| ASAP |
As Soon As Possible |
| BP |
Boiling Point |
| BTU |
British Termal Unit |
| CAD |
Computer Aided Drafting/Computer Aided Design |
| CAE |
Computer Assisted Engineering |
| CAM |
Computer Assisted Manifactoring |
| CAN |
Control Area Network |
| CCD |
Charge Coupled Device |
| CMOS |
Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor |
| CRT |
Cathode Ray Tube |
| CSE |
Control Systems Engineer |
| D/A |
Digital/Analog |
| DC |
Direct Current |
| DCS |
Distributed Control System |
| DDC |
Direct Digital Control |
| DLS |
Dynamic Light Scattering |
| DMA |
Direct Memory Access |
| DOS |
Disk Operating System |
| ECD |
Electron Capture Detector |
| ECP |
Enhanced Capabilities Port (parallel) |
| EPROM |
Electrically Programmable Read Only Memory |
| EEPROM |
Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory |
| EED |
Electron lonization Detector |
| ESIA |
Extended Industry Standard Architecture |
| EPP |
Enhanced Parallel port (parallel port) |
| FAB |
Fast Atom Bombardment |
| FDDI |
Fiber Distributed Data Interface |
| FDMA |
Frequency Division Multiple Access |
| FET |
Field Effect Transistor |
| FIA |
Flow Injection Analysis |
| FID |
Flame Ionization Protocol |
| FIP |
Factory Information Protocol |
| FP |
Flash Point |
| FSK |
Frequency Shift Keying |
| mV |
Milivolt |
| FTTA |
Federal Technology Transfer Act |
| GC |
Gas Chromatography |
| GD |
Glow Discharge |
| GF |
Graphite Furnace |
| GIPOF |
Graded Index Plastic Optical Fiber |
| GUI |
Graphic User Interface |
| HART |
Hiway Equivalent of a Theoretical Plate |
| HAZOPS |
Hazard and Operability Study |
| HEPT |
Height Equivalent of a Theoretical Plate |
| HMI |
Human Machine Interface |
| HRF |
Hazard Reduction Factor |
| HTG |
Hydrostatic Tank Gauging |
| ICCD |
Intensified Charge Coupled Device |
| ICP |
Inductively Coupled Plasma |
| ffiF |
Iso-Electric Focusing |
| ER |
Infrared |
| ISA |
Indutry Standard Architecture |
| ISE |
Ion Selective Electrocode |
| ISFET |
Ion Selective Field Effect Transistor |
| ITPS |
International Practical Temperature Scale |
| LALLS |
Low Angle Laser Light Scattering |
| LC |
Liquid Chromatography |
| LCD |
Liquid Crystal Display |
| LED |
Light Emitting Diode |
| LIDAR |
Light Detection and Ranging |
| LIESA |
Laser Induced Emission Spectral Analysis |
| LOD |
Limits of Detection |
| mA |
Miliampere |
| MOS |
Metal Oxide Semiconductor |
| MS |
Mass Spectroscopy |
| MSD |
Mass Selective Detector |
| MSDS |
Material Safety Data Sheet |
| MTBF |
Mean Time Between Failures |
| MTTR |
Mean Time to Repair |
| TDMA |
Time Division Multiple Access |
| NDIR |
Non Dispersive Infrared |
| NEC |
National Electric Code |
| NIR |
Near Infrared |
| NMR |
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance |
| NPD |
Nitrogen Phosphorus Detector |
| OES |
Optical Emission Spectroscopy |
| PAD |
Protodiode Array Detector |
| PAI |
Process Analysis Instrumentation |
| PC |
Personel Computer |
| PCI |
Peripheral Component Interconnect |
| PCMIA |
Personel Computer Memory Card International Association |
| PEL |
Potential Exposure Limits |
| PED |
Proportional Integral Derivative |
| PLC |
Programmable Logic Controller |
| PM |
Preventative Maintenance |
| PPP |
Point to Point Protocol |
| PROFBUS |
Process Fieldbus |
| PSD |
Partide Size Distribution |
| PV |
Process Variable |
| QA |
Quality Assurance |
| RFDC |
Radio Frequency Data Communications |
| RISC |
Reduced Instructions Set Chip |
| RTU |
Remote Thermal Unit |
| SAW |
Standing Acoustic Wave |
| SCADA |
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition |
| SCR |
Silicon Controller Rectifier |
| SCSI |
Small Computer Standard Interface |
| SD |
Standard Deviation |
| SDF |
Structured Data File |
| SECS |
Semiconductor Equipment Communication Standard |
| SIT |
Silicon Intensified Target |
| SLIP |
Serial Line Interface Protocol |
| SP |
Set Point |
| TCA |
Total Carbon Analyser |
| TDD |
Time Division Duplex |
| TILS |
Total Intensity Light Scattering |
| TLM |
Triple Modular Redundancy |
| TWA |
Time Weighted Average |
| UV |
UltraViolet |
| VFD |
Variable Frequency Drive |
| WYSIWYG |
What You See is What You Get |
| XFMR |
Transformer |
| XRF |
X-Ray Flourescense |
