Appendix
20.1 List of abbreviations
Basic Functions
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ESR Extended Stop and Retract
ETC ETC key ">"; Softkey bar extension in the same menu
F
FB Function Block (PLC)
FC Function Call: Function block (PLC)
FEPROM Flash EPROM: Read and write memory
FIFO First In First Out: Memory that works without address specification and whose data
are read in the same order in which they were stored.
FIPO Fine interpolator
FRAME Coordinate transformation
CRC Cutter radius compensation
FST Feed Stop: Feedrate stop
FW Firmware
G
GC Global Control (PROFIBUS: Broadcast telegram)
GEO Geometry, e.g. geometry axis
GIA Gear Interpolation dAta: Gear interpolation data
GND Signal Ground
GP Basic Program (PLC)
GS Gear stage
GSD Device master file for describing a PROFIBUS slave
GSDML Generic Station Description Markup Language: XML-based description language for
creating a GSD file
GUD Global User Data: Global user data
H
HEX Abbreviation for hexadecimal number
AuxF Auxiliary function
HMI Human Machine Interface, SINUMERIK user interface
MSD Main Spindle Drive
HW Hardware
HW Config SIMATIC S7 tool for configuration and parameterization of hardware components
within an S7 project
HW limit switch Hardware limit switch
I
IBN Commissioning
ICA Interpolatory compensation