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APPENDIX
AP-13
7. Terminology, Units of Measurement, Symbols
Terminology
Term Meaning Term Meaning
AIS Automatic Identification
System
HDG Heading
ALARM Alarm ID Identification
ALM Alarm IEC ED1 IEC 61162-1 Edition 1
(NMEA 0183 Version
2.0)
ANT Antenna IEC ED2 IEC 61162-1 Latest
Edition (NMEA 0183
Latest Version)
APR April IN In
ARPA Automatic Radar Plotting
Aid
I/O Input/Output
AUG August JAN January
AUTO Automatic JUL July
AVG Average JUN June
B-EXT External Beacon ( DGPS
Receiver)
LAT Latitude
BPS Bit Per Second LCD Liquid Crystal Display
CALC GPS baseline Calculation L/L Latitude/Longitude
CNT Contour LOG Log
COG Course Over Ground LON Longitude
DEC December MAN Manual
DGPS Differential GPS MAR March
DIFF Difference MAY May
DIM Dimmer MENU Menu
DISP Display MSAS Multi-Functional Satellite
Augmentation System
DIST Distance N North
DRIFT Drift NAV Navigation
E East NG Not good
ECDIS Electronic Chart Display
and Information System
NMEA 1.5 NMEA 0183 Version 1.5
EGNOS European Geo-Stationary
Navigational Overlay
System
NOV November
ENT Enter OCT October
ERR Error OFF Off
EXT External OFFSET Offset
FIX Fix ON On
FREQ Frequency OUT Out/Output
GNSS Global Navigation Satellite
System
POS Position
GOOD Good PRCSSR Processor Unit
GPS Global Positioning System PWR Power