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1oo1
|
One out of One
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1oo2
|
One out of two
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2oo3
|
Two out of Three
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3G
|
Third Generation
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3IM
|
Third Order Intermodulation Distortion
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3M
|
Minnesota Mining & Metal
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3PL
|
Third Party Logisitics
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3PL
|
Third Party Logistics
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a.k.a.
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Also Known As
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A2LA
|
Americal Association for Laboratory Accreditation
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A2LA
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Ammerican Association for Laboratory Accreditation
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Org
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AB
|
Allen-Bradley
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COMP
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PLC manufacturer who is part of the Rockwell Automation group
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ABB
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Asea-Brown-Boveri
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COMP
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ABS
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Acrylnitrile-Butadiene-Styrene
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AC
|
Alternating Current
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Ack
|
Acknowledge
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ACS
|
Advanced Control System
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ACT
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Arms Control Technology Branch
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The On-Site Inspection Division for monitoring the Chemical Weapons Convention
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ADO
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ActiveX Data Objects
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ADW
|
Application Development Workstation
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AFE
|
Authorization For Expenditure
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SCL
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AFP
|
AppleTalk Filing Protocol
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AI
|
Analog Input
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AI
|
Artificial Intelligence
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AIC
|
Autonomous Intelligent Controller
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AIChE
|
American Institute for Chemical Engineers
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Org
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AIChE
|
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
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ORG
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AICPA
|
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
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Org
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AIR
|
Adaptive Intelligent Reflow
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AM
|
Application Module
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HWL
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Honeywell DCS hardware module.
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AMH
|
Automated Materials Handling
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AMS
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Asset Management System
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ANN
|
Artificial Neural Network
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ANSI
|
American National Standards Institute
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AO
|
Analog Output
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AOM
|
Acousto-Optic Modulator
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AP
|
Application Program
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APC
|
Advanced Process Control
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API
|
American Petroleum Institute
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ORG
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API
|
Application Program Interface
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API
|
Application Programming Interface
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APLAC
|
Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation
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APP
|
Application Program Processor
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HWL
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Honeywell DCS hardware component.
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APPC
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Advanced Program-to-Program Communications
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Part of the SNA protocol that establishes the conditions that enable programs to communicate acrosss the network.
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APS
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Advanced Planning and Scheduling
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APS
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Advanced Production Scheduling
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ARFL
|
Air Force Research Laboratory
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GOV
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ARP
|
Address Resolution Protocol
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Internet protocol that dynamically maps internet addresses to physical addresses on local area networks.
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ARP
|
Ethernet Address Resolution Protocol
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AS/R
|
Automated Storage and Retrieval
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ASCII
|
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
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ASE
|
Amplified Spontaneous Emission
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ASET
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Alberta Society of Engineering Technologists
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AS-I
|
Actuator Sensor Interface
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ASIC
|
Application Specific Integrated Circuit
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ASM
|
Abnormal Situation Management
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ASME
|
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
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Org
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ASP
|
Advanced Planning and Scheduling
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ASP
|
Application Service Provider
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ASTM
|
American Society for Testing Materials
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Org
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ASU
|
Air Separation Unit
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ASU
|
Aromatic Saturation Unit
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ATC
|
Air Traffic Control system
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AtP
|
Available To Promise
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ATR
|
Attenuated Total Reflectance
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AWEA
|
American Wind Energy Association
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ORG
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AWG
|
American Wire Gauge
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B/U
|
Back Up
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B2B
|
Back to Basics
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B2B
|
Business to Business
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B2BRM
|
Business to Business Relationship Management
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BACP
|
Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol
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BAV
|
Business Analysis and Visualization
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BC
|
Bitumen Consumption
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SCL
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BCC
|
Blind Carbon Copy
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BCU
|
Backup Control Unit
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BFW
|
Boiler Feedwater
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BI
|
Business Intelligence
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A set of concepts, methods and processes to imporve business decisions using information from multiple sources and applying experience to develop an understanding of business dynamics
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BIOS
|
Basic In/Out System
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BIOS
|
Basic Input/Output System
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BMS
|
Burner Management System
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BOM
|
Bill of Material
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BOM
|
Bill Of Materials
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BOOM
|
Build, Own, Operate and Maintain
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BPC
|
Basic Process Control
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BPCL
|
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.
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COM
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BSD
|
Berkeley Software Distribution
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BSI
|
British Standards Institute
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BTO
|
Bandwidth Trading Organisation
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ORG
|
United States based organization to standardize issues around communications bandwidth and its use.
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BTO
|
Build To Order
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C200
|
Honeywell PlantScape Controller
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HWL
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CAA
|
Clean Air Act
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CAGI
|
Compressed Air and Gas Institute
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ORG
|
trade organization of manufacturers of air and gas compressors and related pneumatic equipment www.cagi.org
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CAGR
|
Compound Annual Growth Rate
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CAGR
|
Cumulative Average Growth Rate
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CAM
|
Computer Aided Manufacturing
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CAN
|
Controller Area Network
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CANENA
|
Council for Harmonization of Electrotechnical Standards of the Nations of the Americas
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CAPEX
|
Capital Expense
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CB
|
Basic Controller
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HWL
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CB
|
Certification Body
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CB
|
Chemical and Biological arms control
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CB
|
Citizens Band
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CB
|
Citizens Band radio
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CBE
|
Circuit Breaker for Equipment
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CBM
|
Condition Based Maintenance
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CBM
|
Condition Based Management
