Abbreviations and Acronyms

· ADI - attitude direction indication

· AID - aircraft installed delay

· altm - altimeter

· ant - antenna

· approx - approximately

· ARINC - Aeronautical Radio, Inc.

· BITE - built-in test equipment

· CAPT - captain

· CDS - common display system

· conn - connector

· CP - control panel

· CW - continuous wave

· DEU - display electronics unit

· DH - decision height

· DME - distance measuring equipment

· DU - display unit

· EFIS - electronic flight instrument system

· F - frequency

· FCC - flight control computer

· FDAU - flight data acquisition unit

· FM - frequency modulation

· F/O - first officer

· freq - frequency

· fwd - forward

· gnd - ground

· GPWC - ground proximity warning computer

· ILS - instrument landing system

· LCD - liquid crystal display

· LED - light emitting diode

· LRU - line replaceable unit

· maint - maintenance

· MDA - minimum descent altitude

· mins - minimums

· PFD - primary flight display

· P/N - part number

· RA - radio altimeter

· RA - radio altitude

· rec - receiver

· RF - radio frequency

· rst - reset

· R/T - receiver transmitter

· S/W - software

· sys - system

· T - time

· TCAS - traffic alert and collision avoidance system

· VCO - voltage controlled oscillator

· WXR - weather radar

· xmit - transmit