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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 less than 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