SN.1/Circ.243/Rev.2
Annex 2, page 4
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Distance Root Mean Square |
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Underwater Operations (applies |
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Distance To Go |
DTG |
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DRIFT |
Drift |
Down |
DN |
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DRMS (See note |
Distance Root Mean Square |
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Drift |
DRIFT |
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DSC |
Digital Selective Calling |
Dropped (e.g. dropped EBL |
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DTG |
Distance To Go |
origin) |
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East |
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East |
Electronic Bearing Line |
EBL |
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EBL |
Electronic Bearing Line |
Electronic Chart Display and |
ECDIS |
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ECDIS |
Electronic Chart Display and |
Information System |
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Information System |
Electronic Navigational Chart |
ENC |
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ENC |
Electronic Navigational Chart |
Electronic Position Fixing |
EPFS |
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ENC MGMT |
ENC Management Report |
System |
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REP |
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Electronic Range and Bearing |
ERBL |
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ENC UPD |
ENC Update Status Report |
Line |
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STATUS |
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ENC Management Report |
ENC MGMT |
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ENH |
Enhance |
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REP |
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ENC Update Status Report |
ENC UPD |
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ENT |
Enter |
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STATUS |
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Enhance |
ENH |
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EP |
Estimated Position |
Enter |
ENT |
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EPFS |
Electronic Position Fixing System |
Equipment |
EQUIP |
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EQUIP |
Equipment |
Error |
ERR |
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ERBL |
Electronic Range and Bearing |
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Line |
Estimated Position |
EP |
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ERR |
Error |
Estimated Time of Arrival |
ETA |
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ETA |
Estimated Time of Arrival |
Estimated Time of Departure |
ETD |
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ETD |
Estimated Time of Departure |
Event |
EVENT |
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EVENT |
Event |
Exclusion Zone |
EZ |
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EXT |
External |
Export Route |
ROUTE EXP |
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EZ |
Exclusion Zone |
External |
EXT |
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FEB |
February |
February |
FEB |
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FISH |
Fishing Vessel |
Fishing Vessel |
FISH |
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FIX |
Fix |
Fix |
FIX |
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FM |
Frequency Modulation |
Forward |
FWD |
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FREQ |
Frequency |
Frequency |
FREQ |
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FULL |
Full |
Frequency Modulation |
FM |
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FWD |
Forward |
Full |
FULL |
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GAIN |
Gain |
Gain |
GAIN |
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GAL |
Galilleo |
Galilleo |
GAL |
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GC |
Great Circle |
Geometric Dilution Of |
GDOP |
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GDOP |
Geometric Dilution Of Precision |
Precision |
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Global Maritime Distress and |
GMDSS |
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GRAPH INDX |
Graphical Index |
Safety System |
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Global Navigation Satellite |
GNSS |
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GLONASS |
GLONASS |
System |
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GLONASS |
GLONASS |
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GMDSS |
Global Maritime Distress and |
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Safety System |
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Global Positioning System |
GPS |
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GND |
Ground |
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Graphical Index |
GRAPH INDX |
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GNSS |
Global Navigation Satellite |
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Great Circle |
GC |
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GPS |
Global Positioning System |
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Grid |
GRID |
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GRI |
Group Repetition Interval |
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Ground |
GND |
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GRID |
Grid |
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Group Repetition Interval |
GRI |
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GRND |
Vessel Aground (applies to AIS) |
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Guard Zone |
GZ |
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GYRO |
Gyro |
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Gyro |
GYRO |
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GZ |
Guard Zone |
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Harmful Substances (applies |
HS |
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H UP (See note 2) |
Head Up |
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Head Up |
H UP (See note 2) |
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HCS |
Heading Control System |
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Heading |
HDG |
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HDG |
Heading |
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Heading Control System |
HCS |
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HDOP |
Horizontal Dilution Of Precision |
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Heading Line |
HL |
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HF |
High Frequency |
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Heading Line Off |
HL OFF |
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HL |
Heading Line |
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High Frequency |
HF |
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HL OFF |
Heading Line Off |
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High Speed Craft (applies to |
HSC |
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HS |
Harmful Substances (applies to |
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Horizontal Dilution Of |
HDOP |
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HSC |
High Speed Craft (applies to AIS) |
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Precision |
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Identification |
ID |
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I/O |
Input/Output |
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Import Chart |
IMPORT CHT |
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ID |
Identification |
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Import Route |
ROUTE IMP |
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IMPORT CHT |
Import Chart |
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In |
IN |
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IN |
In |
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Increase |
INCR |
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INCR |
Increase |
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Indication |
IND |
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IND |
Indication |
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Information |
INFO |
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INF RED |
Infrared |
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Information Report |
INFO |
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INFO |
Information |
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REPORT |
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Infrared |
INF RED |
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INFO |
Information Report |
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REPORT |
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Initialization |
INIT |
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INIT |
Initialization |
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Input |
