Acronyms of Terms Common to Instrumentation
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Acronyms of Terms Common to Instrumentation A A/D A&E AA AAS ABM ABS AC ACDS ACID ACPM ACR ACT ADC ADO ADPCM AE AED AEPA AES AET AF AFC AFD AFE AFM AFO AFS AFV AGC AGHIS AH AHDL AHJ AI AIM AIRS AIT AL ALC ALD ALIS AM AM/FM AMD AMLCD AMP AMS Anion Analog-to-Digital Architects & Engineers Atomic Absorption Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy Asynchronous Balanced Mode Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene, ABSolute Alternating Current Analyzer Control and Data System Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, and Durability Association Control Protocol Machine Attenuation to Crosstalk Ratio Alternative Control Technique Analog-to-Digital Converter, Automatic Data Collection Average Dipole Orientation Adaptive Differential Pulse-Code Modulation Appearance Energy Atomic Emission Detector Alberta Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act (Canada) Atomic Emission Spectroscopy, Auger Electron Spectroscopy Acoustic Emission Technology Audio Frequency Air Fail Closed, Automatic Frequency Control Adjustable Frequency Drive Authority For Expenditure Atomic Force Microscope Air Fail Open Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometry Alternative Fuel Vehicle Automatic Gain Control All Glass Heated Inlet System Analyzer House Analog Hardware Descriptive Language Authority Having Jurisdiction Analog Input Automated Instrument Manager Aerometric Information Retrieval System Autogenous Ignition Temperature, AutoIgnition Temperature Allowable Level Automatic Level Control Anoxic Limestone Drains Analytical Laboratory Integrated System Ante Meridiem, Amplitude Modulation Automated Mapping/Facilities Maintenance Automated Multiple Development, Acid Mine Drainage Active-Matrix Liquid Crystal Display AMPere, AMPlifier Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Adolescent Mass Spectrometrists AMU AN AO AOI AOP AOTF AOV AP APA APC APCI APCS APD API APPI AQL ARACT ARM ARMS ARO ARPDB ARTIC ASAP ASC ASCII ASGDIMS ASI ASIC ASK ASM ASMA ASN AST ATC ATE ATEC ATERIS ATEX ATG ATM ATO ATP ATR ATTIC AVP AVS AWG AXI Atomic Mass Unit Auger Neutralization, Application Note Analog Output Automated Optical Inspection Advanced Oxidation Processes Acousto-Optic Tunable Filter Air Operated Valve Application Process, Appearance Potential, Atmospheric Pressure Administrative Procedure Act Advanced Process Control Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization Air Pollution Control System Avalanche Photodiode Atmospheric Pressure Ionization, Application Programming Interface, Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient Atmospheric Pressure Photoionization Acceptable Quality Level Alternate Reasonably Available Control Technology Asynchronous Response Mode Angle Resolved Mass Spectrometry After Receipt of Order Acid Rain Program Data Base A Real-Time Interface Coprocessor As Soon As Possible Area Source Categories American Standard Code for Information Interchange Atmospheric Sampling Glow Discharge Ionization Mass Spectrometry Actuator Sensor Interface Application Specific Integrated Circuit Amplitude Shift Keying (modulation) Acceleration Simulation Mode Abnormal Situation Management Ammonium Sulfate Nitrate Alternate-site Testing, Aboveground Storage Tank Air To Close, Air Traffic Control Automated Test Equipment Authorized Technical Education Center (Microsoft) Air Toxics Exposure & Risk Information System Atmosphere Explosible (France i.e., Potentially Explosive Atmosphere) Automatic Test Generation ATMosphere, Asynchronous Transfer Mode, Automated Teller Machine Air To Open Advanced Technology Program Attenuated Total Reflection Alternative Treatment Technology Information Center Analyzer Validation Program Accelerating Voltage Scan American Wire Gauge, Arbitrary Waveform Generator Automated X-ray Inspection B B2MML BACnet BACM BACT BCC BCD BDAT BEIS BEIS-2 BELD BER BERT BeV BFM BI BIA BIF BIOME BIOS BIT BMP BNC BOGSAT BOB BOD BOM BP BPA BPCS BPD BPM BPS BSOD BTEX BTU BTW BTX BW BWC Magnetic Sector Mass Analyzer, Magnetic Sector Field Strength or Flux Density Business-to-Manufacturing Markup Language Building Automation Control network Best Available Control Measure Best Available Control Technology Block Check Characters Binary-Coded Decimal (Numbers) Best Demonstrated Available Technology Biogenic Emissions Inventory System Biogenic Emissions Inventory System, version 2 Biogenic Emissions Land Cover Database Bit Error Rate, Basic Encoding Rules Bit Error Rate Test[er] Billion Electron Volts (eV) Balanced Flow Meter Business Intelligence Bioluminescence Immunoassay Boilers and Industrial Furnaces Biogenic Model for Emissions Basic Input Output System Binary digit, Built In Test Bitmap, Best Management Practices Bayonet Neill-Concelman, Bayonet/Baby/British Naval Connector Bunch Of Guys Sitting Around Talking Beginning Of Business (day) Biological Oxygen Demand Beginning Of Message, Bill of Materials Boiling Point Beaumont/Port Arthur Basic Process Control System Barrels Per Day Business Process Management Bits Per Second Blue Screen of Death (Computer term related to Windows NT lockup) Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, & Xylene British Thermal Unit By The Way Benzene Toluene Xylene Bandwidth Biological Weapons Convention CAA CAAA CAD CAE CAGR CAL Cal LEV CALM Clean Air Act Clean Air Act Amendments (1990) Computer Assisted Design, Computer Aided Design Computer Assisted Engineering, Computer Aided Engineering Compound Annual Growth Rate, Capital Asset Growth Rate Calorie California Low Emission Vehicle Collaborative Asset Lifecycle Management CAM CAMAC CAMS CAMU CAMx CAN CAP CARE CASE CAT CATV CB CB-IV HC CBM CBT CCC CCD CCP CCST CCT CD CD-RW CDPD CDS CE CEC CEM(S) CEO CEPA CERCLA CEx CFC CFD CFR CGA CGI CGM CHS CI CIC CID CIDX CIH CIM CIO CIP CISC CL CLC Computer Assisted Manufacturing, Computer Aided Manufacturing, Compliance Assurance Monitoring Computer-Automated Measurement And Control Continuous Air Monitoring Station Corrective Action Management Unit Comprehensive Air Model with Extensions Controller Area Network Certified Automation Professional (ISA) Clean Air Responsibility Enterprise Computer Aided Software Engineering