Teledyne API M100E Analyzer Operation Manual Frequently Asked Questions & Glossary
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4.2. GLOSSARY
APICOM – Name of a remote control program offered by Teledyne-API to its customers.
ASSY – Acronym for Assembly.
cm
3
– metric abbreviation for cubic centimeter. Same as the obsolete abbreviation “cc”.
Chemical formulas used in this document:
CO
2
– carbon dioxide
C
2
H
8
– propane
CH
4
– methane
H
2
O – water vapor
HC – general abbreviation for hydrocarbon
HNO
3
– nitric acid
H
2
S – hydrogen sulfide
NO
X
– nitrogen oxides, here defined as the sum of NO and NO
2
NO – nitric oxide
N
O
2
– nitrogen dioxide
NO
y
– nitrogen oxides, often called odd nitrogen. The sum of NO, NO
2
(NO
X
) plus other compounds such as HNO
3
Definitions vary widely and may include nitrate (NO
3
), PAN, N
2
O and other compounds.
NH
3
– ammonia
O
2
– molecular oxygen
O
3
– ozone
SO
2
– sulfur dioxide
iDAS – Acronym for Data Acquisition System, the old Acronym of iDAS.
DIAG – Acronym for Diagnostics, the diagnostic settings of the analyzer.
DHCP – Acronym for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. A protocol used by LAN or Internet servers to
automatically set up the interface protocols between themselves and any other addressable device
connected to the network.
DOM – Acronym for Disk On Module, the analyzer’s central storage area for analyzer firmware, configuration
settings and data. This is a 44-pin IDE flash disk than can hold up to 128MB.
DOS – Acronym for Disk Operating System. The E-series analyzers use DR DOS.
DRAM – Acronym for Dynamic Random Access Memory.
DR-DOS – Acronym for Digital Research DOS.
EEPROM – also referred to as a FLASH chip.
FLASH – flash memory is non-volatile, solid-state memory.
GFC – Acronym for Gas Filter Correlation.
I
2
C bus – a clocked, bi-directional, serial bus for communication between individual analyzer components.
IC – Acronym for Integrated Circuit, a modern, semi-conductor circuit that can contain many basic components
such as resistors, transistors, capacitors etc in a miniaturized package used in electronic assemblies.
iDAS – Acronym for Internal Data Acquisition System.
IP – Acronym for Internet Protocol.
LAN – Acronym for Local Area Network.
LED – Acronym for Light Emitting Diode.
LPM – ACRONYM for Liters Per Minute.
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