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Abbreviation
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Source of abbreviation
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Meaning/explanation
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A/D
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Analog/Digital
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AC
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Adaptive Control
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AC
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Alternating Current
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Alternating current/three-phase current
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ACOP
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Advanced COProcessor
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ACR
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Axis Converter
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ACX
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Access description Compressed and eXtensible
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Compressed XML format
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ADC
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Analog Digital Converter
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AI
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Analog Input
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AIM
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Active Interface Module
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ALM
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Active Line Module
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ALM
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Automation License Manager
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Software for managing software license keys
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AM
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Absolute encoder, Multi-turn
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AM
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Account Manager
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AM
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Asynchronous Motor drive
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AMC
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Analyze MyCondition
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AMP
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Analyze MyPerformance
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ANA
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ANalog Axis
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AO
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Analog Output
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AOP
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Advanced Operator Panel
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AP
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Activation Point
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APC
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Advanced Position Control
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APC
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Advanced Process Control
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Efficient process control via control mechanisms
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APR
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Access Protection Read
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Read access
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APW
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Access Protection Write
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Write access
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AR
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Automatic Restart
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AS
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Absolute encoder, Single-turn
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AS
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Automation System
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ASC
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Armature Short Circuit
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ASCII
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American Standard Code for Information Interchange
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American code standard for the exchange of information
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AS-i
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Actuator Sensor interface
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AS-Interface is a fieldbus for the actuator/sensor level in automation systems.
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ASIC
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Application Specific Integrated Circuit
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Application-specific integrated circuit
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ASM
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Anwender-Speichermodul
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User-memory module
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ASM
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ASynchronous Motor
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ASP
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Application Service Provider
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AST
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Auto Servo Tuning
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ASTM
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American Society for Testing and Materials
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An international standardization organization with headquarters in the USA
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ASUB
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Asynchronous SUBprogram
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Asynchronous subprogram
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ATR
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Automatic Tag Reader
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ATW
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Acceptance Test Wizard
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AUTO
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Automatic
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CNC operating mode
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AWG
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American Wire Gauge
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BCS
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Basic Coordinate System
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BERO
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Name for a contactless proximity/limit switch
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BGV
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Berufsgenossenschaftliche Vorschriften
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Regulations of the German Trade Association
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BI
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Binector Input
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BIA
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Berufsgenossenschaftliches Institut für Arbeitssicherheit
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BG-Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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BICO
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Binector Connector
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BIOS
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Basic Input Output System
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BLM
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Basic Line Module
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B-MPI
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Handheld unit with MPI connection
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BO
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Binector Output
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BOP
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Basic Operator Panel
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BRK
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Break
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BSS
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Authorization key-operated switch
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BTR
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Behind Tape Reader
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BZS
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Basic Zero System
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CAD
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Computer Aided Design
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CAM
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Corporate Account Manager
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CAN
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Controller Area Network
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Serial bus system
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CB
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Communication Board
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Communication module
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CBA
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Component-Based Automation
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CBC
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Communication Board CAN
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CBE
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Communication Board Ethernet
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CC
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Central Controller
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CCFL
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Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp
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Fluorescent lamp for background lighting
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CCG
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Cam Contour Grinding
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CCU
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Compact Control Unit
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CD
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Compact Disk
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CDON
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Collision Detection ON
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CDP
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Customer Development Plan
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CD-ROM
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Compact Disk ROM
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CDS
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Command Data Set
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CE
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Conformité Européenne
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European Conformity
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CEC
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Cross Error Compensation
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Sag/angularity compensation
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CEO
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Chief Executive Officer
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CF
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CompactFlash
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CI
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Connector Input
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CLC
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Clearance Control
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CLR
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Clear
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CM
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Control Module
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CNC
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Computerized Numerical Control
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Computer-supported numerical control for machine tools
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CO
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Connector Output
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CO/BO
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Connector Output / Binector Output
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COB-ID
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CAN Object Identification
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COD
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Command Output Disable
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CoL
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Certificate of License
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COM
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Common contact of a changeover relay
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Center contact of a changeover contact
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COM
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Communication Module
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COMM
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Commissioning
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COMM
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Commissioning
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Startup
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CP
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Communications Processor
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CPU
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Central Processing Unit
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CRC
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Cyclic Redundancy Check
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Checksum check
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CRT
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Cathode Ray Tube
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CS
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Customer Support
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CSB
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Central Service Board
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CSM
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Control Supply Module
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CSP
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Concentrated Solar Power
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Conversion of thermal solar energy into electrical energy
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CT Editor
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Customizing Template Editor
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CTS
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Clear To Send
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Signals that data is ready to be sent for serial data interfaces
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CU
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Control Unit
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CUA
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Control Unit Adapter
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CUD
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Control Unit DC MASTER
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CUTE
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Common Use Terminal Equipment
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DAC
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Digital Analog Converter
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Digital to analog converter
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DB
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Data Block
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DC
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Direct Current
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DC current
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DC Link
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DC Link
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The DC link is the component of the converter (or converter system) which combines the input converter (rectifier) with the output converter (one or several inverters).