INP |
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INP |
Input |
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Input/Output |
I/O |
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INT |
Interval |
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Integrated Radio |
IRCS |
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IR |
Interference Rejection |
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Communication System |
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Interference Rejection |
IR |
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IRCS |
Integrated Radio Communication |
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System |
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Interswitch |
ISW |
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ISW |
Interswitch |
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Interval |
INT |
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JAN |
January |
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January |
JAN |
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JUL |
July |
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July |
JUL |
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JUN |
June |
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June |
JUN |
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LAT |
Latitude |
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Latitude |
LAT |
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LF |
Low Frequency |
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Limit |
LIM |
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LIM |
Limit |
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Line Of Position |
LOP |
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LOG |
Log |
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Log |
LOG |
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Longitude |
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SN.1/Circ.243/Rev.2
Annex 2, page 6
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Abbreviation |
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Long Pulse |
LP |
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LOOK |
Own ship look-ahead |
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AHEAD |
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Long Range |
LR |
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LOP |
Line Of Position |
Longitude |
LON |
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LORAN |
Loran |
Loran |
LORAN |
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LOST TGT |
Lost Target |
Lost Target |
LOST TGT |
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LP |
Long Pulse |
Low Frequency |
LF |
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LR |
Long Range |
Magnetic |
MAG |
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MAG |
Magnetic |
Manoeuvre |
MVR |
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MAN |
Manual |
Manual |
MAN |
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MAN UPD |
Manual Update |
Manual Update |
MAN UPD |
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MAP |
Map(s) |
Map(s) |
MAP |
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MAR |
March |
March |
MAR |
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MAX |
Maximum |
Maritime Mobile Services |
MMSI |
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MAY |
May |
Identity number |
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Maritime Pollutant (applies |
MP |
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MENU |
Menu |
to AIS) |
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Maritime Safety Information |
MSI |
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MF |
Medium Frequency |
Marker |
MKR |
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MIN |
Minimum |
Master |
MSTR |
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MISSING |
Missing |
Maximum |
MAX |
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MKR |
Marker |
May |
MAY |
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MMSI |
Maritime Mobile Services Identity |
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Medium Frequency |
MF |
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MON |
Performance Monitor |
Medium Pulse |
MP |
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MP |
Maritime Pollutant (applies to |
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AIS) |
Menu |
MENU |
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MP |
Medium Pulse |
Minimum |
MIN |
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MSI |
Maritime Safety Information |
Missing |
MISSING |
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MSTR |
Master |
Mute |
MUTE |
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MUTE |
Mute |
Navigation |
NAV |
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MVR |
Manoeuvre |
Normal |
NORM |
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N |
North |
North |
N |
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N UP |
North Up |
North Up |
N UP |
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NAV |
Navigation |
November |
NOV |
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NORM |
Normal |
October |
OCT |
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NOV |
November |
Off |
OFF |
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NUC |
Vessel Not Under Command |
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Off centred |
OFF CENT |
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OCT |
October |
Officer of the Watch |
OOW |
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OFF |
Off |
Offset |
OFFSET |
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OFF CENT |
Off centred |
On |
ON |
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OFFSET |
Offset |
Out/Output |
OUT |
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ON |
On |
Own Ship |
OS |
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OOW |
Officer of the Watch |
Own Ship Look-Ahead |
LOOK AHEAD |
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OS |
Own Ship |
Panel Illumination |
PANEL |
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OUT |
Out/Output |
Parallel Index Line |
PI |
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PAD |
Predicted Area of Danger |
Passenger Vessel (applies to |
PASSV |
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PANEL |
Panel Illumination |
AIS) |
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Performance Monitor |
MON |
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Passenger Vessel (applies to AIS) |
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Abbreviation |
Term |
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Permanent |
PERM |
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PDOP |
Positional Dilution Of Precision |
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Person Overboard |
POB |
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PERM |
Permanent |
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Personal Identification |
PIN |
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PI |
Parallel Index Line |
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Number |
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Pilot Vessel (applies to AIS) |
PILOT |
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Pilot Vessel (applies to AIS) |
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Port/Portside |
PORT |
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PIN |
Personal Identification Number |
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Position |
POSN |
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PL |
Pulse Length |
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Positional Dilution Of |
PDOP |
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PM |
Pulse Modulation |
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Precision |
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Power |
PWR |
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POB |
Person Overboard |
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Predicted |
PRED |
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PORT |
Port/Portside |
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Predicted Area of Danger |
PAD |
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POSN |
Position |
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Predicted Point of Collision |
PPC |
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PPC |
Predicted Point of Collision |
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Pulse Length |
PL |
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PPR |
Pulses Per Revolution |
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Pulse Modulation |
PM |
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PRED |
Predicted |
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Pulse Repetition Frequency |
PRF |
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PRF |
Pulse Repetition Frequency |
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Pulse Repetition Rate |
PRR |
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PRR |
Pulse Repetition Rate |
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Pulses Per Revolution |
PPR |