Computer Aided Test Community Antenna TeleVision Circuit Breaker Carbon Bond IV Hydrocarbon Condition Based Maintenance Computer Based Training Coastal Coo Charge Coupled Device Critical Control Point Certified Control System Technician (ISA) Clean Coal Technologies Compact Disc, Configurable Diagnostic Compact Disc Rewriteable Cellular Digital Packet Data Conceptual Data Store, Chromatography Data System Communate Europeene “European Community” (French) Canadian Electrical Code Continuous Emission Monitor(ing) (System) Chief Executive Officer Canadian Environmental Protection Act (Canada) Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Capillary Extraction ChloroFluoroCarbon, Current to Frequency Converter Computational Fluid Dynamics Code of Federal Regulations (USA) Cylinder Gas Audit, Combustible Gas Analyzer Common Gateway Interface, Computer Generated Imagery Computer Graphics Metafile Chlorinated Hydrocarbon Solvents Chemical Ionization, Central Impression Combustion Ion Chromatography Charge Injection Device, Charge Injection Detector Chemical Industry Data eXchange (USA) Certified Industrial Hygienist Computer Integrated Manufacturing Chief Information Officer Clean In Place, Common Industrial Protocol Complex Instruction Set Computer Center Line Convective Liquid Chromatography CLD CLM CLP CLSM CM CMAQ CMMS CMOS CMP CMR CMRR CMS CMSA CMV CMVR CNC CNG CO COBRA COD CODEC COGS COM COMS CON COO COS COTS CoUR COV CP CPDS CPMS CPP CPQRA CPS CPU CQA CR CRADA CRC CRDS CRM CRT CS CSAT CSE CSHM CSI CSM ChemiLuminescence Detector Computer Link Module Contract Laboratory Program Confocal Laser Scan Microscope Centimeter Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Computerized Maintenance Management Systems Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor Code Making Panel (NEC) Common Mode Rejection Common Mode Rejection Ratio Continuous Monitoring System Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area Common Mode Voltage Common Mode Voltage Ratio Computer Numerical Control Compressed Natural Gas Carbon Monoxide Common Object Request Broker Architecture Chemical Oxygen Demand Coder-Decoder Cost Of Goods Sold COMputer, Common Object Model, Component Object Model, Communication Continuous Opacity Monitoring System Connector Chief Operating Officer Change Of State (I/O) Commercial Off-The-Shelf Cost of Unreliability Coefficient of Variation Centipoise, Cathodic Protection Certified Product Data Sheets Continuous Parametric Monitoring System Critical Process Parameter Chemical Process Quantitative Risk Analysis Cycles Per Second, Characters Per Second Central Processing Unit Critical Quality Attributes Control Relay, Chloroprene Rubber, Carriage Return Cooperative Research and Development Activity Cyclic Redundancy Check Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy Customer Relationship Management Cathode Ray Tube Carbon Steel Certified Specialist in Analytical Technology Control System Engineer Certified Safety and Health Manager Control System Integrator, Common Sense Initiative Chlorosulfonated Polyethylene CSMA/CD CSO CSP CSV CT CTG CTS CV CW CWA CWC CWDM CYA CZE CZMP Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection Chief Security Officer Certified Safety Professional Comma Separated Variable Current Transformer Control Technique Guideline Clear To Send Control Valve, control valve sizing factor Continuous Wave Clean Water Act Chemical Weapons Convention Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing Cover Your Ass Capillary Zone Electrophoresis Coastal Zone Management Plan (Texas, US) D/A D/DBP DAC DAP DAQ DAS DAU dB DBCP DBF dBv DC DCE DCL DCOM DCS DDC DDD DDE DDL DERC DFM DESP DFW DFWN DFWRTM DG DH+ DI DIAL DIC DID DIOS DIP Digital-to-Analog Disinfectant and Disinfection By-Products rule Digital-to-Analog Converter Directory Access Protocol Data AcQuisition Data Acquisition System Data Acquisition Unit Decibel 1, 2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane Data Base Format, Data Base File Decibel Voltage Direct Current Data Communication Equipment, Distributed Computing Environment DEC Command Language Distributed Common Object Model Distributed Control System, Digital Control System, Defined Context Set Direct Digital Control Direct Distance Dialing Dynamic Data Exchange Device Definition Language, Device Description Language Discrete Emission Reduction Credit Design for Manufacturability Dry Electrostatic Precipitation Dallas/Fort Worth Dallas / Fort Worth North Dallas/Fort Worth Regional Travel Model Distribution Grid Data Highway Plus Digital Input Differential Absorption Laser Differential Interference Contrast Discharge Ionization Detector Dataradio InterOperability Standard Dual In-line Package DIRTFT DIS DL DLL DLP DLS DMA DMC DMM DMS DNAC DNAPL DNI DO DOAS DOC DOD DOE DOF DoS DOS DOW DP DPDT DPI DPM DRAM DRE DRIFT DRM DSP DSR DSSS DTD DTE DTL DTM DTR DTT DU DV DVC DVD DVM Do It Right The First Time Draft International Standard Detection Limit Dynamic Link Library, Data Link Layer Digital Light Processing Dynamic Light Scattering Direct Memory Access Dynamic Matrix Control Digital Multimeter Document Management System Dynamic Network Access Control Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid Devicenet Network Interface, Desktop Network Interface Dissolved Oxygen, Digital Output Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy Dissolved Organic Carbon Depth Of Discharge Design of Experiments Degrees of Freedom Denial of Service Disk Operating System Day Of Week Differential Pressure Double Pole Double Throw Dots Per Inch Digital Panel Meter Dynamic Random Access Memory Destruction and Removal Efficiency Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Fourier Transform Spectroscopy Digital Rights Management Digital Signal Processing, Digital Signal Processor Data Set Ready Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum Direct Thermal Desorption Data Terminal Equipment, Data Terminating Equipment Diode-Transistor Logic Difficult to Measure, Device Type Manager Data Terminal Ready De-energize To Trip Data Unit Design Value Digital Valve Control Digital Video Disk Digital VoltMeter E&C E&P EAM EAN EBCDIC Engineering & Construction Exploration & Production Enterprise Asset Management European Article Number