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What does FITS stand for?
What does FITS mean? This page is about the various possible meanings of the acronym, abbreviation, shorthand or slang term: FITS.
Term | Definition | Rating |
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FITS | Flexible Image Transport System Governmental » NASA -- and more... | |
FITS | Footprints In The Sand | |
FITS | FAA Industry Training Standard | |
FITS | Framework for ICT Technical Support | |
FITS | Flexible Image Transport Standard | |
FITS | Functional Interpolation Transformation System | |
FITS | File Image Transfer Software | |
FITS | Furlough In To Service | |
FITS | Flexible Image Transport System Graphics and data | |
FITS | Family Information Technology Service | |
FITS | Functional Interpolation Transfer System | |
FITS | FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) Industry Training Standard | |
FITS | Facility Identification Template for States | |
FITS | Faculty Instructional Technology Support | |
FITS | File Information Tool Set | |
FITS | Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study | |
FITS | Financial Industry Technical Services | |
FITS | Fun in the Sun | |
FITS | Financial Information Tracking System | |
FITS | Function Interpolating Transform System | |
FITS | Furies In The Sky |
What does FITS mean?
- FITS
- Flexible Image Transport System (FITS) is an open standard defining a digital file format useful for storage, transmission and processing of data: formatted as multi-dimensional arrays (for example a 2D image), or tables. FITS is the most commonly used digital file format in astronomy. The FITS standard was designed specifically for astronomical data, and includes provisions such as describing photometric and spatial calibration information, together with image origin metadata. The FITS format was first standardized in 1981; it has evolved gradually since then, and the most recent version (4.0) was standardized in 2016. FITS was designed with an eye towards long-term archival storage, and the maxim once FITS, always FITS represents the requirement that developments to the format must be backward compatible. Image metadata is stored in a human-readable ASCII header. The information in this header is designed to calculate the byte offset of some information in the subsequent data unit to support direct access to the data cells. Each FITS file consists of one or more headers containing ASCII card images that carry keyword/value pairs, interleaved between data blocks. The keyword/value pairs provide information such as size, origin, coordinates, binary data format, free-form comments, history of the data, and anything else the creator desires: while many keywords are reserved for FITS use, the standard allows arbitrary use of the rest of the name-space. FITS is also often used to store non-image data, such as spectra, photon lists, data cubes, or structured data such as multi-table databases. A FITS file may contain several extensions, and each of these may contain a data object. For example, it is possible to store x-ray and infrared exposures in the same file.
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