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10: Acronyms
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A
AC ACK ACIA ACL A/D AF AFC AGC AI ALC ALU A/N ANSI ARRL AS ASIC ASK ATC AV AVC Alternating Current (vs DC) Acknowledge (logic signal) Asynchronous Communication Interface Adapter Advanced CMOS Logic (as in 74ACL245) Analog to Digital Audio Frequency Automatic Frequency Control Automatic Gain Control Artificial Intelligence Automatic Level Control Arithmetic Logic Unit Alphanumeric American National Standards Institute American Radio Relay League Advanced Schottky (as in 74AS245) Application-Specific Integrated Circuit Amplitude-Shift Keying Air Traffic Control Audio/Visual Automatic Volume Control

B
BASIC BBD BCD BEV BIFET BNC BPI BPS BTW B&W BW Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code Bucket Brigade Device Binary Coded Decimal Billion Electron Volts BIpolar Field-Effect Transistor Baby N Connector Bits Per Inch Bits Per Second By The Way Black & White (TV) BandWidth

C
CAD CADA CADD CAE CAM CAN CAS CATV CB CBI CC CCD CCITT CCTV CCW CD CD-I CD-ROM CECL CEMF CerDIP CES CF CFM CISC CL CMOS CP/M CPI CPU CRC CRT CS CSA CTC CTS CV CVT CW Computer Assisted Design Computer Assisted Design and Analysis Computer Assisted Design and Development Computer Assisted Engineering Computer Assisted Manufacturing CANcel Column-Address Strobe (logic signal) CAble TeleVision Citizens' Band Complementary Binary Constant Current Charge Coupled Device (used in cameras) International Telegraphy and Telephony Consultative Committee Closed Circuit TeleVision Counter Clock-Wise Compact Disk Compact Disk - Interactive Compact Disk - Read Only Memory Cascode Emitter-Coubled Logic Counter ElectroMotive Force Ceramic Dual Inline Package Consumer Electronics Show Center Frequency Cubic Feet per Minute Complex Instruction Set Computer (vs RISC) Current Loop Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor Control Program for Microcomputers (operating system) Character Per Inch Central Processing Unit Cyclic Redundancy Check (error detection scheme) Cathode Ray Tube (TV/Monitor display, vs LCD) Control Strobe (logic signal) Canadian Standards Association (UL's Canadian counterpart) Counter/Timer Circuit Clear To Send (protocol signal) Constant Voltage Constant Voltage Transformer (aka ferroresonant by Sola(tm)) ClockWise

D
D/A DAC DARPA DAV dB Digital to Analog Digital to Analog Converter | Data Acquisition and Control Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Data AValiable | DatA Valid (logic signal) deciBel

DBA DBK dBM DBV DBX DC DCD DES DIAC DIL DIN ) DIP DLC DMA DMM DOD DOS DOT DP DPDT DPI DPST DRAM DS DSO DSP DTL DTMF DTR DVM

DeciBels - Adjusted DeciBels - referred to 1 Kilowatt DeciBels - above or below 1 milliwatt DeciBels - Voltage DeciBels - above reference coupling Direct Current (vs AC) Data Carrier Detect (protocol signal) Data Encription Standard Bilateral trigger diode Dual In Line Deutsche Industrie Normenausschuss (aka German Standards Institute :Dual Inline Package Dual-Layer Capacitor Direct Memory Access Digital MultiMeter Department of Defense Disk Operating System Department of Transportation Data Processing Dual Pole Dual Throw (as in a switch) Dots Per Inch (as in resolution) Dual Pole Single Throw (as in a switch) Dynamic Random Access Memory Data Strobe (logic signal) Digital Storage Oscilloscope Digital Signal Processing Diode Transistor Logic (predecessor of TTL) Dual Tone Multi-Frequency (aka Touch Tones(tm)) Data Terminal Ready (protcol signal) Digital Volt-Meter

