Glossary of terms and abbreviations in electronics and radio communication




868 MHz frequency band
8°C HEATING Standby heating function in air conditioners
Ten-code
ADPCM (Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation)
ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line)
AGM
Air conditioners: main functions and modes
Chill Wind / Hot Wind functions in split systems
DISPLAY mode in split systems
ECO function in air conditioners
ESP function in air conditioners
FUN / FAN SPEED settings in air conditioners
GEN / GENERATOR function in air conditioners
Gentle Wind laminar airflow in air conditioners
Health function in air conditioners
HOT START function in air conditioners
iCLEAN function in air conditioners
iFEEL function in air conditioners
iFAVOR function in air conditioners
INTELLIGENT EYE function in air conditioners
LIGHT / LIGHT SENSATION – air conditioner operation depending on illumination
SILENT function in air conditioners
SLEEP function in air conditioners
SMART function in air conditioners
SPEED setting in air conditioners
SOFT BREEZE mode in air conditioners
SWING function in air conditioners
TIMER function in air conditioners
TURBO function in air conditioners
Analog-to-digital conversion (ADC)
ANC function (Active Noise Cancellation) in headphones
Antenna, antenna matching device (AMD), antenna feeder device (AFD)
Aperture antenna
Base antenna
Beverage antenna
Active antenna
GP type antenna
Kulikov antenna
MIMO antenna
APO – Automatic Power Off
Attenuator
Frequency range
Capacitor bank capacity
Battery capacity
bps – bits per second
BPSK
BER – Bit Error Rate
Bluetooth standard
CB – Citizens Band
CB frequency range
CDMA
Comparator
CTCSS (Continuous Tone-Coded Squelch System)
DCS – Digital Coded Squelch
Demodulation. Signal detection
Detector
Diode
DiSEqC standard
Radio wave diffraction
DMR – Digital Mobile Radio
DMR Tier I
DMR Tier II
DMR Tier III
dPMR – Digital Private Mobile Radio
DSP – Digital Signal Processing
DTMF – Dual Tone Multi-Frequency
Duplex filter (Duplexer)
EDGE
Ground radio waves
EFB batteries
ENC – Environmental Noise Cancellation function in microphones, headsets, and headphones
ETSI – European Telecommunications Standards Institute
FCC
FDMA – Frequency Division Multiple Access
Radio signal fading
FM – Frequency Modulation
FRS
Galvanic isolation (galvanic separation)
GEL batteries
GPRS
GPS
GSM
Heterodyne
HSDPA
HSUPA
Battery internal resistance
Intermodulation selectivity
Interference
IP standard (Ingress Protection rating)
Ionosphere, ionospheric radio waves
Receiver selectivity
ISM frequency bands
IoT (Internet of Things)
Isotropic radiator
Directional gain factor
Cable wavelength shortening factor
Coulomb’s law
LMR – Land Mobile Radio
Low Band
LPD frequencies
LTE
LTE-A
LTE Band,
MHz
MIL-STD 810 (Military Standard)
NMT-450i
OIRT
Industrial interference
PMR frequencies
QPSK
RDA1846
RDS
Railway wheelset
RFID
Roger Beep
RS-232 serial interface
RS-485 serial interface for data transmission
rs485 eia485 Standatd
RTCM
SCADA – Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
Sheriff APS95lcd-84 car alarm remote control
Short radio waves
SHF
SRD – Short Range Devices
SSB modulation
TBD – To Be Decided or To Be Determined
TDMA – Time Division Multiple Access
TETRA – Terrestrial Trunked Radio
Transistor
Toll free
Tomahawk Frequency 433.92 MHz
Trucker’s wave
Traveling wave ratio (TWR)
UHF – Ultra High Frequency
UMTS
USSD requests of mobile operators
Varicap
HF - High frequency
Pistolkors vibrator
UWB – Ultra-Wideband
Volemot-ARS duplex radio station
Waveguide
Voice activation VOX
VOX (voice-operated transmit mode)
Wave impedance
Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
Access Point Mode
Wi-Fi mode
Woodbridge law
Satellite frequency range. Satellite frequency table