Extended Binary-Coded Decimal Interchange Code ECD ECNICI ECO ECP EDB EDDL EDFW EDI EDIF EDL EDP EDR EDS EDX EDXRF EEPROM EFD EFM EGAS EGF EGR EI EID EIDE EIMS EIQ EISA EL ELCD ELF ELP ELPAT EMA EMC EME EMF EMI EMIS EMP EMR EMS EMT EN EO EOF EOM EOT EP EPA EPC Electron Capture Detector Electron Capture Negative Ion Chemical Ionization EpiChlorohydron Elastomer, Electro-Catalytic Oxidation Enhanced Capabilities Port (parallel port) 1, 2-Dibromo-ethane Electronic Device Description Language Extended Dallas/Fort Worth Electronic Data Interchange Electronic Data Interchange Format Electrodeless Discharge Lamp Electronic Data Processing Electronic Data Reporting Energy Dispersive Spectrometry Energy Dispersive X-ray Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory Engineering Flow Diagram Electronic Flow Meter Economic Growth Analysis System Electric Generating Facility Exhaust Gas Recirculation Electron Impact, Electron Ionization, Emissions Inventory Electron Ionization Detector Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics Environmental Information Management System Emissions Inventory Questionnaire Extended Industry Standard Architecture Elevation, ElectroLuminecse Electrolytic Conductivity Detector Extremely Low Frequency El Paso Environmental Lead Proficiency Analytical Testing Program Enterprise Management Architecture Electromagnetic Compatibility, Emissions Measurement Center Electromagnetic Emissions Electromagnetic Field, Electromagnetic Force, Electromotive Force Electromagnetic Interference Environmental Management Information System Electro-Magnetic Pulse ElectroMagnetic Radiation Energy Management System ElectroMetallic Tubing European Norm Electro-Optical, Electro-Optic ElectroOsmotic Flow End Of Message End Of Text Ethylene-Propylene, Ethane Propane, Explosion Proof Enhance Performance Architecture Engineering Procurement Construction, Electronic Product Code EPCM EPCRA EPDM EPER EPM EPN EPP EPROM EPP EPTox ERC ERP ERT ESA ESB ESC ESD ESEM ESP ESR ESS ETA ETR ETX EU EUT eV EVA EVD Engineering Procurement Construction Management Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-know Act Ethylene Propylene Rubber European Pollutant Emission Register Electrical Preventive Maintenance Emission Point Number Enhanced Parallel Port (parallel port) Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory Enhanced Parallel Port Extraction Procedure Toxicity Emission Reduction Credit Enterprise Resource Planning Equipment Repair Time Endangered Species Act Enterprise Service Bus Escape Emergency ShutDown, ElectroStatic Discharge Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope Electro-Static Precipitator Equivalent Series Resistance Enterprise Supervisory System, Environmental Stress Screening, Electronic Switching System Event Tree Analysis Employer Trip Reduction End of Text European Union Equipment Under Test Electron Volt Ethylene Vinyl Acetate Enhanced Versatile Disc F wastes F/V FA FAB FACA FADU FAQ FAR FAT FC FCC FD FDDI FDM FDMA FDT FEL FEP FESOP Hazardous wastes from nonspecific sources Frequency-to-Voltage Failure Analysis Fast Atom Bombardment Federal Advisory Committee Act File Access Data Unit Frequently Asked Question Flexible Attainment Region File Allocation Table, Factory Acceptance Test, Field Acceptance Test Fail Closed Fluid Catalytic Cracking Fail Dangerous Fiber Distributed Data Interface Frequency Division Multiplexing Frequency Division Multiple Access Fractional Dead Time, Field Device Tool Front End Loading Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene Federally-Enforceable State Operating Permit FET FF FFF FFT FGD FHSS FIA FID FIFO FIFRA FIM FIN FIP FIPS FM FMC FMEA FMECA FMLA FMVCP FOB FO FOD FP FPD FPGA FPL FPN FPU FR FRAM FRC FRP FS FSA FSK FSOT FT FTA FTAM FTE FTM FTIR FTNIR FTP FTTA FTTH FU FUBAR FUD Field Effect Transistor Flange-to-Flange, Face-to-Face, Form Feed, Foundation Fieldbus Field-flow Fractionation Fast Fourier Transform Flue Gas Desulfurization Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum Flow Injection Analysis Flame Ionization Detector First In First Out Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Facilities Information Management Field Instrument Network Factory Information Protocol, Federal Implementation Plan Federal Information Processing Standards Frequency Modulation Fixed/Mobile Convergence Failure Mode and Effects Analysis Failure Mode and Effects and Criticality Analysis Family and Medical Leave Act Federal Motor Vehicle Control Program Free On Board Fail Open, Fiber Optic Foreign Object Damage Flash Point, Functional Profile, Field Portable Flame Photometric Detector, Flat Panel Display Field Programmable Gate Array Fixed Programmable Language Fine Print Note Floating Point Unit Federal Register Ferroelectric Random Access Memory Fire Retardant Clothing Fiberglass Reinforced Polyester Full Scale, Fail Safe Function Safety Assessment Frequency Shift Keying Fused Silica Open Tubular capillary column Foot, Feet Flame Temperature Analysis, Fault Tree Analysis File Transfer, Access, and Management Full Time Equivalent Employee Fixed Time Maintenance Fourier Transform Infrared Fourier Transform Near Infrared File Transfer Protocol Federal Technology Transfer Act Fiber To The Home FUse, Functional Unit F... Upped Beyond All Recognition Fear, Uncertainty, and Deception FWPCA Federal Water Pollution Control Act G G/HP-HR G/MI GAL GAN GATT GaAs GBU GC GC/MS GC/MS/MS GD GDI GDS GDP GEO GF GFAAS GFC GFCI GFI GIGO GIF GIPOF GIS GLC GloBEIS GLP GMP GMT GPC GPM GPS GRAS GRC GRLT GSE GTL GUI GVWR Grams, Ground Grams per Horsepower-Hour Grams per Mile Gallon Global Area Network General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade Gallium Arsenide Gasoline Blend Unit Gas Chromatograph, Gas Chromatography Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer Gas Chromatograph/Tandem Mass Spectrometer Glow Discharge Graphics Display Interface Gasoline Desulphurization Unit Gross Domestic Product Geostationary Earth Orbit Graphite Furnace Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy Gas Filter Correlation Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter Ground Fault Interrupter Garbage In Garbage Out Graphic Interchange Format, Graphic Image File Graded-Index Plastic Optical Fiber Geographic