E
E2PROM EAPROM EBCDIC ECC ECL EEPROM EGA EIA EL ELF EMF EMI EMP ENIAC EOT EPLD EPROM EQ Electricaly Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory Electricaly Alterable Read Only Memory Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code Error Checking and Correction Emitter Coupled Logic Electricaly Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory Enhanced Graphics Adapter Electronics Industries Association ElectroLuminescent Extremly Low Frequency ElectroMotive Force ElectroMagnetic Interference ElectroMagnetic Pulse Electronic Numerical Integrater and Computer (aka first computer) End Of Transmission (protocol signal) Electricaly Programmable Logic Device Electricaly Programmable Read Only Memory (UltraViolet erased) EQualizer

ESA ESD ESR EV

European Space Agency Electrostatic Sensitive Device (aka CMOS :-) Equivalent Series Resistance Electron Volt

F
F FAA FAST FAX FCC FDC FET FF FFT FIFO FILO FM FORTRAN FP FPLA FPU FSK FTP FUBAR FVC Farad (measure of capacitance) Federal Aviation Administration Fairchild Advanced Schottky TTL (as in 74F245) Facsimile Federal Communications Commision Floppy Disk Controller Field Effect Transistor Flip Flop Fast Fourier Transform First In First Out First In Last Out Frequency Modulation FORmula TRANslation Floating Point Field Programmable Logic Array Floating Point Unit Frequency-Shift Keying File Transfer Protocol Fouled/F***ed Up Beyond Any Recognition/Repair Frequency to Voltage Converter

G
GA GAL GCS GFCI GFI GFLOPS GIGO GND GPIB GPS Gate Array Generic Array Logic Gate Controller Switch Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter Ground Fault Interrupter Billions of FLOating Point operations per Second Garbage In Garbage Out GrouND General Purpose Interface Bus Global Positioning System

H
HAL Hardwired Array Logic

HC HCT HD HDC HDTV HDX HER HET HF HFS HIC HP HPIB HPIL HTL HVDC HVPS Hz

High speed Cmos (as in 74HC245) High speed Cmos with Ttl thersholds (as in 74HCT245) High Density Hard Disk Controller High Definition TeleVision Half DupleX High Efficiency Red (as in a LED) Hetetodyne High Frequency Hierarchical File System Hybrid Integrated Circuit Hewlett Packard (company) | Horse Power Hewlett Packard Interface Bus Hewlett Packard Interface Loop (as in HP41CX calculator) High Threshold Logic High Volatage Direct Current High Volatage Power Supply Hertz (cycles per second)

I
I2ICE IA IC ICE IEEE IF IGFET IMHO IMNHO IOB IP IR IRED ISA ISN ISO Integrated Instrumentation and InCircuit Emulation Instrumentation Amplifier Integrated Circuit InCircuit Emulation Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Intermediate Frequency Insulated Gate Field Effect Transistor In My Humble Opinion In My Not so Humble Opinion Input/Output processor Interface Processor Current/Resistance | InfraRed InfraRed Emitting Diode Instrument Society of America Information Systems Network In Search Of

J
JEDEC JFET JIS JPL JUG Joint Electron Device Engineering Council Junction Field Effect Transistor Japanese Industrial Standard Jet Propulsion Laboratory Joint Users Group

K
K KA KBPS KEV KHz KVA KWH Kilo (1000 units) KiloAmpere (1000A) KiloBits Per Second Kilo Electron Volts Kilo Hertz (1000 cycles per second) Kilo Volt Amperes Kilo Watt Hours

L
L L2FET LAN LASCR LASER LC LCD LCM LD LED LF LIFO LISP LO LORAN LP LPC LPM LPT LSB LSD LSI LUT LW Inductance Logic Level Field Effect Transistor Local Area Network Light Activated Silicon Controlled Rectifier Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation Inductance and Capacitance Liquid Crystal Display Least/Lowest Common Multiple Line Driver Light Emitting Diode Low Frequency Last In First Out LISt Processing (language) Local Oscillator LOng RAnge Navigation Low Pass Linear Predictive Coding Lines Per Minute Line PrinTer (port - aka parallel port - of IBM PC fame) Least Significant Bit Least Significant Digit Large Scale Integration Look Up Table Long Wave

M
MB MBPS MCA MCU MDAC MECL MegaBytes (1024 * 1024 bytes) Million Bytes Per Second Micro Channel Architecture (IBM PS/2's bus MicroComputer Unit Multiplying Digital to Analog Converter Motorola Emitter Coupled Logic

