Glossary

Cyclone Manual - Glossary

TermDefinition
ABAQUSFinite Element Analysis software, used for coupled simulations
ADVANTGAutomated Variance Reduction Generator, software developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory for use with MCNP
ALIBAlpha Cross-Section Library, MCNP material data option
ASCIIAmerican Standard Code for Information Interchange, a character encoding standard
CADComputer-Aided Design
CPUComputer Processing Unit
CSVComma-Separated Values, a file format
DLIBDeuteron Cross-Section Library, MCNP material data option
DXTRANDeterministic Transport, a variance reduction technique in MCNP
EddyMCA MCNP and SCALE output HTML generator developed by Cerberus Nuclear
ELIBElectron Cross-Section Library, MCNP material data option
FMESHFunctional Mesh Tally, a mesh-based tally used in MCNP
HDF5Hierarchical Data Format Version 5, a file format
HLIBProton Cross-Section Library, MCNP material data option
ICRPInternational Commission on Radiological Protection
IGSInitial Graphics Exchange Specification, a vector graphics file format
JSONJavaScript Object Notation, a file format
KSRCKcode Source, defines source points in MCNP criticality calculations
MCNPMonte Carlo N-Particle, a radiation transport code developed by Los Alamos National Laboratory
MCNP6Monte Carlo N-Particle, Version 6
MPIMessage Passing Interface, a parallel computing standard
NLIBNeutron Cross-Section Library, MCNP material data option
OBJWavefront Object, a geometry file format
PBSPortable Batch System, a job/queue scheduler
PLIBPhotoatomic Cross-Section Library, MCNP material data option
PNLIBPhotonuclear Cross-Section Library, MCNP material data option
PNNLPacific Northwest National Laboratory
PTRACParticle Track Output, a MCNP tracking file
RocksDBA high-performance and open-source embedded database for key-value data
SQLite3Structured Query Language Lite, Version 3, an open-source relational database engine
SSHSecure Shell (Protocol)
STLStereolithography, a CAD and 3D printing file format
STP/STEPStandard for the Exchange of Product Data, a file format
TLIBTriton Scattering Library, MCNP material data option