TREKNOLOGY ABBREVIATIONS
with special reference to [Star Trek: Voyager]

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The following standard technical Star Trek abbreviations are used in canon sources and on the shows (but I believe "CPG" is not used in the shows) AND are used on this site, particularly in the section SHIP USS VOYAGER. Some abbreviations are denoted as appearing particularly in The Starfleet Survival Guide and, accordingly, may appear in cross-references elsewhere particularly in the section SHIP USS VOYAGER. However, I try to avoid over-using abbreviations/acronyms on this site and usually give the abbreviation in full at least once where used in a section, often with a brief description if context and space permit.

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Abbreviation/Acronym
(alphabetical order) Term Brief description (more information on site)

COC command override circuit Command override circuits are contained in various Starfleet equipment e.g. combadge.
"COC" particularly appears in THE STARFLEET SURVIVAL GUIDE: 1.0 Standard-Issue Equipment - Non-standard Uses.

CPG co-processor and peripherals group The computers on USS Voyager are connected to the computer cores through the Starfleet-designed co-processor and peripherals group which drives the standard LCARS visual interface.

EM electromagnetic (20th and 21st century abbreviation not coined by Star Trek.)

EPS electroplasma system This is the power grid, also known as the power distribution network, used aboard Federation starships (and the former Cardassian station Deep Space 9). Plasma is conveyed throughout USS Voyager to supply the warp drive and other systems such as the SIF, life support, computers, shields, weapons and other shipboard systems.

EVA extravehicular activity (20th and 21st century abbreviation not coined by Star Trek.) EVA can be both routine (inspection, maintenance and repair to USS Voyager's external parts) or one-off. The latter can be a planned mission e.g. installing anti-Borg hull armour in [#171 and #172 Endgame], or emergency evacuation. EVA actually applies to any extravehicular activity requiring personnel to be in an airless or otherwise hostile environment e.g. shuttlecraft evacuation. For such activities personnel wear EVA suits, known as "environment suits" or "environmental suits". Torres and Paris don them in [#71 Day of Honor] to abandon the shuttlecraft Cochrane. The full and proper term for the suit is Standard Extravehicular Work Garment (SEWG) (link goes to SEWG article).

FTL faster-than-light Warp drive is FTL. A starship warp engine creates a "warp field", a multi-layered wave of warped space, enabling USS Voyager to travel to a destination at a factor ("warp factor") times the speed of light (relative to "normal" space), although within the warp field Voyager does not exceed the local speed of light.
The features of USS Voyager's main computer include transluminal processing, i.e. FTL-speed, at 575 trillion calculations per nanosecond. The term "transluminal" also means faster-than-light.
FTL is a 20th and 21st century acronym not coined by Star Trek.
See also SHIP USS VOYAGER: Warp Factors: Real Life Background

IDF inertial dampening field
/inertial damping field Forcefield designed to compensate for acceleration forces within a Federation starship whenever the vehicle changes speed or flight direction. If USS Voyager is being hurled about and Tom Paris reports that the inertial dampers are offline, as in [#6 The Cloud], one can be sure the crew is being hurled about too. The acronym "IDF" is used in dialogue in [The Cloud].

LCARS Library Computer Access and Retrieval System The library computer is the massive computer system and database carried aboard Federation starships including USS Voyager. Its storage banks contain almost the sum of recorded information, a vital resource to a starship on detached duty, and is normally updated frequently (not possible for USS Voyager until at least 2374 [#82 Message in a Bottle], certainly from 2376 [#144 Lifeline]). LCARS can be accessed from any terminal aboard ship or via portable computers. LCARS is also the term used to refer to the common user interface of 24th century computer systems, based on verbal and graphically enhanced keyboard/display input and output.

ODN optical data network Shipboard data transmission is accomplished with a network of multiplexed optical monocrystal microfibres which link the computer cores, with ODN trunks also providing information links to the hundreds of optical subprocessors located throughout the ship. There are also backup ODN systems. Not everything on board ship is hardwired to the ODN e.g. certain handheld devices and transportable objects which where appropriate can be configured to send and receive data via a terminal node.

