up to adhere to SCOR, and its support comes from these 

 committees. 



SCUBA: Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus. 



SINS: Ships Internal Navigation System. 



SIO: Scripps Institution of Oceanography. 



SNAP: Systems for Nuclear Auxiliary Power. 



SMPTE: Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers. 



SVTP: Sound Velocity, Temperature, and Pressure unit. 



TENOC: Ten-year oceanographic program (Navy). 



TNT: Tr initrotoiulene - an explosive. 



TRANSIT: Program to develop and establish in being a system of 



near-earth satellites to provide a means for establishing 

 locations (navigating) anyw^here on the surface of the 

 earth (Kershner). 



TV: Television. 



UHF: Ultrahigh frequency. 



UN: The United Nations. A political organization of most of the 

 nations of the world. It has set up specialized agencies such 

 as UNESCO, FAO, and IAEA, open for membership to UN 

 member nations desiring to cooperate in these special fields 

 and also to non-UN members (such as Switzerland). 



UNESCO: The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural 

 Organization. Established 1945 in London. Headquarters 

 in Paris. Supported by dues from member countries. 

 Established lACOMS and IOC. 



USCG; United States Coast Guard. 



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