NT-2000 REF Manual
List of Abbreviations
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m: meters
mA: milliamperes
min: minutes
mm: millimeters
MON: Monitor (
audible monitor)
MSG: Message (
NAVTEX message)
MPU: Microprocessing Unit
NC: No connection (
no internal connection)
NMEA: U.S. National Marine Electronics Association
NNNN: End–of–message indication (
specified under IMO/IEC regulations)
para.: paragraph
PC: Personal Computer
PCB: Printed Circuit Board
PWR: Power
QVGA: Quarter VGA (
screen resolution, 320X240 pixels)
RAM: Random Access Memory (
embedded in CPU chip)
RCVR: Receiver
REC: Recommendation (ITU Recommendation)
REF: Reference
REJ: Reject
REV: Revision (
software revision number)
RH: Relative humidity
ROM: Read–Only Memory (
embedded in CPU chip)
RTC: Real time clock
RX: Receive
RMRS: Russian Maritime Register of Shipping
S: Signal
SAR: Search and Rescue
SEL: Select
SIG: Signal
SOLAS: Safety of Life at Sea
SRAM: Static RAM (
for message storage)
STD: Standard compass
STG: Steering compass
STO: Store
TFT: Thin–film transistor (
technology of color LCD )
TX: Transmit
TXD: Transmit data (
Send data)
UTC: Universal time coordinated (=
GMT in common usage)
V: volts
V
CC : Operating voltage of IC chips used
VDC: Volts DC
VER: Version (
software version)
VGA: Video graphics array (
screen resolution, 640×480 pixels )
W: Width (
part of cabinet dimensions )
W: watts
XTAL : Crystal (
quartz crystal oscillator)