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DCB
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Drive Control Block
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DCBRK
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DC Brake
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DCC
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Drive Control Chart
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Graphical configuring of device functionality with freely available blocks
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DCM
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DC MASTER
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DC converters of the SINAMICS converter family
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DCN
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Direct Current Negative
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DCP
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Discovery and basic Configuration Protocol
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Standard for the assignment of IP addresses
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DCP
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Direct Current Positive
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DC-PMM
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DC Power Management Module
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Dual-fed induction motor
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DDE
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Dynamic Data Exchange
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DDS
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Drive Data Set
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DE
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Drive End
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Drive end of motor
Motor front end with shaft extension
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DFIG
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Double-Fed Induction Generator
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Double-fed induction generator
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DGUV
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Deutsche Gesetzliche UnfallVersicherung
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German social accident insurance
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DHCP
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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
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Protocol for automatic assignment of IP addresses from a DHCP server to a client computer
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DI
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Digital Input
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DI/DO
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Digital Input / Digital Output
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Digital input/output, bidirectional
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DIN
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Deutsches Institut für Normung e. V.
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German Institute for Standardization (DIN)
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DIP
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Dual In-Line Package
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Dual in-line arrangement
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DKM
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Direct Key Module
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DMC
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DRIVE-CLiQ Hub Module Cabinet-Mounted
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DME
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DRIVE-CLiQ Hub Module External
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DMP
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Distributed Machine Peripherals (I/Os)
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DMS
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Direct Measuring System
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DNC
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Direct Numerical Control
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DO
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Digital Output
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DO
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Drive Object
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DP
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Decentralized Peripherals
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Distributed I/O
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DPM
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Direct Part Marking
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Adding a marking directly to the surface of a product
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DPR
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Dual Port RAM
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DPRAM
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Dual-Port Random Access Memory
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Random access memory with dual-port access
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DRAM
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Dynamic Random Access Memory
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DRF
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Differential Resolver Function
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Differential resolver function (incremental work offset via handwheel)
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DRIVE-CLiQ
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Drive Component Link with iQ
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DRY
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DRY run feedrate
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DSB
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Decoding Single Block
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DSC
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Drive Servo Control
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DSC
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Dynamic Servo Control
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DSF
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Dedicated Sales Forces
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DSP
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Digital Signal Processor
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DTC
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Digital Time Clock
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Time switch
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DWORD
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Double Word
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DXF
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Drawing eXchange File format
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E
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EASC
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External Armature Short Circuit
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ECC
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Error Correcting Code
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Method of error correction in memory blocks
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ECC RAM
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Error-correcting code RAM
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ECD
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Equivalent Circuit Diagram
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ECOS
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Electronic Check Out System
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Dispatch check after assembly of products
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ECU
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Economic Control Unit
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EDMS
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Energy Data Management System
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EDS
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Encoder Data Set
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EEC
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Encoder Error Compensation
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Measuring system error compensation
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EES
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Execution from External Storage
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EEx
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European standard EXplosion safe
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Protection class for motors for use in hazardous areas
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EFP
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Single I/O
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EKS
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Electronic Key System
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Identification system
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ELCB
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Earth Leakage Circuit-Breaker
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Residual current operated circuit-breaker
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ELG
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ELectronic Gear
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ELP
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Earth Leakage Protection
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Ground-fault monitoring
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EMC
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Electromagnetic Compatibility
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EMC
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Engineered Motion Control
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Model-based motion control
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EMF
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ElectroMagnetic Force
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EMF
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ElectroMotive Force
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EMS
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Energy Management System
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EN
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European standard
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EnDat
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Encoder Data interface
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Encoder interface
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EP
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Electronic Point
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EP
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Enable Pulses
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Pulse enable
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EPC
|
Engineering, Procurement and Contracting
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Plant manufacturers
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EPD
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Environmental Product Declaration
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Information about the ecological footprint of a product
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EPos
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Basic positioner
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EPROM
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Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
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ERP
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Enterprise Resource Planning
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Planning the use of business resources
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ES
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Engineering System
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ESD
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Electrostatic Sensitive Devices
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Electrostatic sensitive modules/components
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ESD
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Electrostatic Discharge
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ESR
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Extended Stop and Retract
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E-STOP
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Emergency Stop
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EU
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Expansion Unit
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EULA
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End User License Agreement
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EUNA
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End User Notification Administration
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ex
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Explosion-proof
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EXE
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EXternal pulse shaper Electronics
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F
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FA
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Factory Automation
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FAQ
|
Frequently Asked Questions
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FAT
|
Factory Acceptance Test
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Acceptance test at manufacturer’s premises
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FB
|
Function Block
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FBD
|
Function Block Diagram
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Graphical programming language for programmable logic controllers
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FBG
|
Function Block Group
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FBL
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Free Blocks
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Free function blocks
