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;A :ampere | |||
;A R and M :Availability, Reliability and Maintainability | |||
;A of U :Angle of Uncertainty : | |||
;AAAAA :American Association Against Acronym Abuse | |||
;ABM :Addressed Binary Message | |||
;AC :Alternating Current | |||
;ACCSEAS :Accessibility for Shipping, Efficiency Advantages and Sustainability (EU research project) | |||
;ACK :Acknowledge | |||
;ACT :Australian Capital Territory | |||
;AFS :Anti-Fouling System (paint) | |||
;AGM :Absorbed Glass Matt | |||
;AHO :Australian Hydrographic Office | |||
;AIS :Automatic Identification System | |||
;AIS 1 :AIS Default Channel 1 - 161.975 MHz (Ch. 87B//2087) | |||
;AIS 2 :AIS Default Channel 2 - 162.025 MHz (Ch. 88B/2088 | |||
;AIS-AtoN :AIS-Aid to Navigation transponder | |||
;AIS-SART :AIS Search and Rescue Transmitter | |||
;AISM :Association Internationale de Signalisation Maritime (Title of IALA in French) | |||
;ALL :Admiralty List of Light (UK) | |||
;AMSA :Australian Maritime Safety Authority | |||
;API :Application Programming Interface | |||
;APL :Accredited Prior Learning | |||
;AREPS :Advanced Refractive Effects Prediction System | |||
;ARM :Aids to Navigation Requirements and Management Committee (IALA) | |||
;ARPA :Automatic Radar Plotting A | |||
;AS/NZ :Australia/New Zealand | |||
;ASCII :American Standard Code for Information Interchange | |||
;ASF :Additional secondary fact | |||
;ASL :Above Sea Level | |||
;ASM :Application Specific Message | |||
;ASM1 :ENAV19-11.4 Figure 1 | |||
;ASM2 :ENAV19-11.4 Figure 1 | |||
;ASP :Application Service Provider (LRIT) | |||
;ATBA :Area to be avoided | |||
;ATO :Accredited Training Organisation | |||
;ATP :Acceptance Test Plan | |||
;ATU :Antenna Tuning Unit | |||
;ATU :Automatic Tuning Unit | |||
;AV :Audio / Visual | |||
;AVC :Aviation Communication Service of the CSS | |||
;AWG :American Wire Gauge | |||
;AW־¹ :Guideline 1067 | |||
;Ah :Ampere hour | |||
;Ah/day :Ampere hour per day | |||
;App :Application | |||
;AppServ :Application server | |||
;AtoN :Aid to Navigation | |||
;B :Centre of buoyancy | |||
;B0 :Initial centre of Buoyancy | |||
;B1 :Heeled centre of Buoyancy | |||
;BAS :ENAV19-13.6 Figure 16 | |||
;BB :Bulletin Board | |||
;BBM :Broadcast Binary Message | |||
;BCA :Building Code of Australia | |||
;BES :Bridge Equipment System | |||
;BIMCO :Baltic and International Maritime Council (vessel contract agreements) | |||
;BITE :Built In Test Equipment | |||
;BNG :New Generation Buoy | |||
;BOD :Biological Oxygen Demand | |||
;BRM :Bridge Resource Management | |||
;BS :British Standard | |||
;BSC :Base Station Controller | |||
;BoM :Bureau of Meteorology (Australia) | |||
;BoM :metacentric radius | |||
;C :Capacitance | |||
;C :Celsius (previously Centigrade) | |||
;C :Contrast | |||
;C/10 :A charge rate in amps of one-tenth the overall battery capacity in amp-hours | |||
;CA :Competent Authority | |||
;CAD :Computer-Aided Design | |||
;CAIM :Craft Autonomous Integrity Monitoring | |||
;CAP :Capability | |||
;CAR :Contractors All Risk (insurance) | |||
;CARPET :Computer Aided Radar Performance Evaluation Tool | |||
;CAT :Customer Acceptance Test | |||
;CATZOC :Category of Zone of Confidence | |||
;CB :Capacity Building | |||
;CBM :Condition-Based Maintenance | |||
;CCTV :Closed-Circuit Television | |||
;CD :Chart Datum | |||
;CD :Coding Delay | |||
;CE :Conformité Européenne | |||
;CGI :Computer Graphics Image | |||
;CH :Channel | |||
;CHC :Canadian Hurricane Centre | |||
;CIE :Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage (International Commission on Illumination) | |||
;CIRM :Comité International Radio-Maritime | |||
;CM :Corrective Maintenance | |||
;CMDS :Common Maritime Data Structure | |||
;CME :Coronel Mass Ejection (solar flare) | |||
;COG :Course over Ground | |||
;COLREGS :Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (1972) (as amended) | |||
;COMSAR :Sub-Committee on Communications and Search and Rescue (IMO) | |||
;COPREP :Coast of Portugal Ship Reporting System | |||
;COR :ENAV19-13.6 Figure 1 | |||
;COSPAS :Cosmicheskaya Sistema Poiska Avariynyh Sudov (Russian; Space System for the Search of Vessels in Distress | |||
;COSPAS/SARSAT :COSPAS - Search and Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking | |||
;COSSH :Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1999 (UK) | |||
;CPA :Closest Point of Approach | |||
;CPD :Continual Professional Development | |||
;CPHC :Central Pacific Hurricane Centre | |||
;CPI :Consumer Price Index (AUS | |||
;CRI :Colour Rendering Index | |||
;CRI :Cross-Rate Interference | |||
;CRS :Co-ordinate Reference System | |||
;CRT :Cathode-Ray Tube | |||
;CS :Coastal Surveillance | |||
;CS :Control Station | |||
;CSP :Communication Service Provider (LRIT) | |||
;CSS :Common Shore-based System (ENAV) | |||
;CSSA :Common Shore-based System Architecture (ENAV) | |||
;CSSI :ENAV19-11.4 section 5.6 | |||
;CSTDMA :Carrier Sense-Time Division Multiple Access | |||
;CTI :Continuity Time Interval | |||
;CW :Continuous Wave | |||
;CWI :Continuous Wave Interfering | |||
;Cat :Category | |||
;Cd :Drag coefficient | |||
;Chayka :A radionavigation system, similar to LORAN-C, operated by the Government of the Russian Federation | |||
;Circ. :Circular (IMO) | |||
;CuNim :Cumulonimbus (or Cb) cloud | |||
;Cx :the battery has been completely discharged over a period of x ho | |||
;D :Forward amplitude | |||
;D :Solar declination angle (in degrees) | |||
;D :change in the value of a term | |||
;D :diameter at the waterline (m) | |||
;DGNSS :Differential Global Navigation Satellite System | |||
;D1 Apr :Solar declination angle on 1 April | |||
;D31 Oct :Solar declination angle on 31 October | |||
;DAC :Designated Area Code | |||
;DC :Direct Current | |||
;DCB :Domain Control Body | |||
;DCT :Data Collection and Data Transfer Services group of the CSS | |||
;DECCA :A low-frequency hyperbolic radionavigation system based on phase comparison techniques | |||
;DECCA Navigator :Navigation equipment for DECCA | |||
;DF :Direction Finder | |||
;DFO :Department of Fisheries and Oceans (Canada) | |||
;DFS :Direction Finding Service of the CSS | |||
;DGN :DGNSS Augmentation Service of the CSS | |||
;DGNSS :Differential Global Navigation Satellite System | |||
;DGPS :Differential Global Positioning System | |||
;DIN :Deutsches Institut für Normung, the German Institute for Standardisation | |||
;DIN :German steel grading | |||
;DLP :Digital Light Processor | |||
;DLoran :Differential Loran | |||
;DMA :Danish Maritime Authority | |||
;DMS :Data Mining Service | |||
;DNP :Distributed Network Protocol | |||
;DNS :Dynamic Naming Service | |||
;DOD :Depth of Discharge | |||
;DOP :Dilution of Precision | |||
;DP :Technical Development Personnel | |||
;DR :Daymark Range | |||
;DR :Dead Reckoning | |||
;DSC :Digital Selective Calling | |||
;DSC :GMDSS VHF Digital Selective Calling Service of the CSS | |||
;DSF :Decision Support Function | |||
;DST :Decision Support Tool | |||
;DTD :Document Type Definition | |||
;DTOA :The Difference in Time Of Arrival of events in two signals | |||
;DVB-S :Satellite Digital Video Broadcasting | |||
;DVB-T :Terrestrial Digital Video Broadcasting | |||
;DVD :Digital Video Disc | |||
;DWG :Dictionary Working Group (IALA) | |||
;DWT :Deadweight tonnage | |||
;DirectX :collection of API (Microsoft) | |||
;DoT :Department of Transport | |||
;E :Energy | |||
;E :Illuminance | |||
;EC :European Commission | |||
;ECC :Electronic Communications Committee | |||
;ECD :ENAV19-13.2 section 3.3 | |||
;ECDIS :Electronic Chart Display and Information System | |||
;ECS :Electronic Chart System | |||
;ED :Emission Delay | |||
;EDA :European Defence Agency | |||
;EDAS :EGNOS Data Access Service | |||
;EDL :Daily load | |||
;EDL/max :Maximum daily load | |||
;EDL/nov-mar :Maximum daily load between November and March | |||
;EDLapr-oct :Maximum daily load between April and October | |||
;EEP :Engineering, Environment and Preservation Committee (IALA now named ENG) | |||
;EEZ :Exclusive Economic Zone (Defined in UNCLOS) | |||
;EGC :Enhanced Group Calling | |||
;EGNOS :European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service | |||
;EI :Energy consumed during one flash | |||
;EIA :Electronics Industry Association | |||
;ELT :Emergency Location Transmitter | |||
;EMC :Electromagnetic Compatibility | |||
;EMF :Electro-Magnetic Frequency | |||
;EMI :Electromagnetic Interference | |||
;EMSA :European Maritime Safety Agency | |||
;ENAV :e-Navigation Committee (IALA) | |||
;e-NAV :ENAV | |||
;ENC :Electronic Navigation Chart | |||
;ENE :Environmental Data Evaluation Service of the CSS | |||
;ENG :Aids to Navigation Engineering and Sustainability Committee (IALA) | |||
;ENS :Environmental Sensor Service of the CSS | |||
;EO :Electro-Optical | |||
;EOS :Electro-Optical Sensor | |||
;EPFS :Electronic Position Fixing System | |||
;EPIRB :Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon | |||
;EPIRB-AIS :Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon – AIS enabled | |||
;EPSG :European Petroleum Survey Group | |||
;ERC :European Research Council | |||
;ERP :Effective Radiated Power | |||
;ESA :European Space Agency | |||
;ESD :Electrostatic discharge | |||
;ETA :Estimated Time of Arrival | |||
;ETSI :European Telecommunications Standards Institute | |||
;EU :European Union | |||
;EWB :Emergency Wreck Buoy | |||
;EWF :Effective Width of the Fairway | |||
;EWMB :Emergency Wreck Marking Buoy | |||
;EWMP :Emergency Wreck Marking Plan | |||
;Envisat :ENVIronment SATellite | |||
;Ess :Energy associated with steady state power | |||
;Esurge :Surge factor | |||
;F :Fahrenheit | |||
;F :Farad | |||
;F :force | |||
;FAL :Facilitation Convention (IMO) | |||
;FAT :Factory Acceptance Test | |||
;FATDMA :Fixed-Access Time-Division Multiple Access | |||
;FB :buoyant force | |||
;FCA :Functional Configuration Audit | |||
;FCD :Feature Concept Dictionary | |||
;FDBK :Feedback | |||
;FEC :Forward error correction | |||
;FERNS :Far East Radio Navigation Service | |||
;FFIM :Far Field Integrity Monitoring | |||
;FFM :Far Field Monitor | |||
;FFT :Fast Fourier Transform | |||
;FI :For Information | |||
;FI :Function Identifier | |||
;FL :Flash character < Esurge | |||
;FLA :Floating Visual Aids Service of the CSS | |||
;FM :Frequency Modulation | |||
;FMCW :Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave | |||
;FMS :Fiji Meteorological Service | |||
;FOC :Full Operating Condition | |||
;FOC :Full Operational Capability | |||
;FPS :Frames Per Second (Frame rate) | |||
;FSK :Frequency-shift keying | |||
;FTP :File Transfer Protocol | |||
;FWHM :Full Width Half Maximum | |||
;FWTM :Full Width Tenth Maximum | |||
;FXA :Fixed Visual Aids Service of the CSS | |||
;FoV :Field of View | |||
;G :centre of gravity | |||
;GALILEO :Global Navigation Satellite System (EU) | |||
;GBAS :Ground-Based Augmentation System | |||
