Abbreviations¶
%FS Percentage of Full Scale
%FSS Percentage of Full Scale Span
.exe Executable
.NET-FW .NET Framework
°C Celsius
°F Fahrenheit
%rh Percentage Relative Humidity
ACT Action
ADC Analogue Digital Converter
ADDP Device Discovery function
API Application Programming Interface
APIPA Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing
APC Automatic Pressure Compensation
ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
Aw Water Activity
BAT Battery
CAT5e Category 5e
CCD CO2 Probe
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CL Change Log
CLD Cloud
CPP Critical Process Parameters
CPU Central Processing unit
CQA Critical Quality Attributes
CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check
CS Configuration Specification
CSS Cascading Style Sheets
CSV Comma separated values
DEV Device
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DI Digital Input
DNS Domain Name System
DO Digital output
EMC Electromagnetic compatibility
ERES Electronic Records & Electronic systems
EU European Union
EVT Event
FAT Factory Acceptance Test
FDA Food and Drug Administration
FINMA Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority
FRS Functional Requirement Specification
FS Functional Specification
FTDI Future Technology Devices International
FW Firmware
g/m3 Gram per cubic meter
GxP Good x Practice
GAMP Good Automated Manufacturing Practice
GCP Good Clinical Practice
GLP Good Laboratory Practice
GMP Good Manufacturing Practice
GND Ground
GUI Graphical User Interface
GW Gateway
HCD Humidity probe
HDD Hard Disk Drive
HEX Hexadecimal
HTML Hypertext Markup Language
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HTTPD Hypertext Transfer Protocol daemon
HTTPS Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
HW4 Computer software to configure and read Rotronic measuring instruments
IE Internet Explorer
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
IIS Internet Information Server
inH2O Inch of water
IoT Internet of Things
IP Intellectual property
IP address Internet Protocol address
IQ Installation Qualification
ISM Industrial, scientific and medical
ISO International Organization for Standardization
ISP Internet service provider
IT Information Technology
ITIL Information Technology Infrastructure Library
LCD Liquid-crystal display
LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LGT Integrated light sensor
LOG Data logger
LSB Least significant bit
Lux Unit of illumination
LVD Low Voltage Directive
M2M Machine to Machine
mA Milliampere
MADC Wireless mini data logger with current input
mBar Millibar
MDI Wireless mini data logger with digital input
MHz Megahertz
MKT Mean Kinetic Temperature
MLOG Mini data logger
mm Millimeters
mmH2O Millimeters of water column
mmHg Millimeter of mercury
mPSI Megapound per square inch
MPT Measuring point
MPT-ID Measuring point identity
MSB Most significant bit
NAN Not a number
NPK Network Planning Kit
NTC Negative Temperature Coefficient
OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
OQ Operational Qualification
OS Operating system
Pa Pascal
PCB Polycarbonate Black
PCD Differential pressure probe
PCW Polycarbonate White
PDA Palmtop computer
PDF Portable Document Format
PE Polyethylene
PoE Power over Ethernet
ppm Parts per million
PQ Performance Qualification
PS Power Supplies
PTFE Polytetrafluoroethylene
PWR Power
QMS Quality Management System
R Din Rail
RA Risk Assessment
RF Radio Frequency
RMS Rotronic Monitoring System
RSSI Received Signal Strength Indication
RTC Real Time Clock
RTCC Real Time Clock Calendar
RTD Resistance Temperature Detector
RTM Requirement Traceability Matrix
RTU Remote Terminal Unit
SaaS Software as a Service
SAT Site Acceptance Test
SCR Script
SLA Service Level Agreement
SME Small and Medium Enterprises
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SN Serial Number
SOP Standard Operating Procedure
SPOC Single Point of Contact
SQL Structured Query Language
SSL Secure Sockets Layer
SSS Sintered steel
SW Software
TCP Transmission Control Protocol
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
TLS Transport Layer Security
UDP User Datagram Protocol
UPS Uninterrupted Power Supply
URL Uniform Resource Locator
URS User Requirement Specification
USB Universal Serial Bus
USP United States Pharmacopeia
V Volts
VAC Volts of alternating current** **
VDC Voltage Direct Current
VMP Validation Master Plan
VP Validation Plan
VSS Validation Script Specification
WC Webcam
WiFi Wireless Fidelity
Win Windows
WM Wire Mesh
WP White Paper