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################
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CC
|
Carbon Copy
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CC
|
Computing Controller
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CCA
|
Common Component Architecture
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HWL
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CCD
|
Charge Coupled Device
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CCEA
|
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
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GOV
|
Indian government agency
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CCITT
|
Consultative Committee for International Telegraphy and Telephony
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Org
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CCPS
|
Center for Chemical Process Safety
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ORG
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CCR
|
Central Control Room
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CCTV
|
Closed Circuit Television
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CD
|
Compact Disk
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CD
|
Compel Data
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FF
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CE
|
Conformite Europeene
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European Conformity
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CEC
|
Canadian Electrical Code
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CEIDS
|
Consortium for Electric Infrastructure to Support a Digital Society
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CEM
|
Continuous Emission Monitor
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CEMS
|
Continuous Emission Monitoring System
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CENELEC
|
European Committee for Electro-technical Standardization
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ORG
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CEO
|
Chief Executive Officer
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CFD
|
Computational Fluid Dynamics
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CFF
|
Capability File Format
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CFO
|
Chief Financial Officer
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CFR
|
Code of Federal Regulations
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CFSE
|
Certified Functional Safety Expert
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CG
|
Computer Gateway
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HWL
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CGI
|
Common Gateway Interface
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CGM
|
Computer Graphics Metafile
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CHIP
|
Computer Highway Interface Package
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CI
|
ControlNet International
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CIA
|
Central Intelligence Agency
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GOV
|
United States government agency
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|
CIA
|
Communications Interface Assembly
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CIM
|
Computer Integrated Manufacturing
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CIP
|
Control & Information Protocol
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CIP
|
Control and Information Protocol
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|
Application layer shared by ControlNet, DeviceNet, and Ethernet/IP
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CIR
|
Committed Information Rate
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CL
|
Control Language
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HWL
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CLI
|
Common Language Infrastructure
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CLM
|
Communications Link Module
|
HWL
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CLNP
|
Connectionless Network Protocol
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CLTP
|
Connectionless Transport Protocol
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CMMS
|
Computerized Maintenance Management System
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CMOS
|
Complementary Metal Oxide Sensor
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CMV
|
Common Mode Voltage
|
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COM
|
Component Object Model
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Config
|
Configuration
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CORBA
|
Common Object Request Broker Architecture
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COS
|
Change Of State
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COTS
|
Commercial Off The Shelf
|
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COTS
|
Commercial Off The Shelf technology
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CPAC
|
Center for Process Analytical Chemistry
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|
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cPCI
|
Compact PCI
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CPE
|
Customer Premises Equipment
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CPFR
|
Collaborative Forecasting Planning & Replenishment model
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CPFR
|
Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment
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CPG
|
Consumer Packaged Goods
|
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CPM
|
Collaborative Production Management
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CPO
|
Chief Privacy Officer
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CPU
|
Central Processing Unit
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CRC
|
Cyclic Redundancy Check
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|
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CRDS
|
Cavity Ring Down Spectroscopy
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CRDS
|
Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy
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CRM
|
Customer Relationship Management
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|
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CSA
|
Canadian Standards Association
|
|
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CSD
|
Circuit Switched Data
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|
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CSEM
|
Continuous Source Emission Monitor
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|
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CSF
|
Critical Success Factor
|
|
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CSI
|
Control System Integrator
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|
|
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CSIA
|
Control System Integrator Association
|
ORG
|
American based association of integrators. Web site is www.controlsys.org
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CSIA
|
Control System Integrators Association
|
Org
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CSIS
|
Canadian Security Intelligence Service
|
GOV
|
|
|
CSMA/CD
|
Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Detection
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|
|
|
CSS
|
Cascading Style Sheets
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|
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|
CSS
|
Customer Support Services
|
|
|
|
CSU
|
Channel Service Unit
|
|
Digital signal processor that performs the transmit and recive filtering, signal shaping, longitudinal balance, voltage isolation, equalisation, and remote loopback testing for digital transmission.
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|
CTD
|
Cumulative Trauma Disorders
|
|
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|
CTO
|
Configure To Order
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|
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CTP
|
Capable To Promise
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|
|
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CV
|
Control Variable
|
|
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CW
|
Continuous Wave
|
|
|
|
CWC
|
Chemical Weapons Convention
|
|
Agreement signed in 1997 prohibiting the development, production, acquisition stockpiling, transfer or use of chemical weapons
|
|
CWP
|
Construction Work Package
|
|
|
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DAF
|
Dissolved Air Flotation
|
|
|
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DAR
|
Data Acquisition & Reporting
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|
|
|
DAR
|
Data Acquisition and Reporting
|
|
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DBS
|
Design Basis Specification
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|
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DC
|
Direct Current
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|
|
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DCD
|
Data Carrier Detect
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|
|
|
DCOM
|
Distributed COM
|
|
|
|
DCOM
|
Distributed Component Object Model
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|
|
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DCS
|
Digital Control System
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|
|
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DCS
|
Distributed Control System
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|
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|
DCS
|
Document Control System
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|
|
|
DCU
|
Data Concentrator Unit
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|
|
|
DD
|
Device Description
|
Cont
|
|
|
DDE
|
Dynamica Data Exchange
|
|
|
|
DDL
|
Device Description Language
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|
|
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DES
|
Data Encryption Standard
|
|
A standard encryption technique that scrambles data int a code for transmission over a public network.
|
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DevId
|
Device Identifier
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|
|
|
DH
|
Data Highway
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|
|
|
DH+
|
Data Highway Plus
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|
|
|
DHCP
|
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
|
|
|
|
DHI
|
Data Highway Interface
|
HWL
|
|
|
DHP
|
Data Hiway Port
|
HWL
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|
|
DI
|
Disabling Injury
|
|
|
|
DI
|
Discrete Input
|
|
|
|
DIX
|
Digital Intel Xerox
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|
|
|
DL
|
Data Link
|
|
|
|
DLCI
|
Data Link Connection Identifier
|
|
|
|
Dlme
|
Data Link Layer Management Entity
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|
|
|
DMM
|
Digital Multi Meter
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|
|
|
DMM
|
Digital MultiMeter
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|
|
|
DMZ
|
Demilitarized Zone
|
|
|
|
DNS
|
Domain Name Server
|
|
|
|
DNS
|
Domain Name System
|
|
|
|
DO
|
Discrete Output
|
|
|
|
DOE
|
Department of Energy
|
GOV
|
US Government agency
|
|
DOE
|
Design Of Experiment
|
|
|
|
DOS
|
Disk Operating System
|
|
|
|
DOT
|
Department of Transportation
|
GOV
|
|
|
DOT
|
Dictionary of Occupational Titles
|
|
|
|
DPA
|
Distributed Power Architecture
|
|
|
|
DPC
|
Dabhol Power Company
|
COM
|
|
|
DPDT
|
Double Pole Double Throw
|
|
|
|
DRC
|
Design Rule Checking
|
|
|
|
DRDRAM
|
Direct Rambus DRAM
|
|
|
|
DRM
|
Device Relationship Management
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|
|
|
DRM
|
Digital Rights Management
|
Comp
|
|
|
DSA
|
Dynamic Signal Analyser
|
|
|
|
DSP
|
Digital Signal Processing
|
|
|
|
DSP
|
Digital Signal Processor
|
|
|
|
DSS
|
Decision Support System
|
|
Part of the knowledge management suite of products.
