160 GE INFORMATION D20MX INSTRUCTION MANUAL
APPENDIX F: LIST OF ACRONYMS
EMC Electromagnetic Capability
EMI Electromagnetic Interference
EPUP Environmental Protection Use Period
ESD ElectroStatic Discharge
EU European Union
FEFI Far End Fault
FPGA Field-Programmable Gate Array
GE General Electric
GOF glass optical fiber
HCS Hard Clad Silica
HDLC High-level Data Link Control
HMI Human Machine Interface (also called Graphical User Interface – GUI)
HSP Hardware Support Package
Hz Hertz, unit of measure for frequency
I/O Input/Output
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission Standards
IED Intelligent Electronic Device
ILS Instrument Landing System
in-lb inch-pound, unit of measure for energy
IRIG-B Inter Range Instrumentation Group (IRIG) - an American standardized network
time code format
kbps kilo bits per second, unit of measure
LAN Local Area Network
lb pound, unit of measure for weight
LC Lucent connector; A type of fiber-optic cable connector
LED Light Emitting Diode
LLA Loss Link Alert
LRU Logical Remote Unit
Mb Mega bits, unit of measure
MB Mega bytes, unit of measure
Mbps Mega bits per second, unit of measure
MBps Mega bytes per second, unit of measure
MCV Maximum Concentration Values
MD5 Message Digest 5 (check data integrity)
MDI Medium Dependent Interface
MDIX Medium Dependent Interface, Crossover
ms milliseconds, unit of measure
Nm Newton-meter, measure of energy
NTP Network Time Protocol
NVRAM Non-Volatile Random Access Memory
PC Personal Computer
PCBA Printed Circuit Board Assembly
PG&E Pacific Gas and Electric
PID Proportional, Integral and Derivative
PIM Privileged Identity Management
PPM Parts Per Million
pSOS Type of operating system
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