ACRONYMS

A/D

AI

AIM

ASCII

ANN

APC

bps

CAD

CAM

CIM

CNC

CPU

D/A

DCS

EEPROM

 

EPROM

 

ESD

 

EWS

FCU

FDDI

FF

GOT

GUI

GUS

 

Analog to Digital Converter (Conversion)

Artificial Intelligence

Automated Instrument Manager

American Standard Code For Information Interchange

Artificial Neural Networks

Advanced Process Controls

Bits per second

Computer Aided Design

Computer Aided Manufacturing

Computer Integrated Manufacturing

Computer Numerical Control

Central Processing Unit.

Digital to Analog Converter (Conversion)

Distributed Control System

Electrically Erasable Programmable

Read Only Memory.            

Erasable Programmable Read Only

Memory.

Emergency Shut Down

(Electro Static Discharge)

Engineering Work Station

Field Control Unit

Fibre Distributed Data Interface

Fieldbus Foundation

Graphical Operator Terminal (HMI)

Graphical User Interface

Global User Station