|
|
DSU
|
Digital Service Unit
|
|
|
|
DTD
|
Document Type Definition
|
|
One of the underlying components of the XML standard
|
|
DTE
|
Data Terminal Equipment
|
|
|
|
DTE
|
Department of Technical Education - India
|
Org
|
|
|
DTI
|
Digital Temperature Indication
|
|
|
|
DTRA
|
Defense Threat Reduction Agency
|
|
|
|
DU
|
Depleted Uranium
|
|
|
|
DUT
|
Device Under Test
|
|
|
|
DWDM
|
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
|
|
|
|
D-WDM
|
Dense Wave Division Multiplexing
|
|
|
|
EAB
|
Editorial Advisory Board
|
ISA
|
|
|
EAC
|
Enterprise Application Consulting
|
|
|
|
EAI
|
Enterprise Application Integration
|
|
|
|
EAM
|
Enterprise Application Management
|
|
|
|
EAM
|
Enterprise Asset Management
|
|
|
|
EAN
|
European Article Numbering Association
|
|
|
|
EB
|
Electron Beam
|
|
|
|
EBCDIC
|
Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
|
|
Eight bit code defined by IBM.
|
|
EC
|
European Commission
|
|
|
|
EC
|
European Community
|
|
|
|
ECMA
|
European Computer Manufacturers Association
|
ORG
|
|
|
EDA
|
Electronic Design Automation
|
|
|
|
EDC
|
Electronic Data Capture
|
|
|
|
EDFA
|
Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers
|
|
|
|
EDS
|
Engineering Design Specification
|
|
|
|
eFPM
|
e-Fulfillment Process Management
|
|
|
|
EGM
|
Eulerian Granular Model
|
|
Computational Fluid Mechanics model incorporating granular temperature gradients.
|
|
EGP
|
Exterior Gateway Protocol
|
|
|
|
EHM
|
Equipment Health Monitoring
|
|
|
|
EIA
|
Electrical Industries of America
|
|
|
|
EIA
|
Embedded Intel Architecture
|
|
|
|
EIA
|
Energy Information Administration
|
GOV
|
Part of US Department of Energy
|
|
EIA/TIA
|
Electrical Industries Alliance / Telecommunications Industries Association
|
|
|
|
EJB
|
Enterprise Java Bean
|
|
|
|
EMD
|
Embedded Magnetic Domain
|
|
|
|
EMI
|
Electromagnetic Interference
|
|
|
|
EMP
|
ElectroMagnetic Pulse
|
|
|
|
EMRE
|
Exxon-Mobil Research and Engineering
|
|
|
|
EMX
|
Expanded MUX Controller
|
|
|
|
ENOD
|
Effective Number Of Digits
|
|
A performance parameter for an instrument or digitizer, defined in terms of the total range and resolution.
|
|
EnVOX
|
Engineering Voice
|
|
|
|
EPA
|
Environmental Protection Agency
|
GOV
|
United States government agency.
|
|
EPA
|
Environmental Protection Agency (United States)
|
Org
|
|
|
EPC
|
Engineering Procurement and Construction
|
|
|
|
EPLCG
|
Enhanced PLC Gateway
|
HWL
|
|
|
EPRI
|
Electric Power Research Institute
|
|
|
|
EPS
|
Enterprise Procurement System
|
|
|
|
ERF
|
European Robotics Forum
|
Org
|
|
|
ERISA
|
Employee Retirement Income Security Act
|
|
United States law stating the the rules governing pension eligilbility
|
|
ERP
|
Enterprise Resource Planning
|
|
|
|
ESD
|
Electrostatic Discharge
|
|
|
|
ESD
|
Emergency Shut Down
|
|
|
|
ESD
|
Emergency ShutDown
|
|
|
|
ESERS
|
Electrolytic Surface-Enahnced Raman Spectroscopy
|
|
|
|
ESP
|
Electrostatic Precipitator
|
|
|
|
ETO
|
Engineer To Order
|
|
|
|
ETSI
|
European Telecommunications Standards Institute
|
|
|
|
EUC
|
End User Council
|
Org
|
|
|
EWBS
|
Engineering Work Breakdown Structure
|
|
|
|
EW-CRDS
|
Evanescent Wave Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy
|
|
|
|
EWP
|
Engineering Work Package
|
|
|
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ExMC
|
Explosives Management Committee
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Responsible for electrical apparatus for potentially explosive atmospheres, with duties as defined in IEC Ex 01
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EXTRACS
|
Extraction Advanced Control System
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SCL
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FAA
|
Federal Aviation Administration
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GOV
|
United States Government department responsible for air traffic
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FAS
|
Fieldbus Access Layer
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Cont
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FAT
|
Factory Acceptance Test
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FAT
|
File Allocation Table
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FB
|
Function Block
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FBAP
|
Function Block Application Program
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FBD
|
Functional Block Diagram
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FBI
|
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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GOV
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FCC
|
Fluid Catalytic Cracking
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FCN
|
Field Change Notice
|
SCL
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FDA
|
Field Device Agent
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FDA
|
Field Device Application
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FDA
|
Food & Drug Administration
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GOV
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FDDI
|
Fiber Distributed Data Interface
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FET
|
Field Effect Transistor
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FF
|
Fieldbus Foundation
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Org
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FF
|
Foundation Fieldbus
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Cont
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FFC
|
Flat Flexible Cable
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FFF
|
Fail Fast Forward
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FFT
|
Fast Fourier Transform
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FGD
|
Flue Gas De-Sulfuriser
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|
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FIM
|
Field Interface Module
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FIR
|
Finite Impulse Response
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|
Method used for multivariable process control data collection
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FIS
|
Islamic Salvation Front
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FISCO
|
Fieldbus Intrinsic Safety Concept
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FF
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FMCW
|
Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave
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FMEDA
|
Failure Modes, Effects, and Diagnostic Analysis
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|
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FMS
|
Fieldbus Messaging System
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FOM
|
Fully Operated and Maintained
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FPC
|
Flexible Printed Circuits
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|
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FPD
|
Flame Photometric Detector
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|
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FPGA
|
Field Programmable Gate Array
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FPM
|
Fulfillment Process Management
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FRAD
|
Frame Relay Assembler/Disassembler
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|
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FRS
|
Fisher-Rosemount Systems
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FS
|
Final Specfication
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FS
|
Final Specification
|
FF
|
Approved Foundation Fieldbus standard/specification.
