Computer Science 



The systematic study of computing systems and computation. The body of knowledge result- 

 ing from this discipline contains theories for understanding computing systems and methods; 

 design methodology, algorithms, and tools; methods for the testing of concepts; methods of 

 analysis and verification; and knowledge representation and implementation. 



Computational Science and Engineering 



The systematic application of computing systems and computational solution techniques to 

 mathematical models formulated to describe and simulate phenomena of scientific and engi- 

 neering interest 



CPMES 



Committee on Physical, Mathematical, and Engineering Sciences 



DOC 



Department of Commerce 



DOD 



Department of Defense 



DOE 



Department of Energy 



ED 



Department of Education 



EPA 



En\ ironmental Protection Agency 



ESnet 



Energy Sciences Network 



FCCSET 



Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology 



FDDI 



Fiber Distributed Data Interface 



Flops 



Acronym for floating point operations per second. The term "floating point" refers to that 

 format of numbers that is most commonly used for scientific calculation. Flops is used as a 

 measure of a computing system's speed of performing basic arithmetic operations such as 

 adding, subtracting, multiplying, or di\iding two numbers. 



FNC 



Federal Networking Council 



Giga- 



10'' or billions of ... (e.g., gigabits, gigaflops, gigaops) 



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