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Names, Acronyms, and Abbreviations






A&P         
Administrative and Professional.  A Florida state employee designation.



Ag          
An abbreviation for AGriculture.  Pronunciation rhymes with "rag."



AgriGator   
A combination of the words AGRIculture and alliGATOR.



Alachua     
The county in which Gainesville is located.  Usually pronounced "ah-LAH-chew-ah,"
                    although "ah-LAH-chew-AY" is usually how the town with the same name is pronounced.



AREC        
Agricultural Research and Education Center.  Pronounced "AY-reck."



Bubba       
A Southern euphemism for the brother-in-law of one's
                    sister, who owns an old pickup truck with large, wide
                    tires and a very prominent radio whip antenna.



CES         
Cooperative Extension Service.



Extension   
Refers to the cooperative extension service arm of IFAS.



FAES        
Florida Agricultural Experiment Station.



FAIRS       
Florida Agricultural Information Retrieval System.



FCES        
Florida Cooperative Extension Service.



Gator       
A short form of the word alliGATOR.



Gainesville 
The city in Florida where the UF campus and IFAS' main offices are located.  Usually abbreviated to
                    "GNV," sometimes to "G'ville."



Howdy       
A greeting, from "How do ye," meaning Hello or How are you doing.
                    Pronounced "HOW-dee".



ICON        
IFAS Computer Network.  Pronounced "EYE-con."



IFAS        
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.  Usually pronounced "EYE-fiss" or "EYE-fuss."



IP/FANR     
International Programs for Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources.



OPS         
Other Personnel of the State.  A Florida state employee designation.



REC         
Research and Education Center.  Pronounced "RECK" or spelled out.



SUS         
State University System.



UF          
University of Florida.



USDA        
United States Department of Agriculture.



USPS        
University Support Personnel System.  A Florida state employee designation.



Y'all       
A combination of the words You and ALL.  Pronounced "yall."



WWW         
World Wide Web, a standard of communications used to provide you with the connection to this information.
                    Also abbreviated as W3.




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Graphic "Buttons"



We use "buttons" at the bottom of our pages so you can jump to other
sections of the web site.  Here's what the buttons link to (and you can
click on them now if you want):


 


 


 




[UF Home Page]


The University of Florida (UF) home page.



 




[IFAS Home Page]


The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) home page.



 




[AgriGator Home Page]


AgriGator is the home of the IFAS Computer Network.



 




[Who To Contact]


UF and IFAS web sites for admissions, catalogs, faculty, and related
subjects.



 




[Help]


This page.



 
 


 




 
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Frequently Asked Questions/Where to Find Information



 
All web pages with a "Contact" button at the bottom of the page, with
an e-mail address of "wwweb@www.ifas.ufl.edu", are received by us, the
friendly managers of the IFAS web server, and managers of the pages with
the word "AgriGator" in the title.  We'll gladly answer questions about
the server and AgriGator, take suggestions for improving the pages, and
fix and add links.  As for the ag stuff, you'll probably want to talk
with the real people who actually studied the subject you're interest in.
We've tried to help you find them by providing the information that follows...


 
Finding something on the web


While we're still looking for the "Any Key" on our keyboards, please check
out the efficient search tools
provided by the AgriGator home page.  Or, you can use Alta Vista right here:


 





Search 
and Display the Results 









 
Now, if you think there is some IFAS information that should be made
available on the Web but currently isn't, and you don't know who to e-mail
the message to, send it to us, and we'll forward your request to the
appropriate department.


 
Further information on a subject


We just manage our World Wide Web server, we don't have agricultural
information at our site, except for the notices about when our offices
will be sprayed for ants.  Please contact the specific department that
covers the subject you have a question about, or visit your local
public library.


 
E-mail addresses


Both the 
University of Florida's online directory  and

IFAS' online directory are available.  If an e-mail address
isn't provided for someone, you will have to use postal mail, because
what you see is the most recent information available (in other words,
you're looking at the actual databases, not just duplicates made for
Web use).


 
Admission information/course information


We maybe have a 1977 course catalog in a closet somewhere.  You'll get
more recent information if you look at these sites:






 
Employment information


Check the University Personnel Services
site, or Student Financial Affairs
for student job listings.  You can also try the individual department web
sites to see if they have any specific jobs listed.


 
International student information


Please see the International Center
site for information about overseas studies, or support for non-U.S.
students.


 
How to grow something


We can't even grow weeds correctly, so you'll want someone who knows better. In
the U.S., every county in every
state has a Cooperative
Extension Service that provides free agricultural information.  They have access to
specialists, can reference national information, can provide publications, and
are very knowledgeable about local agricultural concerns.  The phone number may
be found in your phone book in the government offices section for your county,
under "Cooperative Extension Services."


 
How to get rid of something


If you've got pests, you can try stomping on them.  If that doesn't work,
try the same links as above. Please note, pesticides and related
products may not be available, or may be illegal, in your state or
country.  Florida specialists are trained to know what works best in
Florida.


 
How to discuss ag topics with others


A web based

public agricultural forum is now available for
the discussion of any agricultural related topics. The discussions
about agriculture are open to anyone on the internet.


 
Alligator bits


The alligator
page we offer is from the publication listed at the bottom of that
page.  Please see the For Further Information
section of that page for other on-campus and off-campus alligator sites.


 
Import/export laws


The only law we know is "red means stop; green means go."  Otherwise,
every country has a
main agricultural
department (for example, in the U.S. it's the
USDA) that you can contact
for information about laws and research.


 
Research information


We've got plenty of data here on Peanuts -- the comic strip.  For all
other ag areas, contact your local
Cooperative
Extension Service office, an IFAS
research center,
or your local library which can reference national research information and
point you in the right direction.


 
Diagnosing a problem


After a day in the computer basement, we have a problem figuring out what
that "glowing, yellow ball in the sky" is.  You should contact your local
Cooperative Extension Service office instead -- these folks can answer
your questions.


 
Pages with link/content errors


If it's our page, we'll fix it; if it's someone else's in IFAS, we'll
forward the information on to them.  (Please provide the http: reference
to the page, otherwise we have no way of knowing which one you mean.)


 
Phone numbers


The phone number for general UF information is (352) 392-3261.  For
general IFAS information, call (352) 392-1971.


 
Also note:  Most phone numbers in the Alachua county area
(including Gainesville) had their area code changed in December 1995
from 904 to 352.  The transitional period (where 904 still worked)
ended May 1996.  If you have trouble calling a phone number
in these areas, the page manager may not have updated the area code
information, so try 352 instead, and if it works, please contact the
page manager so the information is updated for other Web users.


 
 

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