;GDOP :Geometric Dilution of Position | |||
;GEO :Geostationary Orbit | |||
;GEOSS :Global Earth Observation System of Systems | |||
;GESAMP :Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection | |||
;GF :General Feature | |||
;GFM :General Feature Model (IHO) | |||
;GHz :GigaHertz | |||
;GI :Geospatial Information Registry (IHO) | |||
;GI Registry :Geo-Spatial Information Registry (IHO) | |||
;GICOMS :General Information Centre on Marine Safety & Security (Korea) | |||
;GIS :Geographic Information System | |||
;GIT :Georgia Institute of Technology | |||
;GL :Guideline (IALA) | |||
;GLA :General Lighthouse Authority(ies) | |||
;GLO :Generic Learning Outcomes | |||
;GLONASS :Globalnaya Navigatsionnaya Sputnikovaya Sistema | |||
;GLONASS :Global Navigation Satellite System, operated by the Government of the Russian Federation | |||
;GLOSS :Global Sea Level Observing System | |||
;GM :metacentric height | |||
;GMDSS :Global Maritime Distress and Safety System | |||
;GMES :Global Monitoring for Environment and Security | |||
;GML :Geography Markup Language | |||
;GMSK :Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying | |||
;GN :Grid North | |||
;GNSS :Global Navigation Satellite System | |||
;GNSS-1 :Global Navigation Satellite System, based on augmentation of GPS and GLONASS in development by the EU | |||
;GNSS-2 :Future Global Navigation Satellite System in development by the EU | |||
;GOOS :Global Ocean Observing System | |||
;GPS :Global Positioning System. Operated by the Government of the United States | |||
;GRI :Group Repetition Interval | |||
;GRP :Glass Reinforced Plastic (fibreglass) | |||
;GSM :Global System for Mobile Communications (originally Groupe Spécial Mobile) | |||
;GT :Gross Tonnage | |||
;GWY :Gateway Service of the CSS | |||
;GZ :Righting arm (hydrodynamic stability) | |||
;Glossary :A list of definitions of Acronyms | |||
;Gyro :Gyrocompass | |||
;H&S :Health and Safety | |||
;HAL :Horizontal Alert Limit | |||
;HAT :Highest Astronomical Tide | |||
;HAWT :Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine | |||
;HCD :Human Centred Design | |||
;HDF :Hierarchical Data Format | |||
;HDM :Harmonised Data Model | |||
;HDOP :Horizontal Dilution of Precision | |||
;HDR :High Dynamic Range | |||
;HDTV :High Definition Television | |||
;HEAP :Human Element Analysing Process | |||
;HEO :Highly Elliptical Orbit / High Earth Orbit | |||
;HF :High frequency (3 – 30 MHz) | |||
;HFC :HF Communication Service of the CSS | |||
;HFG :HF GMDSS Service of the CSS | |||
;HGDM :Harmonization Group on Data Modelling (IMO/IHO) | |||
;HLF :Heritage Lottery Fund | |||
;HMAC :Hash Message Authentication Code | |||
;HMI :Human / Machine Interface | |||
;HMPE :High modulus polyethylene | |||
;HO :Hydrographic Office | |||
;HP :High Power | |||
;HPL :Horizontal Protection Level | |||
;HR :Human Resources | |||
;HSC :High Speed Craft | |||
;HSE :Health and Safety Equipment | |||
;HSSC :Hydrographic Services and Standards Committee (IHO) | |||
;HTTP :Hypertext Transfer Protocol | |||
;HW :ENAV19-13.6 section 10.3.2.2 | |||
;Hdarkness :Hours of possible darkness = 24 - Hdaylight | |||
;Hdarkness1Apr :Hours of possible darkness on 1 April | |||
;Hdarkness31Oct :Hours of possible darkness on 31 October | |||
;Hdaylight :the number of hours between sunrise and sunset | |||
;Hydro. :Hydrography / hydrographical | |||
;I :Intensity | |||
;I :charge current | |||
;I&T :Information &Technology | |||
;I/O :Input / Output | |||
;IACS :International Association of Classification Societies Ltd. | |||
;IALA :International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities - AISM | |||
;IALA-AISM :International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities | |||
;IALA-NET :A global government to government maritime data network (IALA) | |||
;IALAACS :IALA approved Classification Society | |||
;IAMSAR :International Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue (manual) | |||
;IAPH :International Association of Ports and Harbours | |||
;ICAO :International Civil Aviation Organization | |||
;ICNIRP :International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection | |||
;ICS :International Chamber of Shipping | |||
;ICS :Integrated communications system | |||
;ICT :Information and Communications Technology | |||
;ID :Identification | |||
;IDC :International Data Centre (for LRIT) | |||
;IEC :International Electrotechnical Commission | |||
;IEC TC :International Electrotechnical Commission – Technical Committee | |||
;IEEE :Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | |||
;IETF :Internet Engineering Task Force | |||
;IFSMA :International Federation of Shipmasters’ Association | |||
;IHMA :International Harbour Masters’ Association | |||
;IHO :International Hydrographic Organization | |||
;III Code :IMO Instruments Implementation Code | |||
;ILO :International Labour Organization | |||
;IM :Integrity Monitoring (Station) | |||
;IMD :Indian Meteorological Department | |||
;IMO :International Maritime Organization | |||
;IMPA :International Maritime Pilots Association | |||
;IMSAS :IMO Member State Audit Scheme | |||
;IMSO :International Mobile Satellite Organization | |||
;IMT :International Mobile Telecommunications | |||
;IMU :Inertial Measurement Unit | |||
;INF :On-Site Infrastructure of the CSS | |||
;INMARSAT :International Maritime Satellite Organization | |||
;INS :Information Services (VTS) | |||
;INS :Integrated Navigation System, as defined by IMO Performance Standards | |||
;INS :Traffic Information Service, as part of the Vessel Traffic Services | |||
;INT :International (chart) | |||
;IOC :Initial Operating Condition | |||
;IOC :Initial Operational Capability | |||
;IOC :Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission | |||
;IP :Ingress Protection | |||
;IP :Internet Protocol | |||
;IPR :Intellectual Property Rights | |||
;IPSL :Integrated Power System (self-contained marine) lantern | |||
;IR :InfraRed | |||
;ISBN :International Standard Book Number | |||
;ISO :International Standardization Organisation | |||
;ISPS :International Ship and Port Facilities Security [Code] | |||
;ISS :International Space Station | |||
;IT :Information Technology | |||
;ITDMA :Incremental Time Division Multiple Acces | |||
;ITIL :IT Infrastructure Library (V3 = Version 3, service-oriented) | |||
;ITU :International Telecommunication Union | |||
;ITU-R :International Telecommunications Union – Radiocommunications Bureau | |||
;ITZ :Inshore Traffic Zone | |||
;IVEF :Inter - VTS Exchange Format | |||
;IWRAP :IALA Waterway Risk Assessment Program | |||
;Iavg :Average current | |||
;Ie :effective intensity | |||
;Ieffs :effective luminous intensity under service conditions | |||
;If :nertia of the water plane | |||
;Inominal :required luminous intensity for the nominal range | |||
;Iphoto :measured instantaneous intensity | |||
;J :moment of inertia of a buoy about the axis through the centre of gravity in kg*m | |||
;J/kg :Joules per kilogram | |||
;JCG :Japan Coast Guard | |||
;JHA :Job Hazard Analysis | |||
;JMA :Japan Meteorological Agency | |||
;JMS :Japan Meteorological Service | |||
;JSA :Job Safety Analysis | |||
;JTWC :Joint Typhoon Warning Centre | |||
;KPI :Key Performance Indicator | |||
;Ka-band :26.4 – 40 GHz | |||
;Kg :kilogram | |||
;kg :kilogram | |||
;Ku-band :12.0 – 18.0 GHz | |||
;L :Latitude (in degrees) | |||
;L :Level (technician training - WWA) | |||
;L :Luminance | |||
;LAAS :Local Area Augmentation System | |||
;LADGNSS :Local Area Differential GNSS | |||
;LAN :Local Area Network | |||
;LANBY :Large Automatic Navigation BuoY | |||
;LAT :Lowest Astronomical Tide | |||
;Lat :Latitude | |||
;LCD :Liquid Crystal Display | |||
;LCoS :Liquid Crystal on Silicon | |||
;LDC :Loran Data Channel | |||
;LDR :Light Dependent Resistors | |||
;LDR :Low Dynamic Range | |||
;LED :Light-Emitting Diode | |||
;LEO :Low Earth Orbit | |||
;LF :Low Frequency (30 kHz–300 kHz) | |||
;LFP :Lithium-iron Phosphate (battery) | |||
;LIM :Local Integrity Monitoring | |||
;LNA :Low noise amplifyer | |||
;LNFE :Low Noise Front End | |||
;LNG :Liquid Natural Gas | |||
;Lon :Longitude | |||
;LOP :Line of Position | |||
;LORAN :Long Range Navigation System | |||
;LORAN-C :Long Range Navigation System (USA) version C | |||
;LORAN-C : A low-frequency hyperbolic radionavigation system based on measurements of TOA or DTOA of events in pulsed signals | |||
;LORRAP :Table 3 of ENAV19-13.2 | |||
;LORRIP :Table 3 of ENAV19-13.2 | |||
;LOS :Level of Service (or LoS) | |||
;LPA :Local Public Address Service of the CSS | |||
;LPA :Local Public Address Service of the CSS | |||
;LPD :Laser Phosphor Display | |||
;LPS :Local Port Services | |||
;LRIT :Long Range Identification and Tracking | |||
;LSS :Logical Shore Station (AIS | |||
;LTE :Long Term Evolution (Standard) | |||
;LVD :Low Voltage Directive | |||
;Lat :Latitude | |||
;Lm :lumen | |||
;LoS :Line of Sight | |||
;Load-line :International Convention on Load Lines (LL) | |||
;Long :Longitude | |||
;Lx :lux | |||
;M :metacentre | |||
;M2M :Machine-to-Machine | |||
;MAC :Message Authentication Code | |||
;MARCOM :A PIANC technical working group | |||
;MARISS :Maritime Security Services | |||
;MARPOL :International Convention for the prevention of pollution from ships (IMO 1973) (as amended) | |||
;MARSUR :Maritime Surveillance | |||
;MAS :Maritime Assistance Service | |||
;MBS :IALA Maritime Buoyage System | |||
;MC :Maritime Cloud (ENAV) | |||
;MCA :Maritime and Coastguard Agency (UK) | |||
;MD :Maintenance Document | |||
;MD :Metadata | |||
;MDEF :ENAV19-13.6 Figure 16 | |||
;MDR :Metadata Registries | |||
;MDS :Minimum Detectable Signal | |||
;MEDEVAC :Medical evacuation | |||
;MEMS :Micro Electro Mechanics System | |||
;MEO :Medium Earth orbit | |||
;METAREA :Geographical sea regions for the purpose of co-ordinating the transmission of meteorological information | |||
;METOC :Meteorological and Oceanographic | |||
;METOC :Mission Essential Meteorological and Oceanographic Center | |||
;MF :Mean Frequency | |||
;MF :Medium Frequency (300 kHz to 3 MHz) | |||
;MFB :Medium Frequency Broadcast Service of the CSS | |||
;MFR :Météo France | |||
;MHHW :Mean Higher High Water | |||
;MHW :Mean High Water | |||
;MHWS :Mean High Water Springs | |||
;MHz :Megahertz | |||
;MID :Maritime Identification Digit | |||
;MIL :Military | |||
;MIL-STD :Military Standard (US) | |||
;MIM :Mobile Interrogation Monitoring | |||
;MIOs :Maritime Information Overlays | |||
;MIR :Maritime Identity Registry | |||
;MKD :Minimum Keyboard and Display | |||
;MLED :Micro LED | |||
;MLLW :Mean Lower Low Water | |||
;MLTM :Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs (Korea) | |||
;MLW :Mean Low Water | |||
;MLWS :Mean Low Water Springs | |||
;MMI :ENAV19-11.4 Table 4 (Man Machine Interface?) | |||
;MMS :Maritime Messaging Service of the CSS | |||
;MMSI :Maritime Mobile Service Identity | |||