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FBL
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Function Block Language
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FC
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Function Call
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FCC
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Function Control Chart
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FCC
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Flux Current Control
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FCS
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Frequency Compensated Spindle drive
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FCS
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Field Control Station
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FD
|
Function Diagram
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Function block diagram
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FDD
|
FeeD Drive
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Feed drive
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F-DI
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Failsafe Digital Input
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F-DO
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Failsafe Digital Output
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FEED
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Front End Engineering & Design
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Early planning phase of a plant engineering project
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FEM
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Separately excited synchronous motor
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FEPROM
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Flash EPROM
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Non-volatile write and read memory
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FFS
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Flash File System
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FFT
|
Fast Fourier Transformation
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FG
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Function Generator
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FI
|
Fault current
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I is the standard symbol for current
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FIFO
|
First In First Out
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FM
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Function Module
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FOC
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FOrce Control
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FOC
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Fiber-Optic Cable
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Fiber-optic cable
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FP
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Function Plan
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Function block diagram
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FPGA
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Field Programmable Gate Arra
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Frame
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Description of transformations in Cartesian coordinates
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FRC
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FeedRate for Chamfer/Rounding (non-modal)
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Feedrate for chamfer/rounding (non-modal)
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FRCM
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Feedate for Chamfer/Rounding (Modal)
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Feedrate for chamfer/rounding (modal)
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FSB
|
Front Side Bus
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FSRO
|
Field Service Return Order
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FW
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Firmware
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G
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G
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Grinding
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GAM
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Global Account Manager
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GC
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Global Control
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Global control telegram (broadcast telegram)
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GD
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Global Data
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GND
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Ground
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Ground (reference potential for all signal and operating voltages, usually defined with 0 V)
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GPRS
|
General Packet Radio Service
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General packet-oriented radio service for data transmission in GSM and UMTS networks
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GSD
|
Generic Station Description
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A GSD file describes a PROFIBUS device according to the PROFIBUS standard
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GSM
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Global System for Mobile Communications
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Global standard for fully digital mobile networks
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GSV
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Gate Supply Voltage
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GUD
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Global User Data
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GUID
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Globally Unique IDdentifier
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GWPS
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Grinding Wheel Peripheral Speed
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H
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H System
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High-availability system
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HART
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Highway Addressable Remote Transducer
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Protocol for bus-addressed field devices
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HF
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High Frequency
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High frequency (above 13.56 MHz)
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HFD
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Radio frequency reactor
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HGA
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Connection for handheld units
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HHU
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HandHeld Unit
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HID
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Human Interface Device
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Device class of the USB standard that describes devices with which users interact directly, e.g. keyboard, mouse.
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HLA module
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Module for hydraulic linear drives
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HMI
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Human Machine Interface
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HPC axis
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High-Precision C axis
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HPU
|
Hand-held Programming Unit
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HRS
|
High Resolution Speed
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HSC
|
High-Speed Cutting
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High-speed milling
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HT
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Handheld Terminal
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HTL
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High-level Transistor Logic
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Incremental encoder with HTL signal
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HTL
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High-Threshold Logic
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Logic with high interference threshold
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HVDCT
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High Voltage Direct Current Transmission
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HW
|
Hardware
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I
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I
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Input
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I/O
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Input/Output
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I/RF module
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Infeed/Regenerative Feedback unit, stabilized
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I2C
|
Inter-Integrated Circuit
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Internal serial data bus
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IASC
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Internal Armature Short Circuit
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IC
|
Integrated Circuit
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IC
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InCremental encoder
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Incremental encoder sin/cos with commutation position C and D tracks
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ID
|
Identifier
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Identification
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IDC
|
Insulation Displacement Connector
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Name for insulation displacement terminals
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IDE
|
Integrated Drive Electronics
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IE
|
International Efficiency
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IE
|
Industrial Ethernet
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Networking technology for devices in industrial manufacturing
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IEC
|
International Electrotechnical Commission
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International standardization committee for standards in the area of electrical engineering and electronics.
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IF
|
Interface
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IGBT
|
Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor
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Bipolar transistor with insulated control electrode
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IGCT
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Integrated Gate-Controlled Thyristor
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Semiconductor circuit breaker with integrated control electrode
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IM
|
Interface Module
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IN
|
INcremental encoder sin/cos without commutation position
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IP
|
International Protection
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IPC
|
Industrial Personal Computer
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IPC
|
Instructions Per Cycle
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Number of instructions that can be executed in a cycle
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IPO cycle
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Interpolation cycle
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IQ-Sense
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Intelligent point-to-point link for sensors
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IS
|
Interface signal
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ISA
|
Industrial Standard Architecture
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Bus standard for IBM-compatible PCs
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ISO
|
International Standards Organization
|
International organization for standardization
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IT
|
Isolé Terre
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Non-grounded three-phase line supply
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IVP
|
Internal Voltage Protection
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IWLAN
|
Industrial Wireless Local Area Network
|
Reliable global transmission of production data and contactless operation of machines
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J
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JIT
|
Just-In-Time
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Reducing flow times within production systems for on-time delivery
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JOG
|
Jogging
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CNC operating mode: Setting the machine via JOG mode
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K
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KDV
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(Kreuzweiser DatenVergleich)
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Data cross-check
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KI
|
K Instructions
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1 KI = 1024 instructions
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KIP
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Kinetic buffering
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KT
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Customer keys
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KTY
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Silicon temperature sensor
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