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%auto-ignore
% List of acronyms used in the paper
\section*{IceCube Acronym List}
\begin{longtable}{p{.20\textwidth} p{.80\textwidth}}
\textbf{ADC} & analog-to-digital converter \\
\textbf{ATWD} & Analog Transient Waveform Digitizer; front-end signal
digitizers in the DOM \\
\textbf{cDOM} & color (LED) DOM \\
\textbf{CORBA} & Common Object Request Broker Architecture; software
process communications middleware used in PnF \\
\textbf{DAQ} & data acquisition \\
\textbf{DESY} & Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron national research
center, Germany \\
\textbf{DFL} & dark freezer lab used for DOM testing \\
\textbf{DMA} & direct memory access \\
\textbf{DOM} & digital optical module; IceCube's primary light sensor \\
\textbf{DOMCal} & DOM calibration software \\
\textbf{DOMHub} & DOM readout computer in the ICL \\
\textbf{DOR} & DOM readout card used to power and communicate with
the DOMs \\
\textbf{DSB} & DOMHub service board providing GPS clock signals to
the DOR cards \\
\textbf{EHWD} & Enhanced Hot Water Drill used to drill IceCube holes \\
\textbf{ESD} & electrostatic discharge \\
\textbf{fADC} & fast ADC; front-end signal digitizer in the DOM \\
\textbf{FAT} & final acceptance testing of the DOMs \\
\textbf{FHWM} & full width half maximum \\
\textbf{FPGA} & field-programmable gate array \\
\textbf{FRT} & fixed-rate trigger; a software trigger algorithm used
in the DAQ \\
\textbf{GCD} & geometry, calibration, and detector status information
needed to process IceCube data \\
\textbf{GPS} & Global Positioning System; primary time source for IceCube
\\
\textbf{HESE} & high-energy starting event; a bright neutrino event
candidate first visible inside the detector \\
\textbf{HLC} & hard local coincidence, as in ``HLC hits'';
DOM hits satisfying this condition are read out with full
waveform information \\
\textbf{HQE} & high quantum efficiency (PMT) \\
\textbf{I3MS} & IceCube Messaging System; enables 24/7
connectivity to the South Pole \\
\textbf{ICL} & IceCube Laboratory; central building for IceCube systems
at the South Pole \\
\textbf{ITS} & IceCube Teleport System; legacy communications system used
to provide 24/7 connectivity to the South Pole \\
\textbf{JADE} & Java Archival and Data Exchange; data-handling software
system \\
\textbf{JSON} & JavaScript Object Notation; a lightweight
data-interchange format \\
\textbf{LBM} & lookback memory, the SDRAM hit buffer on each DOM \\
\textbf{LC} & Local coincidence of DOMs on a string or between tanks in
an IceTop station; see also HLC and SLC \\
\textbf{LED} & light-emitting diode \\
\textbf{LTO} & linear tape open storage media format \\
\textbf{MPE} & multiple photoelectron, as in ``MPE discriminator'' \\
\textbf{PCI} & Peripheral Component Interconnect; a computer bus \\
\textbf{PE} & photoelectron; also a unit of amplified charge resulting
from one converted photon incident on a PMT \\
\textbf{PINGU} & Precision IceCube Next Generation Upgrade \\
\textbf{PMT} & photomultiplier tube \\
\textbf{PnF} & processing and filtering online software system \\
\textbf{PSL} & Physical Sciences Laboratory, Stoughton, Wisconsin, U.S.A \\
\textbf{RAPCal} & reciprocal active pulsing calibration; time calibration
scheme used to synchronize the DOMs \\
\textbf{RFI} & radio-frequency interference \\
\textbf{SJB} & surface junction box; passive connection of the in-ice
cable, surface cable, and IceTop tanks \\
\textbf{SES} & Seasonal Equipment Site used to provide power and hot
water for drilling operations \\
\textbf{SLC} & soft local coincidence, as in ``SLC hits''; SLC hits do
not satisfy an LC condition and are read out with a timestamp and minimal
amplitude / charge information \\
\textbf{SLOP} & slow particle, as in ``SLOP trigger''; a software trigger
algorithm used in the DAQ \\
\textbf{SMT} & simple multiplicity trigger; a software trigger algorithm
used in the DAQ \\
\textbf{SNDAQ} & supernova data acquisition software \\
\textbf{SNEWS} & Supernova Neutrino Early Warning System \\
\textbf{SPADE} & South Pole Archival and Data Exchange; legacy
data-handling software system \\
\textbf{SPE} & single photoelectron, as in ``SPE discriminator'' \\
\textbf{SPS} & South Pole System, the IceCube computing and networking
systems at the detector site \\
\textbf{SPTS} & South Pole Test System, a scaled-down version of SPS for
testing in the Northern Hemisphere \\
\textbf{SuperDST} & Super Data Storage and Transfer compressed event
format \\
\textbf{TDP} & track detection probability \\
\textbf{TOS} & Tower Operations Site used at each hole for drilling
and string deployment \\
\textbf{UPS} & uninterruptible power supply \\
\textbf{UTC} & Coordinated Universal Time, the time standard used in
IceCube \\
\end{longtable}