A |
| AACE | Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering |
| AAP | Advanced Application Package |
| ABC | Asynchronous Byte Count (MS protocol) Activity Based Costing |
| ABE | Application Builder and Executive (software package) |
| ABK | Anzeige Bedienkomponente |
| ABM | Activity Based Management |
| AC | Alternating Current |
| ACE | Application Control Environment |
| ACI | American Concrete Institute |
| ACIDP | Advanced Control Interface Data Point |
| ACM | ASCII Communications Module (620 LCS)
Association for Computing Machinery & Alarm Configuration Manager |
| ACP | Advanced Control Program |
| A/D | Analog-to-Digital |
| ADD | Architecture Design Document
ADI driver |
| ADS | Automatic Dispatching System
Autonomous Decentralized System |
| ADSO | Advanced System Option |
| A&EA | Alarm und Event Analyst |
| AEGIS | Abnormal Event Guidance and Information System |
| AGC | Automatic Generation Control (Power Generation)
Automatic Gain Control (used in amplifier circuts). |
| AFM | Advanced Formula Manager |
| AGI | Application Graphic Interface |
| AI | Analog Input
Artificial Intelligence |
| AIChE | American Institute of Chemical Engineers |
| AIX | IBM UNIX Operating System |
| ALE | Application Link Enabling |
| ALU | Arithmetic and Logic Unit |
| AM | Application Module |
| A-MC | Advanced Multifunction Controller |
| AME | Association for Manufacturing Excellence |
| AMI | Alternate Mark Inversion (bipolar data communication) |
| AMPC | Adaptive Multivariable Process Control |
| AMR | Redundant Application Module
Advanced Manufacturing Research |
| AMRI | Application Module Redundancy Interface |
| AMT | Alternate Minimum Tax (part of '86 tax reform; incentive to lease) |
| AMTF | Alarm Management Task Force |
| ANSI | American National Standards Inst |
| AO | Analog Output |
| AOSM | Analog Output Standby Manual |
| APC | Advanced Process Control |
| APECS | Application Programming Environment for Control and Simulation |
| API | Application Programming Interface
American Petroleum Institute
Automatic Program Interrupt (usually at microporcessor level) |
| APICS | American Production Inventory Control Society |
| APM | Advanced Process Manager
Accounts Payable Module |
| APP | Application Processing Platform |
| ARC | Automation Research Corporation |
| ARM | Archive Replay Module |
| ARMP | Augmented RUN Mode Programming (620 LCS) |
| ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| ASI | Actuator-Sensor Interface |
| ASIC | Application Specific Integrated Circuit |
| ASID | Application Specials Information Database |
| ASMr | Abnormal Situation Management |
| ASME | American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| ASQC | American Society for Quality Control |
| ASR | Automatic Send and Receive |
| ASTM | American Society for Testing and Materials |
| ATO | Air To Open (valve) |
| ATP | Acceptance Test Procedure
Advanced Technology Program |
| ATR | Applied Training Resources |
| ATS | Automatic Turbine Startup |
| AUI | Attachment (or Attached) Unit Interface |
| AWG | American Wire Gauge |
| AWS | American Welding Society |
| AWSP | Authorized Warranty Service Provider |
| AxM | Application Module X-Windows |
| AXP | DEC Alpha product |
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B |
| BAFO | Best and Final Offer |
| BASEE-FA | British Approval Service for Electrical Equipment in Flammable
Atmosphere |
| BBS | Bulletin Board System |
| BBU | Battery Backup Unit |
| BC | Basic Controller
Business Center |
| BCD | Binary Coded Decimal |
| BCH | Bose Chaudhuri Hacquenhen (data transmission error checking technique) |
| BCM | BizCalc Manager |
| BCTMP | Bleached Chemi-thermomechanical Pulp |
