Operator's Manual

APPENDIX 3 LIST OF TERMS
AP-4
NG No Good
NM Nautical Mile
No. Number
NT Night
ORDER Rudder Angle Order
OVER Over
PITCH Pitch
P/PORT Port/Port Side
POSN Position
PROG Program
PWB Printed Writing Board
PWR Power
R Relative: Relative or apparent wind. The wind direction relative to the
ship’s bow and the wind speed relative to the moving vessel.
RAM Random Access Memory
REMOTE Remote
RESET Reset
ROM Read Only Memory
ROT Rate of Turn
RPM Revolutions Per Minute
RUDDER Rudder
SENSOR Sensor
SHAFT Shaft
SIM Simulation
SIO Serial Input Output
S-OUT Sensor Out
SPD Speed
SOG Speed Over the Ground
STW Speed Through the Water
S/STBD Starboard/Starboard Side
SUB Sub
SURFACE Surface
T Theoretical: Theoretical or calculated wind. The wind direction relative
to the ship’s bow and the wind speed as if the ship is stationary.
True: The bearing measured using true North as the reference direction
and the wind speed as if the ship is stationary.
T True: The bearing measured using true North as the reference direction.
TEMP Temperature
TIME Time
TOTAL Total
TRANSDUCER Transducer
UNIT Unit
UTC Universal Time Coordinated
WIND Wind
WPT Waypoint
Term Meaning