INTRODUCTION
User Manual VanLink System featuring TouchStar™ Technology - Troll Systems Corporation
P-2 Document VLSG-01 - 10/17/2008
ABBREVIATIONS, ACRONYMS, TERMS
Listing of general abbreviations, acronyms, and terms that may be used throughout this
document are defined in the following list.
Term Definition
AC Alternating Current
ALT Altitude
ANT Antenna
AUX Auxiliary
Az Azimuth
BAS Broadcast Auxiliary Service
CAL Calibrate
CAM Camera
Ch Channel
COMM Communication
COTS Commercial-Off-The-Shelf
CPU Central Processing Unit
dB Decibel
DC Direct Current
DMM Digital Multimeter
e.g. Latin: exempli gratia, meaning “for example”
EMI Electro-Magnetic Interference
ENG Electronic News Gathering
ESD Electro-Static Discharge
et al Latin: et alia, meaning “and others”
FM Frequency Modulation
GPS Global Positioning System
GUI Graphic User Interface
HD High Definition
Hz Hertz
H/W Hardware
I/O Input/Output
i.e. Latin: id est, meaning “that is”