;MN :Magnetic North | |||
;MOB :Man over board | |||
;MOB-AIS :Man Overboard AIS device | |||
;MOSFET :metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor (also MOS FET & MOS-FET) | |||
;MPA :Marine Protected Area | |||
;MPEG :Moving Pictures Expert Group | |||
;MPPT :Maximum Power Point Tracking (for battery charging) | |||
;MPR :Maritime Portfolio Registry Service of the CSS | |||
;MPX :Master/Pilot Exchange | |||
;MRCC :Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre | |||
;MRCP :Maritime Radio Communications Plan (IALA) | |||
;MRN :Maritime Resource Name (ENAV) | |||
;MSAS :Multi-purpose Satellite Augmentation System developed by the Government of Japan | |||
;MSC :Maritime Safety Committee (IMO) | |||
;MSG :AIS Message | |||
;MSI :Maritime Safety Information | |||
;MSIS :Maritime Safety Information Service | |||
;MSK :Minimum Shift Keying | |||
;MSP :Maritime Service Portfolio | |||
;MSP :Maritime Spatial Planning | |||
;MSSIS :Maritime Safety & Security Information System (US) | |||
;MSSL :Multiple Source Sector Light | |||
;MT :Message type (AIS) | |||
;MTBF :Mean Time Between Failures | |||
;MTBO :Mean Time Between Outages | |||
;MTI :Moving Target Indication | |||
;MTS :Maritime Transportation System | |||
;MTSR :Mean Time to Service Restoration | |||
;MTTR :Mean Time to Repair | |||
;MWB :Medium Wave Broadcast Service of the CSS | |||
;Met :Meteorology / meteorological | |||
;Mo :Morse (code) | |||
;MoU :Memorandum of Understanding | |||
;N :Julian date | |||
;N :Newton | |||
;N :No | |||
;N :North | |||
;N/A :Not applicable | |||
;N/mm2 :Newtons per square millimetre | |||
;NAS :Navigation Assistance Service (VTS) | |||
;NASA :National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US) | |||
;NAV :Sub-Committee on Safety-of-Navigation (IMO) | |||
;NAVAREA :Geographic areas in which various governments are responsible for navigation and weather warnings | |||
;NAVDAT :NAVigational DATa (a data transmission service) | |||
;NAVGUIDE :IALA manual covering all aspects of marine Aids to Navigation and is updated every four years | |||
;NAVPLAN :Navigation Plan | |||
;NAVTEX :Navigational Telex (a data transmission MSI service operating on 500 KHz) | |||
;NAVWARN :Navigational Warning(s) | |||
;NCA :Norwegian Coastal Administration | |||
;NCR :Non-Conformance Reports | |||
;NCS :Natural Colour System (Sweden) | |||
;NCSR :Sub-committee on Navigation Communications and Search and Rescue (IMO) | |||
;NCSR :National Centre for Sensor Research | |||
;NDT :NAVDAT Service of the CSS | |||
;NELS :Northwest European Loran System | |||
;NHC :National Hurricane Centre | |||
;NIMA :National Imagery and Mapping Agency | |||
;NIS :Navigational Information Service | |||
;NIST :National Institute of Standards and Technology (Japan) | |||
;NITZ :Network Identity and Time Zone | |||
;NM :Nautical Mile | |||
;NMEA :National Marine Electronics Association | |||
;NMR :Nuclear Magnetic Resonance | |||
;NP :Nautical Publication | |||
;NSE :Navigation System Error | |||
;NSS :Namespace Specific String | |||
;NT radar :New Technology radar | |||
;NTIA :National Telecommunications and Information Administration | |||
;NTP :Network Time Protocol | |||
;NTX :Navtex Service of the CSS | |||
;NetCDF :Network Common Data Form | |||
;Ni :Nickel | |||
;NiCad :Nickel Cadmium (battery) | |||
;NiCd :Nickel Cadmium (battery) | |||
;NiMH :Nickel-Metal Hydride (battery) | |||
;NiMh :Nickel Metal Hydride (battery) | |||
;No :Number of cells | |||
;NtM :Notices to Mariner | |||
;NtoM :Notice to Mariners | |||
;Ntrip :Networked Transport of RTCM via Internet Protocol | |||
;O :axis of the centre of water plane | |||
;OAP :Old Age Pensioner | |||
;OEM :Original Equipment Manufacturer | |||
;OEP :Object-oriented Engineering Process | |||
;OFTA :Office of the Telecommunications Authority | |||
;OGC :Open Geospatial Consortium | |||
;OH&S :Occupational Health & Safety | |||
;OJ :Official Journal of the European Union | |||
;OJT :On-the-Job Training | |||
;OOW :Officer of the Watch | |||
;OP :Technical Operating Personnel of the CSS | |||
;OPRF :Ocean Policy Research Foundation | |||
;OPS :Operational Performance Statement | |||
;OPS :Operational Presentation Surface | |||
;OREI :Offshore Renewable Energy Installation | |||
;OS :Operating System | |||
;OSC :On-scene commander | |||
;OSHA :Occupational and Safety Health Act (USA) | |||
;OSI :Open Systems Interconnection (model) | |||
;OpenGL :Open Graphics Library | |||
;P&I :Protection and Indemnity (clubs or insurance) | |||
;PAL :Phase Alternation Lines | |||
;PAR :Parabolic Aluminized Reflector lamp | |||
;PAWSA :Ports and Waterways Safety Assessment (IALA) | |||
;PBM :Pre-broadcast Monitoring | |||
;PC :Personal Computer | |||
;PC :Phase Code | |||
;PC :Politically Correct | |||
;PCA :Physical Configuration Audit | |||
;PCI :Phase Code Interval | |||
;PCU :PSS Control Unit (AIS) | |||
;PD :Probability of Detection | |||
;PDD :Project Delivery Department | |||
;PDF :Portable Document Format | |||
;PDL :Precision Direction Light | |||
;PEL :Port Entry Light | |||
;PEM :Proton Exchange Membrane | |||
;PEST :Political, Economical, Social, Technological (analysis) | |||
;PFA :Probability of False Alarm | |||
;PI :ENAV19-13.6 Figure 16 | |||
;PI :Performance Indicator | |||
;PI :Presentation Interface | |||
;PIANC :The World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure | |||
;PIF :Product Information File | |||
;PIV :Peak inverse voltage | |||
;PKI :Public Key Infrastructure | |||
;PM :Planned Maintenance | |||
;PM :Program Manager (IALA WWA) | |||
;PNT :Position, Navigation and Timing | |||
;PO :Post Office | |||
;POB :Persons on-board | |||
;POD :Probability of detection | |||
;POS :ENAV19-13.6 Figure 21 | |||
;POS :Position Determination Service of the CSS | |||
;PPE :Personal Protective Equipment | |||
;PPM :Pulse Position Modulation | |||
;PPP :Precise Point Positioning | |||
;PPU :Portable Pilot Unit | |||
;PR :Pseudorange | |||
;PRC :pseudo-range correction | |||
;PRF :Pulse Repetition Frequency | |||
;PS :Product Specification | |||
;PSC :Port State Control | |||
;PSLR :Peak Side Lobe Ratio | |||
;PSS :Physical Shore Station (AIS) | |||
;PSS :Practical Salinity Scale | |||
;PSSA :Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas | |||
;PTZ :Pan, Tilt, Zoom | |||
;PUI :Persistent Unique Identifier | |||
;PV :Photovoltaic | |||
;PVA :Polyvinyl acetate | |||
;PVT :Position, Velocity and Timing | |||
;PW :Pulse Width | |||
;PWM :Pulse Width Modulation | |||
;Pbfl :power consumption between flashes | |||
;Pfl :power consumption during flash | |||
;Pidle :daytime power consumption | |||
;Pss :lamp's steady state power requirements (watt) | |||
;Q&A :Question and Answer | |||
;QA :Quality Assurance | |||
;QMS :Quality Management System | |||
;QSA :Quality Safety Audit | |||
;QXGA :Quad Extended Graphics Array | |||
;QoS :Quality of Service | |||
;R :Range (also ρ) | |||
;R :Reflected amplitude | |||
;R :Reserve buoyancy | |||
;R&RNAV :The Research and Radionavigation Directorate (GLA) | |||
;R&TTE :Radio and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment | |||
;R.O. :Reverse Osmosis | |||
;RA :Risk Assessment | |||
;RACON :RADar beaCON (Radar transponder beacon) | |||
;RAD :Radar Service of the CSS | |||
;RADAR :Radio Detection and Ranging | |||
;RAID :Redundant Array of Independent Disks | |||
;RAIM :Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring | |||
;RAL :RAL colour system (Reichs-Ausschuß für Lieferbedingungen und Gütesicherung) | |||
;RAO :Response Amplitude Operator | |||
;RATDMA :Random Access Time-Division Multiple Access | |||
;RBS :Reference Broadcast Synchronization | |||
;RCC :Rescue Co-ordination Centre | |||
;RCDS :Raster Chart Display System | |||
;RCS :Radar Cross Section | |||
;RDF :Radio Direction Finder | |||
;RDS :Radio Data System | |||
;REACH :Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemical Substances | |||
;REEFREP :Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait Ship Reporting System | |||
;REEFVTS :Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait Vessel Traffic Service | |||
;RENC :Regional ENC Coordination Centre | |||
;RF :Radio Frequency | |||
;RFC :Request for comments (IETF) | |||
;RH :Relative Humidity | |||
;RIDDOR :Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (UK) | |||
;RIMS :ENAV19-13.6 section A.2.2 (or should this be RIMS?- See also Figure 29) | |||
;RM :righting moment | |||
;RMP :Recognized Maritime Picture | |||
;RMS :Root Mean Squared | |||
;RNAV :Radio & Radionavigation Committee (IALA)(old) | |||
;RNC :Raster navigation chart | |||
;ROT :Rate of Turn | |||
;RPM :Revolutions per minute | |||
;RR :Radio Regulations (ITU-R) | |||
;RRC :Range Rate Correction | |||
;RS :Reference Station | |||
;RSIM :Reference Station Integrity Monitor | |||
;RTCA :Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics | |||
;RTCM :Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services | |||
;RTE :Radar Target Enhancer | |||
;RTF :Rich Text Format | |||
;RTK :Real Time Kinematic | |||
;RTU :Remote Telemetry Unit | |||
;Rec :Recommendation (IALA) | |||
;Rg :geographical range | |||
;RoHS :Reduction of Hazardous Substances | |||
;RoSPA :Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (UK) | |||
;Rx :Reception / Receiver | |||
;S :South | |||
;S-100 :Geospatial Information Registry (IHO) | |||
;S-101 :IHO ENC Product Specification (under development in 2015) | |||
;S-200 :IALA domain for S-100 Product Specifications | |||
;S-44 :Standards for Hydrographic Surveys (IHO) | |||
;S-52 :Standard and the portrayal of colours and symbols in ECDIS (IHO) | |||
;S-57 :IHO Transfer Standard for Digital Hydrographic Data | |||
;S-63 :IHO Data Protection Scheme | |||
;S-99 :Operational Procedures for the Organization and Management of the S-100 Geospatial Information Registry | |||
;S-G :Secretary-General | |||
;S-IALA-NET :Satellite IALA-NET | |||
;S-Mode :a standard mode of presentation and operation for navigation displays, triggered by a single button | |||
;S-band :2.0 – 4.0 GHz (Note : military designation is F-band) | |||
;S/N :Safety of Navigation | |||
;S/N :Signal to Noise ratio | |||
;SA :Selected Availability (GNSS) | |||
;SA :Selective Availability | |||
;SAIS :Satellite AIS | |||
;SAM :Service Area Monitor | |||
;SAR :Search and Rescue | |||
;SAR (1979) :International Convention on Maritime SAR (1979) | |||
;SARC :SAR Mission Co-ordinator | |||
;SARSAT :Satellite-based Synthetic Aperture Radar | |||
;SART :Search and Rescue Transponder | |||
;SAS :Support of Allied Services (VTS) | |||
;SAT :Satellite | |||
;SAT :Site Acceptance Test | |||
;SBAS :Satellite-Based Augmentation System | |||
;SBAS :Space-Based Augmentation System | |||
;SBN :Shore-Based Wide Area Network Service of the CSS | |||
;SC :Special Committee (RTCM) | |||
;SC :Swinging Circle | |||
;SCADA :Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (system) | |||
