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Appendix A. Abbreviations
digital to analog converter
brake mean effective pressure
advanced digital control;
analog to digital converter
direct current resistance
advertising dimensional drawing
British thermal units per minute
anticipatory high water
temperature
American Iron and Steel Institute
California Air Resources Board
Deutsches Institut fur Normung e.
V. (also Deutsche Industrie
Normenausschuss)
anticipatory low oil pressure
Category 5 (network cable)
double-pole, double-throw
double-pole, single-throw
American National Standards
Institute (formerly American
Standards Association, ASA)
digital voltage regulator
Air Pollution Control District
electrically-erasable
programmable read-only memory
American Petroleum Institute
approximate, approximately
certificate, certification, certified
Exhaust Aftertreatment System
electronic control module, engine
control module
Air Quality Management District
electronic data interchange
as required, as requested
emergency frequency relay
as supplied, as stated, as
suggested
for example (exempli gratia)
American Society of Engineers
American Society of Mechanical
Engineers
Electrical Generating Systems
Association
complementary metal oxide
substrate (semiconductor)
Electronic Industries Association
American Society for Testing
Materials
electromagnetic interference
automatic transfer switch
Environmental Protection Agency
chlorinated polyvinyl chloride
automatic voltage regulator
engineering special, engineered
special
appliance wiring material
Canadian Standards Association
before bottom dead center
battery charger, battery charging
Canadian Underwriter’s
Laboratories
battery charging alternator
Battery Council International
black (paint color), block (engine)