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FSB
|
Front-Side Bus speed
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FSK
|
Frequency Shift Keying
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FSP
|
Fulfillment Service Provider
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|
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FST
|
Function Sequence Table
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FTA
|
Field Termination Assembly
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|
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FTAM
|
File Transfer, Access, and Management
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|
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FTIR
|
Fourier Transform InfraRed
|
|
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|
FTP
|
File Transfer Protocol
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|
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|
FUNI
|
Frame based UNI
|
|
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|
GA
|
Gauge
|
|
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|
GAAP
|
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
|
|
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GAC
|
General Automation Contractor
|
|
|
|
GAMP
|
Good Automated Manufacturing Practice
|
|
Set of guidelines designed for the pharmaceutical / health care industry to comply with regulatory inspections of computer based systems.
|
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GATS
|
General Agrrement on Trade in Services
|
|
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|
GATT
|
General Agreement on Trades and Tariffs
|
|
|
|
GC
|
Gas Chromatograph
|
Cont
|
|
|
GDD
|
Glow Discharge Detector
|
|
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|
Gen
|
Generic
|
|
|
|
GFC
|
Gas Filter Correlation
|
|
|
|
GHG
|
GreenHouse Gas
|
|
|
|
GIA
|
Armed Islamic Group
|
|
French acronym for faction of Islamic Salvation Front
|
|
GMC
|
General Motion Control
|
|
|
|
GP
|
General Purpose
|
|
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|
GPC
|
Global Project Controls
|
|
|
|
GPE
|
Global Project Engineering
|
|
|
|
GPM
|
Global Project Management
|
|
|
|
GPRS
|
General Packet Radio Service
|
|
|
|
GPS
|
Global Positioning System
|
|
|
|
GRP
|
Glass Fibre Reinnforced Polyester
|
|
|
|
GTG
|
Gas Turbine Generator
|
|
|
|
H1
|
"Low speed" Foundation Fieldbus
|
Cont
|
31.25 kbps digital control system as defined by the Fieldbus Foundation, ISA SP50, and IEC 61158-2
|
|
HAP
|
Hazardous Air Pollutant
|
|
|
|
HART
|
Highway Addressable Remote Transducer
|
Cont
|
|
|
HBMI
|
Hybrid Brain-Machine Interface
|
Comp
|
|
|
HCF
|
HART Communication Foundation
|
ORG
|
|
|
HCI
|
Host Control Interface
|
|
|
|
HCI
|
Host Controller Interface
|
|
Bluetooth specification
|
|
HDL
|
Highway Data Link
|
|
|
|
HDLC
|
High Level Data Link Control
|
|
Protocol definde dfor hihg level synchronous connections to X.25 packet networks
|
|
HDTV
|
High Definitiion Television
|
|
|
|
HEETP
|
Height Equivalent to one Effective Theoretical Plate
|
|
|
|
HETP
|
Height Equivalent to a Theoretical Plate
|
|
|
|
HFS
|
Hierarchical File System
|
|
|
|
HG
|
Highway Gateway
|
HWL
|
|
|
HIPS
|
High Integrity Pressure System
|
|
|
|
HIST
|
Host Interoperability Support Test
|
|
|
|
HLLAPI
|
High Level Language/Application Program Interface
|
|
|
|
HLPIU
|
High Level Process Interface Unit
|
HWL
|
|
|
HM
|
History Module
|
HWL
|
|
|
HMI
|
Human Machine Interface
|
|
|
|
HPI
|
Hydrocarbon Processing Industry
|
|
|
|
HPL
|
Haldia Petrochemicals
|
COM
|
|
|
HPM
|
High Performance Process Manager
|
HWL
|
|
|
HS
|
Host System
|
FF
|
|
|
HSE
|
High Speed Ethernet
|
Cont
|
|
|
HSIT
|
Host System Interoperability Test
|
|
Former name for Foundation Fieldbus Host Interoperability Support Test (HIST).
|
|
HTU
|
Hydrotreater Unit
|
|
|
|
HWL
|
Honeywell
|
SCL
|
|
|
I/O
|
Input / Output
|
|
|
|
IAC
|
Inter-Active Controller
|
|
|
|
IAD
|
Intelligent Assist Device
|
|
Ergonomic deivce used to amplify humna ability to guide, position, lift heavy /difficult to move objects.
|
|
IANA
|
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
|
|
Assigns internet port numbers. A complete listing can be found at ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/
|
|
IAONA
|
Industrial Automation Open Networking Alliance
|
ORG
|
|
|
IBC
|
Intermediate Bulk Container
|
|
|
|
IBM
|
International Business Machine
|
|
|
|
IBP
|
Internet Based Procurement
|
|
|
|
IC
|
Integrated Circuit
|
|
|
|
ICA
|
Independent Computing Architecture
|
|
|
|
ICCP
|
Inter-Control Center Protocol
|
|
|
|
ICE
|
Information and Content Exchange
|
|
|
|
ICE
|
Instrumentation and Control Engineering
|
|
|
|
ICMP
|
Internet Control Message Protocol
|
|
|
|
Id
|
Identifier
|
|
|
|
ID
|
Inside Diameter
|
|
|
|
ID
|
Internal Diameter
|
|
|
|
IDA
|
Interface for Distributed Automation
|
ORG
|
|
|
IDA
|
Interface for Distributed Automation Group
|
ORG
|
|
|
IDC
|
Insulation Displacement Contact
|
|
Method of securing wires and cables to termination assemblies.
|
|
IDE
|
Integrated Development Environment
|
|
|
|
IDEA
|
Infrastructure, Data collection, Engineering, and Analysis
|
|
|
|
IDI
|
Intelligent Device Interface
|
|
|
|
IDL
|
Interface Definition Language
|
|
|
|
IDP
|
Integrated Development Platform
|
|
|
|
IDSP
|
Interactive Dynamic Simulation Package
|
|
|
|
IE
|
Industrial Ethernet
|
|
|
|
IE
|
Internet Explorer
|
|
|
|
IEC
|
International Electrotechnical Commission
|
Org
|
|
|
IEEE
|
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
|
ORG
|
|
|
IEEE
|
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
|
|
|
|
IFC
|
Integrated Function Controller
|
|
|
|
IFC
|
Issue For Construction
|
|
Engineering package final issue for field execution
|
|
IFC
|
Issued For Construction
|
|
|
|
IFR
|
International Federation of Robotics
|
Org
|
|
|
IFR
|
Issue For Review
|
|
Engineering package issued for comment by operations prior to final issue for field execution.
|
|
IGMP
|
Internet Group Management Protocol
|
|
|
|
IIP
|
Interoperablity Improvement Project
|
|
Fieldbus Foundation continuous improvement initiative.