PADD Personal Access Display Device Handheld control and display computer terminal used by Federation Starfleet personnel as a convenient and portable adjunct to LCARS stationary console interfaces. The PADD has a display screen and touch-sensitive controls, and its battery is rechargeable. There are several designs of PADD. See SHIP USS VOYAGER: Computers: Page 2 Portable Computers and PADDs.
PADD equivalents are used by many species (e.g. Bajorans, Cardassians, Klingons, Ferengi) and some Delta Quadrant species e.g. Telsians [#141 Live Fast and Prosper] and Quarren [#162 and #163 Workforce].

RCS reaction control system The reaction control system is also referred to as 'maneuvering thrusters' or simply 'thrusters', sometimes 'reaction control thrusters'. Thrusters are low-power reaction-control jets which provide low-speed impulse power for ship attitude control in Federation spacecraft (and the spaceships of many alien species).

RF radio frequency The abbreviation appears particularly in The Starfleet Survival Guide.
RF is a 20th and 21st century acronym not coined by Star Trek.

SEWG standard extra-vehicular work garment Starfleet-issue garment. See SHIP USS VOYAGER: Equipment: Standard Extra-Vehicular Work Garment (SEWG). The term also appears particularly in THE STARFLEET SURVIVAL GUIDE.

SIF structural integrity field Shaped forcefield used on Federation starships to supplement the mechanical strength of the ship's spaceframe. Without the structural integrity field, a starship would not be able to withstand the tremendous accelerations involved in spaceflight.

STA subspace transceiver assembly A standard subspace transceiver assembly is one of many signal conduits that form a major component in (1) a Federation starship's dedicated intraship communications system, being hardwired into the optical data network (ODN), (2) combadges. STA Note (pop-up).
See also SHIP USS VOYAGER: Communications Index: Personal Communicator (a.k.a. combadge).
See also the subsections concerning combadges in THE STARFLEET SURVIVAL GUIDE.

UTC universal translator chip Primary component of a universal translator such as that contained in the bottom right of the comm. assembly in a combadge.
See SHIP USS VOYAGER: Equipment: Universal Translators.
See also SHIP USS VOYAGER: Communications Index: Personal Communicator (a.k.a. combadge).
See also THE STARFLEET SURVIVAL GUIDE: 1.05 Remodulating a Universal Translator into a Jamming Device.

