1oo1

One out of One

1oo2

One out of two

2oo3

Two out of Three

3G

Third Generation

3IM

Third Order Intermodulation Distortion

3M

Minnesota Mining & Metal

3PL

Third Party Logisitics

3PL

Third Party Logistics

a.k.a.

Also Known As

A2LA

Americal Association for Laboratory Accreditation

A2LA

Ammerican Association for Laboratory Accreditation

Org

AB

Allen-Bradley

COMP

PLC manufacturer who is part of the Rockwell Automation group

ABB

Asea-Brown-Boveri

COMP

ABS

Acrylnitrile-Butadiene-Styrene

AC

Alternating Current

Ack

Acknowledge

ACS

Advanced Control System

ACT

Arms Control Technology Branch

The On-Site Inspection Division for monitoring the Chemical Weapons Convention

ADO

ActiveX Data Objects

ADW

Application Development Workstation

AFE

Authorization For Expenditure

SCL

AFP

AppleTalk Filing Protocol

AI

Analog Input

AI

Artificial Intelligence

AIC

Autonomous Intelligent Controller

AIChE

American Institute for Chemical Engineers

Org

AIChE

American Institute of Chemical Engineers

ORG

AICPA

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Org

AIR

Adaptive Intelligent Reflow

AM

Application Module

HWL

Honeywell DCS hardware module.

AMH

Automated Materials Handling

AMS

Asset Management System

ANN

Artificial Neural Network

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

AO

Analog Output

AOM

Acousto-Optic Modulator

AP

Application Program

APC

Advanced Process Control

API

American Petroleum Institute

ORG

API

Application Program Interface

API

Application Programming Interface

APLAC

Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation

APP

Application Program Processor

HWL

Honeywell DCS hardware component.

APPC

Advanced Program-to-Program Communications

Part of the SNA protocol that establishes the conditions that enable programs to communicate acrosss the network.

APS

Advanced Planning and Scheduling

APS

Advanced Production Scheduling

ARFL

Air Force Research Laboratory

GOV

ARP

Address Resolution Protocol

Internet protocol that dynamically maps internet addresses to physical addresses on local area networks.

ARP

Ethernet Address Resolution Protocol

AS/R

Automated Storage and Retrieval

ASCII

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

ASE

Amplified Spontaneous Emission

ASET

Alberta Society of Engineering Technologists

AS-I

Actuator Sensor Interface

ASIC

Application Specific Integrated Circuit

ASM

Abnormal Situation Management

ASME

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Org

ASP

Advanced Planning and Scheduling

ASP

Application Service Provider

ASTM

American Society for Testing Materials

Org

ASU

Air Separation Unit

ASU

Aromatic Saturation Unit

ATC

Air Traffic Control system

AtP

Available To Promise

ATR

Attenuated Total Reflectance

AWEA

American Wind Energy Association

ORG

AWG

American Wire Gauge

B/U

Back Up

B2B

Back to Basics

B2B

Business to Business

B2BRM

Business to Business Relationship Management

BACP

Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol

BAV

Business Analysis and Visualization

BC

Bitumen Consumption

SCL

BCC

Blind Carbon Copy

BCU

Backup Control Unit

BFW

Boiler Feedwater

BI

Business Intelligence

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

BIOS

Basic In/Out System

BIOS

Basic Input/Output System

BMS

Burner Management System

BOM

Bill of Material

BOM

Bill Of Materials

BOOM

Build, Own, Operate and Maintain

BPC

Basic Process Control

BPCL

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.

COM

BSD

Berkeley Software Distribution

BSI

British Standards Institute

BTO

Bandwidth Trading Organisation

ORG

United States based organization to standardize issues around communications bandwidth and its use.

BTO

Build To Order

C200

Honeywell PlantScape Controller

HWL

CAA

Clean Air Act

CAGI

Compressed Air and Gas Institute

ORG

trade organization of manufacturers of air and gas compressors and related pneumatic equipment www.cagi.org

CAGR

Compound Annual Growth Rate

CAGR

Cumulative Average Growth Rate

CAM

Computer Aided Manufacturing

CAN

Controller Area Network

CANENA

Council for Harmonization of Electrotechnical Standards of the Nations of the Americas