Information System Ground Level Concentration, Gas-Liquid Chromatography Global Biogenic Emissions Inventory System Good Laboratory Practice Good Manufacturing Procedure Greenwich Mean Time Gel Permeation Chromatography Gallons Per Minute Global Positioning System Generally Recognized As Safe Galvanized Rigid Conduit Global Refining Leadership Team Ground Support Equipment Gas To Liquids Graphical User Interface Gross Vehicle Weight Rating HAP HART HAT HAXL HAZOPS HB HC Hazardous Air Pollutant Highway Addressable Remote Terminal Hardware Acceptance Test Houston Air Excellence in Leadership Hazard and Operability Study House Bill Hydrocarbon HCIA HCl HCU HD HDD HDDV HDL HDMI HDPE HDT HDTV HDV HETP HF HFT HGA HIPS HLLAPI HMI HMR HOMER HON HOV HP HPCE HPI HPLC HPM HPMS HPSEC HPTLC HRM HRP HRSG HRVOC HSE HSWA HTG HTML HTSC HTTP HV HVAC HZ Host Computer Interface – ASCII Hydrochloric Hydrocracker Unit Hard Disk, Harmonic Distortion Heavy Duty Diesel Heavy Duty Diesel Vehicle Hardware Description Language High Definition Multimedia Interface High Density PolyEthylene Handheld Data Terminal High Definition Television Heavy Duty Vehicle Height Equivalent of a Theoretical Plate High Frequency (3 MHz to 30 MHz), Hydrofluoric, Hydrogen Fluoride Hardware Fault Tolerance Houston/Galveston Area High Integrity Protection System, High Integrity Protective System High Level Language Application Programming Interface Human Machine Interface Hazardous Material Regulation Hazardous Organic Mass Emission Rate Hazardous Organic National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants High Occupancy Vehicle Horsepower, Hewlett Packard, High Performance High-Performance Capillary Electrophoresis Hydrocarbon Processing Industry High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Hybrid Power Management Highway Performance Monitoring System High Performance Size Exclusion Chromatography High-Performance Thin Layer Chromatography Houston Regional Monitoring Hazard Reduction Factor Heat Recovery Steam Generator Highly Reactive Volatile Organic Compound High Speed Ethernet, Health Safety & Environmental Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendment (1984) Hydrostatic Tank Gauging HyperText Markup Language High Temperature Superconductor Hypertext Transfer Protocol, Hypertext Transport Protocol High Voltage Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Hertz I/M I/O I/P I&C I&E Inspection/Maintenance Input/Output Current to Pneumatic Information & Control Instrumentation & Electrical IAQ IAS IC ICAP ICAP-MS ICAP-OES ICCD ICE ICI ICP ICP-AES ICP-MS ICT ID IDE IDN IDR IEF IF IFA IFC IFT IG IGBT IGCC IIG IIMS IIP ILD ILM IMAC IMAP IMC IMS INHG INIT INWC IOC IP IPv6 IPA IPC IPCT IPP IPS IQ IR IRED IRP Indoor Air Quality Instrument Air Supply Integrated Circuit, Ion Chromatography Inductively Coupled Argon Plasma Inductively Coupled Argon Plasma - Mass Spectroscopy Inductively Coupled Argon Plasma - Optical Emission Spectroscopy Intensified Charge Coupled Device In Case of Emergency Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Inductively Coupled Plasma Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry In-Circuit Test Inside Diameter, Identification Integrated Drive Electronics, Integrated Development Environment International Domain Name Intrascene Dynamic Range IsoElectric Focusing Intermediate Frequency Issue For Approval Issue For Construction Inverse fast Fourier Transform Isolated Ground Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle Interim Implementation Guidance Integrated Information Management System Interim Implementation Plan Instrument Loop Diagram Information Lifecycle Management Immobilized Metal Affinity Chromatography Internet Message Access Protocol Intermediate Metal Conduit Information Management System, Ion Mobility Spectrometry, IP Multimedia Subsystem Inches Mercury (Hg) Initial Condition Tracer Inches Water Column Instrument on a Chip Internet Protocol, Intellectual Property Internet Protocol version 6 Isopropyl Alcohol Integrated Pollution Control (England) Industrial Process Cooling Tower Independent Power Plant Instrumented Protective System Installation Qualification InfraRed, Infrared Radiation InfraRed Emitting Diode Integrated Resource Planning IRQ IS ISA ISBL ISDN ISE ISFET ISP ISS IT ITD ITPS ITS ITWS IWW JBOD JCAMPDX Interrupt ReQuest Intrinsically Safe, Information Systems, International Standard, Internal Standard Industry Standard Architecture, Incident Surprise Anomaly Inside Battery Limits Integrated Services Digital Network Ion Selective Electrode Ion Selective Field Effect Transistor Interoperable Systems Project, International Standardized Profile, Information Solutions Practice, Internet Service Provider International Space Station Information Technology Ion Trap Detector International Practical Temperature Scale Intelligent Transportation System Integrated Terminal Weather System Industrial Wastewater JIC JIG JIS JIT JScript JTC Just a Bunch of Disks Joint Committee on Atomic and Molecular Physical Data, Data Exchange file format Joint Industry Conference Joint Interest Group Japan Industry Standards Just In Time Java Script Joint Technical Committee K K wastes KB KBPS KCAL KG KG/HA KISS KJ KM KPA KPI Kelvin Wastes from industry specific sources Kilobyte, Kilobaud Kilobytes Per Second Kilocalorie Kilogram Kilograms/Hectare Keep It Simple, Stupid Kilojoule Kilometer Kilopascal Key Performance Indicator L Lc LADAR LAER LAGST LALLS LAN LAS LASER LB Liter Critical Level Laser Radar Lowest Achievable Emission Rate Leaking Above Ground Storage Tank Low Angle Laser Light Scattering Local Area Network Link Active Scheduler Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation Pound LC LCC LCD LCOS LDAR LDL LDR LTD LED LEL LEV LF LFL LIBS LIDAR LIESA LIF LIFO LII LIMS LIN LLMB LM LNAPL LNG LOC LOD LOF LOQ LOS LOX LP LPG LRU LSB LSG LSI LT LTA LTPS LUST LUT LV LVDT LVI LXI Liquid Chromatograph Leadless Chip Carrier Liquid Crystal Display Liquid Crystal on Silicon Leak Detection and Repair, Lightning Detection and Ranging Lower Detection Limit Land Disposal Restriction Light Duty Truck Light Emitting Diode, Low Emission Diesel Lower Explosive Limit Low Emission Vehicle Low Frequency (30 kHz to 300 kHz) Lower Flammable Limit Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Light