|
|
IIS
|
Instrument Information System
|
|
|
|
ILAC
|
International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation
|
|
|
|
ILD
|
Injection Laser Diode
|
|
|
|
IMAGE
|
SRx Personality Simulator
|
SCL
|
|
|
IMAN
|
Initialize Manual
|
FF
|
|
|
IMAP
|
Internet Message Access Protocol
|
|
|
|
IMHO
|
In My Humble Opinion
|
|
|
|
IOC
|
Inidian Oil Company
|
COM
|
|
|
IOP
|
I/O Processor
|
HWL
|
|
|
IP
|
Internet Protocol
|
Comp
|
|
|
IPO
|
Initial Public Offering
|
|
|
|
IPS
|
Inclined Plate Settler
|
|
|
|
IPS
|
Integrated Plant System
|
|
|
|
IPX
|
Internetwork Packet Exchange
|
|
|
|
IR
|
Infrared
|
|
|
|
IRZ
|
In Situ Anaerobic Reactive Zone
|
|
Technology used to clean groundwater and soil contaminated with chlorinated compounds and heavy metals.
|
|
IS
|
Intrinsically Safe
|
|
|
|
ISA
|
the Instrumentation, Systems & Automation Society
|
Org
|
|
|
ISBL
|
Inside Battery Limits
|
|
|
|
ISDN
|
Integrated Services Digital Network
|
|
|
|
ISO
|
International Organization for Standardization
|
|
|
|
ISO
|
International Standards Organization
|
|
|
|
ISP
|
Interoperable Systems Project
|
|
|
|
ISPE
|
International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers
|
ORG
|
|
|
ISV
|
Independent Software Vendor
|
|
|
|
ITE
|
Independent Trading Exchange
|
|
|
|
ITES
|
Indian Technical Education Society
|
Org
|
|
|
ITS
|
Interoperability Test System
|
FF
|
|
|
JEA
|
Job Execution Authorisation
|
SCL
|
|
|
JEMIMA
|
Japan Electric Measuring Instruments Manufacturer's Association
|
ORG
|
|
|
JIT
|
Just In Time
|
|
|
|
JSA
|
Job Safety Analysis
|
SCL
|
|
|
JVM
|
Java Virtual Machine
|
|
|
|
KDD
|
Knowledge Discovery in Databases
|
Comp
|
|
|
KM
|
Knowledge Management
|
|
|
|
KPI
|
Key Performance Indicator
|
|
|
|
L2TP
|
Layer 2 Tunnelling Protocol
|
|
|
|
LAN
|
Local Area Network
|
|
|
|
LCA
|
Life Cycle Assessment
|
|
|
|
LCD
|
Liquid Crystal Display
|
|
|
|
LCI
|
Life Cycle Inventory
|
|
|
|
LCIA
|
Life Cycle Impact Assessment
|
|
|
|
LCN
|
Local Control Network
|
HWL
|
|
|
LCON
|
Large Database Console
|
|
|
|
LD
|
Linking Device
|
|
|
|
LDO
|
Low DropOut
|
|
|
|
LED
|
Light Emitting Diode
|
|
|
|
LEPIU
|
Low Energy Process Interface Unit
|
|
|
|
LER
|
Light Ends Recovery
|
|
|
|
LIMS
|
Laboratory Information Management System
|
|
|
|
LLPIU
|
Low Level Process Interface Unit
|
|
|
|
LNG
|
Liquified Natural Gas
|
|
|
|
LO
|
Local Over ride
|
FF
|
|
|
LOC
|
Letter of Confirmation
|
FF
|
Foundation Fieldbus document issued after completion of the Host Interoperability System Test.
|
|
LOP
|
Layer of Protection
|
|
|
|
LSI
|
Langelier Saturation Index
|
|
Equilibirum model derived from the thermodynamics of saturated calcium carbonate in the absence of scale inhibitors.
|
|
LTD
|
Local Traffic Director
|
|
|
|
LTI
|
Long Term Injury
|
SCL
|
|
|
LTL
|
Less Than Truckload
|
|
|
|
LTL
|
Less-than-Truckload
|
|
|
|
LU
|
Logical Unit
|
|
Terminal emulation program or application in an SNA network.
|
|
LVDT
|
Linear Variable Differential Transformer
|
|
|
|
LWR
|
Locally Weighted Regression
|
|
|
|
LxS
|
X-Layer Server
|
|
|
|
MAI
|
Multiple Analog Input
|
|
|
|
MAN
|
Manual
|
FF
|
|
|
MAO
|
Multiple Analog Output
|
|
|
|
MAP
|
Media Access Protocol
|
|
|
|
MCAD
|
Mechanical Computer Aided Design
|
|
|
|
MCL
|
Maximum Contaminant Level
|
|
|
|
MCU
|
MUX Control Unit
|
|
|
|
MDI
|
Multiple Digital Input
|
|
|
|
MDO
|
Multiple Digital Output
|
|
|
|
MEMAC
|
Machinery & Equipment Manufacturers Association of Canada
|
ORG
|
|
|
MEMS
|
Micro Electro Mechanical System
|
|
|
|
MES
|
Manufacturing Execution System
|
|
|
|
MES
|
Manufacturing Execution Systems
|
|
|
|
MESA
|
Manufacturing Execution System Association
|
Org
|
|
|
MESA
|
Manufacturing Execution Systems Association
|
ORG
|
|
|
MFC
|
Multifunction Controller
|
HWL
|
|
|
MIA
|
Media Interface Adapter
|
|
|
|
MIA
|
Missing In Action
|
|
|
|
MIB
|
Management Information Bas
|
|
|
|
MIB
|
Management Information Base
|
|
|
|
MIB-II
|
Management Information Base II
|
|
|
|
MII
|
Media Independent Interface
|
COMP
|
Passive device with a 40-pin connector used in High Speed switching.