| BCU | Basic Controller Upgrade |
| BDE | Betriebsdaten-Erfassung |
| BGAK | Bus Grant Acknowledge |
| BIMS | Betriebsdaten Erfassung |
| BIOS | Basic Input/Output System |
| BIS | Business Information System |
| BLM | Bureau of Land Management |
| BLS | Bureau of Labor Statistics (price escalation factor) |
| BOP | Balance Of Plant |
| BOS | Basic Operating System
Basic Operator Station |
| BPC | Blend Property Control (refinery software package) |
| BPO | Basic Process Operation (batch) |
| BPS | Bits Per Second |
| BPU | Birdwell Pressurization Unit (RIE) |
| BRC | Blend Ratio Control (refinery software package) |
| BSPC | Batch Supervisor for Personal Computers |
| BTG | Boiler Turbine Generator (Power Generation control panel) |
| BTND | Better Than Normal Delivery |
| BTRC | Business Tax Registration Certificate |
| BTU | British Thermal Unit |
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C |
| C200 | Controller 200 |
| C300 | Controller 300 |
| CAA | Clean Air Act |
| CAB | Customer Algorithm Block |
| CAD | Computer Assisted Design |
| CAE | Computer Aided Engineering |
| CAGE | Commercial and Government Entity (code) |
| CAGR | Compounded Annual Growth Rate |
| CAM | Computer Aided Manufacturing |
| CAN | Controller Area Network |
| CARB | California Air Regulatory Board |
| CASE | Computer Aided Software Engineering |
| CAT | Customer Acceptance Test |
| CCE | Certified Cost Engineer |
| CCFA | Common Card File Assembly |
| CCL | Control Component Library |
| CCM | Client Configuration Manager (CM50N) |
| CCP | Communication and Control Processor |
| CCTV | Closed Circuit Television |
| CD-ROM | Compact Disk Read Only Memory |
| CDS | Custom Data Segment |
| CE | Consultant Engineer
Configuration Engineer
Continuation Engineering
Conformite (or Communaute) Europeene (mark indicating EC compliance) |
| CEE | Control Execution Environment |
| CEK | Chlorination (or Caustic) Extractive Kappa (pulp test) |
| CEM | Continuous Emissions Monitor |
| CEMS | Continuous Emissions Monitoring System |
| CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
| CESP | Council of Engineering and Scientific Specialty Boards (AACE) |
| CFA | Card File Assembly |
| CFE | Concurrent Front End (power generation) |
| CFH | Cubic Feet per Hour |
| CFM | Cubic Feet per Minute |
| CFO | Chief Financial Officer |
| CFR | Code of Federal Regulations |
| CFS | Conceptual Functional Specification |
| CG | Computer Gateway
Consumer Goods |
| C&GA | Coating and Graphic Arts (division of TAPPI) |
| CGM | Controlled Generation Mode |
| CGMP | Current Good Manufacturing Practice |
| CIA | Customer Integration Application
Cash In Advance |
| CIAC | Computer Incident Advisory Capability (Department of Energy) |
| CIB | Customer Information Book |
| CIBO | Council of Industrial Boiler Owners |
| CIE | Computer Integrated Enterprise |
| CIM | Computer Integrated Manufacturing |
| CIO | Chief Information Officer |
| CIP | Clean-In-Place |
| CISC | Complex Instruction Set Computer |
| CISRC | Control Input Source |
| CIU | Computer Interface Unit |
| CJR | Cold Junction Reference |
| CK | Conventional Kraft (pulp digester) |
| CL | Control Language |
| CL/AM | Control Language for Application Module |
| CLI | Computer Logic Interface |
| 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) |
| CLO | Closed Loop Optimization |
| CL/PM | Control Language for Process Manager |
| CM | Computing Module
Control Module |
| CM50 | Computing Module |
| CMM | Capability Maturity Model (for software SEI) |
| CMOS | Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor |
| CMP | Collaborative Manufacturing Process |
| CMR | Common Mode Rejection |
| CMRR | Common Mode Rejection Ratio |
