Grid Acronym Soup (GAS)
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EDG - EU DataGrid
EJB - Enterprise Java Beans, stateful Java bean. Modelling component in MVC architecture.
EGEE - Enabling Grids for e-Science in Europe
EGrid - European Grid Forum
EGSO - European Grid of Solar Observations
EMBL - European Molecular Biology Laboratory
ESA - European Space Agency
ESG - Earth Systems Grid
ESNW - E-Science North West
ESRC - Economic and Social Research Council
ESRC is one of the seven UK government Research Councils. ESRC is the UK's leading funding agency for research and training into social and economic issues. It supports high quality research and training by awarding grants to researchers and postgraduate students throughout the UK.
ESRF - European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
The ESRF is a multinational research institute in Grenoble, France. It operates a powerful source of light (mainly) in the X-ray range of the electromagnetic spectrum, and is a large experimental facility for basic and applied research in physics, chemistry, materials and life sciences. EPSRC provides support for the ESRF on behalf of the UK research councils. EPSRC support for the ESRF is coordinated through Cross-Programmes Group.
ETF - Engineering Task Force
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Acknowledgments:
Some original material is from the GridPP Web site maintained by Joe Foster, University of Manchester. Additions by Rob Allan, Dharmesh Chohan, Adrian Fish and Audrienne Cutajar Bezzina.