|
|
MIMO
|
Multiple Input, Multiple Output
|
|
|
|
MIS
|
Management Information System
|
|
|
|
MMC
|
MultiMedia Card
|
|
|
|
MMI
|
Man Machine Interface
|
|
|
|
MMS
|
Manufacturing Message Specification
|
|
|
|
MOB
|
Maintenance of Business
|
|
|
|
MOC
|
Management of Change
|
|
|
|
MPC
|
Model Predictive Control
|
|
|
|
MPC
|
Mutivariable Process Control
|
|
|
|
MRI
|
Midwest Research Institute
|
|
|
|
MRO
|
Maintenance Repair & Operation
|
|
|
|
MRO
|
Maintenance, Repair and Operations
|
|
|
|
MSDS
|
Material Safety Data Sheet
|
|
|
|
Msg
|
Message
|
|
|
|
MSHA
|
Mine Safety and Health Administration
|
GOV
|
United States government agency
|
|
MTO
|
Make To Order
|
|
|
|
MTS
|
Make To Stock
|
|
|
|
MUX
|
Multiplexer
|
|
|
|
MVPC
|
Multivariable Process Control
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
Not Applicable
|
|
|
|
NAFTA
|
North American Free Trade Agreement
|
|
|
|
NAICS
|
North American Industry Classification System
|
|
|
|
NAIT
|
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
|
Org
|
|
|
NAM
|
National Assoication of Manufacturers
|
Org
|
|
|
NAMT
|
National Advanced Manufacturing Testbed
|
Org
|
|
|
NASA
|
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
|
GOV
|
|
|
NC
|
Normally Closed
|
|
|
|
NCF
|
Network Configuration File
|
HWL
|
|
|
NCST
|
National Center for Software & Training - India
|
Org
|
|
|
NEMA
|
National Electrical Manufacturers Association
|
|
|
|
NEP
|
Noice Equivalent Power
|
|
|
|
NERI
|
National Employee Rights Institute
|
ORG
|
Cincinnatti based organization
|
|
NeSSI
|
New Sampling System Initiative
|
|
|
|
NFPA
|
National Fire Protection Association
|
|
|
|
NFS
|
Network File System
|
|
|
|
NGI
|
Next Generation Internet
|
|
|
|
NIC
|
National Intelligence Council
|
GOV
|
United States government agency
|
|
NIC
|
Network Interface Card
|
|
|
|
NICS
|
North American Industry Classification System
|
|
|
|
NIM
|
Network Interface Module
|
HWL
|
|
|
NIS
|
Non-Intrinsically Safe
|
|
|
|
NIST
|
National Institute of Standards and Technology (US)
|
Org
|
|
|
NIU
|
Network Interface Unit
|
|
|
|
NM
|
Network Management
|
FF
|
|
|
NM
|
Network Manager
|
|
|
|
NMA
|
Network Management Agent
|
|
|
|
NMD
|
National Missile Defence system
|
|
Satellite based system to protect United States from limited ballistic missile attacks.
|
|
NMIB
|
Network Management Information Base
|
|
|
|
NO
|
Normally Open
|
|
|
|
NPR
|
Noise Power Ratio
|
|
|
|
NPRA
|
National Petroleum Refiners Association
|
|
|
|
NRC
|
National Research Council
|
GOV
|
Canadian government agency responsible for oversight of the federally funded national research and development program.
|
|
NRC
|
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
|
GOV
|
United States government agency
|
|
NRZ
|
NonReturn to Zero
|
|
|
|
NSW
|
New South Wales
|
|
|
|
NTD
|
Network Traffic Director
|
|
|
|
NWT
|
Northwest Territories
|
|
|
|
O/S
|
Out of Service
|
FF
|
|
|
OA
|
Office Automation
|
|
|
|
OA&M
|
Operation, Administration and Management
|
|
|
|
OAGI
|
Open Applications Group Inc.
|
ORG
|
|
|
OCR
|
Optical Character Recognition
|
|
|
|
OCS
|
Open Control System
|
|
|
|
OD
|
Object Description
|
|
|
|
OD
|
Outside Diameter
|
|
|
|
ODBC
|
Open DataBase Connectivity
|
|
|
|
ODM
|
Original Design Manufacturer
|
|
|
|
ODVA
|
Open DeviceNet Vendors Association
|
Org
|
|
|
OEM
|
Original Equipment Manufacturer
|
|
|
|
OEP
|
Operator Entry Panel
|
|
|
|
OES
|
Occupational Employment Statistics
|
|
|
|
OHCI
|
Open Host Controller Interface
|
|
Industry standard USB hub controller driver
|
|
OIT
|
Office of Industrial Technologies
|
GOV
|
Part of US government Department of Energy (DOE)
|
|
OLAP
|
On Line Analytical Processing
|
|
|
|
OLAP
|
OnLine Analytical Processing
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OLE
|
Object Linking and Embedding
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OLP
|
On Line Personal
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ISA
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OMG
|
Object Management Group
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OMS
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Order Management System
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OOP
|
Object Oriented Programming
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OPC
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OLE for Process Control
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Cont
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OPCW
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Organizatrion for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
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OPEC
|
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
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OPEX
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Operating Expense
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OS
|
Operating System
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OSBL
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Outside Battery Limits
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OSHA
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration (US)
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OSI
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Open System Interconnection
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OSS
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Open Source Software
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OTSG
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Once Through Steam Generator
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OWP
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Operator Work Place
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P&ID
|
Piping and Instrumentation Diagram
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P2P
|
Path to Profitability
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P2P
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Peer to Peer
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Comp
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PABX
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Private Addressing Branch Exchange
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PAD
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Packet Assembler / Disassembler
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PALCAN
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Program for Accreditation of Laboratories - Canada
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PAN
|
Personal Area Network
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PBCC
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Packet Binary Convolution Coding
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PC
|
Personal Computer
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PC
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Polycarbonate
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PCIU
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Programmable Controller Interface Unit
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PCMCIA
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Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
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PCN
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Process Connected Network
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PCR
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Principle Component Regression
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PCS
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Process Computer Systems
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PCTF
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Plated Copper on Thick Film
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PD
|
Partial Discharge
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PD
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Positive Displacement
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PD
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Proportional Derivative
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PD Tag
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Physical Device Tag
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PDA
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Partial Discharge Analysis
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PDA
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Personal Digital Assistant
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PDE
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Partial Differential Equation
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PDM
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Process Data Manager
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Middle layer of three layer control architecture model
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PDO
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1,3-propanediol
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PDU
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Protocol Data Unit
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PED
|
Pressure Equipment Directive
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Mandatory European Law published as Directive 97/23/EC
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PEP
|
Project Execution Plan
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PERA
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Purdue Enterprise Reference Architecture
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PERL
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Practical Extraction and Report Language
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PET
|
Poly Ethylene Terephthalate
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PFD
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Personal Flotation Device
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PFD
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Probability of Failure on Demand
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PFPD
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Pulsed Flame Photometric Detector
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PHD
|
Process History Device
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HWL
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PHP
|
Personal Hypertext Protocol
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PHP
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PHP Hypertext Preprocessor
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PI
|
Process Information
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PICS
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Plant Information Computer System
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Top layer of 3 layer control architecture model
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PICS
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Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement
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PID
|
Proportional Integral Derivative
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Cont
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PIMS
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Process Information Management System
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PIMS
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Project Information Management System
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PINTS
|
PRoVOX Information Windows NT 4.0 Server
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PIP
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Process Industry Practices
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PIU
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Process Interface Unit
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HWL
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PLC
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Programmable Logic Controller
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PLCG
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PLC Gateway
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HWL
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PLM
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Product Life-cycle Management
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PLNM
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Planet Network Module
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PLS
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Partial Least Squares
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PLS
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Programmable Logic Solver
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PLS
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Protection Logic Solver
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PM
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Project Manager
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PMT
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Process Maintenance Technical
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PMT
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Project Management Team
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PN
|
Probe Node
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FF
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PNO
|
Profibus User Organisation
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ORG
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POC
|
PRoVOX Operator Console
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POP
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Point Of Presence
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POS
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Point Of Sale
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POTS
|
Panel Operator Training Simulator
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POW
|
Process Operator Workstation
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ppb
|
Parts Per Billion
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PPLC
|
Puffin Linux Controller
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Org
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Organisation to create a PLC which operates on the Linux operating system.
