Abbreviations, Acronyms And Symbols - Trans-Cal SSD120-N-RS5 Owners & Installation Manual

Abbreviations, Acronyms and Symbols

Amperes
A
Advisory Circular
AC
Aeronautical Radio Incorporated
ARINC
American Standard for Coded Information Interchange
ASCII
Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon System
ATCRBS
Bits per second.
bps
C
Carriage Return
R
European Aviation Safety Agency
EASA
Electronically Erasable Read Only Memory
EEPROM
Electronic Industries Association
EIA
European Technical Standard Order
ETSO
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Federal Aviation Regulation
FAR
Distance in feet.
ft.
Global Positioning System
GPS
Hertz
Hz
International Civil Aviation Organization
ICAO
Identification Friend or Foe
I.F.F.
Inches of Mercury
In. Hg.
Kilobits per Second
Kbps
Kilohertz
KHz
L
Line Feed
F
Least Significant Bit
LSB
Milliamperes
mA
Maximum
max.
Millibar
MB
Megahertz
MHz
Multi-Function Display
MFD
Mean Sea Level
MSL
Minimum
min.
Time in milliseconds.
ms
Most Significant Bit
MSB
Milliwatt
mW
National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST
Ounce
oz
Pounds per Square Inch
psi
Random Access Memory
RAM
Recommended Standard
RS
RTCA Inc. (Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics)
RTCA
Society of Automotive Engineers
SAE
Time in seconds.
sec.
Secondary Surveillance Radar
SSR
Trans-Cal Industries, Inc.
TCI
Telecommunication Industries Association
TIA
Technical Standard Order
TSO
Volts Direct Current
Vdc
Vertical Speed Indicator
VSI
Watt
W
Ω
Electrical resistance measured in Ohms.
Temperature in degrees centigrade.
ºC
Plus or minus.
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