;SCTS :Service Center Time Stamp | |||
;SD :Software defined | |||
;SDA :Ship Data Consistency Analysis Service of the CSS | |||
;SDH :Synchronous Digital Hierarchy | |||
;SENC :System Electronic Navigation Chart | |||
;SFEEAPI :Standard Format for Electronic Exchange of AtoN Product Information | |||
;SGML :Standard Generalized Markup Language (ISO 8879 :1986) | |||
;SHA :Secure Hash Algorithm | |||
;SHA :Sidereal Hour Angle | |||
;SI :International System of Units | |||
;SID :Shipping Industry Database Service of the CSS | |||
;SIGNI :Signs and Signals on Inland Waterways, UN, ECE, Resolution No 22 | |||
;SIP :IMO e-Navigation Strategy Implementation Plan (NCSR1/28, Annex 7 as adopted by MSC94, Nov. 2014) | |||
;SIS :Signal In Space | |||
;SLA :Service-Level Agreement | |||
;SMA :Swedish Maritime Administration | |||
;SMART :Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time scaled | |||
;SMC :SAR Mission Co-ordinator | |||
;SMCP :Standard Marine Communication Phrases (IMO) | |||
;SMP :Safety Management Plan | |||
;SMS :Safety Management System | |||
;SMS :Short Message Service | |||
;SMSC :Short Message Service Centre | |||
;SMTS :Sustainable Maritime Transportation System | |||
;SN Circ. :Safety of Navigation Circular (IMO) | |||
;SNPWG :Standardization of Nautical Publications Working Group (IALA) | |||
;SNR :Signal to Noise Ratio | |||
;SOA :Service Oriented Architecture | |||
;SOC :State of charge | |||
;SOG :Speed over Ground | |||
;SOLAS :International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (IMO 1974 as amended) | |||
;SOP :Standard Operating Procedures | |||
;SOTDMA :Self-Organising Time-Division Multiple Access | |||
;SPA :Special Protected Area | |||
;SQA :Software Quality Assurance | |||
;SRS :Ship Reporting System | |||
;SRU :Search and Rescue Unit | |||
;SS :Sea State | |||
;SS :Signal Strength | |||
;STC :Sensitivity-Time Control | |||
;STCW :International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (IMO) | |||
;STD./std. :Standard | |||
;STM :Sea Traffic Management | |||
;SV :Space Vehicle (GPS) | |||
;SWC :Short Wave Communication Service of the CSS | |||
;SWG :Short Wave GMDSS Service of the CSS | |||
;SWMS :Safe Work Method Statement | |||
;SWP :Safe Work Procedure | |||
;SWR :Standing Wave Ratio | |||
;Si :Silicon | |||
;SoOP :Signals of Opportunity | |||
;T :Transmissivity | |||
;T :roll period | |||
;T :Time period | |||
;TBA :To Be Advised | |||
;TBD :To Be Determined | |||
;TBM :Tool Box Meeting | |||
;TBS :True Bearing from Seaward | |||
;TBT :Tributyltin (anti-fouling paint) | |||
;TC :Technical Committee (ITU) | |||
;TCP :Transmission Control Protocol | |||
;TCP/IP :Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol | |||
;TCPA :Time to Closest Point of Approach | |||
;TD :Time Difference | |||
;TDMA :Time-Division Multiple Access | |||
;TEC :Technical | |||
;TEU :Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units | |||
;TH :Trinity House | |||
;THLS :Trinity House Lighthouse Service | |||
;TMAS :Telemedical Maritime Assistance Service | |||
;TMS :Time/Motion Studies | |||
;TMS :Training Management System | |||
;TN :True North | |||
;TO :Training Organisation | |||
;TOA :Time Of Arrival of an event in a signal | |||
;TOA :Time of Arrival | |||
;TOE :Time of Emission | |||
;TONNAGE :International Convention on tonnage measurement of ships (IMO) | |||
;TOS :Traffic Organisation Service (VTS) | |||
;TOT :Time of transmission | |||
;TPSN :Timing Synch Protocol for Sensor Networks | |||
;TRA :Transmission Regulatory Authority | |||
;TSE :Total System Error | |||
;TSMAD :Transfer Standard Maintenance and Application Development Working Group (IHO) | |||
;TSS :Traffic Separation Scheme (IMO) | |||
;TTA :Time to Alarm | |||
;TTI :Traffic Technology Centre (Germany) | |||
;TV :Television | |||
;TW :Territorial Waters | |||
;Tc :character duration | |||
;Tflash :flash length | |||
;Tm :Transmissivity | |||
;To :observation duration | |||
;Tperiod :a light's period | |||
;Tx :Transmission / Transmitter | |||
;UC :Use Case | |||
;UCAR :University Corporation for Atmospheric Research | |||
;UDRE :User Differential Range Error (GPS) | |||
;UHF :Ultra High Frequency (300 MHz and 3 GHz) | |||
;UIA :User Interaction Service of the CSS | |||
;UK :United Kingdom | |||
;UKC :Under Keel Clearance | |||
;UKHO :UK Hydrographic Office | |||
;UML :Unified Modelling Language | |||
;UNCLOS :The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea | |||
;UNESCO :United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization | |||
;UPS :Uninterruptable Power Supply | |||
;UR :User Requirement | |||
;URL :Uniform Resource Locator | |||
;URN :Uniform Resource Name | |||
;US :United States (of America) | |||
;USA :United States of America | |||
;USCG :United States Coast Guard | |||
;USD0T :United States Department of Transportation | |||
;UTC :Coordinated Universal Time (Universal Time Co-ordinated) | |||
;UTF-8 :Universal Character Set (UCS) Transformation Format — 8-bit; (ISO/IEC 10646) | |||
;UTM :Universal Transverse Mercator (Projection) | |||
;UUID :Universally Unique Identifier | |||
;UV :Ultra Violet (light) (10 – 380 nm) | |||
;UXGA :Ultra Extended Graphics Array | |||
;Up :Uplink | |||
;V :Visibility | |||
;V :Volt | |||
;V :Volume | |||
;VAD :Value Added Data Processing Services group of CSS | |||
;VAT :Value Added Tax | |||
;VAWG :Vertical Axis Wind Generator | |||
;VAWT :Vertical Axis Wing Turbine | |||
;VB :volume of buoyancy (m³) | |||
;VDE :VHF Data Exchange | |||
;VDES :VHF Data Exchange System | |||
;VDL :VHF Data Link | |||
;VDR :Voyage Data Recorder | |||
;VEC :Vector Chart Service of the CSS | |||
;VFR :Visiting Friends and Relatives (Family) | |||
;VFR :Visual Flight Rules | |||
;VHF :VHF Communication Service of the CS | |||
;VHF :Very High Frequency (30 MHz to 300 MHz) | |||
;VID :CCTV Video Service (Closed Circuit Television) of the CSS | |||
;VLCC :Very Large Crude Carrier | |||
;VLR :ENAV19-11.4 Figure 7 | |||
;VMS :Vessel Monitoring System | |||
;VOC :Volatile Organic Compounds (paints and solvents) | |||
;VOS :Voluntary observing ship | |||
;VPN :Virtual Private Network | |||
;VR :Virtual Reality | |||
;VRLA :Valve-regulated lead-acid (battery) | |||
;VRS :Virtual Reference Station | |||
;VSAT :Virtual Satellite | |||
;VTC :Vessel Traffic Centre | |||
;VTE :Vessel Technical Error | |||
;VTIS :Vessel Traffic Information Service | |||
;VTM :Vessel Traffic Management | |||
;VTMIS :Vessel Traffic Management and Information Services | |||
;VTMIS :Vessel Traffic Management and Information System | |||
;VTS :Vessel Traffic Services | |||
;VTSO :VTS Operator | |||
;VTSO :Vessel Traffic Service Officer | |||
;VoIP :Voice over Internet Protocol | |||
;W :watt | |||
;W :weight | |||
;W/Kg :watts per kilogram | |||
;WAAS :Wide Area Augmentation System developed by the Government of the United States | |||
;WAG :Wave activated generator | |||
;WAN :Wide Area Network (e.g. the internet) | |||
;WEND :Worldwide Electronic Navigational Chart Database | |||
;WER :Word Error Rate | |||
;WETREP :Western European Tanker Reporting System | |||
;WFS :Web Feature Service | |||
;WG :Working Group | |||
;WGS84 :World Geodetic System 1984 (datum and spheroid) | |||
;WL :waterline | |||
;WL0 :initial waterline | |||
;WL1 :heeled waterline | |||
;WMO :World Meteorological Organization | |||
;WP :waterplane | |||
;WRC :World Radio Conference (ITU) | |||
;WRC :World Radiocommunications Conference | |||
;WWA :World Wide Academy (IALA) | |||
;WWNWS :World Wide Navigational Warning Service | |||
;WWRC :World-Wide Radiocommunication | |||
;WWRN :World-Wide Radio Navigation | |||
;WWRNP :World Wide Radio Navigation Plan (IALA) | |||
;WWRNS :World Wide Radio Navigation System (IMO) | |||
;WWRNWS :World-Wide Radionavigation Warning Service | |||
;Wh/day :watt hour per day | |||
;Wh/kg :watt-hour per kilogram | |||
;WiFi :Wireless Fidelity (local area wireless computer networking) | |||
;WiMax :Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access | |||
;Wp :Watts peak | |||
;Ws :Watt seconds | |||
;X-band :8.0 – 12.0 GHz (Note : military designation is I-band) | |||
;XML :Extensible Mark-up Language | |||
;XSLT :XML accompanied by a style sheet | |||
;Y :Yes | |||
;YHA :Youth Hostel Association (UK) | |||
;amp :ampere | |||
;ar :required vertical divergence angle | |||
;bit :binary digit | |||
;cd :candela | |||
;cf. :compare | |||
;cm :centimetre | |||
;csa :cross section area | |||
;dB :deciBel | |||
;dBi :deciBel isotropic | |||
;dBm :deciBel milliWatt | |||
;e-NAV :e-Navigation | |||
;eLORAN :Enhanced LORAN | |||
;eNav :e-Navigation | |||
;ft :foot | |||
;ft-L :foot-Lambert (Illuminance) | |||
;g :acceleration due to gravity (m/s2) | |||
;h :hour | |||
;h/day :hours per day | |||
;hPa :hectoPascal | |||
;k :coefficient of sensitivity | |||
;kHz :kilohertz | |||
;kV :kilovolt | |||
;kW :Kilowatt | |||
;kWh/m2/y :kilowatt hours per square metre per year | |||
;kg/I :kilogram per litre (specific gravity) | |||
;kg/m :kilograms per metre | |||
;kg/m3 :kilograms per cubic metre | |||
;kgf :kilogram-force | |||
;km :kilometre | |||
;kn :kilometres per hour | |||
;l/h :litres / hour | |||
;m :metre | |||
;m/s :metres per second | |||
;m/s2 :metres per second squared | |||
;m2 :square metre | |||
;m3 :cubic metre | |||
;µA :microampere | |||
;mA :milliampere | |||
;mV :millivolt | |||
;mW :milliwatt | |||
;mb :mass of the buoy (kg) | |||
;met./hydro. :meteorological / hydrological (information) | |||
;mi :mass of each component (kg) | |||
;min arc :minutes of arc | |||
;mm :millimetre | |||
;mm/hr :millimetre per hour | |||
;mph :miles per hour | |||
;ms :millisecond | |||
;nit :unit of luminance equivalent to one candela per square metre | |||
;nm :nanometre (wavelength) | |||
;pH :numeric scale used to specify the acidity or basicity (alkalinity) of an aqueous solution | |||
;pa :per annum | |||
;ppm :Parts Per Million | |||
;r :density (kg/m³) | |||
;rho-rho :ENAV19-13.2 Table 4 (Does this refer to the Rho-Rho Navigation System? | |||
;s :second | |||
;sr :steradian (square radian) | |||
;v :hour angle | |||
;° :degree | |||
;± :plus or minus | |||
;µV/m :microvolt per metre (signal strength) | |||
;µs :microsecond | |||
;Ω :ohm | |||
;η :Antenna efficiency | |||
;μm :micrometre | |||
;≤ :less than or equal to | |||
;≥ :greater than or equal to | |||
;< :less than | |||
;> :greater than | |||
;% :percent | |||
;1-D :One dimensional | |||
;2-D :Two dimensional | |||
;3-D :Three dimensional | |||
;3G :3rd Generation (of mobile telecommunications technology) | |||
;4G :4th Generation (of mobile telecommunications technology) | |||
;4WD :Four Wheel Drive | |||
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[[Category:Alphabetical Index]] | [[Category:Alphabetical Index]] |
Revision as of 13:06, 19 September 2018
The following is a list of acronyms used in IALA documents.