Detection And Ranging Laser Induced Emission Spectral Analysis Laser Induced Fluorescence Last In First Out Laser-Induced Incandescence Laboratory Information Management System Local Interconnect Network Liquid-Liquid Material Balance Link Master Light Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid Liquefied Natural Gas Lab on a Chip Limit of Detection Lack of Fit Limit of Quantitation Line Of Sight Liquid OXygen Liquefied Petroleum, Liquid Petroleum, Linear Programming Liquid Petroleum Gas, Liquefied Petroleum Gas Line Replaceable Unit Least Significant Bit Low Sulfur Gasoline Large Scale Integration LighT, Level Transmitter Logic Tree Analysis Low Temperature Polysilicon Leaking Under Ground Storage Tank Look Up Table Low Voltage Linear Voltage Displacement Transducer Large Volume Injection LAN Extensions for Instrumentation M M2M MA Meter, Measurement Machine-to-Machine Milliamp MACT Maximum Available Control Technology, Maximum Achievable Control Technology MALDI Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization MALDI-TOF Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time Of Flight MALLS Multi-angle Laser Light Scattering MAN Metropolitan Area Network MAP Manufacturing Automation Protocol MASS SPEC MASS SPECtrometer MB MegaByte MBPS MegaBits Per Second MCC Motor Control Center MCL Maximum Contaminate Level MCP Microchannel Plate MCS Management Consulting Services MDA Manufacturing Defects Analyzer MDERC Mobile Discrete Emission Reduction Credit MDT Mean Down Time MEKC Micellar Electrokinetic Chromatography MEMS MicroElectroMechanical Systems MERC Mobile Emission Reduction Credit MES Manufacturing Execution Systems MESG Maximum Experimental Safe Gap METT Mass Emissions Transient Testing MG MilliGram, Motor Generator MGD Million Gallons per Day MI Mineral Insulated, Mechanical Integrity MIB Management Information Base MIC Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion, MICrophone, Minimum Igniting Current Mid-IR Mid Infrared spectrum covering range 400 cm-1 to 4000 cm-1 (25 to 2.5 m) MIE Minimum Igniting Energy MIG Metal Inert Gas MIL Management Information Library, 1/1000 of an inch MIL HDBK Military Handbook MIL SPEC Military Specification MIL STD Military Standard MIMO Multiple Inputs/Multiple Outputs MIMS Membrane Introduction Mass Spectrometry MIPS Million Instructions Per Second MIS Management Information System MISO Multiple Inputs/Single Output ML Milliliter MLC Multilevel Cell MM Millimeter MMBTU Million British Thermal Units MMI Man Machine Interface MMIC Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit MMS Manufacturing Message Specification, Maintenance Management System MOC Management Of Change MOF Metal Organic Framework MOM Manufacturing Operations Management MON MOS MOSFET MOST MOU MOV MPA MPEG MPFF MPH MPU MRA MRAM MRI MRO MRRT MS MS/MS MSB MSD MSDE MSDS MSI MSK MTBE MTBF MTDF MTTF MTTR MuDTIP MUX MV MW MWTA MY Miscellaneous Organic NESHAP Metal Oxide Semiconductor Metal Oxide Silicon Field Effect Transistor Mobile Open Systems Technology. Media Oriented Systems Transport Memorandum Of Understanding Motor Oil Volatility, Motor Operated Valve, Metal Oxide Varistor Millipascal, Metropolitan Planning Area Motion Picture Expert Group Maintenance Preventable Function Failure Miles Per Hour Microprocessor Unit Magnetic Resonance Analysis Magnetic Random Access Memory Magnetic Resonance Imaging Maintenance, Repair/replacement, Operating Monitoring, Reporting, Recordkeeping, and Testing Mass Spectroscopy, Mass Spectrometry Tandem Mass Spectroscopy Most Significant Bit Mass Selective Detector Microsoft Data Exchange Material Safety Data Sheet Medium Scale Integration Minimum Shift Keying Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether, Mean Time Between Explosions Mean Time Between Failure Mean Time to Detect Failure Mean Time To Failure Mean Time To Repair Multidimensional Protein Identification Technology Multiplexer Millivolt, Manipulated Variable, Medium Voltage Mega-Watt, Milli-Watt, Molecular Weight Medical Waste Tracking Act Model Year N NA NAA NAAQS NAC NAFTA NAK NAS NC NCA NCDC NDE NDIR NDUV Neutral Numerical Aperture Neutron Activation Analysis National Ambient Air Quality Standard Network Access Control North American Free Trade Agreement Negative Acknowledgment Network-Attached Storage Normally Closed, Network Computer Noise Control Act National Climate Data Center Non-Destructive Examination Non-Dispersive Infrared Non-Dispersive Ultraviolet NEC NEGU NEP NEPA NESHAP NeSSI NEVES NEXT NFC NHSDA NIC NICI NIR NLEV NLLAP NM NMR NMRS NMS NNSR NO NOx NOy NOM NPD NPDES NPL NPN NPSH NPT NR NRAM NREP NRL NRTL NRZ NSOM NSPS NSR NTC National Electrical Code Non-Electric Generating Units Noise Equivalent Power National Environmental Policy Act National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants New Sampling/Sensor Initiative Non-road Engine and Vehicle Emission Study Near End Cross-Talk National Fire Code National Highway System Designation Act Network Interface Card Negative Ion Chemical Ionization Near Infrared National Low Emission Vehicle National Lead Laboratory Accreditation Program Nanometer Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Network Management Station Non-attainment New Source Review Normally Open, Nitrogen Oxide Nitrogen Oxides Nitrogen Species Natural Organic Material Nitrogen-Phosphorous Detector National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System National Priorities List Negative-Positive-Negative Net Positive Suction Head National Pipe Thread Natural Rubber Nanotube Random Access Memory National Registry of Environmental Professionals Naval Research Laboratory Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory Non-Return to Zero Near-field Scanning Optical Microscope National Standards of Performance for Stationary Sources, New Source Performance Standard New Source Review Negative Temperature Coefficient O3 O&M OA-ICOS OBD OCAP OD ODBC ODF Ozone Operation and Maintenance Off-Axis Integrated-Cavity-Output Spectroscopy On-Board Diagnostics Open Cable Application Platform Object Directory, Outside Diameter Open Database Connectivity Open Document Forum ODP OEL OEM OES OI OIML OIS OJT OJR OL OLAP OLE OLED OLS OMAC OP OPA OPC OP-FTIR OPLC OQ ORB ORP OS OS/2 OSAT