A

(100001)

AA

AAF

Abatement --

ABC

ABS 1) (Antiskid Braking System)2)

ABU STLivonia()

A/C 1) 2)

AC

()

Acceptor--

P

ACD()()

Aceton--

(CH3COCH3)(VOC)

ACF

ACGIH

ACIA

Acid deposition--pH5.6()

pHPH1()14()

ACK

ACL

ACM

ACPI PC

Acrobat--(Adobe) Adobe SystemsPCMacUNIX (PDF)Acrobat DistillerPostscriptAcrobat ReaderPDFPDFwriterPDF

Acting-ST

Activated carbon A-

Active Component--

()

A/D---

-

ADC-

ADCS

ADH Program Adherence--ADH

ADI

ADN

AdobePostscriptAcrobat

ADPC()

ADR()

ADSI()()

ADSL ()

AE

AEC Q100 (1994)

AEIS

AEL

Aerobic Requiring Oxygen--

()

AES

AF 1) 2)

AFC

AFM

AFR

AGC

AGP

Agrate 20Agrate BianzaSTSocieta Generale Semiconduttori1957

AI

AIAG

Ain Seba STSFRM1952CSF1989SFRMSTAin Sebaa

AIQ

PPM(/)

Air Pollution--

()()()()(CFCisCO2)

AL

ALC

Aligne--r

Alignment-

Alignment mark--

ALMS

ALR

ALSTTL-

LSTTL

Alloy-

1) 2)

ALU

Aluminum--

AM 1) 2) 3) ()

AMG

AmiproCompany Standard Lotus Smart Suite.sam

AMK Ang Mo KioST

Ammonia--

NH3

Amorphous--

AMP

AMSC

A/N

AN

ST

ANACA

ST

Anaerobic Not Requiring Oxygen--()

Analog--

1) ICMOSCMOSIC2) 3)

Analysis of Variance--

ANC()

AND Gate--AND

ONON

Anisotropic --

Anneal--

Anonymous logons--

IUSR_

ANRO

ANS

ANSI

Antimony--N

AOI

AOQ

AOQPPM(/)

A/Por AP1) 2)

APDO

API

APICS

APS

AQL

AQL

AQS

Aquifer--

/-

A/R

AR

ARCTI

Argon--

ARO

()

ARPANet ()

Array--

()

ARRL

Arsenic (As)--

NMOS

AR Timer

As

Arsenic --

AS

ASAP

Asbestos--

()()()()()

ASCII

ASCII text--ASCII

ASCIIASCII

ASD

Tours site

ASEC

Ashing()

ASHRAE

ASI

ASIC

ASK

ASM

ASP1)

2) ()(:Tiptronic)

ASR /

Assago

Assembly--

Assessment--

ASSM

ASSP

ASSY

AST 1)

ST(1998)ST2) ()3)

ATA

ATAPI(ATA)

ATC

ATE

ATM 1) 2) 3)

Atmosphere--

(78.1%)(20.9%)1%(0.9%)

Atmospheric Oxidation--

Atomic Number--

ATP 1) 2)

ATPG

ATR

ATSC

ATTN

Authentification--

Autodoping--

Automation--

Autotrophic--

AV /

AVC

AVG

AVO

AWB

AWS

AWT

AWWA

B

B&W

Back-End (BE) --

()

BACM

Best Available Control Measure --

BACT

Best Available Control Technology --

BADT

Best Available Demonstrated Technology --

Baka-Yoke()

Ball Bonding -- Bonding, Ball

Band gap --

BaP

Benzo(a)pyrene --

Barcoding --

/,

Base --

NPNP

Base Diffusion --

BASIC

BAT1) Best Available Technology -- BAT()()()() 2)Bon A Tirer --

Batch --

BATEA

Best available Treatment Economically Achievable --

BATNEEC

Battery --

BBC

British Broadcasting Corporation --

BBS

bulletin Board System --

ST

In ST used on cc:Mail.

BBi

Bare Board Test --

BCC

Blind Carbon Copy --

BCCT

Best Conventional Control Technology --

BCD

1) Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS --MOS-MOS

STBCD1986STICCMOSDMOS

2) Binary Coded Decimal --

4

BCF

Bioconcentration factor --

BCPCT

Best Conventional Pollutant Control Technology --

BCT

Best Control Technology --

BDAT

Best Demonstrated Available Technology --

BDCT

Best Demonstrated Control Technology --

BDT

Best Demonstrated Technology --

Beam leads Thick, strong leads deposited directly on an integrated circuit chip and used for interconnecting the circuit into the system.

IC

Beam tape --

TABIC

BEI

Biological Exposure Index --

BEJ

Best Engineering Judgment --

Bench-marking --

Benzene --

C6H6

BER

Bit Error Rate --

Best-In-Class --BEST

Byte Erasable Super flash Technology --

Betacam1/2

BEV

Billion Electron Volts --

BFETL

BGA

Ball Grid Array --

BHC

1) Bromohydrocarbon --

2) Benzene hexachloride --

BHP

Biodegradation, Hydrolysis and Photolysis --

BIBA

BIlling + Backlog --

()

BiCMOS

Bipolar-CMOS --CMOS

()CMOS ()

BID

Buoyancy Induced Dispersion --

BlFs

Boilers and Industrial Furnaces --

BIFET

BI-polar Field-Effect Transistor --

Billings --

ST

Binary --

21001

BIND

(IP)DNSBIND

Bioaccumulation --

PCBDDT()

Biocide --

()

Biodegradation --

Biodiversity --

1992

Biogas --

Biological Treatment --

BIOS

1) BInary Operation System --

2) Basic Input-Output System ---

Biosphere --

46

Bipolar --

1)

2)

Biport --

STRAM

BIST

Built-In Self Test --

Bit --

BK

BooK --

B/L

Backlog --

BL

1) Bits Line. --

2) Battery Low output (signal name). --()

BLP

Bromine-Loading Potential --

BMP

1) Best Management Practices --2) (windows) bitma --

BO/BI

Book to Bill --

()-11

Boat --

Boat Puller --

/

BOC

Biodegradable Organic Coumpound --

BOD

Biochemical Oxygen Demand --

()BODBOD5BODBOD5BOD250mg/l5mg/l

BOD5

Biochemical oxygen demand - 5 days (BOD in wastewater incubated for five days) --5(5BOD) -BOD

BOE

Buffered Oxide Etch --

BOK

Battery OK --

BOM

Bill Of Material --,

1) BOM

2)

Bonding --

Bonding, Ball --

Bonding, Die --

.

