Logical Volume An HP-UX term LVs are collections of Physical Extents from one or more arrays and/or disks Each collection is put together so that it appears to the operating system to be a single disk device Like whole disks or disk sections, Logical Volumes can be be used to hold file systems, raw data areas, dump areas or swap areas The size of the Logical Volume can be reduced or expanded
Abbreviation used by JEOL for low vacuum in the concept of LV-SEM This is a SEM designed to be able to also work with much poorer vacuum in the specimen chamber Abbreviations used by other companies are also CP (for controlled pressure), and VP (for variable pressure) ESEM (for environmental scanning electron microscope) is another abbreviation for a similar concept
Low Voltage, CPS's low voltage automatic resetting fault indicator, utilizing secondary voltage; usually used in conjunction with an elbow terminator in a padmount transformer