Technospeak Terminology Help?

[glock27]

Was wondering if any of you knowledgeable people could help me out in defining some of these Trek tech terms and acronyms. I've been scouring the 'net and have been unable to find explanations for these technospeak items. Thank you in advance for any help you can give.

DK Node (pertains to the engines, I think?)
DRAM (something to do with main reactors?)
DKIF (something to do with secondary reactors?)
GIWPS & MAWPS (warp nacelles, or summat?)
DKIS & DBIS (haven't a clue)
DISCAL (sensors, possibly?)
SOLVAT & SRSPAL (???)
SSFI (has to do with shield technology?)

 

[iguana_tonante]

No idea about most of them. The only one that rings a bell is SSFI, maybe a longer version of SFI (Structural Integrity Field) maybe Ship Structural Integrity Field.

 

[ToMaHaKeR]

I haven't heard of any of those you specified above... I'm only familiar with SIF, IDF, M/ARA, M/ARC, PTC, EPS, NCC, NX, SS, and USS.

 

[sojourner]

Are you sure these are from Star Trek? Where did you see them originally?

 

[glock27]

They come from the spec sheets posted on many RPG sites.

Here's an example of one.

http://boi.startrekfrontiers.com/index.php/ICARUS_specifications

 

[ToMaHaKeR]

I've visited that website, and those acronyms look more like model/brand codes to me (something like ''Adaptec AHA-2930CU'', for example).

By the way, for those that don't know:

SIF = Structural Integrity Field
IDF = Inertial Dampening Field
M/ARA = Matter/Antimatter Reaction Assembly
M/ARC = Matter/Antimatter Reaction Chamber
PTC = Power Transfer Conduits
EPS = Electro-Plasma System
NCC = Naval Construction Contract
NX = Naval Experimental
SS = Star Ship
USS = United Star Ship

 

[sojourner]

You might be better off asking someone at that site.

 

[Herkimer Jitty]

DK - Donkey Kong.

Duh.

 

[Mr Silver]

I can take a guess on a couple

GIWPS & MAWPS = Guided Impulse Warp Propulsion System/Matter Antimatter Warp Propulsion System?
DISCAL= Directional Independent Sensor Calibration?
SSFI = Star Ship Flag Identity?

 

[CaptMurdock]

In TOS, a lot of the pipes adorning corridor walls were marked with the acronyn GNDN, which really stood for: Goes Nowhere and Does Nothing. However, I propose the following for the "real" term: General Non-consummables Distribution Network.