For the purpose of this document, the abbreviated terms from ECSS-S-ST-00-01 and the following apply:
| Abbreviation | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ASME | American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| BS | British Standard |
| CNES | Centre National d'Etudes spatiales (French space agency) |
| DIN | Deutsches Institut für Normung (German institute for standardization) |
| ECSS | European Cooperation on Space Standardization |
| EDM | Electron Discharge Machining |
| ESA | European Space Agency |
| HB | Brinell Hardness |
| ISO | International Standards Organization |
| IVD | Ion Vapour Deposited |
| LEFM | Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics |
| LN | Luftfahrt Norm (German aviation standard) |
| M | Metric type thread |
| MGSE | Mechanical Ground Support Equipment |
| MJ | Metric J-type thread (for improved fatigue performance) |
| MoS | Margin of Safety |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| PSS | Procedures, Standards and Specifications |
| PTFE | Poly Tetra Fluoro Ethylene |
| SCC | Stress Corrosion Cracking |
| UN | Unified thread |
| UNC | Unified C-type thread |
| UNJ | Unified J-type thread (for improved fatigue performance) |
Figure description:
Text: ECSS
- The letter "E" is italicized, purple, and set against a white background.
- The letters "CSS" are white and set against a purple background.
- Both sections are contained within a single tilted rectangular (parallelogram frame.