Bonding Pads --

IC

Bonding Wedge --

,,

Bonding Wires --

IC

Boolean Algebra --

.01ANDORNOTNANDNOR

Bookings --

Boostrap Program --

BOR

Bill of Resources --

Boron --

PNPN-ICPMOS/

Boron Trichloride --

P

Bottleneck --

Boule --

Bouskoura

ST24(STValeoIBM)1993Ain SebaaST

Box plot --

BP

Boiling Point --

BPI

1) Business Process Improvement --

2) Bits Per Inch -- 3) Business Process Improvement --

BPJ

Best Professional Judgment --

BPM

Business Process Management --

BPS

Bits Per Second --

BPSK

Binary Phase Shift Keying --

BPT

1) Best Practicable Technology --

2) Best Practicable Treatment --

BPWTT

Best Practical Waste Water Treatment Technology --

BQFP

Br

Bromine --

Brainstorming -- ,,,,,

BRAM

Burst Random Access Memory --

Brazing --

Breakdown Junction --

()

Breakthrough --

()()

Bristol --

ST(INMOS)

Browser --

MosaicNetscape

Browsing --

BSA

Build Sheet Assembly --

ST

BSI

British Standards Institute --

BT --

BGAFR-4

BTAB

Bumped Tape Automated Bonding --

()

BT

British Telecom --

BTO

Build To Order --

BTU

British Thermal Unit --

BTW

By The Way --

BU

Business Unit --

Bubbler --

Bug --,

Bumped Chip --

1/0

Buried Layer --

Burn-in --

Business process --

() ()()

BUT

Board under Test --

Byte --

828(256)

Bytewide --

ST/

BW

Bandwidth --

BWR

Boiling-Water Reactor --

C

Carbon --

66

137Cs

Caesium-137 ---137

14 C

Carbon-14 -14

C4

IBM

CA

Conditional Access --

Set-Top-Box application --

CAA

Clean Air Act --

CAC 40 (Euronext Paris)

30

CAD

Computer Aided Design --

CAE

Computer Aided Engineering --

CAER

Community Awareness and Emergency Response --

CAFE

Corporate Average Fuel Economy --

Automotive application --

CAG

Carcinogen Assessment Group

CAGR

Compound Annual Growth Rate --

Compounded Average Growth Rate --

CAM

1) Computer Aided Manufacturing --

CAMCIM()CAD 2) Corporate Account Manager --3) Content Addressable -- Memeories (NVRAM)

CAM/MES

Manufacturing Execution System -- /

CAN

Controller Area Network --

CANDU

Canadian Deuterium-Uranium Reactor ---

Cantilever Loading --

Capability --

Capacitance --

(F)

Capacitance Voltage Plot or C-V Plot--C-V

1) p-n

2)(QF)(Qni)(Qm)

Capacitor--

Capacity Simulation --

CAPHAT

CAR

Capital Appropriation Requests --

CARB

California Air Resources Board --

Carbon --

Carbon dioxide (CO2) --

(CO2)//()200270ppm350ppm()

Carbon monoxide (CO)--

Carbon-14 (14C) ---14

14C812C614C 14C(14CO2)14C12C576014C12C()57607000014C

Carriers --

Carrier Gas --

Carrier Positive --

--

N

CAS

1) Chemical Abstracts Service --

2) Column-Adress Strobe --

CAS number --CAS

CASA

Corporate Advanced System Architectures --

1)STAgrate

2) ST

Casablanca --

STAin SebaaBouskoura

Casalecchio di Reno --

ST

CASE

Computer Aided Software Engineering --

Cascade Training --

Cash flow --

Castelletto

STCornaredoTPASettimoCastelletto()

CAT

1) Corrective Action Team --CAT

2) Computer Aided Testing

3) Customer Quality Tracking --

Catalytic converter --

Catania --

ST

Cathode Sputtering --

CATV

Cable Television --

Cause and effect diagram --

Q7()Ishikawa()

Cavito --

CApicity VIsibility TOol --

CBA

Cost-Benefit Analysis -- -

CBC

Cipher Block Chaining --

CBE

Central Back-End --

CBGA

Ceramic Ball Grid Array --

CBI

1) Critical Business Issue --

2) Confidential Business Information --

3) Complementary Binary --

CBT --

Computer Based Training --

CCAP

Climate Change Action Plan --

CC

1) Constant Current --

2) Cost Center --

CCC

Chips Carried by Cards --() IC

CCD

1) Corporate Communications Department --

2) Charge Coupled Device --

CCGA

Ceramic Column Grid Array. Uses columns instead of balls, mostly IBM. --IBM

CCI

Copper Clad Invar --

CCITT

International Telegraphy & Telephony Consultative Committee --

cc:Mail

STLotus

CCMSQA

CCRP

Corporate Capacity Required Planning Visibility Logistic --

CCSL

Compatible Current Sinking Logic --

CCTV

Closed Circuit TV --

CCW

Counter Clock-Wise --

CD

1) Compact Disk --

(CD-ROM)

2) Confirmed Date --

ST

3) Critical Dimension --

IC

Cd

Cadmium --

CDBF

Chlorinated dibenzofurans --

CDC

Center for Disease Control --

CDD

Chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin --

CDDIC

Transmission technology --

Telecom appication. --

CDF

Chlorinated dbenzofuran --

CD-I

Compact Disk Interactive --

CDI-FMVMPEG

CDI

Collector-Diffusion Isolation --()

CDIL

Ceramic Dual In Line --()

