Installation Manual

AIS Installation Manual Issue 1 49
11 Glossary
4S Ship-to-Ship & Ship-to-Shore
AIS Automatic Identification System
ALM Alarm
ANT Antenna
ARPA Automatic Radar Plotting Aid
ATA Automatic Tracking Aid
AtoN Aid to Navigation
AUTO Automatic
AUX Auxiliary
BAT Battery
BIIT Built-In Integrity Test
BRG Bearing
BRILL Display Brilliance
CG Coast Guard
CH Channel
CHG Change
CLR Clear
CNCL Cancel
CNS Communication, Navigation & Surveillance
COG Course Over Ground
CONTR Contrast
CPA Closest Point of Approach
CPU Central Processing Unit
CSE Course
DEL Delete
DEST Destination
DG Dangerous Goods
DGLONASS Differential GLONASS
DGNSS Differential GNSS
DGPS Differential GPS
DISP Display
DIST Distance
DSC Digital Selective Calling
DTE Data Terminal Equipment
ECDIS Electronic Chart Display and Information
System
ECS Electronic Chart System
EGNOS European Geo-stationary Navigational
Overlay System
ENC Electronic Navigation Chart
ENT Enter
EPA Electronic Plotting Aid
EPFS Electronic Position Fixing System
EPIRB Electronic Position Indicating Radio
Beacon
ERR Error
ETA Estimated Time of Arrival
EXT External
FCC Federal Communications Commission
FREQ Frequency
GLO or
GLONASS
Global Orbiting Navigation Satellite
System
GMDSS Global Maritime Distress and Safety
System
GND Ground
GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System
GPS Global Positioning System
GYRO Gyro Compass
HDG Heading
HS Hazardous Substances
HSC High Speed Craft
I/O Input / Output
IBS Integrated Bridge System
ID Identification
IEC International Electotechnical Commission
IMO International Maritime Organisation
IN Input
INFO Information
INS Integrated Navigation System
ITU-R International Telecommunications Union –
Radiocommunications Bureaux
KN Knots
L/L Latitude / Longitude
LAT Latitude
LON Longitude
LOST TGT Lost Target
M Metres
MAG Magnetic
MAN Manual
MED Marine Equipment Directive
MF/HF Medium Frequency/High Frequency
MID Maritime Identification Digit
MIN Minimum
MKD Minimum Keyboard and Display
MMSI Maritime Mobile Service Identity
MOB Man Overboard
MP Marine Pollutant
NAV Navigation
NM Nautical Mile
NUC Not Under Command
OOW Officer Of the Watch
OS Own Ship
OUT Output
PI Presentation Interface
POSN Position
PPU Portable Pilot Unit
PWR Power
RAIM Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring
RNG Range
RORO Roll On, Roll Off
ROT Rate Of Turn
RR Range Rings
RTCM Radio Technical Commission for Maritime
services
RTE Route
Rx Receive / Receiver
SAR Search And Rescue
SEL Select
SOG Speed Over Ground
SPD Speed
SPEC Specification
STBD Starboard
STBY Standby
STW Speed Through Water
TCPA Time to Closest Point of Approach
TDMA Time Division Multiple Access
TGT Target
TPR Transponder
TRK Track
TSS Traffic Separation Scheme
TTG Time To Go
Tx Transmit / Transmitter
Tx/Rx Transceiver
AIS Universal Automatic Identification System
UHF Ultra High Frequency
UTC Universal Time Co-ordinate
VDU Visual Display Unit
VHF Very High Frequency
VOY Voyage
VSWR Virtual Standing Wave Ratio
VTS Vessel Traffic Systems
WAAS Wide Area Augmentation System
WCV Waypoint Closure Velocity
WGS World Geodetic System
WIG Wing In Ground
WPT Waypoint