OSBL OSHA OSI OSIL OTAG OTDR OVA OWL P wastes P2 P/S P&ID PA PACT PAD PAH PAI PAL PAM PAMS PAR PAS Ozone Depletion Potential Occupational Exposure Limit Original Equipment Manufacturer Optical Emission Spectroscopy Operator Interface Operator Interface Station On the Job Training On the Job Retirement OverLoad On-Line Analytical Processing Object Linking and Embedding Organic Light Emitting Diode Ordinary Least Squares Open, Modular Architecture Control OPerational Oil Pollution Act (1990) Object Linking and Embedding for Process Control Open Path - Fourier Transform InfraRed Over Pressure Layer Chromatography Operational Qualification Object Request Broker Oxidation Reduction Potential Operating System Operating System/2 Ozone Apportionment Technology Outside Battery Limits Occupational Safety and Health Act Open System Interconnection On-Site Implementation Log Ozone Transport Assessment Group Optical Time Domain Reflectometer Organic Vapor Analyzer Web Ontology Language Acutely hazardous discarded commercial products, off specification products, and spill residues Pollution Prevention Power Supply Process and Instrumentation Diagram Power Amplifier, Peak Area Plasma Arc Centrifugal Treatment Photodiode Array Detector, Pulsed Amerometric Detection Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbon, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Process Analysis Instrumentation Plant-wide Applicability Limit Pulse Amplitude Modulation, Plant Asset Management Photochemical Assessment Monitoring Site Proven Acceptable Range Photo Acoustic Spectroscopy, Publicly Available Specification PAT Pb PB PBB PBDE PBX PC PCB PCBA PCI PCM PCMCIA PCS PCV PD PDA PDEF PDF PDH PDM PDP PDRI PDS PDU PE PEESP PEI PEL PERA PES PET PF PFD PFPD PGA PHA PHR PHY PID PIMS PIS PLA PLC PLD PLIF PLL PLM PLS PM Process Analytical Technology Lead Pushbutton Polybrominated Biphenyl Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether Private Branch Exchange Personal Computer, Programmable Controller Printed Circuit Board, Polychlorinated Biphenyl Printed Circuit Board Assembly Peripheral Component Interconnect Pulse Code Modulation Personal Computer Memory Card International Association Photon Correlation Spectroscopy Positive Crankcase Ventilation Positive Displacement Personal Data Assistant Physical Design Exchange Format Portable Document Format Professional Development Hour Predictive Maintenance Plasma Display Panel Project Definition Rating Index Project Delivery System Protocol Data Unit, Power Distribution Unit Professional Engineer, Process Engineering, Polyethylene Plasma-enhanced Electrostatic Precipitator Periodic Emissions Inventory Potential Exposure Limit, Permissible Exposure Limit Purdue Enterprise Reference Architecture Programmable Electronic System Polythene Terepthalate Power Factor, Pico Farad Probability of Failure on Demand, Process Flow Diagram Pulsed Flame Photometric Detector Pin Grid Array Process Hazards Analysis Process Hazards Review PHYsical Layer Protocol Photo Ionization Detector, Proportional-plus-Integral- plus-Derivative Process Information Management System Protective Instrumented System Programmable Logic Array Programmable Logic Controller Programmable Logic Device Pointer Laser Induced Fluorescence Phase Locked Loop Product Lifecycle Management Partial Least Squares Preventative Maintenance, Predictive Maintenance, Post Meridiem, Post Mortem, Particulate Matter, Phase Modulation, Pulse Modulated PM10 PMT PNL PNP POC POE POIS PON POP3 POTW POU PP PPA PPB PPE PPM PPMV PPMW PPP PPR PPT PQ PR PRTD PROFIBUS PRV PS PSA PSAT PSD PSDB PSI PSIA PSID PSIG PSK PSM PSSR PT PTE PTFE PTGC PTN PURPA PV PVC PVDF PWB PWBA PWM Particulate Matter less than 10 microns Photo Multiplier Tube Panel Positive-Negative-Positive (transistor) Photochemical Organic Contamination Point of Entry Plant Operating Information System Passive Optical Network Post Office Protocol version 3 Publicly Owned Treatment Work Point of Use Poly Propylene Pollution Prevention Act Parts Per Billion Personal Protection Equipment Parts Per Million Parts Per Million by Volume Parts Per Million by Weight Point-to-Point Protocol Product and Packaging Rotogravure Parts Per Trillion Power Quality, Performance Qualification Pair, Publication Rotogravure Platinum Resistance Temperature Detector Process Fieldbus Pressure Relief Valve Power Supply, Power Spectrum, Performance Specification Pressure Swing Adsorption Prostrate Acceptance Test Prevention of Significant Deterioration, Particle Size Distribution Point Source Database Pounds per Square Inch Pounds per Square Inch Absolute Pounds per Square Inch Differential Pounds per Square Inch Gauge Phase Shift Keying Process Safety Management Pre-Startup Safety Review Potential (voltage) Transformer Potential To Emit Poly TetraFluoroEthylene Programmed Temperature Gas Chromatograph Public Telephone Network Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act Process Variable, Principle Variable, Photovoltaic Poly Vinyl Chloride Poly Vinyl DiFluoride (Kynar) Printed Wiring Board Printed Wiring Board Assembly Pulse-Width Modulation PXI PCI eXtensions for Instrumentation QA QA/QC QAM QAP QC QCA QIP QL QML QPL QRA QRI QTAG QWIP Quality Assurance Quality Assurance/Quality Control Quadrature Amplitude Modulation Quality Assurance Program, Quality Assurance Plan Quality Control Quiet Communities Act Quality Improvement Program Quantitation Limit Qualified Manufacturers List Qualified Parts List, Qualified Product List Quantitative Risk Assessment Quantum Resonance Interferometry Quality Test Action Group Quantum-well Infrared Photodetector R&D R&R RACT RAD RAID Research & Development Remove & Replace, Rest & Recreation, Recognition & Reward Reasonably Available Control Technology Rapid Application Development Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks, Redundant Array of Inexpensive Devices, Random Array of Independent Disks Random Access Memory Regional Analysis Zone Reliability Block Diagram Regional Bell Operating Companies Rutherford Backscattering Spectroscopy Resistor Capacitor Root Cause Failure Analysis Reliability Centered Maintenance Recuperative Catalytic Oxidizer Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Regional Computerized Traffic Signal System Receiver Resource