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ASAP |
As Soon As Possible |
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BP |
Boiling Point |
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BTU |
British Thermal Unit |
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CAD |
Computer Aided Drafting/ Computer Aided
Design |
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CAE |
Computer Assisted Engineering |
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CAM |
Computer Assisted Manufacturing |
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CAN |
Control Area Network |
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CCD |
Charge Coupled Device |
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CMOS |
Complimentary Metal Oxide
Semiconductor |
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CRT |
Cathode Ray Tube |
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CSE |
Control Systems Engineer |
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D/A |
Digital/Analog |
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DC |
Direct Current |
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DCS |
Distributed Control System |
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DDC |
Direct Digital Control |
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DLS |
Dynamic Light Scattering |
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DMA |
Direct Memory Access |
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DOS |
Disk Operating System |
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ECD |
Electron Capture Detector |
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ECP |
Enhanced Capabilities Port
(parallel) |
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EPROM |
Electrically Programmable Read Only
Memory |
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EEPROM |
Electrically Eraseable Programmable Read Only
Memory |
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EID |
Electron Ionization Detector |
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ESIA |
Extended Industry Standard
Architecture |
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EPP |
Enhanced Parallel Port (parallel
port) |
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FAB |
Fast Atom Bombardment |
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FDDI |
Fiber Distributed Data Interface |
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FDMA |
Frequency Division Multiple Access |
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FET |
Field Effect Transistor |
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FIA |
Flow Injection Analysis |
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FID |
Flame Ionization Detector |
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FIP |
Factory Information Protocol |
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FP |
Flash Point |
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FSK |
Frequency Shift Keying |
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FTTA |
Federal Technology Transfer Act |
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GC |
Gas Chromatography |
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GD |
Glow Discharge |
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GF |
Graphite Furnace |
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GIPOF |
Graded Index Plastic Optical Fiber |
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GUI |
Graphic User Interface |
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HART |
Hiway Addressable Remote Terminal |
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HAZOPS |
Hazard and Operability Study |
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HEPT |
Height Equivalent of a Theoretical
Plate |
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HMI |
Human Machine Interface |
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HRF |
Hazard Reduction Factor |
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HTG |
Hydrostatic Tank Gauging |
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ICCD |
Intensified Charge Coupled Device |
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ICP |
Inductively Coupled Plasma |
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IEF |
Iso-Electric Focusing |
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IR |
Infrared |
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ISA |
Industry Standard Architecture |
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ISE |
Ion Selective Electrode |
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ISFET |
Ion Selective Field Effect
Transistor |
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ITPS |
International Practical Temperature
Scale |
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LALLS |
Low Angle Laser Light Scattering |
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LC |
Liquid Chromatography |
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LCD |
Liquid Crystal Display |
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LED |
Light Emitting Diode |
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LIDAR |
Light Detection and Ranging |
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LIESA |
Laser Induced Emission Spectral
Analysis |
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LOD |
Limits Of Detection |
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Ma |
Milliampere |
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MOS |
Metal Oxide Semiconductor |
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MS |
Mass Spectroscopy |
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MSD |
Mass Selective Detector |
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MSDS |
Material Safety Data Sheet |
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MTBF |
Mean Time Between Failures |
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MTTR |
Mean Time to Repair |
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Mv |
Millivolt |
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NAT |
Network Address Translator |
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NDIR |
Non Dispersive Infrared |
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NEC |
National Electric Code |
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NIR |
Near Infrared |
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NMR |
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance |
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NPD |
Nitrogen Phosphorous Detector |
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OES |
Optical Emission Spectroscopy |
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PAD |
Photodiode Array Detector |
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PAI |
Process Analysis Instrumentation |
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PC |
Personal Computer |
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PCI |
Peripheral Component Interconnect |
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PCMIA |
Personal Computer Memory Card International
Association |
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PEL |
Potential Exposure Limits |
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PID |
Proportional Integral Derivative |
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PLC |
Programmable Logic Controller |
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PM |
Preventative Maintenance |
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PPP |
Point to Point Protocol |
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PROFIBUS |
Process Fieldbus |
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PSD |
Particle Size Distribution |
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PV |
Process Variable |
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QA |
Quality Assurance |
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RFDC |
Radio Frequency Data
Communications |
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RISC |
Reduced Instruction Set Chip |
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RTU |
Remote Thermal Unit |
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SAW |
Standing Acoustic Wave |
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SCADA |
Supervisory Control and Data
Acquisition |
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SCR |
Silicon Controlled Rectifier |
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SCSI |
Small Computer Standard Interface |
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SD |
Standard Deviation |
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SDF |
Structured Data File |
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SECS |
Semiconductor Equipment Communications
Standard |
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SIT |
Silicon Intensified Target |
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SLIP |
Serial Line Interface Protocol |
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SP |
Set Point |
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TCA |
Total Carbon Analyzer |
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TDD |
Time Division Duplex |
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TDMA |
Time Division Multiple Access |
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TILS |
Total Intensity Light Scattering |
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TLM |
Triple Modular Redundancy |
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TWA |
Time Weighted Average |
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UV |
UltraViolet |
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VFD |
Variable Frequency Drive |
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WYSIWYG |
What You See Is What You Get |
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XFMR |
Transformer |
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XRF |
X-Ray Flourescence |
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