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F
F Farad
f frequency
f femto
F Fahrenheit
F-H frequency hopping (communications)
F/V frequency-to-voltage (converter)
F/V frequency to voltage
FACT Fairchild advanced CMOS technology
FALU floating-point arithmetic-logic unit
FAQ frequently asked question
FAS frame-alignment signal (communications)
FASIC function- and algorithm-specific integrated circuit
FAST Fairchild advanced Schottky technology
FAST flexible accelerated stress test
FAT file-allocation table (digital disk format)
FC Fibre Channel (communication)
fc foot candle
FCA Fibre Channel Association
FCBGA flip-chip ball-grid array
FCC Federal Communications Commission (Washington, DC)
FCSI Fibre Channel Systems Initiative
FCT fast CMOS technology
FDDI fibre distributed data interface (communications)
FDMA frequency-division multiple access (communications)
FDX full-duplex (communications)
FEA field-emitter array (display)
FEA finite-element array
FEBE far-end-block error (communications)
FEC flexible etched circuits
FEC forward error correction
FED field-emission/emitter display
FEI Federation of the Electronics Industry (UK)
FET field-effect transistor
FFS Flash File Standard (PCMCIA)
FFT fast Fourier transform
FHSS frequency hopping spread spectrum (communications)
FIFO first in, first out (memory)
FIR finite-impulse response (filter)
FISO fast-in, slow-out (circuit)
FIT failures in time (testing)
FIT fault-isolation test
fL footlambert
FLC ferroelectric liquid crystal
FLOPS floating-point operations per second
FM frequency modulation
FMCW frequency-modulated continuous wave (radar)
FMU floating-point multiplier-divider-square-root unit
FO fiber optic
FOH front of house
FORTRAN formula translation (software language)
FOV field of view
FPBGA fine-pitch ball-grid array
FPCB field-programmable circuit board
FPGA field-programmable gate array
FPGA fine-pitch grid array
FPIC field-programmable interconnect chip
FPID field-programmable interconnect device
FPLA field-programmable logic array
FPN floating-point number
FPS frames per second
FPSLIC field-programmable system-level IC
FPU floating-point unit
FQFP fine-pitch quad flat pack
FR full rate (communications)
FRAM ferroelectric random-access memory
FRED fast-recovery epitaxial diode (rectifier)
FRF frequency-response function
FS full scale
FSK frequency-shift keying (communications)
FSM finite state machine
FSS fixed satellite service (DBS)
ft foot/feet
ft-lb foot pound-force
ft/minute feet per minute
ft/sec feet per second
ft3/sec cubic feet/second
FTL Flash Translation Layer (PCMCIA standard)
FTP File Transfer Protocol (Internet)

G
G giga
g grams
g gravity acceleration
GaAs gallium arsenide
GATS General Agreement on Trade in Services (international)
GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (international)
Gbit gigabit
Gbyte gigabyte
GCA gain-controlled amplifier
GDI graphics-drive interface
Gencam generic computer-aided manufacturing
GFC generic flow control (ATM)
GFLOPS giga floating-point operations per second
GFM graphics file manager
GFSK gaussian frequency-shift keying (communications)
GHz gigahertz
GIF graphic image file
GMII Gigabit media-independent interface
GMII Gigabit MAC interface
GMSK gaussian-filtered minimum-shift keying
GOPS giga-operations per second
GPC Graphics Performance Characterization (Committee)
GPIB general-purpose interface bus
GPL graphical programming language
GPRS General Packet Radio Service
GPS Global Positioning System/Satellite
GQFP guard-ring quad flatpack
GSM Groupe Speciale Mobile/Global System for Mobile communications
GTL Gunning transceiver logic
GTLP Gunning transceiver logic plus
GUI graphical user interface

H
H henry
HCPLD high-capacity programmable-logic device
HD high-definition (TV)
HDCD high-definition compatible digital
HDD hard-disk drive
HDL hardware-description language
HDLC hardware-description language C
HDLC High Level Data Link Control (ISO standard)
HDS hardware-design system
HDSL high-bit-rate digital-subscriber line
HDTMOS high-density-technique metal-oxide semiconductor
HDTV high-definition digital television
HDX half duplex (communications)
HEC head-error control
HEMT high electron-mobility transistor
HiperLAN high-performance local-area network (communications)
HIPOT high potential (testing)
HIPPI high-performance parallel interface
HLL high-level language (software)
HLR home-location register (personal communications computer)
HLUT half look-up table
hp horsepower
HPC hand-held PC
HR half-rate (communications)
HSL hue, saturation, luminescence (color graphics)
HSM hierarchical storage management
HSOP high-power small-outline package
HSTL high-speed transceiver logic
HSTP High Speed Transport Protocol
HTML Hypertext Markup Language (WWW-Internet)
HTRB high-temperature reverse bias (burn-in testing)
HTS high-temperature superconductor
HTTL high-power transistor-to-transistor logic
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HV high voltage
Hz hertz