(Updated 10. July 2016)
- A
- ampere
- A R and M
- Availability, Reliability and Maintainability
- A of U
- Angle of Uncertainty :
- AAAAA
- American Association Against Acronym Abuse
- ABM
- Addressed Binary Message
- AC
- Alternating Current
- ACCSEAS
- Accessibility for Shipping, Efficiency Advantages and Sustainability (EU research project)
- ACK
- Acknowledge
- ACT
- Australian Capital Territory
- AFS
- Anti-Fouling System (paint)
- AGM
- Absorbed Glass Matt
- AHO
- Australian Hydrographic Office
- AIS
- Automatic Identification System
- AIS 1
- AIS Default Channel 1 - 161.975 MHz (Ch. 87B//2087)
- AIS 2
- AIS Default Channel 2 - 162.025 MHz (Ch. 88B/2088
- AIS-AtoN
- AIS-Aid to Navigation transponder
- AIS-SART
- AIS Search and Rescue Transmitter
- AISM
- Association Internationale de Signalisation Maritime (Title of IALA in French)
- ALL
- Admiralty List of Light (UK)
- AMSA
- Australian Maritime Safety Authority
- API
- Application Programming Interface
- APL
- Accredited Prior Learning
- AREPS
- Advanced Refractive Effects Prediction System
- ARM
- Aids to Navigation Requirements and Management Committee (IALA)
- ARPA
- Automatic Radar Plotting A
- AS/NZ
- Australia/New Zealand
- ASCII
- American Standard Code for Information Interchange
- ASF
- Additional secondary fact
- ASL
- Above Sea Level
- ASM
- Application Specific Message
- ASM1
- ENAV19-11.4 Figure 1
- ASM2
- ENAV19-11.4 Figure 1
- ASP
- Application Service Provider (LRIT)
- ATBA
- Area to be avoided
- ATO
- Accredited Training Organisation
- ATP
- Acceptance Test Plan
- ATU
- Antenna Tuning Unit
- ATU
- Automatic Tuning Unit
- AV
- Audio / Visual
- AVC
- Aviation Communication Service of the CSS
- AWG
- American Wire Gauge
- AW־¹
- Guideline 1067
- Ah
- Ampere hour
- Ah/day
- Ampere hour per day
- App
- Application
- AppServ
- Application server
- AtoN
- Aid to Navigation
- B
- Centre of buoyancy
- B0
- Initial centre of Buoyancy
- B1
- Heeled centre of Buoyancy
- BAS
- ENAV19-13.6 Figure 16
- BB
- Bulletin Board
- BBM
- Broadcast Binary Message
- BCA
- Building Code of Australia
- BES
- Bridge Equipment System
- BIMCO
- Baltic and International Maritime Council (vessel contract agreements)
- BITE
- Built In Test Equipment
- BNG
- New Generation Buoy
- BOD
- Biological Oxygen Demand
- BRM
- Bridge Resource Management
- BS
- British Standard
- BSC
- Base Station Controller
- BoM
- Bureau of Meteorology (Australia)
- BoM
- metacentric radius
- C
- Capacitance
- C
- Celsius (previously Centigrade)
- C
- Contrast
- C/10
- A charge rate in amps of one-tenth the overall battery capacity in amp-hours
- CA
- Competent Authority
- CAD
- Computer-Aided Design
- CAIM
- Craft Autonomous Integrity Monitoring
- CAP
- Capability
- CAR
- Contractors All Risk (insurance)
- CARPET
- Computer Aided Radar Performance Evaluation Tool
- CAT
- Customer Acceptance Test
- CATZOC
- Category of Zone of Confidence
- CB
- Capacity Building
- CBM
- Condition-Based Maintenance
- CCTV
- Closed-Circuit Television
- CD
- Chart Datum
- CD
- Coding Delay
- CE
- Conformité Européenne
- CGI
- Computer Graphics Image
- CH
- Channel
- CHC
- Canadian Hurricane Centre
- CIE
- Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage (International Commission on Illumination)
- CIRM
- Comité International Radio-Maritime
- CM
- Corrective Maintenance
- CMDS
- Common Maritime Data Structure
- CME
- Coronel Mass Ejection (solar flare)
- COG
- Course over Ground
- COLREGS
- Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (1972) (as amended)
- COMSAR
- Sub-Committee on Communications and Search and Rescue (IMO)
- COPREP
- Coast of Portugal Ship Reporting System
- COR
- ENAV19-13.6 Figure 1
- COSPAS
- Cosmicheskaya Sistema Poiska Avariynyh Sudov (Russian; Space System for the Search of Vessels in Distress
- COSPAS/SARSAT
- COSPAS - Search and Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking
- COSSH
- Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1999 (UK)
- CPA
- Closest Point of Approach
- CPD
- Continual Professional Development
- CPHC
- Central Pacific Hurricane Centre
- CPI
- Consumer Price Index (AUS
- CRI
- Colour Rendering Index
- CRI
- Cross-Rate Interference
- CRS
- Co-ordinate Reference System
- CRT
- Cathode-Ray Tube
- CS
- Coastal Surveillance
- CS
- Control Station
- CSP
- Communication Service Provider (LRIT)
- CSS
- Common Shore-based System (ENAV)
- CSSA
- Common Shore-based System Architecture (ENAV)
- CSSI
- ENAV19-11.4 section 5.6
- CSTDMA
- Carrier Sense-Time Division Multiple Access
- CTI
- Continuity Time Interval
- CW
- Continuous Wave
- CWI
- Continuous Wave Interfering
- Cat
- Category
- Cd
- Drag coefficient
- Chayka
- A radionavigation system, similar to LORAN-C, operated by the Government of the Russian Federation
- Circ.
