abbrev |
define |
# |
Number |
A |
Amperes |
A/C |
Air Conditioning |
AC |
Alternating Current or Automation College |
ACC |
Advanced Combustion Control |
ACE |
Application Control Environment |
ACIDP |
Advanced Control Interface Data Point |
ACM |
Alarm Configuration Manager |
AFCI |
Arc Fault Circuit Interrupter |
AFM |
Advanced Formula Manager |
AGA |
American Gas Association |
AGC |
Automatic Gain Control |
AGI |
Application Graphic Interface |
AHU |
Air Handling Unit |
AI |
Analog Input |
AIC |
Ampere Interrupting Capacity |
AIChE |
American Institute of Chemical Engineers |
AL |
Aluminum |
AM |
Application Module or Alarm Management |
A-MC |
Advanced Multifunction Controller |
AMPC |
Adaptive Multivariable Process Control |
AMRI |
Application Module Redundancy Interface |
AO� |
Analog Output |
AOP |
Annual Operating Plan |
AOSM� |
Analog Output Standby Manual |
APAC |
Asia-Pacific |
APC |
Advanced Process Control |
APECS |
Application Programming Environment for Control and Simulation |
API |
Application Programming Interface |
APICS |
American Production Inventory Control Society |
APM |
Advanced Process Manager |
AR |
Action Request |
ASIC |
Application Specific Integrated Circuit |
ASM� |
Abnormal Situation Management |
ATC |
Automatic Temperature Control |
ATS |
Automatic Transfer Switch |
AU |
Arithmetic Unit (number cruncher for processor) |
AWG |
American Wire Gauge |
AxM� |
Application Module X-Windows |
B |
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B&P� |
Bid and Proposal |
BBU |
Battery Backup Unit |
BC |
Batch Controller |
BCM |
BizCalc Manager |
BDW |
Business Decision Week |
BG |
Benefits Guardianship |
BG Max� |
Benefits Guardianship Maximum |
BGP |
Benefits Guardianship Program |
BGP Optima |
Benefits Guardianship Program Optima |
BGP Performa |
Benefits Guardianship Program Performa |
BGP Plus |
Benefits Guardianship Program Plus |
BIOS� |
Basic Input/Output System |
BIS |
Business Information System |
BMA |
Blending Movement & Automation |
BMM |
Blending and Movement Management |
BOS |
Basic Operating System |
BPC� |
Blend Property Control (refinery software package) |
BPCS |
Basic Process Control System |
BPS |
Bits Per Second |
BRC |
Blend Ratio Control (refinery software package) |
BTU |
British Thermal Units |
C |
Conduit |
C/B |
Circuit Breaker |
C/S |
Client/Server |
CAN |
Controller Area Network |
CAPEX |
Capital Expenditure |
CAT� |
Customer Acceptance Test |
CATV |
Cable Television or Community Antennae Television |
CB |
Critical Branch |
CB |
Controller Box (TDC2000 Basic Controller) |
CBM |
Certified Ballast Manufacturer |
CBM |
Condition-Based Maintenance |
CCFA� |
Common Card File Assembly |
CCM |
Client Configuration Manager (CM50N) |
CCP |
Communication and Control Processor |
CCR� |
Continuous Catalytic Regeneration |
CCT |
Circuit (also: CIR, CKT) |
CCTV |
Closed Circuit Television |
CD |
Candela |
CD� |
Cross Direction Controls (Paper Machine) |
CD-ROM |
Compact Disk Read Only Memory |
CE |
Continuation Engineering |
CE |
Conformite (or Communaute) Europeene (mark indicating EC compliance) |
CE� |
Consulting Engineer |
CE� |
Configuration Engineer |
CEE |
Control Execution Environment |
CEM |
Continuous Emissions Monitor |
CEMS� |
Continuous Emissions Monitoring System |
CFA�� |
Card File Assembly |