CDM

1) Climatological Dispersion Model --

2) Charged Device Model --

CDMA

Code-Division Multiple Access --

CDPD

Cellular Digital Packet Data --

CD-ROM

Compact Disk Read Only Memory --

IS-9660

CEA

STCommissariat l'Energie Atomique

2) Cost-Effective Analysis ---

3) Cost and Economic Assessment --

CEB

Chemical Element Balance --

CEC

Carbon Exchange Capacity --

CECC

Cenelec Electronic Components Committee --Cenelec

Key ISO 9000 certifier --ISO9000

CECL

Cascode Emitter-Coupled Logic ---

CEDAC

Cause and Effect Diagram with Addition of Cards --

CEM

1) Continuous Emission Monitoring --

2) Customer Equipment Manufacturing --

3) Contract Equipment Manufacturing --

(OEM)

CEMF

Counter ElectroMotive Force --

Centerless Grinding --

()

CEO

Chief Executive Officer --

CEPP

Chemical Emergency Preparedness Plan --

CERCLA

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act --

CERCLIS

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System --

CERDIP

CERamic Dual In-line Package --

CERMET

()

CERPACK

CERamic PACKage --

cerquad, cerpac or cerpak . --

Certification --

CES

Consumer Electronics Show --

CEWGs

Corporate Environmental Working Groups --

CF

Center Frequency --

CFC

ChloroFluoroCarbon --

CFI

1) CAD Framework Initiative --

2) Common Flash Interface --

CFL

Compact Florescent Lamp --

CFM

1) Central Front-end Manufacturing --

2) Chlorofluoromethanes --

3) Cubic Feet per Minute --

CFN

Cross Fertilization Network --

CFO

Chief Financial Officer --

CFR

Code of Federal Regulations --

CFT

Cross-Functional Teams --

CGA

Color Graphics Adapter --

CGI

Common Gateway Interface --

CGM

Computer Graphics Meta file --

CGMS

Copy Generation Management Signal --

Channel --

MOS

Characterization --

Characterization manager --

()

CHE

Channel Hot Electrons --

CHECK-LIST --

/

Check Points/Control Points --/Kaizen.

Chemical Etching --

Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) --

() STCOD90mg/l

CHEMNET--

Chemical Industry Emergency Mutual Aid Network --

Chemosphere

ChipP

Chip Carrier --

ICI/O

Chlorides --

(Cl-)()

Chlorinated organic compounds --

(TCE)(perc)(TCA)(PCB)(CFC)60DDT

Chlorination --

Chlorine (C12) --

()

Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) --

(CCl2F2)Dupont de NemourCFC-11CFC-12CFC-113CFC-115()()

CHRG

Corporate Human Resources Group --

Chrome, Chromium --

1)

2)

Ci

Curie --

CIC

Copper Invar Copper ----

CIF

1) Cost Insurance Freight --

2) Common Interchange Format --

CIFRE

PhD students working in ST to preform their thesis. Stands for "Conventi ons Industrielles de Formation par la REcherche". STConventi ons Industrielles de Formation par la REcherche

CIM

Computer Integrated Manufacturing --

CIS

Chemical Information System --

CISC

Complex Instruction Set Computer --

RISC

CITES

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora --

CKA

Corporate Key Account --

Top strategic customer/partner --/

CKT

Circuit --

Cl

Chlorine --

CL

Current Loop --

Clarification --

Class --

(1000100101)

CLCC

Ceramic Leaded Chip Carrier --

Clean room --

IC

Cleanroom Class --

FED-STD-209

Clean technologies --

/

Cleanup --

Clipwatt

STIC

CLK

Clock

Clock --

Closed autotest --

CLP

Chlorine-Loading Potential --

cm

centimeter --

CM

Credit Memo --

CMB

Chemical Mass Balance --

CME

Central Material Europe (located in St Genis) --(St Genis)

CMG

Consumer and Microcontrollers Group --

STPPG

CML

Current Mode Logic --

CMM

Capability Maturity Model --

CMOS

Complementary MOS (Metal Oxide Semiconductor) --

NMOS(MOS)PMOS(MOS)

CMP

Chemical-Mechanical Polishing --

CN

Cyanide --

CNU

Coaxial Network Unit --

Set-Top-Box applications --

CO

Carbon Monoxide--

Coating --

COB

1) Chip On Board --

IC

2) SEC()

COC

1) Certificate Of --

Conformance --

2) Chlorinated Organic Compounds --

COD

Chemical Oxygen Demand --

CODEC

COder DECoder ---

Coefficient of Diffusion --

cm2/

COFDM

Coded Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex --

Automotive applications --

Cogeneration --

COH

Coefficient Of Haze --

COHB

Carboxyhemoglobin --

Collector --

,,,

Colleoni

Agrate BrianzaSTSTAgrate5

COMBO

(Combination)

CODEC

Combustion --

()

Common Causes --

COMP

1) Competition --

2) Complementary --

Compander --

Compost --

Compound Semiconductor --

IIIIVGaAs, GaInP

Con Bon

Concentration --

///()(ppm(v))() (ppb(v))1101////()(ppm)() (ppb)/()ppm()(ppb)

Concentration (Dopant) --

Concurrent Engineering --

Conduction (band) --

Conductor, Electrical --

()IC

CONF

1) Confidential --

2) Confirming --

CONQ

Cost Of Non-Quality --

,,,3

Contact Aligner --

()

Contact Printing --

Contacts --

Contamination --

Continuous improvement --

Control Chart --

COO

certificate of origin --

2) Cost Of Ownership --

COP

1) Community Of Practice --

2) Controller Oriented Processor --

Copper (Cu) --

Core --

CoRiMMe

Consorzio Ricerca Microelettronica per il Mezzogiorno

Cornaredo

STCastelletto

Cost of ownership --

- Cost of quality control on receipt of the item; --

- Cost of 100% inspection; --100%

- Cost of reliability tests; --

- Cost of stock in warehouse; --

- Unwanted production cost induced by Quality problems; v- Cost in the field due to reliability problems; --

