Becker BD406 - Page 8

Installation and Operation
Becker Avionics
8 BD406/PBD406 DV16401.03 Issue 04 May 2021
List of Abbreviations
List of Abbreviations
ARINC
Aeronautical Radio, Inc.
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
bps
Bits per second
CBIT
Continuous Built-In Test
CDI
Course Deviation Indicator
CH
Control Head
CM
Chassis Module
COSPAS
Space System for the Search of Vessels in Distress
(Russian words “Cosmicheskaya Sistyema Poiska Avariynich Sudov”)
CRC
Checksum Redundancy Check
DB
Database
DC
Direct Current
EET
Estimated Elapsed Time to the Target
ELT
Emergency Location Transmitter (aeronautical distress beacons)
EPIRB
Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (maritime distress beacon)
ETA
Estimated Time of Arrival
etc.
et cetera
GND
Ground
GPI
General Purpose Input
GPO
General Purpose Output
GPS
Global Positioning System
HDPH
Headphone
I/O
Input/Output
ID
Identifier
MHz
Megahertz
MSG
Message
N/A, n/a
Not applicable
NM
Nautical Mile
NMEA
National Marine Electronics Association
NVG
Night Vision Goggles
PBIT
Power-On Built In Test
PC
Personal Computer
PDF
Protected Data Field
PLB
Personal Locator Beacon
RF
Radio Frequency
RS232
Recommended Standard 232
RS422
Recommended Standard 422
RTCA
Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics Inc.
RX
Receive
SARSAT
Search and Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking
SPKR
Speaker
SW
Software
TCXO
Temperature Compensated Crystal Oscillator
THD
Total Harmonic Distortion
TF
TufLok®, self-locking screws and threads
UTC
Coordinated Universal Time