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Abbreviation/Acronym (alphabetical order)	Term	Brief description (more information on site)
COC	command override circuit	Command override circuits are contained in various Starfleet equipment e.g. combadge. "COC" particularly appears in THE STARFLEET SURVIVAL GUIDE: 1.0 Standard-Issue Equipment - Non-standard Uses.
CPG	co-processor and peripherals group	The computers on USS Voyager are connected to the computer cores through the Starfleet-designed co-processor and peripherals group which drives the standard LCARS visual interface.
EM	electromagnetic	(20th and 21st century abbreviation not coined by Star Trek.)
EPS	electroplasma system	This is the power grid, also known as the power distribution network, used aboard Federation starships (and the former Cardassian station Deep Space 9). Plasma is conveyed throughout USS Voyager to supply the warp drive and other systems such as the SIF, life support, computers, shields, weapons and other shipboard systems.
EVA	extravehicular activity	(20th and 21st century abbreviation not coined by Star Trek.) EVA can be both routine (inspection, maintenance and repair to USS Voyager's external parts) or one-off. The latter can be a planned mission e.g. installing anti-Borg hull armour in [#171 and #172 Endgame], or emergency evacuation. EVA actually applies to any extravehicular activity requiring personnel to be in an airless or otherwise hostile environment e.g. shuttlecraft evacuation. For such activities personnel wear EVA suits, known as "environment suits" or "environmental suits". Torres and Paris don them in [#71 Day of Honor] to abandon the shuttlecraft Cochrane. The full and proper term for the suit is Standard Extravehicular Work Garment (SEWG) (link goes to SEWG article).
FTL	faster-than-light	Warp drive is FTL. A starship warp engine creates a "warp field", a multi-layered wave of warped space, enabling USS Voyager to travel to a destination at a factor ("warp factor") times the speed of light (relative to "normal" space), although within the warp field Voyager does not exceed the local speed of light. The features of USS Voyager's main computer include transluminal processing, i.e. FTL-speed, at 575 trillion calculations per nanosecond. The term "transluminal" also means faster-than-light. FTL is a 20th and 21st century acronym not coined by Star Trek. See also SHIP USS VOYAGER: Warp Factors: Real Life Background
IDF	inertial dampening field /inertial damping field	Forcefield designed to compensate for acceleration forces within a Federation starship whenever the vehicle changes speed or flight direction. If USS Voyager is being hurled about and Tom Paris reports that the inertial dampers are offline, as in [#6 The Cloud], one can be sure the crew is being hurled about too. The acronym "IDF" is used in dialogue in [The Cloud].
LCARS	Library Computer Access and Retrieval System	The library computer is the massive computer system and database carried aboard Federation starships including USS Voyager. Its storage banks contain almost the sum of recorded information, a vital resource to a starship on detached duty, and is normally updated frequently (not possible for USS Voyager until at least 2374 [#82 Message in a Bottle], certainly from 2376 [#144 Lifeline]). LCARS can be accessed from any terminal aboard ship or via portable computers. LCARS is also the term used to refer to the common user interface of 24th century computer systems, based on verbal and graphically enhanced keyboard/display input and output.
ODN	optical data network	Shipboard data transmission is accomplished with a network of multiplexed optical monocrystal microfibres which link the computer cores, with ODN trunks also providing information links to the hundreds of optical subprocessors located throughout the ship. There are also backup ODN systems. Not everything on board ship is hardwired to the ODN e.g. certain handheld devices and transportable objects which where appropriate can be configured to send and receive data via a terminal node.
PADD	Personal Access Display Device	Handheld control and display computer terminal used by Federation Starfleet personnel as a convenient and portable adjunct to LCARS stationary console interfaces. The PADD has a display screen and touch-sensitive controls, and its battery is rechargeable. There are several designs of PADD. See SHIP USS VOYAGER: Computers: Page 2 Portable Computers and PADDs. PADD equivalents are used by many species (e.g. Bajorans, Cardassians, Klingons, Ferengi) and some Delta Quadrant species e.g. Telsians [#141 Live Fast and Prosper] and Quarren [#162 and #163 Workforce].
RCS	reaction control system	The reaction control system is also referred to as 'maneuvering thrusters' or simply 'thrusters', sometimes 'reaction control thrusters'. Thrusters are low-power reaction-control jets which provide low-speed impulse power for ship attitude control in Federation spacecraft (and the spaceships of many alien species).
RF	radio frequency	The abbreviation appears particularly in The Starfleet Survival Guide. RF is a 20th and 21st century acronym not coined by Star Trek.
SEWG	standard extra-vehicular work garment	Starfleet-issue garment. See SHIP USS VOYAGER: Equipment: Standard Extra-Vehicular Work Garment (SEWG). The term also appears particularly in THE STARFLEET SURVIVAL GUIDE.
SIF	structural integrity field	Shaped forcefield used on Federation starships to supplement the mechanical strength of the ship's spaceframe. Without the structural integrity field, a starship would not be able to withstand the tremendous accelerations involved in spaceflight.
STA	subspace transceiver assembly	A standard subspace transceiver assembly is one of many signal conduits that form a major component in (1) a Federation starship's dedicated intraship communications system, being hardwired into the optical data network (ODN), (2) combadges. STA Note (pop-up). See also SHIP USS VOYAGER: Communications Index: Personal Communicator (a.k.a. combadge). See also the subsections concerning combadges in THE STARFLEET SURVIVAL GUIDE.
UTC	universal translator chip	Primary component of a universal translator such as that contained in the bottom right of the comm. assembly in a combadge. See SHIP USS VOYAGER: Equipment: Universal Translators. See also SHIP USS VOYAGER: Communications Index: Personal Communicator (a.k.a. combadge). See also THE STARFLEET SURVIVAL GUIDE: 1.05 Remodulating a Universal Translator into a Jamming Device.

TREKNOLOGY ABBREVIATIONS with special reference to [Star Trek: Voyager]

TREKNOLOGY ABBREVIATIONS
with special reference to [Star Trek: Voyager]