CFR�� |
Code of Federal Regulations |
CG |
Computer Gateway |
CGMP |
Current Good Manufacturing Practice |
CHP� |
Combined Heat and Power |
CI |
Continuous Improvement |
CIM |
Computer Integrated Manufacturing |
CIOM-A |
Chassis Input/Output Modules � Series A |
CIP |
Critical Infrastructure Protection |
CIR |
Circuit (also: CCT, CKT) |
CIU |
Communication Interface Unit |
CKT |
Circuit (also: CCT, CIR) |
CL� |
Control Language |
CL/AM� |
Control Language for Application Module |
CL/PM� |
Control Language for Process Manager |
CLF |
Current Limiting Fuse |
C-LINK� |
Communications Link |
CLM |
Communications Link Module |
CLM-BB� |
Communications Link Module Bristol Babcock |
CLM-T� |
Communications Link Module TIWAY (Texas Instruments tank gauging) |
CM |
Commercial Management |
CM�� |
Control Module |
CM50 |
Computing Module |
CMMI |
Capability Maturity Model Integration |
CMS� |
Conformance Management Services |
CNI |
ControlNet Interface |
CNM� |
Control Network Module (620 LCS) |
COC� |
Certificate of Conformance |
COE |
Center of Excellence |
COGS |
Cost of Good Sold |
COTS |
Commercial Off-The-Shelf |
CPA |
Canada Pipeline Accessories |
CPG |
Consumer Packaged Goods |
CPN� |
Customer Priority Notice |
CPT |
Control Power Transformer |
CPU� |
Central Processing Unit |
CRC |
Cyclic Redundancy Checking |
CRC� |
Customer Response Center |
CRP� |
Certified Recycled Parts |
CRT |
Cathode Ray Tube |
CSA |
Canadian Standards Association |
CSA� |
Checklist, Summary and Approvals |
CSA�� |
Customer Support Automation |
CSR |
Corporate Social Responsibility |
CT |
Current Transformer or Cycle Time |
CU |
Copper |
CU� |
Control Unit |
DAS� |
Data Acquisition System |
dB |
Decibel |
DC |
Direct Current |
DCIS |
Distributed Control and Information System |
DCS |
Distributed Control System |
DDE |
Dynamic Data Exchange (Microsoft interface) |
DDT�� |
Data Definition Table |
DE� |
Digitally Enhanced |
DFM |
Design for Manufacturing |
DFSS |
Design for Six Sigma |
DH |
Data Hiway |
DHB� |
Data Hiway Bridge |
DHI� |
Data Hiway Interface |
DHP |
Data Hiway Port |
DI |
Digital Integration |
DIA |
Diameter |
DNCF� |
Dual Node Card File |
DNPWR |
Dual Node Power Supply Assemby |
DOS |
Disk Operating System |
DP� |
Differential Pressure |
DSA |
Distributed System Architecture |
DTC |
Digital Turbine Control |
DTE |
Data Terminal Equipment |
DVM |
Digital Video Manager |
E&C |
Engineering and Construction |
E&I� |
Engineering and Instrumentation |
EB |
Equipment Branch |
EBR� |
Experion Backup and Restore software |
EC |
Electrical Code or Electrical Contractor |
EDI |
Electronic Data Interchange |
EF |
Exhaust Fan |
EH&S� |
Environmental Health and Safety |
EHB |
Experion Hiway Bridge |
EHM |
Equipment Health Management |
EHPM |
Enhanced High-Performance Process Manager |
EHS |
Environment, Health and Safety |
ELEV |
Elevator |
ELMM |
Enhanced Logic Manager Module |
EM |
Emergency |
EMEA |
Europe, Middle East, Africa |
EMI |
Electromagnetic Interference |
EMT |
Electrical Metallic Tubing |
ENIM |
Enhanced Network Interface Module |
EOS� |
Enhanced Operator Station |
EP |
Emergency Power |
EPC |
Engineering�Procurement and Construction |
EPDG |
Enhanced Peripheral Display Generator |
EPLCG |
Enhanced Programmable Logic Controller Gateway |
EPNI� |
Enhanced Process Network Interface |