- Cost due to loss of customer. --()()

Cp

(Capability index) --

()()CpCp10.3%(3)Cp20.0007%7PPM(6)

CP

Customer Profile --

Database of Customer Information. --

CPA

Corporate Purchasing Agreement --

CPD

Corporate Package Development --

CPF

Cancer (Carcinogenic) Potency Factor --()

CPGA

Ceramic Pin Grid Array --

CPI

1) Chemical Process Industries --

2) Character Per Inch --

Cpk

Cpk()CpCpkCpkCpCpkCpk

CPLD

Complex Programmable Logic Device --

CP/M

Control Program for Microcomputers (operating system) --()

CPM

1) Critical Path Method -- ()

2) Control Program Monitor --

CPS

Customer Perception Survey --

CPU

Central Processing Unit --

CQFP

Ceramic Quad Flat Package --

Cr

Chromium --

CRC

1) Cyclic Redundancy Check (error detection scheme) --()

2) Check Redundant Cells --

CRM

Customer Relationship Management --

CRN

1) Customer Responsiveness Network --

2) Carrollton -- Carrollton

Crolles GrenobleST8

CROM

Control Read-Only Memory --

Cross-Functional Teams--

Crossovers --

SiO2-()SiO2

CRP

Capacity Required Planning --

CRP

CRR

Carrier --

CRT

Cathode Ray Tube --

CRUM

Customer Replaceable Unit Model --

CRW

Chlorine Residual in Water --

Crystalography --

Crystal Orientation --

CS

Control Strobe --

CSA

Canadian Standards Associations --

CSF

Critical Success Factor --

CSL

Current-Sinking Logic --

CSMA/CD

Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detect --

CSO

Ceramic Small Outline --

CSP

Chip Scale Package --

CSS

Clock Security System --

CSU/DSU

Channel Services Unit/Data-port Services Unit --/

CT ()

CT2

Digital Cordless Telephone Generation2. -- 2

CTC

Counter/Timer Circuit --/

CTE

Coefficient of Thermal Expansion. Important property of materials; often called TCE. --TCE

CTI

Computer Telephony Integration --

CTL

1) Complementary Transistor Logic --

2) Central Technical Library --

- also called CTLib --CTLib

CTN

Carton --

CTRL

Control key --

CTS

Clear To Send --

CTV

1) Color TV-- 2) Community Antenna Television --

Cu

Copper --

Cum (Cumulative) Yield --

Current --

ampA

Curve Tracer --

CRTXY

Customer --

ST

Customer focus --

TQM

Customer satisfaction --

CV

Constant Voltage --

CVBS

Composite Video Broadcasting Signal --

CVD

Chemical Vapor Deposition --

PECVDLPCVD

CVR

Customer Visit Report --

CVS

Constant Voltage Stress --

CVT

Constant Voltage Transformer --

CW

Clockwise --

CWA

Clean Water Act --

CWE

Central Warehouse Europe --

(located in St Genis). -- (St. Genis)

CWQC

Company Wide Quality Control --

CYA

Clever strategy used by most managers to avoid accountability. --

Cyanides (CN) --

D

2,4-D

Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid

D/A

Digital to Analog ---

Do

Defect Density --

DAB

Digital Audio Broadcasting

MUSICAMOFDM

DAC

1) Decoder Audio Clock--

2) Design Approved Certificate --

ST1020

DALC

Diode Array Low Capacitance --

Darlington Amplifier--

DARPA

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency --

DAT

Digital Audio Tape --

DATA on DISK--

STCD-ROM

Datasheet--

ST1

DAV

Data Available --

dB(A)

-

DBA

1) Doing Business As--

2) DataBase Access--

dBK

DeciBels -

dBM

DeciBels - 1

DBS

Direct Broadcast Satellite--

DBV

DeciBels - Voltage ---

DBX

DeciBels -

DC

1) Direct Current--

2) Disty Cost

DCA

Direct Chip Attach. Attachment of a chip directly to the PCB without using a package. --PCB

DCC

Digital Compact Cassette--

DCD

Data Carrier Detect--

DCFL

Direct-Coupled Field effect transistor Logic--

DCS

1)Document Control System--

2) Digital Cellular SystemTelecom Network Standard--

DCT

Discrete Cosine Transform--

DCTL

Direct-coupled Transistor Logic --

DCY

Delivery Conformity--

DD

1) Definition Data file --

2) Defect Density ---D0

DDC

Data Display Channel --

DDC1

Data Display Channel One way/transmit only--/

DDC2

Data Display Channel Two way/bidirectional--/

DDD

Dichlodiphenyldichloroethane--

DDE

Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethene--

DDP

Delivered Duty Paid--

DDR

Double Data Rate --

DDT

Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane --.

18741939P. MuellerDDTDDT1972DDT

DDTS

Distributed Defect Tracking System --

D/E

Debt to Equity ratio --()

Decibel (dB)--

0()130()60dBdB(A)dB(A)dB(A)

Decomposers--

Decontamination --

DECT

Digital European Cordless Telephone --

Dedicated --

Dedicated Integrated Circuit --

ICICPC()

Deep UV (Deep Ultraviolet) --

300

Defect --

.

Defect density --

IC.

Defective unit --

().

Deforestation --

.

Dehydration Bake --

.

Deionization --

(Na+)(Cl-).

DEL

Delinquency or delayed delivery --

(.

Delamination --

DELCD

Delinquency on Confirmed Date --

DELFOR

Delivery Forecast 830 in X12 US Standard

.

DELQ

Delinquency

DELRD

Delinquency on Requested Date --

Demand pull --

()/.

Deming Application Prize --

1951DemingJUSE.1970CWQC()5Deming.1986JUSE DemingDeming(TQC).

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- .

Denitrification --

(NO3-)(N2).

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) --

DNA()XDNA.

Depletion device --

MOSFET.

Depletion region --

P-N.

Deposition --

.

DES

Data Encription Standard --

Desalination --

.

DESC

Defense Electronic Supply Center --

Desertification --

.

Design of Experiment --

.

