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The '''Astronomical Image Processing System''' (AIPS) is a package to support the reduction and analysis of data taken with [[Radio telescope|radio telescopes]]. The software was originally developed by [[NRAO]] in the seventies for use with the then under-construction [[Very Large Array|VLA]], but the generality inherent in its design allowed it to become the standard data-reduction package for other [[Interferometry|interferometric]] arrays such as [[MERLIN]], the [[Very Long Baseline Array|VLBA]] and the [[European VLBI Network|EVN]], and can also be used to process data from other arrays. Although primarily a tool for analysing data from interferometers, it also has limited ability to work with single-dish data. The official software used by the upgraded VLA (EVLA) and [[Atacama Large Millimeter Array|ALMA]] is [[AIPS++#AIPS++/CASA|CASA]], but AIPS remains the dominant data-reduction package in use today.
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