBI
• voxel
• WAIS
• widget
• WIMP
• window
• window system
• world co-ordinate system
• World-Wide-Web
• WSRT
• XBM
• X Window System
• x-y order
• year
• Yellow Pages
• zenith
• zenith angle
• zero-spacing flux density
• zip
• zoom

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