| CAD |
Computer Aided Design |
| CASE |
Computer Aided Software Engineering |
| Class |
A class is an aggregate containing members and methods for
implementing the programming paradigms of data and function encapsulation in
object-oriented programming languages. |
| Class Tree |
This is the tree of classes obtained by inheritance beginning
from the super class as the root of the class tree. Each node in the tree
represents a class with classes inheriting information from their respective
parent node. |
| CMOS |
Complementary MOS |
| GUI |
Graphical User Interface |
| IC |
Integrated circuit |
| MOS |
Metal Oxid Semiconductor |
| PERSISTENT WAFER |
TCAD simulation data stored on a file |
| PIF |
Profile Interchange Format |
| SIESTA |
Simulation Environment for Semiconductor Technology
Analysis |
| TCAD |
Technology CAD |
| VISTA |
Viennese Integrated System for TCAD Applications |
| WAFER-STATE-SERVER |
The class library used to manipulate simulation data |
| WSS |
The text file format of the WAFER-STATE-SERVER |