- Circular (IMO)
- CuNim
- Cumulonimbus (or Cb) cloud
- Cx
- the battery has been completely discharged over a period of x ho
- D
- Forward amplitude
- D
- Solar declination angle (in degrees)
- D
- change in the value of a term
- D
- diameter at the waterline (m)
- DGNSS
- Differential Global Navigation Satellite System
- D1 Apr
- Solar declination angle on 1 April
- D31 Oct
- Solar declination angle on 31 October
- DAC
- Designated Area Code
- DC
- Direct Current
- DCB
- Domain Control Body
- DCT
- Data Collection and Data Transfer Services group of the CSS
- DECCA
- A low-frequency hyperbolic radionavigation system based on phase comparison techniques
- DECCA Navigator
- Navigation equipment for DECCA
- DF
- Direction Finder
- DFO
- Department of Fisheries and Oceans (Canada)
- DFS
- Direction Finding Service of the CSS
- DGN
- DGNSS Augmentation Service of the CSS
- DGNSS
- Differential Global Navigation Satellite System
- DGPS
- Differential Global Positioning System
- DIN
- Deutsches Institut für Normung, the German Institute for Standardisation
- DIN
- German steel grading
- DLP
- Digital Light Processor
- DLoran
- Differential Loran
- DMA
- Danish Maritime Authority
- DMS
- Data Mining Service
- DNP
- Distributed Network Protocol
- DNS
- Dynamic Naming Service
- DOD
- Depth of Discharge
- DOP
- Dilution of Precision
- DP
- Technical Development Personnel
- DR
- Daymark Range
- DR
- Dead Reckoning
- DSC
- Digital Selective Calling
- DSC
- GMDSS VHF Digital Selective Calling Service of the CSS
- DSF
- Decision Support Function
- DST
- Decision Support Tool
- DTD
- Document Type Definition
- DTOA
- The Difference in Time Of Arrival of events in two signals
- DVB-S
- Satellite Digital Video Broadcasting
- DVB-T
- Terrestrial Digital Video Broadcasting
- DVD
- Digital Video Disc
- DWG
- Dictionary Working Group (IALA)
- DWT
- Deadweight tonnage
- DirectX
- collection of API (Microsoft)
- DoT
- Department of Transport
- E
- Energy
- E
- Illuminance
- EC
- European Commission
- ECC
- Electronic Communications Committee
- ECD
- ENAV19-13.2 section 3.3
- ECDIS
- Electronic Chart Display and Information System
- ECS
- Electronic Chart System
- ED
- Emission Delay
- EDA
- European Defence Agency
- EDAS
- EGNOS Data Access Service
- EDL
- Daily load
- EDL/max
- Maximum daily load
- EDL/nov-mar
- Maximum daily load between November and March
- EDLapr-oct
- Maximum daily load between April and October
- EEP
- Engineering, Environment and Preservation Committee (IALA now named ENG)
- EEZ
- Exclusive Economic Zone (Defined in UNCLOS)
- EGC
- Enhanced Group Calling
- EGNOS
- European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service
- EI
- Energy consumed during one flash
- EIA
- Electronics Industry Association
- ELT
- Emergency Location Transmitter
- EMC
- Electromagnetic Compatibility
- EMF
- Electro-Magnetic Frequency
- EMI
- Electromagnetic Interference
- EMSA
- European Maritime Safety Agency
- ENAV
- e-Navigation Committee (IALA)
- e-NAV
- ENAV
- ENC
- Electronic Navigation Chart
- ENE
- Environmental Data Evaluation Service of the CSS
- ENG
- Aids to Navigation Engineering and Sustainability Committee (IALA)
- ENS
- Environmental Sensor Service of the CSS
- EO
- Electro-Optical
- EOS
- Electro-Optical Sensor
- EPFS
- Electronic Position Fixing System
- EPIRB
- Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon
- EPIRB-AIS
- Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon – AIS enabled
- EPSG
- European Petroleum Survey Group
- ERC
- European Research Council
- ERP
- Effective Radiated Power
- ESA
- European Space Agency
- ESD
- Electrostatic discharge
- ETA
- Estimated Time of Arrival
- ETSI
- European Telecommunications Standards Institute
- EU
- European Union
- EWB
- Emergency Wreck Buoy
- EWF
- Effective Width of the Fairway
- EWMB
- Emergency Wreck Marking Buoy
- EWMP
- Emergency Wreck Marking Plan
- Envisat
- ENVIronment SATellite
- Ess
- Energy associated with steady state power
- Esurge
- Surge factor
- F
- Fahrenheit
- F
- Farad
- F
- force
- FAL
- Facilitation Convention (IMO)
- FAT
- Factory Acceptance Test
- FATDMA
- Fixed-Access Time-Division Multiple Access
- FB
- buoyant force
- FCA
- Functional Configuration Audit
- FCD
- Feature Concept Dictionary
- FDBK
- Feedback
- FEC
- Forward error correction
- FERNS
- Far East Radio Navigation Service
- FFIM
- Far Field Integrity Monitoring
- FFM
- Far Field Monitor
- FFT
- Fast Fourier Transform
- FI
- For Information
- FI
- Function Identifier
- FL
- Flash character < Esurge
- FLA
- Floating Visual Aids Service of the CSS
- FM
- Frequency Modulation
- FMCW
- Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave
- FMS
- Fiji Meteorological Service
- FOC
- Full Operating Condition
- FOC
- Full Operational Capability
- FPS
- Frames Per Second (Frame rate)
- FSK
- Frequency-shift keying
- FTP
- File Transfer Protocol
- FWHM
- Full Width Half Maximum
- FWTM
- Full Width Tenth Maximum
- FXA
- Fixed Visual Aids Service of the CSS
- FoV
- Field of View
- G
- centre of gravity
- GALILEO
- Global Navigation Satellite System (EU)
- GBAS
- Ground-Based Augmentation System
- GDOP
- Geometric Dilution of Position
- GEO
- Geostationary Orbit
- GEOSS
- Global Earth Observation System of Systems
- GESAMP
- Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection
- GF
- General Feature
- GFM
- General Feature Model (IHO)
- GHz
- GigaHertz
- GI
- Geospatial Information Registry (IHO)
- GI Registry
- Geo-Spatial Information Registry (IHO)
- GICOMS
- General Information Centre on Marine Safety & Security (Korea)
- GIS
- Geographic Information System
- GIT
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- GL
- Guideline (IALA)
- GLA
- General Lighthouse Authority(ies)
- GLO
- Generic Learning Outcomes
- GLONASS
- Globalnaya Navigatsionnaya Sputnikovaya Sistema
- GLONASS
- Global Navigation Satellite System, operated by the Government of the Russian Federation
- GLOSS
- Global Sea Level Observing System
- GM
- metacentric height
- GMDSS
- Global Maritime Distress and Safety System
- GMES
- Global Monitoring for Environment and Security
- GML
- Geography Markup Language
- GMSK
- Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying
- GN
- Grid North
- GNSS
- Global Navigation Satellite System
- GNSS-1
- Global Navigation Satellite System, based on augmentation of GPS and GLONASS in development by the EU
- GNSS-2
- Future Global Navigation Satellite System in development by the EU
- GOOS
- Global Ocean Observing System
- GPS
- Global Positioning System. Operated by the Government of the United States
- GRI
- Group Repetition Interval
- GRP
- Glass Reinforced Plastic (fibreglass)
- GSM
- Global System for Mobile Communications (originally Groupe Spécial Mobile)
- GT
- Gross Tonnage
- GWY
- Gateway Service of the CSS
- GZ
- Righting arm (hydrodynamic stability)
- Glossary
- A list of definitions of Acronyms
- Gyro
- Gyrocompass
- H&S
- Health and Safety
- HAL
- Horizontal Alert Limit
- HAT
- Highest Astronomical Tide
- HAWT
- Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine
- HCD
- Human Centred Design
- HDF
- Hierarchical Data Format
- HDM
- Harmonised Data Model
- HDOP
- Horizontal Dilution of Precision
- HDR
- High Dynamic Range
- HDTV
- High Definition Television
- HEAP
- Human Element Analysing Process
- HEO
- Highly Elliptical Orbit / High Earth Orbit
- HF
- High frequency (3 – 30 MHz)
- HFC
- HF Communication Service of the CSS
- HFG
- HF GMDSS Service of the CSS
- HGDM
- Harmonization Group on Data Modelling (IMO/IHO)
- HLF
- Heritage Lottery Fund
- HMAC
- Hash Message Authentication Code
- HMI
- Human / Machine Interface
- HMPE
- High modulus polyethylene
- HO
- Hydrographic Office
- HP
- High Power
- HPL
- Horizontal Protection Level
- HR
- Human Resources
- HSC
- High Speed Craft
- HSE
- Health and Safety Equipment
- HSSC
- Hydrographic Services and Standards Committee (IHO)
- HTTP
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol
- HW
- ENAV19-13.6 section 10.3.2.2
- Hdarkness
- Hours of possible darkness = 24 - Hdaylight
- Hdarkness1Apr
- Hours of possible darkness on 1 April
- Hdarkness31Oct
- Hours of possible darkness on 31 October
- Hdaylight
- the number of hours between sunrise and sunset
- Hydro.
- Hydrography / hydrographical
- I
- Intensity
- I
- charge current
- I&T
- Information &Technology
- I/O
- Input / Output
- IACS
- International Association of Classification Societies Ltd.
- IALA
- International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities - AISM
- IALA-AISM
- International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities
- IALA-NET
- A global government to government maritime data network (IALA)
- IALAACS
- IALA approved Classification Society
- IAMSAR
- International Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue (manual)
- IAPH
- International Association of Ports and Harbours
- ICAO
- International Civil Aviation Organization
- ICNIRP
- International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection
- ICS
- International Chamber of Shipping
- ICS
- Integrated communications system
- ICT
- Information and Communications Technology
- ID
- Identification
- IDC
- International Data Centre (for LRIT)
- IEC
- International Electrotechnical Commission
- IEC TC
- International Electrotechnical Commission – Technical Committee
- IEEE
- Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
- IETF
- Internet Engineering Task Force
- IFSMA
- International Federation of Shipmasters’ Association
- IHMA
- International Harbour Masters’ Association
- IHO
- International Hydrographic Organization
- III Code
- IMO Instruments Implementation Code
- ILO
- International Labour Organization
- IM
- Integrity Monitoring (Station)
- IMD
- Indian Meteorological Department
- IMO
- International Maritime Organization
- IMPA
- International Maritime Pilots Association
- IMSAS
- IMO Member State Audit Scheme
- IMSO
- International Mobile Satellite Organization
- IMT
- International Mobile Telecommunications
- IMU
- Inertial Measurement Unit
- INF
- On-Site Infrastructure of the CSS
- INMARSAT
- International Maritime Satellite Organization
- INS
- Information Services (VTS)
- INS
- Integrated Navigation System, as defined by IMO Performance Standards
- INS
- Traffic Information Service, as part of the Vessel Traffic Services
- INT
- International (chart)
- IOC
- Initial Operating Condition
- IOC
- Initial Operational Capability
- IOC
- Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
- IP
- Ingress Protection
- IP
- Internet Protocol
- IPR
- Intellectual Property Rights
- IPSL
- Integrated Power System (self-contained marine) lantern
- IR
- InfraRed
- ISBN
- International Standard Book Number
- ISO
- International Standardization Organisation
- ISPS
- International Ship and Port Facilities Security [Code]
- ISS
- International Space Station
- IT
- Information Technology
- ITDMA
- Incremental Time Division Multiple Acces
- ITIL
- IT Infrastructure Library (V3 = Version 3, service-oriented)
- ITU
- International Telecommunication Union
- ITU-R
- International Telecommunications Union – Radiocommunications Bureau
- ITZ
- Inshore Traffic Zone
- IVEF
- Inter - VTS Exchange Format
- IWRAP
- IALA Waterway Risk Assessment Program
- Iavg
- Average current
- Ie
- effective intensity
- Ieffs
- effective luminous intensity under service conditions
- If
- nertia of the water plane
- Inominal
- required luminous intensity for the nominal range
- Iphoto
- measured instantaneous intensity
- J
- moment of inertia of a buoy about the axis through the centre of gravity in kg*m
- J/kg
- Joules per kilogram
- JCG
- Japan Coast Guard
- JHA
- Job Hazard Analysis
- JMA
- Japan Meteorological Agency
- JMS
- Japan Meteorological Service
- JSA
- Job Safety Analysis
- JTWC
- Joint Typhoon Warning Centre
- KPI
- Key Performance Indicator
- Ka-band
- 26.4 – 40 GHz
- Kg
- kilogram
- kg
- kilogram
- Ku-band
- 12.0 – 18.0 GHz
- L
- Latitude (in degrees)
- L
- Level (technician training - WWA)
- L
- Luminance
- LAAS
- Local Area Augmentation System
- LADGNSS
- Local Area Differential GNSS
- LAN
- Local Area Network
- LANBY
- Large Automatic Navigation BuoY
- LAT
- Lowest Astronomical Tide
- Lat
- Latitude
- LCD
- Liquid Crystal Display
- LCoS
- Liquid Crystal on Silicon
- LDC
- Loran Data Channel
- LDR
- Light Dependent Resistors
- LDR
- Low Dynamic Range
- LED
- Light-Emitting Diode
- LEO
- Low Earth Orbit
- LF
- Low Frequency (30 kHz–300 kHz)
- LFP
- Lithium-iron Phosphate (battery)
- LIM
- Local Integrity Monitoring
- LNA
- Low noise amplifyer
- LNFE
- Low Noise Front End
- LNG
- Liquid Natural Gas
- Lon
- Longitude
- LOP
- Line of Position
- LORAN
- Long Range Navigation System
- LORAN-C
- Long Range Navigation System (USA) version C
- LORAN-C
- A low-frequency hyperbolic radionavigation system based on measurements of TOA or DTOA of events in pulsed signals
- LORRAP
- Table 3 of ENAV19-13.2
- LORRIP
- Table 3 of ENAV19-13.2
- LOS
- Level of Service (or LoS)
- LPA
- Local Public Address Service of the CSS
- LPA
- Local Public Address Service of the CSS
- LPD
- Laser Phosphor Display
- LPS
- Local Port Services
- LRIT
- Long Range Identification and Tracking
- LSS
- Logical Shore Station (AIS
- LTE
- Long Term Evolution (Standard)
- LVD
- Low Voltage Directive
- Lat
- Latitude
- Lm
- lumen
- LoS
- Line of Sight
- Load-line
- International Convention on Load Lines (LL)
- Long
- Longitude
- Lx
- lux
- M
- metacentre
- M2M
- Machine-to-Machine
- MAC
- Message Authentication Code
- MARCOM
- A PIANC technical working group
- MARISS
- Maritime Security Services
- MARPOL
- International Convention for the prevention of pollution from ships (IMO 1973) (as amended)
- MARSUR
- Maritime Surveillance
- MAS
- Maritime Assistance Service
- MBS
- IALA Maritime Buoyage System
- MC
- Maritime Cloud (ENAV)
- MCA
- Maritime and Coastguard Agency (UK)
- MD
- Maintenance Document
- MD
- Metadata
- MDEF
- ENAV19-13.6 Figure 16
- MDR
- Metadata Registries
- MDS
- Minimum Detectable Signal
- MEDEVAC
- Medical evacuation
- MEMS
- Micro Electro Mechanics System
- MEO
- Medium Earth orbit
- METAREA
- Geographical sea regions for the purpose of co-ordinating the transmission of meteorological information
- METOC
- Meteorological and Oceanographic
- METOC
- Mission Essential Meteorological and Oceanographic Center
- MF
- Mean Frequency
- MF
- Medium Frequency (300 kHz to 3 MHz)
- MFB
- Medium Frequency Broadcast Service of the CSS
- MFR
- Météo France
- MHHW
- Mean Higher High Water
- MHW
- Mean High Water
- MHWS
- Mean High Water Springs
- MHz
- Megahertz
- MID
- Maritime Identification Digit
- MIL
- Military
- MIL-STD
- Military Standard (US)
- MIM
- Mobile Interrogation Monitoring
- MIOs
- Maritime Information Overlays
- MIR
- Maritime Identity Registry
- MKD
- Minimum Keyboard and Display
- MLED
- Micro LED
- MLLW
- Mean Lower Low Water
- MLTM
- Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs (Korea)
- MLW
- Mean Low Water
- MLWS
- Mean Low Water Springs
- MMI
- ENAV19-11.4 Table 4 (Man Machine Interface?)
