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1.2 Acronyms and Abbreviations
1.2.1
6D
Item
Description
Explanation
6DOF
Six Degrees of Freedom
Used to describe the motion system
1.2.2
A
Item
Description
Explanation
ABA
ARINC Bus Analyser
A software utility
AC
Alternating Current
Electric current where flow alternates in direction
ACB(+)
Aircraft Computing Blade
An 8
–cpu single board computer used
ACP
Audio Control Panel
An aircraft or as-aircraft control unit associated with the
communications and intercom / interphone systems
Acrobat
A document management
system
A trademark of Adobe Incorporated
ADAT
Alesis Digital Audio Tape
Originally an eight-track tape format now relates to a
protocol for transferring 8 tracks over fibre-optic cables.
ADF
Automatic Direction
Finder
An aircraft navigation system
AFDX
Avionics Full Duplex
Switched Ethernet
An aircraft Ethernet protocol now part of ARINC-664
AGP
Accelerated Graphics
Port
An interface specification that lets 3D graphics display
quickly on personal computers
AHU
Air Handling Unit
A free-standing generator of air for equipment cooling
and flightdeck environmental control
AI
Analogue Input
Input signal (in analogue format) in the interface and
computing systems
ANCIL
Ancillary
Used as a label
AO
Analogue Output
Output signal (in analogue format) in the interface and
computing systems
APT
Airbus Procedural Trainer A lower level device used for pilot training.
ArCAM
ARINC/CAMIO
ArCAM is a software tool used to send reset command to
a VME processor, or to send START, STOP, and RESET
commands to CAMIO boards.It can also be used to flash
CAMIO boards.