MFLOPS MFM MHz MIDI MIL MIPS MMU MO MOS MOSFET MOV MPU MR MS-DOS MSB MSD MSI MTBF MTS MUX

Millions of FLOating Point operations per Second Modified Frequency Modulation MegaHertz Music Instrument Digital Interface MILitary Millions of Instructions Per Second Memory Management Unit Master Oscillator Metal Oxide Semiconductor Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor Metal Oxide Varistor Main Processing Unit Magnetic Resonance MicroSoft Disk Operating System Most Significant Bit Most Significant Digit Medium Scale Intergration Mean Time Between Failures Multichannel Television Sound (aka Stereo TV) Multiplexer

N
NASA NC NEDA NEMA NF NFS NiCad NMOS NMR NO NOAA NORAD NPN NPO NPR NRZ NRZI NSB NSF NSPE NT NTC NTSC National Aeronautics and Space Administration Not Connected (pin) | Normally Closed (switch/relay) National Electronics Distributors Association National Electrical Manufacturers Association NanoFarad (measure of capacitance) Network File Server Nickel Cadmium (rechargable battery) TM of Saft America N-channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Normally Open (switch/relay) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NORth American Defense Negative Positive Negative (as in 2N2222 transistor) Negative Positive 0 temperature coefficient (cermaic capacitors) Nations Public Radio Non Return to Zero Non Return to Zero Invert National Science Board National Science Foundation National Society of Professional Engineers Network Terminator Negative Temperature Coefficient National Television Systems Committee (Never The Same Color twice :-)

OC OCR OEM OS OSCAR OSHA OTDR OTOH OTP OVP

Open Collector Optical Character Recognition Original Equipment Manufacturer Operating System Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio Occupational Safety and Health Administration Optical Time Domain Reflectrometry On The Other Hand One Time Programmable (as in PROM or plastic EPROM) Over Voltage Protection

P
PA PAL PBX PC PCB PCC PCM PEC PF PG PGA PIA PIC PIV PLA PLCC PLD PLL PM PNP POS POV PPM PPS PRN PROM PSG PSI PSK PTT PUT PV PWM PWR Power Amplifier | Public Address Programmable Array Logic (TM of Monolithic Memories) Perivate Branch eXchange Personal Computer | Printed Circuit | Program Counter Printed Circuit Board Plastic Chip Carrier Pulse Code Modulation PhotoElectric Cell Power Factor Power Gain Pin Grid Array Peripheral Interface Adapter Priority Interrupt Controller | Prallax'es microcontroller name Peak Inverse Voltage Programmable Logic Array Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier Programmable Logic Device Phase Locked Loop Phase Modulation | Pulse Modulation Positive Negative Positive (transistor) Point Of Sale Peak Operating Voltage Parts Per Million Pulses Per Second Pseudo Random Noise Programmable Read Only Memory Programmable Sound Generator Pounds per Square Inch (pressure) Phase Shift Keying Push To Talk (microphone) Programmable Unijunction Transistor PhotoVoltaic Pulse Width Modulation PoWeR

QA QC QIC QIP QSM

Quality Assurance Quality Control Quarter Inch Cartridge Quad Inline Package Quad Surface Mount

R
R&D RAD RADAR RAM RAS RC RCV RD RDA RDY REM REP RET RF RFI RGB RH RHDP RISC RLC RLG RMI RMS ROM RPM RPN RPS RS RT RTD RTI RTL RTOS RTS Research and Development Radiation Absorbed Dose RAdio Detection And Ranging Random Access Memory Row Address Strobe (logic signal) Radio Control | Resistance and Capacitance ReCeiVe Receive Data | ReaD (logic signal) Deceive Data ReaDY Roentgen equivalent man Roentgen equivalent Physical RETurn Radio Frequency Radio Frequency Interference Red Green Blue Relative Humidity Right Hand Decimal Point Reduced Instruction Set Computer (vs CISC) Resistance Inductance Capacitance Ring Laser Gyroscope Radio Magnetic Interference Root Mean Square Read Only Memory Revolutions Per Minute Reverse Polish Notation (as in HP calculators) Revolutions Per Second Reed Solomon (error correction) Real Time | Rise Time Resistance Temperature Detector Real Time Interrupt Resistor Transistor Logic Real Time Operating System Request To Send (protocol signal)

