ACRONYMS/ABBREVIATIONS
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APPENDIX A - ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
The following is a list of acronyms and abbreviations that are used by VertexRSI
Control Systems and may appear in this manual.
A Amperes
AC Alternating Current
ACS Antenna Control System
ACU Antenna Control Unit
A/D Analog-to-Digital
ADU Antenna Drive Unit
AGC Automatic Gain Control
AOS Acquisition of Star
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASSY Assembly
AST Adaptive Steptrack
AWG American Wire Gauge
AZ Azimuth
BCD Binary Coded Decimal
BDC Block Downconverter
BIT Built-In Test
bps bits per second
BW Bandwidth
Beamwidth
C Celsius
CCW Counterclockwise
CD Compact Disc
CFE Customer-Furnished Equipment
COM Common
CPLD Complex Programmable Logic Device
CPU Central Processing Unit
CR Carriage return
CRLF Carriage return/line feed
CW Clockwise
dB Decibel
dBm Decibel referred to 1 milliwatt
DC Direct Current
deg Degrees
DIP
DMM Digital Multimeter
DOS Disk Operating System
DTR Digital Tracking Receiver