Description Framework Regional Clean Air Incentive Market Recommended Exposure Limit Resonance Enhanced Multiphoton Ionization Raised Face, Radio Frequency Residue Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit Radio Frequency Data Communications Reformulated Gasoline Radio Frequency Interference Radio Frequency Identification, Radio Frequency Identity Request For Offer Request For Quotation Rigid Galvanized Steel Relative Humidity Refractive Index RAM RAZ RBD RBOC RBS RC RCFA RCM RCO RCRA RCTSS RCVR RDF RECLAIM REL REMPI RF RFCCU RFDC RFG RFI RFID RFO RFQ RGS RH RI RIF RISC RLL RMA RMP RMS RMSE RO ROA RoHS ROI ROM ROP RPM RRA RREL RSD RSLinks RSS RT RTD RTJ RTO RTOS RTS RTU RVP RZ Reduction In Force Reduced Instruction Set Chip, Reduced Instruction Set Computer Relay Ladder Logic Raw Material Attributes Risk Management Plan Root Mean Square Root Mean Square Error Reverse Osmosis, Restriction Orifice Return On Asset Reduction of Hazardous Substances, Restriction of Hazardous Substances Return On Investment Read Only Memory Rate Of Progress Revolutions Per Minute, Real-time Process Management Resource Recovery Act Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory Remote Sensing Device, Relative Standard Deviation Rockwell Software Links (Allen Bradley OPC Server) Root Sum Square Real Time, Rise Time Resistance Temperature Detector, Resistance Temperature Device Ring Type Joint Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer Real Time Operating System Ready To Send, Request To Send Remote Terminal Unit Reid Vapor Pressure Non-Return Zero S S/D S/H S/N SAGE SAIMM SALLS SAN SARA SAT SAW SB5 SBC SBDW SBIR SBSW SCADA SCAM SCC SCD SCE Second Shut Down Sample and Hold Signal to Noise, Serial Number Solvent Alternative Guide Systems Applications International Meteorological Model Single Angle Laser Light Scattering Storage Area Network Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (1986) Site Acceptance Test Standing Acoustic Wave, Surface Acoustic Wave Senate Bill 5 Single Board Computer Single Beam Dual Wavelength Small Business Innovative Research (USA Government grant program) Single Beam Dual Wavelength Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition Safety Control, Ax Man Source Classification Code Sulfur Chemiluminescence Detector Suppressed Capillary Electrophoresis SCFM SCM SCPI SCR SCSI SD SDB SDF SdFFF SDI SDLC SDS SDWA SEC SECS SECSII SEM SERCOS SEVA SFC SFDR SFF SG SHA SHS SI SIC SIF SIG SIL SIM SIMDIS SIMM SIMO SIMS SIP SIPOF SIS SISCH SISO SIT SITE SITWC SL SLAM SLC SLDAR SLDC Standard Cubic Feet per Minute Supply Chain Management Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments Selective Catalytic Reduction, Selective Catalytic Reaction, Silicon Controlled Rectifier, Sample Conditioning Room Small Computer Standard Interface, Small Computer System Interface Standard Deviation, Safe Detected Small Disadvantaged Business Structure Data File Sedimentation Field-Flow Fractionation Silt Density Index Synchronous Data Link Control Smart Distributed System Safe Drinking Water Act Size-Exclusion Chromatography Semiconductor Equipment Communications Standard Semiconductor Equipment Communications Standard Layer 2 Scanning Electron Microscope, Scanning Electron Microscopy Serial Realtime Communications System Self Validation Supercritical Fluid Chromatography Spurious Free Dynamic Range Specific Gravity Sample and Hold Amplifier Sample Handling System International System of Units Standard Industrial Classification Safety Instrumented Function Special Interest Group Safety Integrity Level Selective Ion Monitoring Simulated Distillation Single Inline Memory Module Single Input/Multiple Outputs Symposium for Innovation in Measurement Sciences State Implementation Plan, Sterilize In Place Step-index Plastic Optical Fiber Safety Instrumented System Step Index Separate Confinement Heterostructure Single Input/Single Output Silicon Intensified Target Superfund Information Technology Exchange, Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation Spark Ignition Three-Way Catalyst Straight Line Scanning Laser Acoustic Microscope Single Loop Controller, Small Logic Controller, Single Level Cell Smart Leak Detection and Repair Single Loop Digital Controller SLIP SMD SMDS SML SMR SMT SMTP SNA SNAFU SNCR SNMP SNR SO2 SOx SOA SOAP SOC SOCMI SOH SOIC SOP SOS SOT SOV SOW SP SP(76) SPC SPCC SPDT SPI SPM SPME SPR SPS SQC SQL SRAM SRM SRRP SRS SS SSB SSF SSM SSR SSU STEM STEP STP Serial Line Interface Protocol Surface Mount Device Switched Multi-megabit Data System Service Modeling Language Steam-Methane Reforming Surface Mount Technology Simple Mail Transfer Protocol System Network Architecture Situation Normal, All F... Up Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction Simple Network Management Protocol Signal to Noise Ratio Sulfur Dioxide Sulfur Oxide Compounds Service Oriented Architecture Simple Object Access Protocol System On Chip Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry Start Of Heading Small Outline Integrated Circuit Safe Operating Practice Southern Oxidants Study Small Outline Transistor Solenoid Valve Statement of Work Set Point Standards and Practices (Group of ISA) Statistical Process Control Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasures Program Single Pole, Double Throw Serial Peripheral Interface Scanning Probe Microscope Solid Phase Microextraction Surface Plasmon Resonance Samples Per Second Statistical Quality Control Structured Query Language Static Random Access Memory Standard Reference Materials Source Reduction Review Project Safety Requirement Specification Stainless Steel Single Side Band Saybolt Seconds Furol (viscosity) Start-up, Shutdown, and Malfunction Solid State Relay, Sum of Squared Residuals Saybolt Seconds Universal (viscosity) Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope Standard for Exchange of Product model data Standard Pressure and Temperature, Shielded Twisted Pair STX SULEV SV SVOC SW SWAG SWIG SWLI SWP3 SWR Start Of Text Super-Ultra-Low Emission Vehicle Solenoid Valve Semi-Volatile Organic Compound Socket Weld Scientific Wild Ass Guess Sensors for the Water Industry Group Scanning White Light Interferometry Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan Standing Wave Ratio T/C T&E