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ppm
|
Parts Per Million
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ppt
|
Parts Per Trillion
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PR
|
Probe Response
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FF
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PRoVOX
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Process Voice
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Fisher Rosemount Systems Distributed Control System platform
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PRoVUE
|
Process View
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Fisher- Rosemount System PRoVOX system component.
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PS
|
Preliminary Specification
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PSA
|
Pressure Swing Absorption
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PSA
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Professional Services Automation
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PSI
|
Practical Scale Index
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Developed in response to limitations of LSI and RSI to account for effects of non-carbonate and non-bocarbonate buffering agaents sucah as NaOH and NH3.
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PSR
|
Plant Service Request
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SCL
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PSR
|
Pre-Start Health and Safety Review
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PSV
|
Primary Separation Vessel
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PT
|
Pass Token
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FF
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PTB
|
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
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German engineering organisation responsible for developing the FISCO standard.
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PU
|
Physical Unit
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A node in an SNA network supporting one or more logical units.
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PV
|
Process Variable
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Cont
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Actual process measurement transmitted from the sensor to the control system
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PVC
|
Permanent Virtual Circuit
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PVT
|
Pressure Volume Temperature diagram
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3 phase diagram used to describe the state of a fluid based on its pressure temperature and volume.
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PVT
|
Process Variable Transmitter
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PWM
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Pulse Width Modulation
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PWP
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Potable Water Plant
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QA
|
Quality Assurance
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QC
|
Quality Control
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QDW
|
Quality Data Warehouse
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QOS
|
Quality Of Service
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R&D
|
Research & Development
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R&D
|
Research and Development
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RAM
|
Random Access Memory
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RAS
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Reliability, Availability and Servicability
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RASI
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Responsibility, Authority, Aupport, Inform
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RCIA
|
Redundant CIA
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RDA
|
Remote Data Access
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RDC
|
Red Deer College
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RDC
|
Ring Down Cavity
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RDI
|
Remote Defect Identification
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Ref
|
Reference
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RF
|
Radio Frequency
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RFID
|
Radio Frequency Identification
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RFO
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Ready for Operations
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RFP
|
Request For Proposal
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RGB
|
Red Green Blue
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RIB
|
Remote Insight Board
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RIL
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Reliability Integrity Level
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RIO
|
Remote I/O
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RISC
|
Reduced Instruction Set Computer
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RMON
|
Remote MONitor
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RMPCT
|
Robust Model Predictive Control Technology
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RO
|
Restriction Orifice
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RO
|
Reverse Osmosis
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ROC
|
Return On Capital
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ROI
|
Return On Investment
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RPC
|
Remote Procedure Call
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RSD
|
Relative Standard Deviation
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RSI
|
Repetitive Stress Injury
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RSI
|
Ryznar Stability Index
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Similar to LIS but corrected for ion pairing.
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RT
|
Return Token
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FF
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RTC
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Real Time Clock
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RTJ
|
Real Time Journal
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RTLS
|
Real Time Locator System
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RTLS
|
Real Time Locator Systems
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RTOS
|
Real Time Operating System
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RTU
|
Remote Terminal Unit
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RTZ
|
Return To Zero
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S&P
|
Standard & Poor's
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S&P
|
Standards & Practices
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ORG
|
Department within ISA, the Instrumentation, Systems and Automation Society
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S/D
|
Shut Down
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S/U
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Start Up
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SAIT
|
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
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Org
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SAM
|
Sensor Analytical Manager
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SAP
|
Service Advertising Protocol
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SAT
|
Site Acceptance Test
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SCADA
|
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
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SCE
|
Supply Chain Execution
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SCEM
|
Supply Chain Event Management
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SCM
|
Supply Chain Management
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SCN
|
Software Change Notice
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SCP
|
Specialty Control And Protection
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SCP
|
Supply Chain Planning
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SCPM
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Supply Chain Process Management
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SCSI
|
Small Computer System Interface
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SCW
|
Satellite Center Workstation
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SD
|
Secure Digital card
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SDA
|
Secure Digital Association
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Org
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SDI
|
Stiff-Davis Index
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Equilibrium model, developed for oil field brines that attempts to overcome shortcomings of LSI for waters with high concentrations of dissolved solids.