| CMSC | Customer Manufacturing Solutions Center |
| CMV | Common Mode Voltage |
| CNC | Computer Numerical Control |
| CNet | Control Net |
| CNI | ControlNet Interface |
| CNM | Control Network Module (620 LCS) |
| CO | Change Order |
| COC | Certificate of Conformance |
| COGS | Cost Of Goods Sold |
| COM | Component Object Model (Microsoft) |
| COMMS | Customer Oriented Manufacturing Management Systems (from
Advanced Manufacturing Research) |
| COPS | order entry system for Modular Systems/Products |
| COTS | Commercial Off-The-Shelf |
| CPA | Corporate Purchasing Agreement |
| CPC | Critical Process Controller |
| CPM | Current Plan of Measurement
Controller Process Module (620 LCS)
Corporate Performance Management
Critical Path Method (schedule) |
| CPN | Customer Priority Notice |
| CPS | Characters Per Second (printer speed) |
| CPSS | Common Parts and Suppliers System (corporate initiative) |
| CPU | Central Processing Unit |
| CQV | Commissioning, Qualification, Verification |
| CRBS | Control Room Bus System |
| CRC | Customer Response Center
Cyclic Redundancy Checking |
| CRD | Customer Requested Ship Date |
| CRDP | Calculated (or Computed) Results Data Point |
| CRSS | Control Room Systems Software |
| CRT | Cathode Ray Tube |
| C/S | Client/Server |
| CS&PB | Continuing Systems and Products Business |
| CSA | Checklist, Summary and Approvals
Canadian Standards Association
Customer Support Automation |
| CSB | Continuing Systems Business |
| CSCC | Control Systems Consulting and Contracting |
| CSF | Critical Success Factor |
| CSL | Customer Specified Layout, Product Packaging |
| CSM | Control Systems Modernization |
| CSMC | Customer Solutions Manufacturing Center |
| CSO | Computer Systems Operations (DEC VAX) |
| CSPB | Continuing Systems and Products Business |
| CSR | Customer Service Representative (dispatcher) |
| CS/R | Clock Source/Repeater |
| CT | Combustion Turbine |
| CTMP | Chemi-thermomechanical Pulp |
| CTP | Certification Test Plan |
| CU | Control Unit |
| CVAS | Computer Verification Automated System (system testing) |
| CVT | Constant Voltage Transformer |
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D |
| D&A | Delivery and Acceptance |
| D/A | Digital to Analog |
| DAHS | Data Acquisition and Handling System |
| DAP | Data Access Protocol (similar to DECnet) |
| DAS | Data Acquisition System |
| DASD | Direct Access Storage Device |
| D&B | Dun and Bradstreet (company credit ratings) |
| DBD | Design Basis Definition |
| DC | Digital Composite
Direct Current |
| DE | Digitally Enhanced |
| DCE | Data Circuit Terminating Equipment |
| DCF | Discounted Cash Flow |
| DCI | Drawing Control Index |
| DCIS | Distributed Control and Information System |
| DCOM | Distributed Component Object Model (Microsoft) |
| DCP | Device Control Point
Digital Control Programmer |
| DCS | Distributed Control System |
| DDC | Direct Digital Control (computer output) |
| DDE | Dynamic Data Exchange (Microsoft interface) |
| DDT | Data Definition Table |
| DE | Digitally Enhanced |
| DEB | Data Entity Builder |
| DEC | Digital Equipment Corporation |
| DEP | Data Entry Panel |
| DFD | Data Flow Diagram |
| DFS | Detailed Functional Specification |
| DH | Data Hiway |
| DHB | Data Hiway Bridge |
| DHI | Data Hiway Interface |
| DHP | Data Hiway Port |
| DHTP rice | Domestic Hardware Transfer P |
| DI | Digital Input
Digital Integration |
| DIMM | Dual In-line Memory Module |
| DIN | Dual In-line connector type
Duetsche Institute fur Normung (standards organization) |
| DIP | Dual In-line Package |
| DL | Data Link |
| DLL | Dynamic Link Library |
| DSA | Distributed System Architecture |
| DVM | Digital Video Manager |