- MMS
- Maritime Messaging Service of the CSS
- MMSI
- Maritime Mobile Service Identity
- MN
- Magnetic North
- MOB
- Man over board
- MOB-AIS
- Man Overboard AIS device
- MOSFET
- metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor (also MOS FET & MOS-FET)
- MPA
- Marine Protected Area
- MPEG
- Moving Pictures Expert Group
- MPPT
- Maximum Power Point Tracking (for battery charging)
- MPR
- Maritime Portfolio Registry Service of the CSS
- MPX
- Master/Pilot Exchange
- MRCC
- Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre
- MRCP
- Maritime Radio Communications Plan (IALA)
- MRN
- Maritime Resource Name (ENAV)
- MSAS
- Multi-purpose Satellite Augmentation System developed by the Government of Japan
- MSC
- Maritime Safety Committee (IMO)
- MSG
- AIS Message
- MSI
- Maritime Safety Information
- MSIS
- Maritime Safety Information Service
- MSK
- Minimum Shift Keying
- MSP
- Maritime Service Portfolio
- MSP
- Maritime Spatial Planning
- MSSIS
- Maritime Safety & Security Information System (US)
- MSSL
- Multiple Source Sector Light
- MT
- Message type (AIS)
- MTBF
- Mean Time Between Failures
- MTBO
- Mean Time Between Outages
- MTI
- Moving Target Indication
- MTS
- Maritime Transportation System
- MTSR
- Mean Time to Service Restoration
- MTTR
- Mean Time to Repair
- MWB
- Medium Wave Broadcast Service of the CSS
- Met
- Meteorology / meteorological
- Mo
- Morse (code)
- MoU
- Memorandum of Understanding
- N
- Julian date
- N
- Newton
- N
- No
- N
- North
- N/A
- Not applicable
- N/mm2
- Newtons per square millimetre
- NAS
- Navigation Assistance Service (VTS)
- NASA
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US)
- NAV
- Sub-Committee on Safety-of-Navigation (IMO)
- NAVAREA
- Geographic areas in which various governments are responsible for navigation and weather warnings
- NAVDAT
- NAVigational DATa (a data transmission service)
- NAVGUIDE
- IALA manual covering all aspects of marine Aids to Navigation and is updated every four years
- NAVPLAN
- Navigation Plan
- NAVTEX
- Navigational Telex (a data transmission MSI service operating on 500 KHz)
- NAVWARN
- Navigational Warning(s)
- NCA
- Norwegian Coastal Administration
- NCR
- Non-Conformance Reports
- NCS
- Natural Colour System (Sweden)
- NCSR
- Sub-committee on Navigation Communications and Search and Rescue (IMO)
- NCSR
- National Centre for Sensor Research
- NDT
- NAVDAT Service of the CSS
- NELS
- Northwest European Loran System
- NHC
- National Hurricane Centre
- NIMA
- National Imagery and Mapping Agency
- NIS
- Navigational Information Service
- NIST
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (Japan)
- NITZ
- Network Identity and Time Zone
- NM
- Nautical Mile
- NMEA
- National Marine Electronics Association
- NMR
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
- NP
- Nautical Publication
- NSE
- Navigation System Error
- NSS
- Namespace Specific String
- NT radar
- New Technology radar
- NTIA
- National Telecommunications and Information Administration
- NTP
- Network Time Protocol
- NTX
- Navtex Service of the CSS
- NetCDF
- Network Common Data Form
- Ni
- Nickel
- NiCad
- Nickel Cadmium (battery)
- NiCd
- Nickel Cadmium (battery)
- NiMH
- Nickel-Metal Hydride (battery)
- NiMh
- Nickel Metal Hydride (battery)
- No
- Number of cells
- NtM
- Notices to Mariner
- NtoM
- Notice to Mariners
- Ntrip
- Networked Transport of RTCM via Internet Protocol
- O
- axis of the centre of water plane
- OAP
- Old Age Pensioner
- OEM
- Original Equipment Manufacturer
- OEP
- Object-oriented Engineering Process
- OFTA
- Office of the Telecommunications Authority
- OGC
- Open Geospatial Consortium
- OH&S
- Occupational Health & Safety
- OJ
- Official Journal of the European Union
- OJT
- On-the-Job Training
- OOW
- Officer of the Watch
- OP
- Technical Operating Personnel of the CSS
- OPRF
- Ocean Policy Research Foundation
- OPS
- Operational Performance Statement
- OPS
- Operational Presentation Surface
- OREI
- Offshore Renewable Energy Installation
- OS
- Operating System
- OSC
- On-scene commander
- OSHA
- Occupational and Safety Health Act (USA)
- OSI
- Open Systems Interconnection (model)
- OpenGL
- Open Graphics Library
- P&I
- Protection and Indemnity (clubs or insurance)
- PAL
- Phase Alternation Lines
- PAR
- Parabolic Aluminized Reflector lamp
- PAWSA
- Ports and Waterways Safety Assessment (IALA)
- PBM
- Pre-broadcast Monitoring
- PC
- Personal Computer
- PC
- Phase Code
- PC
- Politically Correct
- PCA
- Physical Configuration Audit
- PCI
- Phase Code Interval
- PCU
- PSS Control Unit (AIS)
- PD
- Probability of Detection
- PDD
- Project Delivery Department
- Portable Document Format
- PDL
- Precision Direction Light
- PEL
- Port Entry Light
- PEM
- Proton Exchange Membrane
- PEST
- Political, Economical, Social, Technological (analysis)
- PFA
- Probability of False Alarm
- PI
- ENAV19-13.6 Figure 16
- PI
- Performance Indicator
- PI
- Presentation Interface
- PIANC
- The World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure
- PIF
- Product Information File
- PIV
- Peak inverse voltage
- PKI
- Public Key Infrastructure
- PM
- Planned Maintenance
- PM
- Program Manager (IALA WWA)
- PNT
- Position, Navigation and Timing
- PO
- Post Office
- POB
- Persons on-board
- POD
- Probability of detection
- POS
- ENAV19-13.6 Figure 21
- POS
- Position Determination Service of the CSS
- PPE
- Personal Protective Equipment
- PPM
- Pulse Position Modulation
- PPP
- Precise Point Positioning
- PPU
- Portable Pilot Unit
- PR
- Pseudorange
- PRC
- pseudo-range correction
- PRF
- Pulse Repetition Frequency
- PS
- Product Specification
- PSC
- Port State Control
- PSLR
- Peak Side Lobe Ratio
- PSS
- Physical Shore Station (AIS)
- PSS
- Practical Salinity Scale
- PSSA
- Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas
- PTZ
- Pan, Tilt, Zoom
- PUI
- Persistent Unique Identifier
- PV
- Photovoltaic
- PVA
- Polyvinyl acetate
- PVT
- Position, Velocity and Timing
- PW
- Pulse Width
- PWM
- Pulse Width Modulation
- Pbfl
- power consumption between flashes
- Pfl
- power consumption during flash
- Pidle
- daytime power consumption
- Pss
- lamp's steady state power requirements (watt)
- Q&A
- Question and Answer
- QA
- Quality Assurance
- QMS
- Quality Management System
- QSA
- Quality Safety Audit
- QXGA
- Quad Extended Graphics Array
- QoS
- Quality of Service
- R
- Range (also ρ)
- R
- Reflected amplitude
- R
- Reserve buoyancy
- R&RNAV
- The Research and Radionavigation Directorate (GLA)
- R&TTE
- Radio and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment
- R.O.
- Reverse Osmosis
- RA
- Risk Assessment
- RACON
- RADar beaCON (Radar transponder beacon)
- RAD
- Radar Service of the CSS
- RADAR
- Radio Detection and Ranging
- RAID
- Redundant Array of Independent Disks
- RAIM
- Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring
- RAL
- RAL colour system (Reichs-Ausschuß für Lieferbedingungen und Gütesicherung)
- RAO
- Response Amplitude Operator
- RATDMA
- Random Access Time-Division Multiple Access
- RBS
- Reference Broadcast Synchronization
- RCC
- Rescue Co-ordination Centre
- RCDS
- Raster Chart Display System
- RCS
- Radar Cross Section
- RDF
- Radio Direction Finder
- RDS
- Radio Data System
- REACH
- Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemical Substances
- REEFREP
- Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait Ship Reporting System
- REEFVTS
- Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait Vessel Traffic Service
- RENC
- Regional ENC Coordination Centre
- RF
- Radio Frequency
- RFC
- Request for comments (IETF)
- RH
- Relative Humidity
- RIDDOR
- Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (UK)
- RIMS
- ENAV19-13.6 section A.2.2 (or should this be RIMS?- See also Figure 29)
- RM
- righting moment
- RMP
- Recognized Maritime Picture
- RMS
- Root Mean Squared
- RNAV
- Radio & Radionavigation Committee (IALA)(old)
- RNC
- Raster navigation chart
- ROT
- Rate of Turn
- RPM
- Revolutions per minute
- RR
- Radio Regulations (ITU-R)
- RRC
- Range Rate Correction
- RS
- Reference Station
- RSIM
- Reference Station Integrity Monitor
- RTCA
- Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics
- RTCM
- Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services
- RTE
- Radar Target Enhancer
- RTF
- Rich Text Format
- RTK
- Real Time Kinematic
- RTU
- Remote Telemetry Unit
- Rec
- Recommendation (IALA)
- Rg
- geographical range
- RoHS
- Reduction of Hazardous Substances
- RoSPA
- Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (UK)
- Rx
- Reception / Receiver
- S
- South
- S-100
- Geospatial Information Registry (IHO)
- S-101
- IHO ENC Product Specification (under development in 2015)
- S-200
- IALA domain for S-100 Product Specifications
- S-44
- Standards for Hydrographic Surveys (IHO)
- S-52
- Standard and the portrayal of colours and symbols in ECDIS (IHO)
- S-57
- IHO Transfer Standard for Digital Hydrographic Data
- S-63
- IHO Data Protection Scheme
- S-99
- Operational Procedures for the Organization and Management of the S-100 Geospatial Information Registry
- S-G
- Secretary-General
- S-IALA-NET
- Satellite IALA-NET
- S-Mode
- a standard mode of presentation and operation for navigation displays, triggered by a single button
- S-band
- 2.0 – 4.0 GHz (Note : military designation is F-band)
- S/N
- Safety of Navigation
- S/N
- Signal to Noise ratio
- SA
- Selected Availability (GNSS)
- SA
- Selective Availability
- SAIS
- Satellite AIS
- SAM
- Service Area Monitor
- SAR
- Search and Rescue
- SAR (1979)
- International Convention on Maritime SAR (1979)
- SARC
- SAR Mission Co-ordinator
- SARSAT
- Satellite-based Synthetic Aperture Radar
- SART
- Search and Rescue Transponder
- SAS
- Support of Allied Services (VTS)
- SAT
- Satellite
- SAT
- Site Acceptance Test
- SBAS
- Satellite-Based Augmentation System
- SBAS
- Space-Based Augmentation System
- SBN
- Shore-Based Wide Area Network Service of the CSS
- SC
- Special Committee (RTCM)
- SC
- Swinging Circle
- SCADA
- Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (system)
- SCTS
- Service Center Time Stamp
- SD
- Software defined
- SDA
- Ship Data Consistency Analysis Service of the CSS
- SDH
- Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
- SENC
- System Electronic Navigation Chart
- SFEEAPI
- Standard Format for Electronic Exchange of AtoN Product Information
- SGML
- Standard Generalized Markup Language (ISO 8879 :1986)
- SHA
- Secure Hash Algorithm
- SHA
- Sidereal Hour Angle
- SI
- International System of Units
- SID
- Shipping Industry Database Service of the CSS
- SIGNI
- Signs and Signals on Inland Waterways, UN, ECE, Resolution No 22
- SIP
- IMO e-Navigation Strategy Implementation Plan (NCSR1/28, Annex 7 as adopted by MSC94, Nov. 2014)
- SIS
- Signal In Space
- SLA
- Service-Level Agreement
- SMA
- Swedish Maritime Administration
- SMART
- Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time scaled
- SMC
- SAR Mission Co-ordinator
- SMCP
- Standard Marine Communication Phrases (IMO)
- SMP
- Safety Management Plan
- SMS
- Safety Management System
- SMS
- Short Message Service
- SMSC
- Short Message Service Centre
- SMTS
- Sustainable Maritime Transportation System
- SN Circ.
