Teledyne T400 User Manual page 168

PTFE Polytetrafluoroethylene, a very inert polymer material used to handle gases that may react on
other surfaces; one of the polymers that Du Pont markets as Teflon
PVC Poly Vinyl Chloride, a polymer used for downstream tubing
Rdg Reading
RS-232 specification and standard describing a serial communication method between DTE (Data
Terminal Equipment) and DCE (Data Circuit-terminating Equipment) devices, using a
maximum cable-length of 50 feet
RS-485 specification and standard describing a binary serial communication method among multiple
devices at a data rate faster than RS-232 with a much longer distance between the host and
the furthest device
SAROAD Storage and Retrieval of Aerometric Data
SLAMS State and Local Air Monitoring Network Plan
SLPM Standard Liters Per Minute of a gas at standard temperature and pressure
STP Standard Temperature and Pressure
TCP/IP Transfer Control Protocol / Internet Protocol, the standard communications protocol for
Ethernet devices
TEC
Thermal Electric Cooler
TPC
Temperature/Pressure Compensation
USB Universal Serial Bus: a standard connection method to establish communication between
peripheral devices and a host controller, such as a mouse and/or keyboard and a personal
computer or laptop
Variables, the variable settings of the instrument
VARS
V-F Voltage-to-Frequency
Z/S Zero / Span
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