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SDLC
|
Standard Data Link Protocol
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SDLC
|
Synchronous Data Link Control
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SDRAM
|
Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
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SDS
|
Smart Distributed System
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SEA
|
Scalable Ethernet Architecture
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SEAL
|
Simple and Efficient Adaptation Layer
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SECV
|
Standard Error of Cross Validation
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SERCOS
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Serial Real-time Communication System
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SERS
|
Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
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SESA
|
State Employment Security Agencies
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SFF
|
Safe Failure Fraction
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SFF
|
Small Form Factor
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SFT
|
Stationary Froth Treatment
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SFT
|
System Fault Tolerance
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SGML
|
Standard Generalized Markup Language
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SIC
|
Satellite Information Center
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SIC
|
Standard Industrial Classification
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SICE
|
The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers
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ORG
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SIG
|
Special Interest Group
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SIL
|
Safety Integrity Level
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SILA
|
Safety Integrity Level Assessment
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SimVOX
|
Simulator Voice
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SIO
|
Serial I/O
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SIP
|
Session Initiation Protocol
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SIS
|
Safety Instrument System
|
Cont
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SIS
|
Safety Instrumented System
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SISO
|
Single Input, Single Output
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SIU
|
Serial Interface Unit
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SKU
|
Stock Keeping Unit
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SLC
|
Single Loop Controller
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SM
|
System Management
|
FF
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SM
|
System Manager
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SME
|
Small & Medium sized Enterprises
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SMIB
|
System Management Information Base
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SMK
|
System Management Kernel
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SMS
|
Short Messaging Service
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SMT
|
Surface Mount Technology
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SMTP
|
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
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SNA
|
System Network Architecture
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SNIA
|
Storage Networking Industry Association
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Org
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SNMP
|
Simple Network Management Protocol
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SNR
|
Signal Noise Ratio
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SNTP
|
Simple Network Time Protocol
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SOAP
|
Simple Object Access Protocol
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SOAP
|
Simple Open Access Protocol
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SOC
|
Snap On Connector
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SOC
|
Standard Occupational Classification
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SoC
|
System on Chip
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SOE
|
Sequence Of Events
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SOR
|
System of Record
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SPC
|
Statistical Process Control
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SPDT
|
Single Pole Double Throw
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spiff
|
Sales Promotion Incentive Fund
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SPX
|
Sequenced Packet Exchange
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A protocol by which two workstations or applications communicate across the network.
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SQL
|
Structure Querry Language
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SQL
|
Structure Query Language
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SQL
|
Structured Querry Language
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SQL
|
Structured Query Language
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SRM
|
Supplier Relationship Management
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SRS
|
Safety Related System
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SSD
|
Safety ShutDown
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SSL
|
Secure Socket Layer
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STEP
|
Standard for Exchange of Product data
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STG
|
Steam Turbine Generator
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SVC
|
Switched Virtual Circuit
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TA
|
Teaching Assistant
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TA
|
Terminal Adapter
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TAR
|
Test and Assessment Report
|
|
Report of results fo tests to IECEx 01
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TB
|
Terminal Block
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TCO
|
Total Cost of Ownership
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TCP
|
Transmission Control Protocol
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Comp
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TD
|
Time Distribution
|
FF
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TDC
|
Total Distributed Control
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TDD
|
Time Division Duplexing
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TEDS
|
Transducer Electronic Data Sheet
|
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Bluetooth technology electronic data sheet used by sensors to self identify and be interchangeable in networked systems.
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TEW
|
Technician/Engineer Workstation
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HWL
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TFTP
|
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
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THD
|
Total Harmonic Distortion
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TIA
|
Telephone Industries of America
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TIC
|
Total Installed Cost
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TIR
|
Total Internal Reflection
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TLA
|
Three Letter Acronym
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TMS
|
Transportation Management System
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TOF
|
Time of Flight
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TP
|
Toilet Paper
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TP
|
Twisted Pair
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TPMO2
|
Terminal Panel Module
|
HWL
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TPN
|
Total Plant Network
|
HWL
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TPS
|
Total Plant Solution
|
HWL
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TPS
|
Total Plant System
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TRS
|
Total Reduced Sulphur
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TSC
|
Technical Steering Committee
|
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Fieldbus Foundation committee
|
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TTS
|
Transaction Tracking System
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TUV
|
Technischer Uberwachungs-Verein
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ORG
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TVA
|
Tennessee Valley Authority
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TWR
|
Technical Work Request
|
SCL
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TWTA
|
Travelling Wave Tube Amplifier
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UCA
|
Utilities Communications Architecture
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UCC
|
Uniform Code Council
|
|
European Artcile Numbering Association subgroup
|
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UCN
|
Universal Control Network
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HWL
|
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UDDI
|
Universal Description Discovery and Integration
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UDDI
|
Universal Description, Discoverty and Integration
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UDE
|
Unified Development Environment
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UDP
|
User Datagram Protocol
|
Comp
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UHCI
|
Universal Host Controller Interface
|
|
Intel's USB hub controller driver.
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UHP
|
Ultra High Purity
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UML
|
Universal Modeling Language
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UNI
|
User Network Interface
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US
|
United States
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US
|
Universal Station
|
HWL
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USB
|
Universal Serial Bus
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UTMI
|
USB Transceiver Macrocell Interface
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UTP
|
Unshielded Twisted Pair
|
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UV
|
Ultraviolet
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VAC
|
Volts Alternating Current
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VAP
|
Value Added Process
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VAR
|
Value Added Reseller
|
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VAS
|
Value Added Service
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VB
|
Visual Basic
|
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VBA
|
Visual Basic Application
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VCR
|
Virtual Communication Relationship
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VCR
|
Virtual Communication Resource
|
Cont
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|
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VDC
|
Volts Direct Current
|
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VFD
|
Virtual Field Device
|
Cont
|
|
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VG
|
Voice Grade
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VICS
|
Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Standards
|
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VISA
|
Virtual Instrument Software Architecture
|
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VLAN
|
Virtual Local Area Network
|
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VME
|
Computer interface for IMAGE
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VMI
|
Vendor Managed Inventory
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VML
|
Vector Markup Language
|
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VMS
|
Virtual Memory System
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VOC
|
Volatile Organic Compound
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VOC
|
Volatile Organic Compounds
|
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VoDSL
|
Voice over DSL
|
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VoIP
|
Voice over Internet Protocol
|
|
|
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VPN
|
Virtual Private Network
|
|
|
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VRCIA
|
VME-Based RCIA
|
|
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W3C
|
World Wide Web Consortium
|
|
|
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WAN
|
Wide Area Network
|
|
|
|
WAP
|
Wireless Access Protocol
|
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WBS
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Work Breakdown Structure
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WDM
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Wavelength Division Multiplexing
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WDM
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Win32 Driver Model
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Client driver for USB devices
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WHMIS
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Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System
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WHO
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World Health Organisation
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WHO
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World Health Organization
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Wi-Fi
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IEEE 802.11b Standard
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WML
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Wireless Markup Language
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WMS
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Warehouse Management System
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WSDL
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Web Services Description Language
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WTO
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World Trade Organisation
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WWEMA
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Water and Wastewater Equipment Manufacturers Association
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ORG
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www.wwema.org
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XML
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eXtensible Mark-up Language
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Comp
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XSL
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eXtensible Style Sheets
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XSL
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eXtensible Stylesheet Language
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XSLT
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Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations
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