Design for Manufacturability --

.

Design to Cost --

.

Desulfurization --

.

Development --

.

Develop Inspect or A.D.I. --ADI

.

Developer --

.

DFE

Decision Feedback Equalization --

PRML.

DFM

Design For Manufacturability --

DFT

Design For Testability --

DGPS

Differential GPS --

()GPS.

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol --

(IP).

DI

Deionized water --

.

Dial-up --

.

Diborane --

P.

Die (singular) --()

Dice (plural) --()

.

Die bonding --

.()

Dielectric --

.

Die Sort --

DIFF

DIFFusion --

Differential amplifier --

.

Differentiated IC --

IC.

Diffusion --

.

Digital --

1)

2)

3)

Digital Circuit --

Digitize --

DIL

Dual in line --

DIMM

Dual In-line Memory Module --

Diode --

PNST

DIP

Dual In-line Package --

IC

DIP switch --

(DIP)

DirecTV --

DirecTV(DSS)RCAMPEGICST

Discrete Device --

STTours()Front-End

Disposal --

Distribution --

DLCI

Data Link Connection Identifiers. --

DLC

Dual-Layer Capacitor --

DLM

Double Metal Layer --

DLN

Delivery Linearity --

DLNQT

DeLiNQuenT --

DM

1) Debit Memo --

2) Demand Management --

DMA

Direct Memory Access --

DME

Dimethyl ether --

DMM

Digital Multimeter --

DMOS

1) Double Diffused MOS --MOS

2) Diffused Metal Oxide Silicon --

DMR

Defective Material Report --

DMTS

Discrete Multi-Tone --

DMV

Damper Modulation diodes/rectifiers --/

DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid --

DNS

Domain Name Server --

DO

Dissolved Oxygen --

DOD

Depart Of Defense --

DOE

1) Design Of Experiments --

2) Department of Energy --

DOM

Dissolved Organic Matter --

Domain --

Windows NT

Donor

A dopant that can make a semiconductor N-type by donating extra "free" electrons to the conduction band. The free electrons are carriers of negative charge. See acceptor.

DOP --

Dilution of Precision --

GPS

Dopant (also Diffusant) --

NP

Doping --

NP

DOS

Disk Operating System --

DOT

Depart of Transportation --

DP

Data Processing --

DPA

Differential Power Analysis --

DPD

Method of measuring Chlorine Residual in Water --

DPDT

Dual Pole Dual Throw --

DPG

Dedicated Products Group --

ST6

DPI

1) Distributed Protocol Interface --

2) Dots Per Inch --

DPL

Descriptor Privilege Level --

DPM

Digital Panel Meter --

DPSK

Differential Phase Shift Keying --

DPST

Dual Pole Single Throw --

Drain --

MOSFET

DRAM

Dynamic Random Access Memory --

()(01)

DRC

Design Rule Check --

DRE

Destruction and Removal Efficiency --

Driver --

Drive-In --

DRM

Design Rules Manual --

Dry-Etch --

RF

DS

Data Strobe --

DSA

Dual Stage Actuator --

DSC

1) Digital Still Camera --

2) Disk Storage Controller --

DSCF

Dry Standard Cubic Feet --

DSCM

Dry Standard Cubic Meter --

DSG

Discrete and Standard Products Group --

1) Catania, GrenobleTours

2) Dual-bit Split Gate --

EEPROM

DSN

Data Source Name --

ODBCSQL ServerODBC

DSO

Digital Storage Oscilloscope --

DSP

Digital Signal Processor --

DSS

1) Decision Support System --

2) Digital Satellite System --

MPEGThomsonRCADSS

DSVD

Digital Signal Voice and Data --()

DSW

Direct Step on Wafer --

See Stepping Aligner --

DT

1) Down Time --

()

DTAM

Distribution Total Available Market --

DTD

Document Type Description --

DTH

Direct To Home --()

DTLH

Diode Transistor Logic -

DTMF

Dial Tone Multi Frequency --

DTP

Desk Top Publishing --()

ST()Corel Ventura

DTR

Data Terminal Ready --

DTS

Dock To Stock --

DTTB

Digital Terrestrial TV Broadcasting. --

DTV

1) Digital TeleVision --

2) Damper TV diodes/rectifiers --/

DUF

Diffusion Under epitaxial Film --

DUT

Device Under Test --

DUT

DUV

Data Under Voice --

DVB

Digital Video Broadcasting --

European Standard -

DVB-C

Digital Video Broadcasting - Cable --

DVBIRD

Digital Video Broadcasting Integrated Receiver Decoder --

DVB-MHP

Digital Video Broadcasting - Multimedia Home Platform ---

DVB

DVB-S

Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite --

DVB-T

Digital Video Broadcasting - Terrestrial --

DVC

Digital Video Camera - Terrestrial --

DVD

1) Digital Video Disk --

2) Digital Video Decoder --

3) Digital Video Destination --

DVD

Digital Versatile Disc. A new type of CD-ROM that holds a minimum of 4.7 GB (gigabytes), enough for a full-length movie. --CD-ROM4.7GB

DVI

Digital Video Interactive --

DVM

Digital Volt-Meter --

DVTR

Digital Video Tape Recorder --

DWD

Digital WatchDog --

DTV

Digital TeleVision --

DWS

1) Drinking Water Standard --

2) Direct Wafer Stepping --()

DZ

Dozen --(12)

E

Chip Enable

--

E0 ...E2

Chip Enable Inputs (signal names).