- Safety of Navigation Circular (IMO)
- SNPWG
- Standardization of Nautical Publications Working Group (IALA)
- SNR
- Signal to Noise Ratio
- SOA
- Service Oriented Architecture
- SOC
- State of charge
- SOG
- Speed over Ground
- SOLAS
- International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (IMO 1974 as amended)
- SOP
- Standard Operating Procedures
- SOTDMA
- Self-Organising Time-Division Multiple Access
- SPA
- Special Protected Area
- SQA
- Software Quality Assurance
- SRS
- Ship Reporting System
- SRU
- Search and Rescue Unit
- SS
- Sea State
- SS
- Signal Strength
- STC
- Sensitivity-Time Control
- STCW
- International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (IMO)
- STD./std.
- Standard
- STM
- Sea Traffic Management
- SV
- Space Vehicle (GPS)
- SWC
- Short Wave Communication Service of the CSS
- SWG
- Short Wave GMDSS Service of the CSS
- SWMS
- Safe Work Method Statement
- SWP
- Safe Work Procedure
- SWR
- Standing Wave Ratio
- Si
- Silicon
- SoOP
- Signals of Opportunity
- T
- Transmissivity
- T
- roll period
- T
- Time period
- TBA
- To Be Advised
- TBD
- To Be Determined
- TBM
- Tool Box Meeting
- TBS
- True Bearing from Seaward
- TBT
- Tributyltin (anti-fouling paint)
- TC
- Technical Committee (ITU)
- TCP
- Transmission Control Protocol
- TCP/IP
- Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
- TCPA
- Time to Closest Point of Approach
- TD
- Time Difference
- TDMA
- Time-Division Multiple Access
- TEC
- Technical
- TEU
- Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units
- TH
- Trinity House
- THLS
- Trinity House Lighthouse Service
- TMAS
- Telemedical Maritime Assistance Service
- TMS
- Time/Motion Studies
- TMS
- Training Management System
- TN
- True North
- TO
- Training Organisation
- TOA
- Time Of Arrival of an event in a signal
- TOA
- Time of Arrival
- TOE
- Time of Emission
- TONNAGE
- International Convention on tonnage measurement of ships (IMO)
- TOS
- Traffic Organisation Service (VTS)
- TOT
- Time of transmission
- TPSN
- Timing Synch Protocol for Sensor Networks
- TRA
- Transmission Regulatory Authority
- TSE
- Total System Error
- TSMAD
- Transfer Standard Maintenance and Application Development Working Group (IHO)
- TSS
- Traffic Separation Scheme (IMO)
- TTA
- Time to Alarm
- TTI
- Traffic Technology Centre (Germany)
- TV
- Television
- TW
- Territorial Waters
- Tc
- character duration
- Tflash
- flash length
- Tm
- Transmissivity
- To
- observation duration
- Tperiod
- a light's period
- Tx
- Transmission / Transmitter
- UC
- Use Case
- UCAR
- University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
- UDRE
- User Differential Range Error (GPS)
- UHF
- Ultra High Frequency (300 MHz and 3 GHz)
- UIA
- User Interaction Service of the CSS
- UK
- United Kingdom
- UKC
- Under Keel Clearance
- UKHO
- UK Hydrographic Office
- UML
- Unified Modelling Language
- UNCLOS
- The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
- UNESCO
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
- UPS
- Uninterruptable Power Supply
- UR
- User Requirement
- URL
- Uniform Resource Locator
- URN
- Uniform Resource Name
- US
- United States (of America)
- USA
- United States of America
- USCG
- United States Coast Guard
- USD0T
- United States Department of Transportation
- UTC
- Coordinated Universal Time (Universal Time Co-ordinated)
- UTF-8
- Universal Character Set (UCS) Transformation Format — 8-bit; (ISO/IEC 10646)
- UTM
- Universal Transverse Mercator (Projection)
- UUID
- Universally Unique Identifier
- UV
- Ultra Violet (light) (10 – 380 nm)
- UXGA
- Ultra Extended Graphics Array
- Up
- Uplink
- V
- Visibility
- V
- Volt
- V
- Volume
- VAD
- Value Added Data Processing Services group of CSS
- VAT
- Value Added Tax
- VAWG
- Vertical Axis Wind Generator
- VAWT
- Vertical Axis Wing Turbine
- VB
- volume of buoyancy (m³)
- VDE
- VHF Data Exchange
- VDES
- VHF Data Exchange System
- VDL
- VHF Data Link
- VDR
- Voyage Data Recorder
- VEC
- Vector Chart Service of the CSS
- VFR
- Visiting Friends and Relatives (Family)
- VFR
- Visual Flight Rules
- VHF
- VHF Communication Service of the CS
- VHF
- Very High Frequency (30 MHz to 300 MHz)
- VID
- CCTV Video Service (Closed Circuit Television) of the CSS
- VLCC
- Very Large Crude Carrier
- VLR
- ENAV19-11.4 Figure 7
- VMS
- Vessel Monitoring System
- VOC
- Volatile Organic Compounds (paints and solvents)
- VOS
- Voluntary observing ship
- VPN
- Virtual Private Network
- VR
- Virtual Reality
- VRLA
- Valve-regulated lead-acid (battery)
- VRS
- Virtual Reference Station
- VSAT
- Virtual Satellite
- VTC
- Vessel Traffic Centre
- VTE
- Vessel Technical Error
- VTIS
- Vessel Traffic Information Service
- VTM
- Vessel Traffic Management
- VTMIS
- Vessel Traffic Management and Information Services
- VTMIS
- Vessel Traffic Management and Information System
- VTS
- Vessel Traffic Services
- VTSO
- VTS Operator
- VTSO
- Vessel Traffic Service Officer
- VoIP
- Voice over Internet Protocol
- W
- watt
- W
- weight
- W/Kg
- watts per kilogram
- WAAS
- Wide Area Augmentation System developed by the Government of the United States
- WAG
- Wave activated generator
- WAN
- Wide Area Network (e.g. the internet)
- WEND
- Worldwide Electronic Navigational Chart Database
- WER
- Word Error Rate
- WETREP
- Western European Tanker Reporting System
- WFS
- Web Feature Service
- WG
- Working Group
- WGS84
- World Geodetic System 1984 (datum and spheroid)
- WL
- waterline
- WL0
- initial waterline
- WL1
- heeled waterline
- WMO
- World Meteorological Organization
- WP
- waterplane
- WRC
- World Radio Conference (ITU)
- WRC
- World Radiocommunications Conference
- WWA
- World Wide Academy (IALA)
- WWNWS
- World Wide Navigational Warning Service
- WWRC
- World-Wide Radiocommunication
- WWRN
- World-Wide Radio Navigation
- WWRNP
- World Wide Radio Navigation Plan (IALA)
- WWRNS
- World Wide Radio Navigation System (IMO)
- WWRNWS
- World-Wide Radionavigation Warning Service
- Wh/day
- watt hour per day
- Wh/kg
- watt-hour per kilogram
- WiFi
- Wireless Fidelity (local area wireless computer networking)
- WiMax
- Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access
- Wp
- Watts peak
- Ws
- Watt seconds
- X-band
- 8.0 – 12.0 GHz (Note : military designation is I-band)
- XML
- Extensible Mark-up Language
- XSLT
- XML accompanied by a style sheet
- Y
- Yes
- YHA
- Youth Hostel Association (UK)
- amp
- ampere
- ar
- required vertical divergence angle
- bit
- binary digit
- cd
- candela
- cf.
- compare
- cm
- centimetre
- csa
- cross section area
- dB
- deciBel
- dBi
- deciBel isotropic
- dBm
- deciBel milliWatt
- e-NAV
- e-Navigation
- eLORAN
- Enhanced LORAN
- eNav
- e-Navigation
- ft
- foot
- ft-L
- foot-Lambert (Illuminance)
- g
- acceleration due to gravity (m/s2)
- h
- hour
- h/day
- hours per day
- hPa
- hectoPascal
- k
- coefficient of sensitivity
- kHz
- kilohertz
- kV
- kilovolt
- kW
- Kilowatt
- kWh/m2/y
- kilowatt hours per square metre per year
- kg/I
- kilogram per litre (specific gravity)
- kg/m
- kilograms per metre
- kg/m3
- kilograms per cubic metre
- kgf
- kilogram-force
- km
- kilometre
- kn
- kilometres per hour
- l/h
- litres / hour
- m
- metre
- m/s
- metres per second
- m/s2
- metres per second squared
- m2
- square metre
- m3
- cubic metre
- µA
- microampere
- mA
- milliampere
- mV
- millivolt
- mW
- milliwatt
- mb
- mass of the buoy (kg)
- met./hydro.
- meteorological / hydrological (information)
- mi
- mass of each component (kg)
- min arc
- minutes of arc
- mm
- millimetre
- mm/hr
- millimetre per hour
- mph
- miles per hour
- ms
- millisecond
- nit
- unit of luminance equivalent to one candela per square metre
- nm
- nanometre (wavelength)
- pH
- numeric scale used to specify the acidity or basicity (alkalinity) of an aqueous solution
- pa
- per annum
- ppm
- Parts Per Million
- r
- density (kg/m³)
- rho-rho
- ENAV19-13.2 Table 4 (Does this refer to the Rho-Rho Navigation System?
- s
- second
- sr
- steradian (square radian)
- v
- hour angle
- °
- degree
- ±
- plus or minus
- µV/m
- microvolt per metre (signal strength)
- µs
- microsecond
- Ω
- ohm
- η
- Antenna efficiency
- μm
- micrometre
- ≤
- less than or equal to
- ≥
- greater than or equal to
- <
- less than
- >
- greater than
- %
- percent
- 1-D
- One dimensional
- 2-D
- Two dimensional
- 3-D
- Three dimensional
- 3G
- 3rd Generation (of mobile telecommunications technology)
- 4G
- 4th Generation (of mobile telecommunications technology)
- 4WD
- Four Wheel Drive
- Acronyms - not yet accepted}}