Nomenclature - GE T1000 Technical Manual

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Nomenclature

1.3 Acronyms and Abbreviations
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Due to the technical nature of this manual, many special terms, abbreviations and
acronyms are used throughout the manual. Some of these terms are well-known
industry-specific terms while others may be special product-specific terms used by
GE Grid Solutions. The first instance of any acronym or term used in a particular
chapter is explained. In addition, a separate glossary is available on the GE website,
or from the GE contact centre.
We would like to highlight the following changes of nomenclature however:
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British English is used throughout this manual
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The British term 'Earth' is used in favour of the American term 'Ground'
BC
BPDU
CSMA/CD
CPU
CoS
IEC TR 61850-90-
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UTC
DST
DSCP
DNS
DHCP
EMC
E2E
ECN
FCS
Boundary Clock
Bridge Protocol Data Unit
Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection
Central Processing Unit
Class-of-Service
Communication networks and systems for power utility
automation - Part 90-4: Network engineering guidelines
Universal Time Coordinated
Daylight Saving Time
Differentiated Services Code Point
Domain Name Server
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
Electromagnetic compatibility
End-to-end
Explicit Congestion Notification
Frame Check Sequence
Chapter 1 – Introduction
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