CAPEX

Capital Expense

CB

Basic Controller

HWL

CB

Certification Body

CB

Chemical and Biological arms control

CB

Citizens Band

CB

Citizens Band radio

CBE

Circuit Breaker for Equipment

CBM

Condition Based Maintenance

CBM

Condition Based Management

################

CC

Carbon Copy

CC

Computing Controller

CCA

Common Component Architecture

HWL

CCD

Charge Coupled Device

CCEA

Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs

GOV

Indian government agency

CCITT

Consultative Committee for International Telegraphy and Telephony

Org

CCPS

Center for Chemical Process Safety

ORG

CCR

Central Control Room

CCTV

Closed Circuit Television

CD

Compact Disk

CD

Compel Data

FF

CE

Conformite Europeene

European Conformity

CEC

Canadian Electrical Code

CEIDS

Consortium for Electric Infrastructure to Support a Digital Society

CEM

Continuous Emission Monitor

CEMS

Continuous Emission Monitoring System

CENELEC

European Committee for Electro-technical Standardization

ORG

CEO

Chief Executive Officer

CFD

Computational Fluid Dynamics

CFF

Capability File Format

CFO

Chief Financial Officer

CFR

Code of Federal Regulations

CFSE

Certified Functional Safety Expert

CG

Computer Gateway

HWL

CGI

Common Gateway Interface

CGM

Computer Graphics Metafile

CHIP

Computer Highway Interface Package

CI

ControlNet International

CIA

Central Intelligence Agency

GOV

United States government agency

CIA

Communications Interface Assembly

CIM

Computer Integrated Manufacturing

CIP

Control & Information Protocol

CIP

Control and Information Protocol

Application layer shared by ControlNet, DeviceNet, and Ethernet/IP

CIR

Committed Information Rate

CL

Control Language

HWL

CLI

Common Language Infrastructure

CLM

Communications Link Module

HWL

CLNP

Connectionless Network Protocol

CLTP

Connectionless Transport Protocol

CMMS

Computerized Maintenance Management System

CMOS

Complementary Metal Oxide Sensor

CMV

Common Mode Voltage

COM

Component Object Model

Config

Configuration

CORBA

Common Object Request Broker Architecture

COS

Change Of State

COTS

Commercial Off The Shelf

COTS

Commercial Off The Shelf technology

CPAC

Center for Process Analytical Chemistry

cPCI

Compact PCI

CPE

Customer Premises Equipment

CPFR

Collaborative Forecasting Planning & Replenishment model

CPFR

Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment

CPG

Consumer Packaged Goods

CPM

Collaborative Production Management

CPO

Chief Privacy Officer

CPU

Central Processing Unit

CRC

Cyclic Redundancy Check

CRDS

Cavity Ring Down Spectroscopy

CRDS

Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy

CRM

Customer Relationship Management

CSA

Canadian Standards Association

CSD

Circuit Switched Data

CSEM

Continuous Source Emission Monitor

CSF

Critical Success Factor

CSI

Control System Integrator

CSIA

Control System Integrator Association

ORG

American based association of integrators. Web site is www.controlsys.org

CSIA

Control System Integrators Association

Org

CSIS

Canadian Security Intelligence Service

GOV

CSMA/CD

Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Detection

CSS

Cascading Style Sheets

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.

CTD

Cumulative Trauma Disorders

CTO

Configure To Order

CTP

Capable To Promise

CV

Control Variable

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

DAF

Dissolved Air Flotation

DAR

Data Acquisition & Reporting

DAR

Data Acquisition and Reporting

DBS

Design Basis Specification

DC

Direct Current

DCD

Data Carrier Detect

DCOM

Distributed COM

DCOM

Distributed Component Object Model

DCS

Digital Control System

DCS

Distributed Control System

DCS

Document Control System

DCU

Data Concentrator Unit

DD

Device Description

Cont

DDE

Dynamica Data Exchange

DDL

Device Description Language

DES

Data Encryption Standard

A standard encryption technique that scrambles data int a code for transmission over a public network.

DevId

Device Identifier

DH

Data Highway

DH+

Data Highway Plus

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DHI

Data Highway Interface

HWL

DHP

Data Hiway Port

HWL

DI

Disabling Injury

DI

Discrete Input

DIX

Digital Intel Xerox

DL

Data Link

DLCI

Data Link Connection Identifier

Dlme

Data Link Layer Management Entity

DMM

Digital Multi Meter

DMM

Digital MultiMeter

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

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

ExMC

Explosives Management Committee

Responsible for electrical apparatus for potentially explosive atmospheres, with duties as defined in IEC Ex 01