--

E2

Epicom 2

ST

EAP

1) Environmental Action Plan --()

2) Employee Assistance Program --

EAROM

Electrically Alterable Read-Only Memory --

EAS

Electrical Article Surveillance --

EBCDIC

Extended Binary-Coded Decimal Interchange Code --

LI>EBGA

Enhanced Ball Grid Array --BGA

E-beam

Electron beam --

Refers to an e-beam evaporator or exposure system. --

E-beam Evaporation --

E-beam Exposure System --

EBU

European Broadcasting Union --

EC

1) European Community --

2) European Commission --

ECC

1) Error Checking and Correction --

2) Error Correction Code --

ECDIN

Environmental Chemicals Data and Information Network --

ECEF

Earth-Centered. Earth-Fixed --

X()Z

ECL

Emitter Coupled Logic --

-

ECM

Electronic Counter Measures --

ECMA

Electronic Component Manufacturer Association --

ECN

Engineering Change Notice --

ECN

Epoxy Creosol Novolac -- EcologyErnst Haeckel

1868oikos()logos()

ECON

RAM Chip Enable Output --

Ecosystem ---

ECP

1) Engineering Change Proposal --

2) Extended Capability Port --

ECU

European Currency Unit --

ED

Effective Dose --

EDA

Electronic Design Automation --

EDB

Ethylene dibromide --

EDC

1) Error Detection Code --

2) Ethylene Dichloride --

EDD

1)Electronic Document Definition --

2)Earliest Due Date --

EDI

1) Electronic Data Interchange --

Set-top box application --

2) Electronic Data Interchange --

3) Electronic Document Interchange --

EDID

Extended Display Identification Data --

Edge Die --

2-3

EDIF

Electronic Data Interchange Format --

EDO

Extended Data Out --

EDP

Electronic Data Processing --

EDTA

Ethylene Diamine Triacetic Acid --

EDTV

Enhanced Definition Television. --

EDX

Energy Dispersive X-Raysd --X

EE

EEPROM Block Enable (signal name). --EEPROM

EEC

European Economic Community --

EECA

European Electronic Component Manufacturers Association. --

EEPROM or E2PROM

Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory --

EPROMUVEPROM

EF

1)Emission Factor --

2) Flash block Enable (signal name). --()

Effective mass --

EFL

Emitter-Follower Logic --

EFQM198814EFQM

--

--

--EFQM200(1992)

EFR

Early Failure Rate --

EFT

Electrical Fast Transients --

EFTC

European Fluorocarbon Technical Committee --

e.g. ----

EGA

Enhanced Graphics Adapter --

Eh

Redox Potential --

EHF

Extremely High Frequency --

EHS

1) Extremely Hazardous Substance --

2) Environment, Health and Safety --

EHSA

European Home Systems Association. --

EI

1) Emissions Inventory --

2) Environmental Impact Statement

EIA

1) Environmental Impact Assessment --

2) Electronic Industries Association (now included in JEDEC) -- (JEDEC)

EIAJ

1)Electronic Industries Association of Japan. --

2) Japanese EDI Standard --EDI

EIG

European Internet Gateway. --

EIS

Executive Information System. --

EISA

Extended Industry Association of Japan--

EIT

Employee Involvement Team --

(equivalent of a QCC: Quality Control Circle) --QCC

23

EITP

European Information Technology Prize --

STST191998199812

EL

1) Exposure Level --

2) ElectroLuminescent --

Electromigration --

Electromagnetic Radiation --

X

Electron --

Electrical test --

--ACDC

Element --

103

ELF

Extremely Low Frequency --

ELG

European Launch Group --

MPEG2

Ellipsometer --

EM

Executive Management --

The CEO and his direct reports -- CEO

E-mail

Electronic mail --

EMAS

Eco Management and Audit Scheme --

19937EC

EMC

ElectroMagnetic Compatibility --

EMF

ElectroMotive Force --

EMI

ElectroMagnetic Interference --

Emitter --

--NPNNPNPP

Emitter Diffusion --

EMMI

Emission Microscopy Infrared --

EMP

ElectroMagnetic Pulse --

EMR

ElectroMmechanical Relay

EMS

1) Environmental Management System --

2) Engine Management System (Automotive) --()

3) Expanded Memory Specification --

4) Electronic Manufacturing Services --

eMSC

e-Marketing Seering Committee --

Emulator --

--

Emulsion Mask --

--

Enablers and Results --

The two main categories of the EQA. --EQA

Encryption --

--

Energy --

Energy recovery --

Engineering --

--

Enhancement Device --

MOSFET

ENIAC

Electronic Numerical Inegrater And Computer (first computer) -- ()

Enlightenment --

--

Entitlement --

Environment --

()

()ambire

Environmental audit --

1) an internal investigation of an industrial site's compliance with environmental regulations. --

2) a study of a site prior to a real estate transaction to uncover potential environmental liability associated with the property, such as the prior improper disposal of hazardous waste in the ground. --

3) a tool to periodically examine in a systematic and objective manner the conformance of a site's environmental activities with the requirements of its environmental management system. --

Environmental Balance --

()()()

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) -- (EIA)

EIA(EIS)EIA

Environmental policy --

Environmental Statement --

EMAS

EO

Ethylene Oxide --

EOL

End Of Life --

EOP

End Of Pipe --

EOS

Electrical Over-Stress --

EOT

End Of Tranmission --

EOX

Extractable organic halogens --

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency in the USA --

EPCRA

Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act --

Epi --

Short for epitaxy, the controlled growth of a layer of crystalline semiconductor material on a suitable substrate. --epitaxy

Epitaxial deposition --

(epitaxy) -- ()

EPLD

Electrically Programmable Logic Device --

EPMA

Electron Probe Micro Analysis --

EPNL

Effective Perceived Noise Level --

Epoxy --

EPP

Enhanced Paralell Port --

EPRI

Electric Power Research Institute --

EPROM

Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory --

EP toxicity test

Extraction procedure toxicity test --

EPS

1) Earning Per Share --

2) Encapsulated Postscript --

EPTC

Extraction Procedure Toxicity Characteristic --

EQ

Equalizer --

EQA

European Quality Award --

--

--

---

--ST1997EQA

EQMA

Exponential Weighted Moving Average --

ERCS

Exponential Ramped Current Stress --

Erosion --

ERP

1) Effective Radiated Power --

2) Enterprise Resource Planning --

ERT

Environment Response Team --

ES

Engineering Silicon --

--IC

ESA

European Space Agency --

esc

Escape --

ESCAP

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific --

ESD

ElectroStatic Discharge --

ESE

External Software Emulation --

ESH

Environmental Safety and Health --

ESICOM

(Or SICOM)

--(SICOM) Extended "Sistema Commerciale" -- "Sistema Commerciale"

--

ESM@ST

Enterprise Service Management at ST --ST

--IT()STITITIT

ESP

Electrostatic precipitator

ESPRIT --

European Strategic Program for Information Technology ----

ESR

Equivalent Series Resistance --

ESRF

European Synchrotron Radiation Facility --

ESS

1) Employee Suggestion Scheme --

2) Electronic Switching System --

ETA

Estimated Time of Arrival --

Etc.

