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| Acronym | Expanded | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| DLL | ? | ||
| 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 | ||
| VME | Computer interface for IMAGE | ||
| VMI | Vendor Managed Inventory | ||
| VML | Vector Markup Language | ||
| VMS | Virtual Memory System | ||
| VOC | Volatile Organic Compound | ||
| VOC | Volatile Organic Compounds | ||
| VoDSL | Voice over DSL | ||
| VoIP | Voice over Internet Protocol | ||
| VPN | Virtual Private Network | ||
| VRCIA | VME-Based RCIA | ||
| W3C | World Wide Web Consortium | ||
| WAN | Wide Area Network | ||
| WAP | Wireless Access Protocol | ||
| WBS | Work Breakdown Structure | ||
| WDM | Wavelength Division Multiplexing | ||
| WDM | Win32 Driver Model | Client driver for USB devices | |
| WHMIS | Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System | ||
| WHO | World Health Organisation | ||
| WHO | World Health Organization | ||
| Wi-Fi | IEEE 802.11b Standard | ||
| WML | Wireless Markup Language | ||
| WMS | Warehouse Management System | ||
| WSDL | Web Services Description Language | ||
| WTO | World Trade Organisation | ||
| WWEMA | Water and Wastewater Equipment Manufacturers Association | ORG | www.wwema.org |
| XML | eXtensible Mark-up Language | Comp | |
| XSL | eXtensible Style Sheets | ||
| XSL | eXtensible Stylesheet Language | ||
| XSLT | Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations |