Appendix A—Common Abbreviations
- 4K 4,000 pixels
- 8K 8,000 pixels
- 16K 16,000 pixels
- AI artificial intelligence
- AU astronomical unit
- BCE Before Common Era
- CC Creative Commons
- e.g. for example (exempli gratia in Latin)
- et al. and others (et alia in Latin)
- HD high definition
- HMS His or Her Majesty’s Ship
- i.e. that is (id est in Latin)
- ROSL roll on seafloor laughing
- R/V or RV research vessel
- SI International System of Units
- SUV sport utility vehicle
- TV television
- UC University of California
- UN United Nations
- US United States
- USS United States Ship
- prof
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