EXTRACS

Extraction Advanced Control System

SCL

FAA

Federal Aviation Administration

GOV

United States Government department responsible for air traffic

FAS

Fieldbus Access Layer

Cont

FAT

Factory Acceptance Test

FAT

File Allocation Table

FB

Function Block

FBAP

Function Block Application Program

FBD

Functional Block Diagram

FBI

Federal Bureau of Investigation

GOV

FCC

Fluid Catalytic Cracking

FCN

Field Change Notice

SCL

FDA

Field Device Agent

FDA

Field Device Application

FDA

Food & Drug Administration

GOV

FDDI

Fiber Distributed Data Interface

FET

Field Effect Transistor

FF

Fieldbus Foundation

Org

FF

Foundation Fieldbus

Cont

FFC

Flat Flexible Cable

FFF

Fail Fast Forward

FFT

Fast Fourier Transform

FGD

Flue Gas De-Sulfuriser

FIM

Field Interface Module

FIR

Finite Impulse Response

Method used for multivariable process control data collection

FIS

Islamic Salvation Front

FISCO

Fieldbus Intrinsic Safety Concept

FF

FMCW

Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave

FMEDA

Failure Modes, Effects, and Diagnostic Analysis

FMS

Fieldbus Messaging System

FOM

Fully Operated and Maintained

FPC

Flexible Printed Circuits

FPD

Flame Photometric Detector

FPGA

Field Programmable Gate Array

FPM

Fulfillment Process Management

FRAD

Frame Relay Assembler/Disassembler

FRS

Fisher-Rosemount Systems

FS

Final Specfication

FS

Final Specification

FF

Approved Foundation Fieldbus standard/specification.

FSB

Front-Side Bus speed

FSK

Frequency Shift Keying

FSP

Fulfillment Service Provider

FST

Function Sequence Table

FTA

Field Termination Assembly

FTAM

File Transfer, Access, and Management

FTIR

Fourier Transform InfraRed

FTP

File Transfer Protocol

FUNI

Frame based UNI

GA

Gauge

GAAP

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

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.

GATS

General Agrrement on Trade in Services

GATT

General Agreement on Trades and Tariffs

GC

Gas Chromatograph

Cont

GDD

Glow Discharge Detector

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

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

OLE

Object Linking and Embedding

OLP

On Line Personal

ISA

OMG

Object Management Group

OMS

Order Management System

OOP

Object Oriented Programming

OPC

OLE for Process Control

Cont

OPCW

Organizatrion for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

OPEC

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

OPEX

Operating Expense

OS

Operating System

OSBL

Outside Battery Limits

OSHA

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (US)

OSI

Open System Interconnection

OSS

Open Source Software

OTSG

Once Through Steam Generator

OWP

Operator Work Place

P&ID

Piping and Instrumentation Diagram

P2P

Path to Profitability

P2P

Peer to Peer

Comp

PABX

Private Addressing Branch Exchange

PAD

Packet Assembler / Disassembler

PALCAN

Program for Accreditation of Laboratories - Canada

PAN

Personal Area Network

PBCC

Packet Binary Convolution Coding

PC

Personal Computer

PC

Polycarbonate

PCIU

Programmable Controller Interface Unit

PCMCIA

Personal Computer Memory Card International Association

PCN

Process Connected Network

PCR

Principle Component Regression

PCS

Process Computer Systems

PCTF

Plated Copper on Thick Film

PD

Partial Discharge

PD

Positive Displacement

PD

Proportional Derivative

PD Tag

Physical Device Tag

PDA

Partial Discharge Analysis

PDA

Personal Digital Assistant

PDE

Partial Differential Equation

PDM

Process Data Manager

Middle layer of three layer control architecture model

PDO

1,3-propanediol

PDU

Protocol Data Unit

PED

Pressure Equipment Directive

Mandatory European Law published as Directive 97/23/EC

PEP

Project Execution Plan

PERA

Purdue Enterprise Reference Architecture

PERL

Practical Extraction and Report Language

PET

Poly Ethylene Terephthalate

PFD

Personal Flotation Device

PFD

Probability of Failure on Demand

PFPD

Pulsed Flame Photometric Detector

PHD

Process History Device

HWL

PHP

Personal Hypertext Protocol

PHP

PHP Hypertext Preprocessor

PI

Process Information

PICS

Plant Information Computer System

Top layer of 3 layer control architecture model

PICS

Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement

PID

Proportional Integral Derivative

Cont

PIMS

Process Information Management System

PIMS

Project Information Management System

PINTS

PRoVOX Information Windows NT 4.0 Server

PIP

Process Industry Practices

PIU

Process Interface Unit

HWL

PLC

Programmable Logic Controller

PLCG

PLC Gateway

HWL

PLM

Product Life-cycle Management

PLNM

Planet Network Module

PLS

Partial Least Squares

PLS

Programmable Logic Solver

PLS

Protection Logic Solver

PM

Project Manager

PMT

Process Maintenance Technical

PMT

Project Management Team

PN

Probe Node

FF

PNO

Profibus User Organisation

ORG

POC

PRoVOX Operator Console

POP

Point Of Presence

POS

Point Of Sale

POTS

Panel Operator Training Simulator

POW

Process Operator Workstation

ppb

Parts Per Billion

PPLC

Puffin Linux Controller

Org

Organisation to create a PLC which operates on the Linux operating system.

