Industrial Automation ⋆ Glossary of Terms

AC	Actual Cost
AC	Alarms and Conditions (OPC UA)
A&E	Alarms and Events (OPC Classic)
AOR	Area of Responsibility
API	American Petroleum Institute
ARP	Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is a protocol for mapping an Internet Protocol address (IP address) to a physical machine address that is recognized in the local network.
ASM	Abnormal Situation Management
BSAP	Bristol Standard Asynchronous/Synchronous Protocol
C&E	Cause and Effect Diagram
CAT	Customer Acceptance Test
CCS	Construction Completion Strategy
CCSI	Construction Completion Strategy Index
CIP	Common Industrial Protocol
CIP	Clean in Place
CMS	Completions Management System
CNA	Cisco Network Assistant
CO	Change Order
COR	Change Order Request
CPU	Central Processing Unit
CSA	Canadian Standards Association
CSA Z462-12	Workplace Electrical Safety (based on NFPA 70E) required employers to implement an electrical safety program as a component of their overall occupational health and safety program
CSU	Commissioning Start-up
CSV	Comma Separated ValueCommissioning Start-up
CV	Control Variable
DA	Data Access (OPC UA)
DCS	Distributed Control System
DLR	Device Level Ring
DMZ	DMZ or demilitarized zone (sometimes referred to as a perimeter network) is a physical or logical subnetwork that contains and exposes an organization’s external-facing services to an untrusted network, usually a larger network such as the Internet.
DNP3	Distributed Network Protocol
EEMUA	Engineering Equipment and Materials Users Association
EFM	Electronic Flow Measurement
EGU	Engineering Units
EPCM	Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management
ESD	Emergency Shutdown
ESP	Electronic Security Perimeter
ETAP®	Electrical Power System Analysis & Operation Software
EV	Earned Value
EWS	Engineering Workstation
FAST	Functional, Adaptable, Scalable Technology
FAT	Factory Acceptance Test
FC	Flow Computer
FEED	Front Engineering and Design
FTP	Functional Test Procedure
GIS	Geographic Information Systems
HA	Historical Access (OPC UA)
HART	Highway Addressable Remote Transducer
HAZID	Hazard Identification
HAZOP	A hazard and operability study (HAZOP) is a structured and systematic examination of a complex planned or existing process or operation in order to identify and evaluate problems that may represent risks to personnel or equipment.
HDA	Historical Data Access (OPC Classic)
HMI	Human Machine Interface
H2S	Hydrogen Sulfide
HTML	Hypertext Markup Language
IC	Industry Canada
I/O	Input/Output
IACS	Industrial Automation Control Systems
ICCS	Integrated Completions and Commissioning Solutions
IGMP	Internet Group Management Protocol
IIOT	Industrial Internet of Things
IP	Internet Protocol
IRN	Inspection Release Notice
IS	Integrated Solutions
ISA	International Society of Automation (formerly Instrument Society of America)
ISA / IEC- 62443	ISA/IEC-62443 is a series of standards, technical reports, and related information that define procedures for implementing electronically secure Industrial Automation and Control Systems (IACS). This guidance applies to end-users (i.e. asset owner), system integrators, security practitioners, and control systems manufacturers responsible for manufacturing, designing, implementing, or managing industrial automation and control systems.
IT	Information Technology
LEL	Low Explosive Limit
LOPA	Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA) is a risk assessment and hazard evaluation method which provides a simplified balance between qualitative process hazard analysis (PHA) and detailed and costly quantitative risk analysis.

LOTO	Lock Out/Tag Out
MAC	A media access control address (MAC address) of a computer is a unique identifier assigned to network interfaces for communications at the data link layer of a network segment.
MAC	Managing Automation Contractor
MAPtm	Managing Automation Partner – True North Solutions comprehensive, vendor neutral automation management methodology
MC	Mechanical Completion
MCC	Motor Control Centre
MIS	Management of Information Systems
MMS	Maintenance Management System
MOR	Maintenance and Operational Readiness
MS	Microsoft
NDT	Non-Destructive Testing
NEC	National Electrical Code (NEC), or NFPA 70, is a regionally adoptable standard for the safe installation of electrical wiring and equipment in the United States
NEMA	National Electrical Manufacturers Association
NFPA	National Fire Protection Association
NOE	Notice of Energization
ODBC	Open Database Connectivity
OEM	Original Equipment Manufacturer
OLE	Object Linking and Embedding
OPC	OLE for Process Control
OHS	Occupational Health and Safety
OIT	Operator Interface Terminal
OPC / OLE	Open Platform Communications (OPC) is a series of standards and specifications for industrial telecommunication. An industrial automation industry task force developed the original standard in 1996 under the name OLE for Process Control (Object Linking and Embedding for process control).
OWS	Operator Workstation
P&ID	Piping and Instrument Diagram
PAT	Panel Acceptance Test
PCS	Process Control System
PCSI	Pre-Commissioning Status Index
PDF	Portable Document Format
PFD	Process Flow Diagram
PHA	Process Hazard Analysis
PID	Proportional Integral Derivative
PLC	Programmable Logic Controller
PMI	Project Management Institute
PMP	Project Management Professional
PRBE	Polled Report By Exception
PSSR	Pre-Start-Up Safety Review
PTW	Permit to Work
PV	Process Variable
PV	Planned Value
QA/QC	Quality Assurance/Quality Control
RBE	Report by Exception
RFI	Request for Information
RFP	Request for Proposal
RFO	Ready for Operations
RFQ	Request for Quote
RTU	Remote Terminal Unit
S/D	Shutdown
SAT	Site Acceptance Test
SC	Systems Completion
SCADA	Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
SCC	Systems Completion Certificate
SCDB	Systems Completion Data Base
SCP	System Commissioning Procedure
SIL	Safety Integrity Level
SIMOPS	Simultaneous Operations
SIS	Safety Instrumented System
SIT	Site Integration Test
SME	Subject Matter Expert
SMS	Short Message Service
SOE	Sequence of Events
SOW	Scope of Work
SP	Set Point
STP	Spanning Tree Protocol
TCCC	Transfer of Care and Customer Controls
TCP	Transmission Control Protocol
TCP/IP	Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
TN	True North
TNS	True North Solutions
UA	Unified Architecture
UL	Underwriters Laboratory
USB	Universal Serial Bus
VLAN	Virtual Local Area Network
VM	Virtual Machine
XML	Extensible Markup Language

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