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Terminology

The terms defined below are used throughout this manual.

Term

Definition

BUFR

Binary Universal Form for the Representation of meteorological data (the WMO standard format for point data)

client

workstation that requests and receives data from a server workstation

data block

WMO header description and text data

data monitor

process that runs one or more decoders

DDS

Domestic Data Service

decoder

program that converts raw data into McIDAS data files

GRIB

GRIdded Binary (the WMO standard format for gridded data); includes GRIB1 and GRIB2

GRIB1

GRIB version 1

GRIB2

GRIB version 2

HRS

High Resolution data Service

IDS

International Data Service

ingestor

program that receives data through a communications port

MySQL/MariaDB

free downloadable database that can be used by McIDAS-XCD and the McIDAS GRIB server

NEXRAD

NEXt generation weather RADar

NFS

Network File System

PPS

Public Products data Service

server

workstation that stores and supplies data to client workstations


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