Et cetera. --

Etch --

Etching --

EtO

Ethylene Oxide

ETQC

Executive Total Quality Council --

The name of our Corporate TQM steering committee. --TQM

ETS

Environmental Tobacco Smoke --

ETSI

Europeon Telecom Standard Institutes --

EU

European Union --

EUI

Electronic Unit Injector(Automotive) --()

EUREKA

European Research and Development Program --

Eutrophication --

()

eV

electron Volt --

EVA

Economic Value Added --

EVABAT

Economically Viable Application of Best Available Technology ----

Evaporation --

10-6 Torr()

EWB

Erase Write Bake --

EWS

Electrical Wafer Sorting --

--

exe

Executable. --

Exposure --

Subjecting a sensitive chemical or material to light or other radiant energy. --

EYES

Engineering Yield Extractor & Supervisor --

Engineering data and analysis extraction tool. --

F

1) Fluorine --

2) Farad (measure of capacitance) --

F-11

"freon"-11, historically one of the more commonly used chlorofluorocarbons ---11,

F-12

"freon"-12, historically one of the more commonly used chlorofluorocarbons -- -12,

F/C

Flow Chart --

FA

Failure Analysis --

FAA

Federal Aviation Administration --

Fab --

,

().110..

Fabless --

,.

Fabrication --

,,.

FAE

Field Application Engineer --

FAI

First Article of Inspection --

Failure analysis --

,

Failure Rate --

,:3/164,1.10001

FAIS

Failure Analysis Information System --

--.

Fallout --

,, (),(,),,.,..

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organisation --

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions --

FAR

Failure Analysis Report/Request --/

FAR

Fingerprint Acceptance Ratio --

Fax

Facsimile --

FBC

Fluidized Bed Combustion --

FBGA

Fine Pitch Ball Grid Array --

FDCA

Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act --

f/cc

Fibers per cubic centimeter --

FC

Fluorocarbon --

FC/AL

Fiber channel/Arbitrated Loop --/

Serial peripheral interface standard. --

FCC

Federal Communication Commission --

US telecom organization ("selling" frequencies). --

FDA

Food and Drug Administration in the United States --

FDC

Floppy Disk Controller --

FDDI

Fiber Distributed Data Interface --

FDI

Flash Data Integrator --

FDM

FDMA

Frequency-Division Multiplex --

Access method to the network (Telecom) --

FE

1)Front-End --

2) Fugitive Emissions --

Feature Size --

See "Minimum Geometry". --

FEC

Forward Error correction --

Set top box appliaction --

Femto --

A prefix meaning one quadrillionth (xlo-15).-- (xlo-15).

Symbol is f. --f

FeRAM

Ferro-Electric Random Access Memory --

FET

1) Formation, Education and Training --,

Covers all aspects of learning to improve behavior practices and skills --

2) Field Effect Transistor --

,,,.

FEV

Forced Expiratory Volume --

FF

Flip Flop --

FFFSG

Fossil-Fuel-Fired Steam Generator --

FFSK

Fast Frequency Shift Keying --

FFT

Fast Fourier Transform --

FG

Finished Good(s) --

FGD

Flue Gas Desulfurization --

FIB

Focused Ion Beam --

--

FID

Flame Ionization Detector --

Field Oxide --

--,,.

FIFRA

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act --,,

FIFO

First In, First Out --,

FIG

Figure --

Filename extension mapping --

.Windows NT Explorer,.txtNotepad

Filter Press --

,

Filtration --

FIM

Friable Insulation Material --

Final Test --

The electrical evaluation of the packaged device. --

Firewall --

,,

Firewire --

High speed serial bus (Disk drive). --()

Fishbone Diagram --

see "Cause and effect diagram" --""

Fission --

Failure In Time

FITFailure In Time --

FITL

Fiber In The Loop --

Flash memory --

EPROM.,,,,,,PCBios,,,Modems,PC,.

Flat Band Voltage --

--0

Flat Pack --

Flat Zone --

FLC

Fire Lighter Circuit --

Flip-Chip --

IC1/0(

Flip-Flop --

FLOPS

Floating Point Operations per Second --

FPUFPUFLOPS

Flow Chart --

FLP

Flash Point --

Fluoride (F-) --

FM

Frequency Modulation --

FMEA

Failure Modes and Effects Analysis --

FMECA

Failure Mode Effects and Critical Analysis --

FML

Flexible Membrane Liner --

FMV

Full Motion Video --

FMVC

Federal Motor Vehicle Control Program --

FOB

Free On Board --

Incoterm

FOC

Free Of Charge --

FOIA

Freedom of Information Act --

Food chain --

,,. ,., ;,;,. ,10%.,(),(),(),1000100,10...,,,..

FORTRAN

FORmula TRANslation --Fortran

Fossil Fuels --

,,"".(,,,,),(,,,""()""());(LPG),(,)(,,).,. , ,.

Four-point probe --

FP

1) Fine Particulate --

2) Floating Point --

FPD

Flame Photometric Detector --

FPGA

Field Programmable Gate Array --

FPLA

Field Programmable Logic Array --

--PLA

FPPA

Federal Pollution Prevention Act --

FPROM

Field Programmable Read-Only Memory --

FPU

Floating Point execution Unit --

FQFP

--0.5mm

FQS

Field Quality Support --

FR

1) Federal Register --

2) Final Rulemaking --

FR-4

FRAD

Frame Relay Access Devices --

FRAM

Ferroelectric RAMtron memories --

Frame --

,

FRED

Fast Recovery Emitting Diode --

Friendly name --

IP,:www.st.comIP157.45.60.81

Frequency --

,.,Hz.

