Maple Armor FW106 - Appendix-E: Glossary and Acronyms

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Appendix‐E:GlossaryandAcronyms
AlarmSignal.Asignalindicatinganemergencyrequiringimmediateaction,suchasanalarmforfirefroma
manualstationoranautomaticsmokedetector.
AlarmSilenceInhibit.Anoptionthatpreventsahumanoperatorfromsilencingthenotificationappliancesfora
presetperiodoftime.
AlarmSystem.Acombinationof
compatibleinitiatingdevices,controlpanels,andnotificationappliances 
designedandinstalledtoproduceanalarmsignalintheeventofafire.
AlarmVerification.Apresetoptionthatcausesthecontrolpaneltoverifyalarmsoriginatedbysmokedetectors
beforeindicatinganalarm.
ALU.AddressableLoopUnit.
AMI.AdvancedMachine
Interface.
Annunciator.Aremotelylocated,electricallypowereddisplayseparatefromthecontrolpanelwithLEDsor
lampstoindicatethestatesofthefirealarmsystem.
AudibleSignal.Asoundproducedbyoneormoreaudiblenotificationappliances,suchasbellsorhorns,in
responsetotheoperationofaninitiatingdevice.
ClassACircuit.Aninitiatingdeviceornotificationappliancecircuitwithinwhichallcomponentsremainfully
functional,eventhoughasingleopenoragroundispresentinthecircuit.
ClassBCircuit.Aninitiatingdeviceornotificationappliancecircuitwithinwhichsomeorallcomponentsmaybe
disabledwitha
singleopenoragroundexistsinthecircuit.
CPU.CentralProcessingUnit.
Detector‐FirePrint™.Anintelligentfiredetectorthatblendsphotoelectric,thermal,andneuralnetwork
technologiesforsuperiorprotectionwithoutfalsealarms.
Detector‐Smoke,PhotoelectricType.Adetectorusingthephotoelectricprincipleofreflectionorobstruction
oflightby
smoke.
Detector‐ThermalType.Anaddressablethermalsensorprogrammableaseitherafixedtemperature(135°F)
orasarateofrisedetector.
Enable/Disable.Referstothestateofindividualcircuits(inputsandoutputs)orlogicfunctions,regardlessof
thepresenceofitscorrespondingmodules.
EndOfLine(EOL).
Adeviceusedtoterminateasupervisedcircuit.
FACP.FireAlarmControlPanel.