ppm

Parts Per Million

ppt

Parts Per Trillion

PR

Probe Response

FF

PRoVOX

Process Voice

Fisher Rosemount Systems Distributed Control System platform

PRoVUE

Process View

Fisher- Rosemount System PRoVOX system component.

PS

Preliminary Specification

PSA

Pressure Swing Absorption

PSA

Professional Services Automation

PSI

Practical Scale Index

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.

PSR

Plant Service Request

SCL

PSR

Pre-Start Health and Safety Review

PSV

Primary Separation Vessel

PT

Pass Token

FF

PTB

Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt

German engineering organisation responsible for developing the FISCO standard.

PU

Physical Unit

A node in an SNA network supporting one or more logical units.

PV

Process Variable

Cont

Actual process measurement transmitted from the sensor to the control system

PVC

Permanent Virtual Circuit

PVT

Pressure Volume Temperature diagram

3 phase diagram used to describe the state of a fluid based on its pressure temperature and volume.

PVT

Process Variable Transmitter

PWM

Pulse Width Modulation

PWP

Potable Water Plant

QA

Quality Assurance

QC

Quality Control

QDW

Quality Data Warehouse

QOS

Quality Of Service

R&D

Research & Development

R&D

Research and Development

RAM

Random Access Memory

RAS

Reliability, Availability and Servicability

RASI

Responsibility, Authority, Aupport, Inform

RCIA

Redundant CIA

RDA

Remote Data Access

RDC

Red Deer College

RDC

Ring Down Cavity

RDI

Remote Defect Identification

Ref

Reference

RF

Radio Frequency

RFID

Radio Frequency Identification

RFO

Ready for Operations

RFP

Request For Proposal

RGB

Red Green Blue

RIB

Remote Insight Board

RIL

Reliability Integrity Level

RIO

Remote I/O

RISC

Reduced Instruction Set Computer

RMON

Remote MONitor

RMPCT

Robust Model Predictive Control Technology

RO

Restriction Orifice

RO

Reverse Osmosis

ROC

Return On Capital

ROI

Return On Investment

RPC

Remote Procedure Call

RSD

Relative Standard Deviation

RSI

Repetitive Stress Injury

RSI

Ryznar Stability Index

Similar to LIS but corrected for ion pairing.

RT

Return Token

FF

RTC

Real Time Clock

RTJ

Real Time Journal

RTLS

Real Time Locator System

RTLS

Real Time Locator Systems

RTOS

Real Time Operating System

RTU

Remote Terminal Unit

RTZ

Return To Zero

S&P

Standard & Poor's

S&P

Standards & Practices

ORG

Department within ISA, the Instrumentation, Systems and Automation Society

S/D

Shut Down

S/U

Start Up

SAIT

Southern Alberta Institute of Technology

Org

SAM

Sensor Analytical Manager

SAP

Service Advertising Protocol

SAT

Site Acceptance Test

SCADA

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition

SCE

Supply Chain Execution

SCEM

Supply Chain Event Management

SCM

Supply Chain Management

SCN

Software Change Notice

SCP

Specialty Control And Protection

SCP

Supply Chain Planning

SCPM

Supply Chain Process Management

SCSI

Small Computer System Interface

SCW

Satellite Center Workstation

SD

Secure Digital card

SDA

Secure Digital Association

Org

SDI

Stiff-Davis Index

Equilibrium model, developed for oil field brines that attempts to overcome shortcomings of LSI for waters with high concentrations of dissolved solids.