I
I/O input/output
I2L integrated injection logic
IA instrument amplifier
IAB Internet Activities Board
IAC interapplication communication (protocol)
IBOC in-band on-channel
IC integrated circuit
ICE in-circuit emulator
ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol
ICR in-circuit reconfiguration
ID identification
ID inside diameter
IDAPI integrated database application programming interface
IDC insulation displacement connector
IDC insulation displacement contact
IDE intelligent drive electronics (disk)
IDE integrated device electronics
IDEA International Data Encryption Algorithm
IDFT inverse discrete Fourier transform
IDL interconnect description language
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission (Geneva)
IEE Institution of Electric Engineers (UK)
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
IEEE 1394 a specification FireWire data transmission widely used in DV. Sony refers to the ports on its products with the proprietary term, "i.LINK.
IES Institute of Environmental Sciences (Mount Prospect, IL)
IETF Internet Engineering Task Force
IF intermediate frequency
IFAC International Federation of Automation Control
IFFT inverse fast Fourier transform
IGBT insulated/isolated-gate bipolar transistor
IISP Information Infrastructure Standards Panel (of ANSI)
IMD intermodulation distortion
IMTS Improved Mobile Telephone Service
in. inch
inch inch
in.3 cubic inch
InGaAs indium gallium arsenide
INL integral non-linearity (ADC performance)
INMARSA International Maritime Satellite (mobile communications consortium)
INNS International Neural Network Society (Berkeley, CA)
INTELSAT International Telecommunications Satellite (mobile communications consortium)
IP intellectual property
IP Internet Protocol
IPC Institute for (Interconnecting and) Packaging (Electronic) Circuits (Lincolnwood, IL)
IPMC industrial process measurement and control
IPoATM IP over ATM
ips inch per second
IPv4 Internet Protocol version 4
IR insulation resistance
IR infrared
IRD integrated receiver-decoder (for DBS)
IrDA Infrared Data Association
IRF impulse response function
IRQ interrupt request (software)
IS Industry Standard of Architecture (PC bus)
IS interconnect synthesis
ISA industry-standard architecture
ISA Instrument Society of America
ISDB integrated services digital broadcasting
ISDN integrated services digital network (communications)
ISHM International Society for Hybrid Microelectronics
ISM industrial, scientific, and medical (applications/bands)
ISO International Standards Organization
ISP in-system programmable
ISP Internet-service provider
ITU International Telecommunications Union
IVDS interactive video data service
IVHS Intelligent Vehicle Highway System
IVMS In-Vehicle Multiplexing System (standard)

J
J joule
JDC Japanese digital cellular (system)
JDS Japanese Digital Standard (telecommunications)
JEDEC Joint Electronic Device Engineering Council
JEIDA Japan Electronics Industry Development Association
JESSI Joint European Semiconductor Silicon Initiative
JFET junction field-effect transistor
JISC Japanese Industrial Standards Committee
JIT just-in-time (manufacturing, staffing, etc)
JMOS junction metal-oxide semiconductor
JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group (video standard)
JTACS Japanese Total Access Communications System
JTAG Joint Test Action Group
JTEC Japanese Technology Evaluation Center
JTFA joint time-frequency analysis (DSP)
JVM Java virtual machine

K
K Kelvin
k kilo
K k[uom] kilohm
kbit kilobit
kbps kilobits per second
kbyte kilobytes
kg kilogram
KGD known-good die (semiconductor)
kHz kilohertz
km kilometer
km/hour kilometers per hour
KSIA Korean Semiconductor Industry Association
KSR keyboard send, receive
kV kilovolt
kVA kilovoltampere
kW kilowatt
kWhr kilowatthour