S
S/H Sample and Hold

S/N SAW SBC SCA SCI SCL SCR SCS SCSI SDI SEM SEMI SFC SG SI SIMM SIO SIPO SLC SM SMD SNR SO SOIC SOJ SOLV SONAR SOP SP SPDT SPI SPICE SPL SPST SQL SR SRAM SSB SSI SSR SSTV SW

Signal to Noise (ratio) Surface Acoustic Wave Single Board Computer SubCarrier Adapter Serial Communication Interface Serial CLock Silicon Controller Rectifier Silicon Controller Switch Small Computer System Interface Strategic Defense Initiative Scanning Electron Microscope Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Institute polyStyrene Film Capacitor Signal Ground Syste^me International (international system of units) Single Inline Memory Module Serial Input and Output Serial In Parallel Out Sigle Layer Ceramic (capacitor) Surface Mount Surface Mount Device Signal to Noise Ratio Serial Output | Small Outline | Significant Other (aka mate) Small Outline Integrated Circuit Small Outline J-leaded (chip package) SOLenoid Valve SOund NAvigation and Ranging Small Outline Package Signal Processor | Stack Pointer Single Pole Double Throw (switch) Serial to Parallel Interface Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis Sound Pressure Level Single Pole Single Throw (switch) Structured Query Language (for databases) Shift Register Static Random Access Memory Single SideBand Small Scale Integration Solid State Relay Slow Scan TeleVision Short Wave

T
T/H TC TCP/IP TD TDD TEM TF Track and Hold Temperature Coefficient Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Tunnel Diode Telecomunication Devices for the Deaf Transverse Electromagnetic (wave) Transfer Function

TFD TFEL TFT THD THz TIG TM TR TS TTL TV TWT

Thin Film Detector Thin Film ElectroLuminescent Thin Film Transistor Total Harmonic Distortion TeraHertz Tungsten Inert Gas Transverse Magnetic (wave) Transient Response Time Sharing Transistor Transistor Logic TeleVision Traveling Wave Tube

U
UART uF UHF UHV UJT UL ULSI UPC UPS USART UTC UV UVA UVB Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter micro Farad (measure of capacitance) Ultra High Frequency Ultra High Vacuum UniJunction Transistor Underwriters Laboratories Ultra Large Scale Integration Universal Product Code Uninterruptible Power Supply Universal Synchronous/Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter Universal Time Code UltraViolet UltraViolet Alpha UltraViolet Beta

V
VA VAC VAR VCC VCD VCO VCR VDC VDD VF VFC VFO VHF VLF VLSI Volt Ampere Volts Alternating Current VARiable Supply Voltage - positive Variable Capacitance Diode Voltage Controlled Oscillator Video Cassette Recorder Volts Direct Current Supply Voltage - negative Vacuum Fluorecent Voltage to Frequency Converter Variable Frequency Oscillator (vs a crystal oscillator) Very High Frequency Very Low Frequency Very Large Scale Integration

VLT VOL VOM VOX VR VRAM VS VSS VT VTM VTVM VXO

Video Look up Table VOLume Volt OhmMeter Voice Operated transmit ("trans" = X as in "Xmitter") Voltage Regulator Video Random Access Memory (aka Very fast RAM) Vertical Sync Supply Voltage - Negative Virtual Terminal Voltage Tunable Magnetron Vacuum Tube Volt Meter Variable crystal Oscilator

W
WACK WDT WHR WP WPM WR WV WW Wait before ACKowledge Watch Dog Timer Watt HouR Word Processor Words Per Minute WRite (logic signal) Working Voltage Wire Wound | Wire Wrap

X
XMT XTAL TransMiT crysTAL

Y
YAG YIG Yttrium Aluminum Garnet (laser) Yttrium Iron Garnet

Z
ZD ZIF ZIP Zero Defects Zero Insertion Force Zigzag Inline Package | Compression scheme