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Following are some of the abbreviation terms used on our website:
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A/D
Analog to Digital
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AC
Alternating Current
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ACGIH
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
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ACQ
Acquisition
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ADAT
Alesis Digital Audio Tape
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AES/EBU
Audio Engineering Society/European Broadcasting Union
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AES
Advanced Encryption Standard
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AFM
Atomic Force Microscopy
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ANLZ
Analyzer
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ANSI
American National Standards Institute
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ART
Assisted Reproductive Technologies
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ASA
Acoustical Society of America
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ASTM
American Materials Testing Association
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ATS
Automated Test System
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AWG
Arbitary Waveform Generator
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BJT
Bipolar Junction Transistor
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CAL
Calibration
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CCD
Charge-Coupled Device
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CC-TLP
Capacitively Coupled-Transmission Line Pulse
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CDM
Charge Device Model
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CMOS
Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
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CMTI
Common Mode Transfer Interference/Immunity
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CNS
Chinese National Standards
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CTRL
Control
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D/A
Digital to Analog
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DC
Direct Current
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DIGI
Digital
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DIN
Deutsches Institut für Normung (German Institute for Standardization)
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DMM
Digital Multimeter
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DNA
DeoxyriboNucleic Acid
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DPG
Digital Pattern Generator
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DSO
Digital Storage/Digital Oscilloscope
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DSP
Digital Signal Processing
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EDF
Extended Depth of Field
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EEE
Electrical & Electronics
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EIS
Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy
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EMF
ElectroMagnetic Field/Electromotive Force
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EMI
ElectroMagnetic Interference
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EN IEC
European implementation of an IEC Standard
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EN
European Norm (European Standards)
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EOS
Electical OverStress
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ESD
ElectoStatic / ElectoStatic Discharge
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ESVM
Electrostatic Voltmeter
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FC
Foot Candle (defined as one lumen per square foot)
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FG
Function Generator
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FREQ
Frequency
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FRET
Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer
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GEN
Generator
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GNSS
Global Navigation Satellite System
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GPS
Global Positioning System
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HBM
Human-Body-Model
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HC
High Current
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HDR
High Dynamic Range
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HF
High Frequency
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HMM:
Human Metal Model
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HP
High Power
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HV
High Voltage
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IAQ
Indoor Air Quality
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IC
Integrated Circuit
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ICSI
IntraCytoplasmic Sperm Injection
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IEC
International Electrotechnical Commission
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IGBT
Insulated-Gate Bipolar Transistor
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ILLUM
Illumination
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IMSI
Intracytoplasmic Morphologically Selected Sperm Injection
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INSP
Inspect/Inspection
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IP
Internet Protocol
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IR
Insulation Resistance
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ISO/R
International Organization for Standardization Recommendations
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ISO
International Organization for Standardization
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IVF
In Vitro Fertilization
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JIS
Japanese Industrial Standards
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JJG
National Meterological Verification (Specification of the R.O.C)
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LCD
Liquid Crystal Display
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LCR
Inductance, Capacitance, Resistance
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LF
Low Frequency
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LUT
LookUp Table
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LUX
SI unit of illuminance (defined as one lumen per square metre)
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MADI
Multi Channel Audio Digital Interface
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MEAS
Measurement / Measuring
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MEMS
Micro-ElectroMechanical System
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MicroE
MicroElectronics
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MM
Machine Model
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MOSFET
Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor
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MSHA
Mine Safety and Health Administration
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MSO
Mixed Signal Oscilloscope
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MW
MicroWave
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NC
Non-Contact
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OSHA
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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PGU
Pulse Generator / Pulse Generator Unit
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PKG-LVL
Package-Level
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PLC
Programmable Logic Controller
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PS
Power Supply
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PW
Pulse Width
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PWR
Power
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RES
Resistance / Resistivity
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RF
Radio Frequency
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RH
Relative Humidity
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RT
Rise Time
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S/PDIF
Sony/Philips Digital Interface
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SA
Spectrum Analyzer
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SEMI
Semiconductor
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SG
Signal Generator
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SMPTE
Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
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SMU
Source Measure Unit
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SPM
Scanning Probe Microscopy
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SThM
Scanning Thermal Microscopy
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STI
Speech Transmission Index
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STIPA
Speech Transmission Index for Public Address Systems
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SWP
Sweep
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TEMP
Temperature
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TIRFM
Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscopy
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TLP
Transmission Line Pulse
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TS
Test Solution
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TSDC
Thermally Stimulated Depolarization Current
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UHD
Ultra High Definition
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UVA
UltraViolet A
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VF-TLP
Very Fast-Transmission Line Pulse
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VNA
Vector Network Analyzer
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WBGT
Wet Bulb Globe Temperature
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WCG
Wide Color Gamut
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WFG
WaveForm Generator
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WFR-LVL
Wafer-Level
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