L
L lambert
LAB logic array block
LAN local-area network
LAP large-area processing (reference multichip module IC)
laser light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
LC inductance-capacitance
LC liquid crystal (display)
LC low complexity
LCC leadless chip carrier
LCD liquid-crystal display
LCI line-conducted interference (telecommunications)
LCOS liquid crystal on silicon
LCPGA low-cost pin-grid array
LCR inductance-capacitance-resistance
LCR inductance-capacitance-resistance (meter)
LD-AAC Low Delay Advanced Audio Compression
LDC large diaphragm condenser
LDMOS lateral double-diffused MOS
LED light-emitting diode
LEF library-exchange format
LEO low-earth-orbit
LES LAN emulation services (communications)
LF low frequency (30 to 300 kHz)
LFO low frequency oscillator
LGA land grid array (IC)
LIF low insertion force (socket)
LIFO last-in, first-out
LIGBT lateral insulated-gate bipolar transistor
Li-ion lithium ion
LIM Lotus-Intel-Microsoft (EMS spec committee)
LIMS laboratory information management system
LIT logic integrity test
LLC Limited Liability Corporation
LLL Lawrence Livermore Laboratory (Livermore, CA)
LLP leadless lead-frame package
lm lumen
lm/ft2 lumen per square foot
lm/m2 lumen per square meter
lm/W lumen per watt
ln logarithm, natural
LNA low noise amplifier
LND low noise band
LO local oscillator
LOF loss-of-frame (communications error)
log logarithm
LPAC lossless predictive audio compression
LPAC London Parallel Applications Centre (UK)
LPF low-pass filter
lpi lines per inch
lpm lines per minute
LPM Library of Parameterized Modules/Macros (standard)
lps lines per second
LRM language reference manual
LSB least significant bit
LSI large scale integration
LSR least-squares regression (curve-fit)
LSSD level-sensitive scan design (testing)
LSTTL low-power Schottky transistor-to-transistor logic
LTAC lossless transform audio coding
LUT look-up table
LVCMOS low-voltage complementary metal-oxide semiconductor
LVDS low-voltage differential signaling
LVDT linear-velocity displacement transformer (transducer)
LVT low-voltage transceiver
LVTTL low-voltage transistor-to-transistor logic

M
M mega
m meter
Msamples/sec megasamples per second
M-Quad metal (body) quad (flat-pack)
m/sec meter per second
M[uom] megohm
m3 cubic meter
m3/sec cubic meter per second
MAC multiply-accumulate (computer operations)
MAC media-access control (communications protocol)
MAN metropolitan area network (communications)
MAP Manufacturing Automation Protocol
MAP modular arithmetic coprocessor
MAPI messaging application programming interface
MARS mechanical antireflective switch
maser Microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
MATE Modular Automatic Test Equipment (standard)
Mbit megabits
Mbps megabits per second
Mbyte megabytes
MCA Micro-Channel Architecture (IBM)
MCC Microelectronics and Computer Technology Center (Austin, TX)
MCM multichip module (IC design)
MCT MOS-controlled thyristor
MCU microcontroller unit
MD minidisk
MDCT modified discrete cosine transform (synonymous with TDAC)
MDSP microwave digital signal processor
MEMS microelectromechanical systems
MESC Molecular Equipment Subcommittee for Communications (of SEMI)
MESFET metal-epitaxial semiconductor field-effect transistor
MFM modified frequency modulation
MFP mini-flat pack (Japanese SOIC packaging)
MGCP Media Gateway Control Protocol
MHDL Mimic hardware description language (microwave)
MHz megahertz
MIB management information base
MIDI musical-instrument digital interface
MII media independent interface
MIM metal-insulator-metal (diode)
MIMD multiple-instruction, multiple-data (path-DSP)
MIME Multipurpose/Multimedia Internet Mail Extension
Mimic microwave-millimeter wave integrated circuit
MIP mixed integer program
MIPS million instructions per second
MIS management information system
MITI Ministry of Trade and Industry (Japan)
MLP Meridian lossless packing
MMDS multichannel multipoint distribution service
MMF multimode fiber
MMI man-machine interface
MMIC monolithic microwave integrated circuit
MMS modular measurement system
MMU memory-management unit (microprocessor)
MMX multimedia extension
MNOS metal-nitride oxide semiconductor
MO magneto optical disk storage
MOCVD metal-organic chemical vapor decompression (LED)
modem modulator-demodulator (telecommunications)
MOEMS micro-optical electromechanical systems (optical MEMS)
MON monitor (mix position) world
MOPS million operations per second
MOS metal-oxide semiconductor
MOSFET metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor
MOSIGT metal-oxide semiconductor insulated-gate transistor
MOTS military off-the-shelf (procurement)
MOV metal-oxide varistor
MPEG Moving Picture Experts Group (standard)
MPFM motion picture file manager
MPLS multiprotocol label switching
MPP massively parallel processor
MPU microprocessor unit
MQFP metric quad flat-pack (packaging)
MR magnetoresistive (disk head)
MRI magnetic resonance imaging
MSA metropolitan statistical area (cellular communications)
MSB most significant bit
MSDSL Multirate Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line
MSDU media-access control service data unit (communications)
MSI medium-scale integration
MSK minimum shift keying (communications)
MSM mobile station modem
MSS mobile satellite system
MTBF mean time between failures
MTD moving-target detection (radar)
MTD memory technology driver
MTFT multilayer thick-film technology
MTI moving-target indicator (radar)
MTP-2 Message Transfer Parts
MTTF mean time to failure
MTTR mean time to repair
mux multiplexer
MVP multimedia video processor
MW megawatt
MXI Multiplatform extension for Instrumentation (bus standard)

