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15.0 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
This section contains definitions for many of the abbreviations and acronyms that frequently appear in this User's
Manual. Less frequently used terms are defined where they appear. Where a term has more than one meaning,
context will usually indicate the meaning. Terms that identify a function block are indicated by (FB).
A - ampere(s)
AC - action, alternating current
ACS - Arccosine (FB)
ACT - acting
ADD - Addition (FB), address
AIE - Analog Input - Ethernet (FB)
AIN - Analog Input (FB)
AINU - Analog Input Universal (FB)
A/M - auto/manual
AOE - Analog Output - Ethernet (FB)
APACS - Advanced Process Automation and Control
System
ASCII - American Standard Code for Information
Interchange
ASN - Arcsine (FB)
AT - adaptive time, autotune transfer
ATD - Analog Trend Display (FB)
ATN - Arctangent (FB)
AWG - American Wire Gauge
BAT - battery
BATSW - Batch Switch (FB)
BATOT - Batch Totalizer (FB)
BPL - batch pre-load
BOD - Basic Operator Display
C - centigrade
CAL - calibrate, calibration
CHN - channel
CHR - Characterizer (FB)
CHAN - channel
CIE - Coil Input - Ethernet (FB)
CL - console/local
CMP - Comparator (FB)
COS -Cosine (FB)
D - deviation, denominator
DAM - Deviation Amplifier (FB)
DC - direct current
DEG - degrees
DEV - deviation
DG - derivative gain
DIE - Digital Input -Ethernet (FB)
DID - Digital Input Discrete (FB)
DIG - digital
DIL - Discrete Input LIL (FB)
DIN - Digital Input (FB)
DINU - Digital Input Universal (FB)
DIR - direct
DIS - Digital Input_State
DISP - display
DIV - Division (FB)
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Abbreviations And Acronyms
DLY - delay
DMM - digital multimeter
DNC - Divide by N Counter (FB)
DOD - Digital Output Discrete (FB)
DOE - Digital Output -Ethernet (FB)
DOL - Discrete Output - LIL (FB)
DOS - Digital Output_State (FB)
DOUT - Digital Output (FB)
DPP - decimal point position
DTM - Dead Time Table (FB)
DWNLD - download
DYT - Delay Timer (FB)
E/I - External/Internal Transfer Switch (FB)
EM - EMER MAN - emergency manual
EN - enable, enabled
ENG - engineering (units)
ERR - error
ESL - Events Sequence Logger (FB)
ESN - Execution Sequence Number
ET - elapsed time
EXP - Natural Exponent (FB)
EXT - Exponentiation (FB)
F - Fahrenheit
FAC - factory
FB - function block
FCO - Factory Configured Option
FREQ - frequency
ft. - feet
FTG - Falling Edge Trigger (FB)
GB - Gain & Bias (FB)
GS - go to step
GW - global word (LIL)
H - hold
HART - Highway Addressable Remote Transducer
HI - high
HLD - Hold (FB)
HYS - hysteresis
Hz - Hertz
ICI - Independent Computer Interface (Model 320)
ID - ID Controller (FB), identity
in. - inch
INIT - initial
I/O - input/output
IO - internal override
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k - kilo (prefix) 10
K - Kelvin
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