APPENDIX
AP-15
8. Terminology, Units of Measurement, Symbols
Terminology
Term Meaning
AIS Automatic Identification System
ALARM Alarm
ALM Alarm
ANT Antenna
APR April
ARPA Automatic Radar Plotting Aid
AUG August
AUTO Automatic
AVG Average
B-EXT External Beacon ( DGPS Receiver)
BPS Bit Per Second
CALC GPS baseline Calculation
CNT Contour
COG Course Over Ground
DEC December
DGPS Differential GPS
DIFF Difference
DIM Dimmer
DISP Display
DIST Distance
DRIFT Drift
E East
ECDIS Electronic Chart Display and Information System
EGNOS European Geo-Stationary Navigational Overlay System
ENT Enter
ERR Error
EXT External
FIX Fix
FREQ Frequency
GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System
GOOD Good
GPS Global Positioning System
HDG Heading
ID Identification
IEC ED1 IEC 61162-1 Edition 1 (NMEA 0183 Version 2.0)
IEC ED2 IEC 61162-1 Latest Edition (NMEA 0183 Latest Version)
IN In
I/O Input/Output
JAN January
JUL July
JUN June
LAT Latitude