N
N-AMPS narrowband Advanced Mobile Phone Service
NAB National Association of Broadcasters (Washington, DC)
NACC North American Calibration Cooperative (US-Canada)
NACME National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering
NADTP National Association of Desktop Publishers (Topfield, MI)
NATA North American Telephone Association
NAV network allocation vector (communications)
NBC non-backward compatible
NC numerical control (machine)
NCD nonlinear control design
NCE Nomadic Computing Environment (portable PC standard)
NCMS National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (Ann Arbor, MI)
NCO numerically controlled oscillator
NCSA National Center for Supercomputing Applications (University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL)
NDDS network data-delivery service
NDR negative differential resistance (transistor)
NEMA National Electrical Manufacturers Association
NEMP nuclear electromagnetic pulse
NEP noise equivalent power
NFS network-file system (Unix standard)
NFS network file systems
NIC network interface card
NiCd nickel cadmium
NII National Information Infrastructure
NIM network-interface module (standard)
NIM National Instrumentation Module (standard)
NiMH nickel metal hydride (battery)
NIST National Institute for Standards and Technology (Washington, DC)
NLE nonlinear editor/editing
NMOS N-channel metal-oxide semiconductor
NMRR normal-mode rejection ratio
NNI network-network interface (standard)
NNI network node interface
NOP no-operation instruction
NOS network operating system
NOSC Naval Ocean Surveillance Center
NRE nonrecurring engineering
NRF nonvolatile RAM file-manager
nrt-VBR non-real-time variable bit rate
NRZ nonreturn to zero
NSB National Science Board
NSF National Science Foundation
NSMD nonsolder mask defined
NTC negative temperature coefficient
NTDS National TV Design Standards
NTE near to eye
NTSC National Television Systems Committee (standard)
NTTC National Transportable Telecommunications Capability (COMSAT)
NTV nonlinear thickness variation (IC wafer)
NVLAP National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program
NVRAM nonvolatile random-access memory
NWDM narrow-wavelength-division multiplexing

O
OADM optical add-drop multiplexer
OAM operations, administration, and maintenance
OAM&P operations, administration, maintenance, and provisioning
OC optical carrier
OCR optical character reader/recognition
OCXO oven controller crystal oscillator
OEM original equipment manufacturer
OEO optical-electrical optical
OFDM orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (communications)
OIDA Optoelectronics Industry Development Association
OIS optical image stabilization
OLA open-library architecture
OLE object linking and embedding (Microsoft software standard)
OLED organic LED
OMF Open Model Forum (of EDA)
OMG Object Management Group (software standard
OMI Open Microprocessor Initiative (European)
ONU Optical Network Units
OO object oriented
OOF out-of-frame (communications error)
OOP object-oriented programming
OOT object-oriented technology (software)
OPC Open GL Performance Characterization (Committee)
OQPSK offset-quadrature phase-shift keying (communications)
ORB object request broker (CORBA)
OS operating system (computer)
OSA Optical Society of America
OSF Open Software Foundation
OSI open systems interconnection (communications)
OSPF open sorted path first
OSR oversampling ratio (ADC)
OSRA Office Systems Research Association (Springfield, MI)
OTA Office of Technological Assessment (of US Congress)
OTDR optical time-domain reflectometer
OTS off-the-shelf
OVI Open Verilog International (organization)
OVP over-voltage protection (power supply)
OVSF orthogonal variable spreading factor
OXC optical cross-connect