EPO |
Emergency Power Off (Button or Switch) |
EPRI |
Electric Power Research Institute (Palo Alto, CA) |
EPROM |
Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory |
ERP |
Enterprise Resource Planning (expanded MRP system from Atlantic Research Company) |
ESD |
Electrostatic Discharge |
ESPC |
Energy Saving Performance Contracting |
ESVT� |
Experion Server TPS |
ETN |
Enhanced TPS Node |
EUCN |
Enhanced Universal Control Network |
EWC |
Electric Water Cooler |
F |
Fuse |
FA |
Fire Alarm |
FAA |
Fire Alarm Annunciator |
FAQ |
Frequently Asked Questions |
FAT |
Factory Acceptance Test |
FAX� |
Facsimile Transmission |
FC |
Flow Conditioner |
FCCU |
Fluidized Catalytic Cracking Unit |
FDCM |
Field Device Configuration Manager, replaced by FDM |
FDM |
Field Device Manager |
FDU |
Field Demonstration Unit |
FEED |
Front-end Engineering Design |
FEL |
Front-End Loading |
FERC |
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
FF |
Foundation Fieldbus |
FFGR |
Fluid Gas Recirculation |
FGS |
Fire and Gas System |
FI� |
Field Instrumentation (transmitters, etc.) |
FIFO |
First In First Out |
FIM |
Fieldbus Interface Module |
FLA |
Full Load Amperes |
FLM |
Fieldbus Library Manager |
FM |
Factory Mutual |
FMC |
Flexible Metal Conduit |
FOB |
Free On Board (freight and insurance responsibility) or Factory Order Blank |
FPA |
Fire Protection Agency |
FPD |
Flat Panel Display |
FSC |
Fail Safe Controller |
FSC� |
Frame Sequence Check |
FSD |
Final System Definition |
FT |
Functional Transformation |
FTA |
Field Termination Assembly |
FTB |
Front Terminal Block |
FTE |
Fault Tolerant Ethernet |
FTP� |
File Transfer Protocol |
FWME |
Flow Weighted Mean Error |
G |
Ground |
GFCI, GFI |
Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter |
GND |
Ground |
GRMC |
Galvanized Rigid Metal Conduit |
HOA |
Hand-Off-Automatic Switch |
HVAC |
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning |
HZ |
Hertz |
IEEE |
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers |
IG |
Isolated Ground |
IMC |
Intermediate Metal Conduit |
INT |
Interlock |
KCMIL |
Thousand Circular Mils |
KVA |
Kilovolt-Amperes |
KVAR |
Kilovolt-Amperes Reactive |
LFMC |
Liquid Tight Flexible Metal Conduit |
LRA |
Lock Rotor Amps |
LTG |
Lighting |
MC |
Metal Clad Cable |
MCB |
Main Circuit Breaker |
MCC |
Motor Control Center |
MCP |
Motor Circuit Protection |
MI |
Mineral Insulated |
MLO |
Main Lugs Only |
MW |
Megawatt |
NC |
Normally Closed |
NEC |
National Electrical Code |
NEMA |
National Electrical Manufacturers Association |
NFPA |
National Fire Protection Association |
NL |
Night Light |
NO |
Normally Open or Number |
P |
Pole |
PB |
Push Button or Panic Button or Pull Box |
PNL |
Panel |
PT |
Potential Transformer |
PWR |
Power |
QTY |
Quantity |
REQ |
Required |
RMC |
Rigid Metal Conduit |
RMS |
Root Mean Squared |
RNC |
Rigid Non-Metallic Conduit |
RTS |
Remote Test Station |
RTU |
Roof Top Unit |
SP |
Spare |
ST |
Shunt Trip |
SW |
Switch |
SYM |
Symmetrical |
TEL |
Telephone |
TGB |
Telecommunications Grounding Busbar |
TMCB |
Thermal Magnetic Circuit Breaker |
UG |
Under Ground |
UL |
Underwriters Laboratory |
V |
Volt |
VA |
Volt-Ampere |
VT |
Voltage Transformer |
W |
Watt or Wire |
WH |
Water Heater |
WP |
Weather Proof |
XFMR |
Transformer |