SDLC

Standard Data Link Protocol

SDLC

Synchronous Data Link Control

SDRAM

Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory

SDS

Smart Distributed System

SEA

Scalable Ethernet Architecture

SEAL

Simple and Efficient Adaptation Layer

SECV

Standard Error of Cross Validation

SERCOS

Serial Real-time Communication System

SERS

Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

SESA

State Employment Security Agencies

SFF

Safe Failure Fraction

SFF

Small Form Factor

SFT

Stationary Froth Treatment

SFT

System Fault Tolerance

SGML

Standard Generalized Markup Language

SIC

Satellite Information Center

SIC

Standard Industrial Classification

SICE

The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers

ORG

SIG

Special Interest Group

SIL

Safety Integrity Level

SILA

Safety Integrity Level Assessment

SimVOX

Simulator Voice

SIO

Serial I/O

SIP

Session Initiation Protocol

SIS

Safety Instrument System

Cont

SIS

Safety Instrumented System

SISO

Single Input, Single Output

SIU

Serial Interface Unit

SKU

Stock Keeping Unit

SLC

Single Loop Controller

SM

System Management

FF

SM

System Manager

SME

Small & Medium sized Enterprises

SMIB

System Management Information Base

SMK

System Management Kernel

SMS

Short Messaging Service

SMT

Surface Mount Technology

SMTP

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

SNA

System Network Architecture

SNIA

Storage Networking Industry Association

Org

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol

SNR

Signal Noise Ratio

SNTP

Simple Network Time Protocol

SOAP

Simple Object Access Protocol

SOAP

Simple Open Access Protocol

SOC

Snap On Connector

SOC

Standard Occupational Classification

SoC

System on Chip

SOE

Sequence Of Events

SOR

System of Record

SPC

Statistical Process Control

SPDT

Single Pole Double Throw

spiff

Sales Promotion Incentive Fund

SPX

Sequenced Packet Exchange

A protocol by which two workstations or applications communicate across the network.

SQL

Structure Querry Language

SQL

Structure Query Language

SQL

Structured Querry Language

SQL

Structured Query Language

SRM

Supplier Relationship Management

SRS

Safety Related System

SSD

Safety ShutDown

SSL

Secure Socket Layer

STEP

Standard for Exchange of Product data

STG

Steam Turbine Generator

SVC

Switched Virtual Circuit

TA

Teaching Assistant

TA

Terminal Adapter

TAR

Test and Assessment Report

Report of results fo tests to IECEx 01

TB

Terminal Block

TCO

Total Cost of Ownership

TCP

Transmission Control Protocol

Comp

TD

Time Distribution

FF

TDC

Total Distributed Control

TDD

Time Division Duplexing

TEDS

Transducer Electronic Data Sheet

Bluetooth technology electronic data sheet used by sensors to self identify and be interchangeable in networked systems.

TEW

Technician/Engineer Workstation

HWL

TFTP

Trivial File Transfer Protocol

THD

Total Harmonic Distortion

TIA

Telephone Industries of America

TIC

Total Installed Cost

TIR

Total Internal Reflection

TLA

Three Letter Acronym

TMS

Transportation Management System

TOF

Time of Flight

TP

Toilet Paper

TP

Twisted Pair

TPMO2

Terminal Panel Module

HWL

TPN

Total Plant Network

HWL

TPS

Total Plant Solution

HWL

TPS

Total Plant System

TRS

Total Reduced Sulphur

TSC

Technical Steering Committee

Fieldbus Foundation committee

TTS

Transaction Tracking System

TUV

Technischer Uberwachungs-Verein

ORG

TVA

Tennessee Valley Authority

TWR

Technical Work Request

SCL

TWTA

Travelling Wave Tube Amplifier

UCA

Utilities Communications Architecture

UCC

Uniform Code Council

European Artcile Numbering Association subgroup

UCN

Universal Control Network

HWL

UDDI

Universal Description Discovery and Integration

UDDI

Universal Description, Discoverty and Integration

UDE

Unified Development Environment

UDP

User Datagram Protocol

Comp

UHCI

Universal Host Controller Interface

Intel's USB hub controller driver.

UHP

Ultra High Purity

UML

Universal Modeling Language

UNI

User Network Interface

US

United States

US

Universal Station

HWL

USB

Universal Serial Bus

UTMI

USB Transceiver Macrocell Interface

UTP

Unshielded Twisted Pair

UV

Ultraviolet

VAC

Volts Alternating Current

VAP

Value Added Process

VAR

Value Added Reseller

VAS

Value Added Service

VB

Visual Basic

VBA

Visual Basic Application

VCR

Virtual Communication Relationship

VCR

Virtual Communication Resource

Cont

VDC

Volts Direct Current

VFD

Virtual Field Device

Cont

VG

Voice Grade

VICS

Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Standards

VISA

Virtual Instrument Software Architecture

VLAN

Virtual Local Area Network