TA-MS TAAF TAC TAFF TAN TAP TB TC Thermocouple Travel & Entertainment Thermal Analysis-Mass Spectrometry Test, Analyze And Fix Texas Administrative Code Texas Alternative Fuel Fleet Tiny Area Network Telocator Alphanumeric Protocol (paging protocol) Terminal Block, Terminal Board Thermal Conductivity, Temperature Compensator, Technical Committee, Thermocouple, Temperature Coefficient, Toxicity Characteristic Total Carbon Analyzer Texas Clean Air Act Thermal Conductivity Detector Texas Clean Fleet, Totally Chlorine Free Toxicity Characteristics Leaching Procedure Time-Critical Manufacturing, Transportation Control Measures Total Cost of Ownership Transmission Control Protocol Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Top Dead Center Time Division Duplex Total Dynamic Head, Total Harmonic Distortion Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectrophotometer Time Division Multiplex Time Division Multiple Access Time Delay Relay, Time Delay Reflectometer Thermionic Emission Detector Transducer Electronic Data Sheet Totally Enclosed Fan Cooled TELEphone COmpany Totally Enclosed Non-Ventilated Technical Evaluation Report Texas Emission Reduction Plan TetraFluoroEthylene (Teflon) TetraFluoroEthylene/Propylene Thin Film Transistor Technical Guidance Document Total Harmonic Distortion TCA TCAA TCD TCF TCLP TCM TCO TCP TCP/IP TDC TDD TDH TDLAS TDM TDMA TDR TED TEDS TEFC TELCO TENV TER TERP TFE TFE/P TFT TGD THD TIG TILS TIO TIP TLA TLC TLV TMC TMR TNMOC TOx TOC TOF TOG TPA TPD TPOD TPY TQM TRI TSCA TSD TSDF TSMP TSO TSWeb TTHM TTL TTY TVA TVSS TWA TX TXP TXRF Tungsten Inert Gas, Technical Interest Group Total Intensity Light Scattering Technology Innovation Office Transportation Implementation Plan Three Letter Acronym Thin Layer Chromatography Threshold Limit Value Texas Motorist’s Choice Triple Modular Redundancy Total Non-Methane Organic Compounds Total Organic Halide Total Organic Carbon, Total Organic Compound, Total Oxidizable Carbon Time Of Flight Total Organic Gas Third Party Access Tons Per Day Tons Per Ozone Day Tons Per Year Total Quality Management Toxic Release Inventory Toxic Substances Control Act Technical Support Document Treatment, Storage, or Disposal Facility Time Synchronized Mesh Protocol Tight Shut-Off Terminal Server Web Total Trihalomethane Transistor-Transistor Logic Teletypewriter Total Vapor Analyzer Transient Voltage Surge Suppressor Time Weighted Average Transmitter Total Suspended Particulate Total Reflection X-ray Fluorescence U wastes Other discarded commercial products, off specification products, and spill residues Urban Airshed Model Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Uniform Building Code, Uninterruptible Battery Supply Universal Control Station Universal Data Access User Datagram Protocol Upper Explosive Limit Upper Flammable Limit Ultra High Frequency (300 MHz to 3 GHz) United Kingdom Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel UAM UART UAV UBC UCS UDA UDP UEL UFL UHF UK ULSD ULSG ULF UMA UNEP UPC UPS URL US USA USB UST UTF UTM UTP UV UVF UVLA UWB UWWD Ultra Low Sulfur Gasoline Ultra Low Frequency Unlicensed Mobile Access United Nations Environment Programme Universal Product Code Uninterruptible Power Supply Uniform Resource Locator United States United States of America Universal Serial Bus, Upper Side Band Underground Storage Tank Unshielded Twisted Pair Unsafe To Monitor, Universal Transverse Mercator Unshielded Twisted Pair Ultraviolet Ultraviolet Fluorescence Ultraviolet Laser Ablation Ultra-Wideband Urban Wastewater Directive (European Community) V VA VAC VAR VAVR VB VBA VBScript VBX VDC VDF VDS VDT VDU VE VERP VFA VFD VG VHAP VHF VID VIN VIR VIS VISA VISITT Volt Volt-Ampere Volts Alternating Current Volt-Ampere Reactive, Value Added Reseller Voluntary Accelerated Vehicle Retirement Visual Basic Visual Basic for Applications Visual Basic Script Visual Basic Extension Volts Direct Current Voltage Distortion Factor Virtual Device Syntax Video Display Tube Video Display Unit Visible Emissions Voluntary Emission Reduction Permit Variable Filter Array Virtual Field Device, Variable Frequency Drive Vapor Generation Volatile Hazardous Air Pollutant Very High Frequency (30 MHz to 300 MHz) Vehicle Identification Database Vehicle Inspection Number Vehicle Inspection Report Visible Virtual Instrument Software Architecture Vendor Information System for Innovative Treatment Technologies, Vendor Information System for Innovative Technology Transfer Visible Length Virtual Local Access Network VL VLAN VLF VLSI VMAS VME VMEP VMS VMT VNR VNRAT VOC VoD VoIP VOL VoWLAN VPDAAS VPDICPMS VPN VRAM VRC VRF VT VTC Very Low Frequency (Below 30 KHz) Very Large Scale Integration Vehicle Mass Analysis System Versa Module Europe, Virtual Memory Environment Voluntary Mobile Source Emissions Reduction Program Virtual Memory System Vehicle Miles Traveled VOC-NOx Ratios VOC-NOx Ratios Volatile Organic Compound Video on Demand Voice over Internet Protocol Volume Voice over Wireless Local Area Network Vapor Phase Deposition combined with Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy Vapor Phase Deposition combined with Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry Virtual Private Network Video Random Access Memory Vertical Redundancy Check Vehicle Repair Form Virtual Terminal Vortex Tube Cluster WACK WAN WAO WC WDM WDT WEEE WESP WGS WiFi WIMP WLAN WLS WN WOE WPN1 WT WWF WWW WYSIWYG Wait, Positive ACKnowledgment Wide Area Network Wet Air Oxidation Water Column Wavelength-Division Multiplexing Watchdog Timer Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment Wet Electrostatic Precipitation Water-Gas Shift Wireless Fidelity Windows, Icons, Mouse, Pointers Wireless Local Area Network Weighted Least Squares Weld Neck Weight Of Evidence White Paper Number 1 Weight Wide-Web Flexographic World Wide Web What You See Is What You Get XFMR XooY XRBL XRF XRFX Transformer X out of Y Extensible Business Reporting Language X-ray Fluorescence X-ray Fluorescence XRMA XML XMTR X-ray Microanalysis Extensible Markup Language Transmitter Y2K YTD Year 2000 Year To Date ZEV Zero Emission Vehicle Compiled & Maintained by: Dale C. Merriman, CSAT MerTech Incorporated P.O. Box 571866 Houston, TX 77257-1866 P 713.978.7765 F 713.978.6230 E-mail: dcmerriman@mertechinc.com