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PWR |
Power |
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Racon |
RACON |
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RACON |
Racon |
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Radar |
RADAR |
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RAD |
Radius |
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Radar Overlay |
RADAR OVR |
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RADAR |
Radar |
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Radar Settings |
RADAR SET |
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RADAR OVR |
Radar Overlay |
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Radius |
RAD |
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RADAR SET |
Radar Settings |
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Rain |
RAIN |
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RAIM |
Receiver Autonomous Integrity |
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Monitoring |
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Range |
RNG |
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RAIN |
Anti-Clutter Rain |
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Range Rings |
RR |
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RAIN |
Rain |
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Raster Chart Display System |
RCDS |
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RCDS |
Raster Chart Display System |
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Raster Navigational Chart |
RNC |
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REC EVENT |
Record Event |
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Rate Of Turn |
ROT |
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REF |
Reference |
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Real-time Kinematic |
RTK |
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REL (See note 3) |
Relative |
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Receiver |
RX (See note 2) |
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RIM |
Vessel Restricted in |
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Manoeuvrability) (applies to AIS) |
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Receiver Autonomous |
RAIM |
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RL |
Rhumb Line |
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Integrity Monitoring |
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Record Event |
REC EVENT |
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RM |
Relative Motion |
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Reference |
REF |
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RMS |
Root Mean Square |
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Relative |
REL (See note 3) |
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RNC |
Raster Navigational Chart |
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Relative Motion |
RM |
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RNG |
Range |
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Revolutions per Minute |
RPM |
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RoRo |
Roll On/Roll Off Vessel (applies |
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Rhumb Line |
RL |
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ROT |
Rate Of Turn |
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Roll On/Roll Off Vessel |
RoRo |
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ROUTE |
Route |
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Root Mean Square |
RMS |
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ROUTE MON |
Route Monitoring |
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Route |
ROUTE |
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ROUTE PLAN |
Route Plan |
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Route Monitoring |
ROUTE MON |
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RPM |
Revolutions per Minute |
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Route Plan |
ROUTE PLAN |
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RR |
Range Rings |
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Safety Contour |
SF CNT |
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Export Route |
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SN.1/Circ.243/Rev.2
Annex 2, page 8
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Sailing Vessel (applies to |
SAIL |
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ROUTE IMP |
Import Route |
AIS) |
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Satellite |
SAT |
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RTK |
Real-time Kinematic |
Satellite Based Augmentation |
SBAS |
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RX (See note 2) |
Receiver |
System |
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Save User Settings |
SAVE USR |
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S |
South |
S-Band (applies to Radar) |
S-BAND |
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SBAS |
Satellite-Based Augmentation |
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System |
Scan to Scan |
SC/SC |
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SAIL |
Sailing Vessel (applies to AIS) |
Search And Rescue |
SART |
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SART |
Search And Rescue |
Transponder |
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Transponder |
Search And Rescue Vessel |
SARV |
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SARV |
Search And Rescue Vessel |
(applies to AIS) |
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Select |
SEL |
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SAT |
Satellite |
Select User Settings |
USR SET |
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SAVE USR |
Save User Settings |
September |
SEP |
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S-BAND |
S-Band (applies to Radar) |
Sequence |
SEQ |
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SC/SC |
Scan to Scan |
Set (i.e., set and drift, or |
SET |
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SDME |
Speed and Distance Measuring |
setting a value) |
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Equipment |
Ship's Time |
TIME |
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SEA |
Anti-Clutter Sea |
Short Pulse |
SP |
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SEL |
Select |
Signal to Noise Ratio |
SNR |
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SEP |
September |
Silence |
SLNC |
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SEQ |
Sequence |
Simulation |
SIM (See note 4) |
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SET |
Set (i.e., set and drift, or setting a |
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Slave |
SLAVE |
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SF CNT |
Safety Contour |
South |
S |
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SIM (See note 4) |
Simulation |
Speed |
SPD |
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SLAVE |
Slave |
Speed and Distance |
SDME |
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SLNC |
Silence |
Measuring Equipment |
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Speed Over the Ground |
SOG |
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SNR |
Signal to Noise Ratio |
Speed Through the Water |
STW |
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SOG |
Speed Over the Ground |
Stabilized |
STAB |
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SP |
Short Pulse |
Standard Display |
STND DISP |
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SPD |
Speed |
Standby |
STBY |
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STAB |
Stabilized |
Starboard/Starboard Side |
STBD |
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STAT DISP |
Status and Data |
Station |
STN |
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STBD |
Starboard/Starboard Side |
Status and Data |
STAT DISP |
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STBY |
Standby |
Symbol(s) |
SYM |
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STN |
Station |
Synchronization |
SYNC |
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STND DISP |
Standard Display |
Target |
TGT |
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STW |
Speed Through the Water |
Target Settings |
TGT SET |
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SYM |
Symbol(s) |
Target Tracking |
TT |
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SYNC |
Synchronization |
Test |
TEST |
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T |
True |
Time |
TIME |
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TCPA |
Time to CPA |
Time Difference |
TD |
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TCS |
Track Control System |
Time Dilution Of Precision |
TDOP |
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TD |
Time Difference |
Time Of Arrival |
TOA |
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TDOP |
Time Dilution Of Precision |
Time Of Departure |
TOD |
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TEST |
Test |
Time to CPA |
TCPA |
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TGT |
Target |
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