Operation Manual

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8 Glossary
4S Ship-to-Ship & Ship-to-
Shore
AIS Automatic Identification
System
ALM Alarm
ANT Antenna
ARPA Automatic Radar Plotting
Aid
ASCII American Standard Code
for Information
Interchange
ATA Automatic Tracking Aid
AtoN Aid to Navigation
AUTO Automatic
AUX Auxiliary
BAS Basic AIS Services
BAT Battery
BIIT Built-In Integrity Test
BIOS Basic Input / Output
System
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
EPFD Electronic Position Fixing
Device
EPFS Electronic Position Fixing
System
EPIRB Electronic Position
Indicating Radio Beacon
ERR Error
ETA Estimated Time of Arrival
EXT External
FATDMA Fixed Access Time
Division Multiple Access
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
ITDMA Incremental Time Division
Multiple Access
ITU-R International
Telecommunications
Union –
Radiocommunications
Bureaux