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Appendix A. Abbreviations
black (paint color), block (engine)
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
anticipatory low oil pressure
California Air Resources Board
Deutsches Institut fur Normung e.
V. (also Deutsche Industrie
Normenausschuss)
Category 5 (network cable)
double-pole, double-throw
American National Standards
Institute (formerly American
Standards Association, ASA)
double-pole, single-throw
Air Pollution Control District
digital voltage regulator
American Petroleum Institute
electrically-erasable
programmable read-only memory
approximate, approximately
certificate, certification, certified
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
Electronic Industries Association
American Society for Testing
Materials
complementary metal oxide
substrate (semiconductor)
electromagnetic interference
automatic transfer switch
Environmental Protection Agency
automatic voltage regulator
chlorinated polyvinyl chloride
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
flat head machine (screw)