FRN

1) Federal Register Notice --

2)Final Rulemaking Notice --

Front-End (FE) --

,,.

FRPOM

Field Programmable Read-Only Memory --

FRR

FingerPrint Rejection Ratio --

FS

Feasibility Study --

FSA

1) Fabless Semiconductor Association --

2) Field Sales Assistant --

FSAP

Field Sampling and Analysis Plan --

FSE

Field Sales Engineer --

FSF

Free Software Foundation --

FSK

Frequency Shift Key --

FSR

Field Sales Representative --

FT

1)Foot --

2)Final Test --

FTA

Fault Tree Analysis --

.

FTH

Fiber To Home --

FTO

Flexible Time Off --

FTP

File Transfer Protocol --

.Internet

FTS

Final Test Specification --

FTSS

First Time Silicon Success --

FTTC

Fiber To The Curb --

FTTF

Fiber To The Feeder --

FTTH

Fiber To The Home --

Fuel cell --

Fugitive emissions --

,,,,,,.,.

Full Motion Video --

,.Philips,CD-IMPEG

Full Pegging --

.

Furnace --

..

Fuse --

,,.

Fuseable Link --

Fusion --

.,...,,.

FVC

Frequency to Voltage Converter --

FW

Flexiwatt

FYI

For Your Information --

G

Gram

G

1) Giga --

2) Output Enable (signal name). --1)

G&A

General and Administration --

Organizations which do not belong to production or research. --

GA

1) Gate array --1)

2) General Administration --2)

GAAP

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles --

GAC

Granular Activated Carbon --

GACT

Granular Activated Carbon Treatment --

GaAs

Gallium Arsenide --

GaAsFET --

A discrete device used to amplify higher frequency radio signals. --

Gaia hypothesis --

James LovelockLynn MargulisLovelock

GAL

Generic Array Logic --

Gallium Arsenide --

GAP

Generic Access Profile Telecom, common set of features for DECT handset. --

Gartner Dataquest

Gas --

Gate --

1) -

2)

Gate array --

ULA

Gate density --

0.35um18000/0.25um35000/

Gate equivalent --

Gate oxide --

Gateway --

GC

Gas Chromatography --

GC/MS

Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometry --/

GCON

RAM Enable Output (signal name). --

GCR

Gas-Cooled Reactor --

GCS

Gate Controller Switch --

GD

General Design --

GDP

Gross Domestic Product --

GDSII

Graphic Design Station II (Stream Format) --II

CAD

Ge

Germanium --

GEMS

Global Environment Monitoring System --

Gentilly

ST

GEP

Good Engineering Practice --

Germanium --

GFCIP

Ground Fault Circuit Iinterrupter --

GFF

Glass Fiber Filter --

GFI

Ground Fault Interrupter --

GFLOPS

Billions of FLOating Point operation per Second --/

GIF

Graphics Interchange Format --

Giga --

Prefix meaning one billion. --

Symbol is G. --G

GIGO

Garbage In - Garbage Out

GIS

Geographic Information Systems --

GIT

Goods In Transit --

GJ

Gigajoule --

Glassivation --

Passivation using silicon dioxide (glass). --()

GLC

Ground-Level Concentration --

Global Warming --

see Greenhouse effect --

Global warming potential (GWP)

--

GLP Standards --GLP

Good Laboratory Practice Standards --

Glue logic --

GMCC

Global Monitoring for Climatic Change --

GMO

General Markets Operations --

GMSK

Gaussian Mean Shift Keying --

Telecom field. --

GND

GrouND --

GNP

Gross National Product --

GOP

1) Gross Operating Profit --

(PL)PBT()GOP

2) General Operating Procedures --

Gopher

InternetIntranet

GPIB

General Pupose Interface Bus --

GPO

Government Printing Office --

GPR

Ground-Penetrating Radar --

GPRS

General Packet Radio Service --

GPS

Global Positioning System --

GQL

Graphic Query Language --

Grafing

ST

GRAS

Generally Recognized As Safe --

Grasbrunn

ST

Greens

Greenhouse effect --

Green PC --

Grenoble

STPolygoneSTCrollesTCESST/Thomson

GRN

Goods Receipt Note --

This is a note acknowledging proper receipt of goods. --

Gross dice --

Total dice on wafer --

Groundwater --

-

Groundwater contamination --

Groundwater monitoring --

Groundwater plume --

GRP

GRouP --

GSI

Government Source Inspection --

GSM

Global System for Mobile communications --

The European standard for cellular mobile phones. --

GST

Generic Sales Type --

GTN

Global Trend Network --

GUI

Graphical user interface --

Set-top Box field. --

GVPP

Output Enable Program Supply(signal name) --

GW

Gigawatt --

GWP

Global-Warming Potential

GWPS

GroundWater Protection Standard --

H

HA

Health Advisory --

Habitat --/

HAL

Hardwired Array Logic --

Half life --

Halons --

1211CF2BrCl1301CF3Br

Handler

HAP

Hazardous Air Pollutant --

Hard surface --

Hardware --

HASL

Hot Air Solder Leveling --

--PCB

Hazardous Waste Managemente --

HAZMAT

Hazardous Materials --

HAZOP

Hazard and operability study--

HBFC

Hydrobromofluorocarbon --;

HC

Hydrocarbon --

HCB

Hexachlorobenzene --

HBM

Human Body Model --

HCCPD

Hexachlorocyclopentadiene --

HCFC

Hydrochlorofluorocarbon --

HCI

Hot Carrier Injection test --

HCl

Hydrogen chloride. Hydrochloric acid --

HCMOS

High-speed Complementary Metal Oxide Silicon --

HDCD

High-Density Compact Disk --

HDD

1) Hard Disk Drive --

2) Halogenated dibenzo-p-dioxin --

HDF

Halogenated dibenzofuran --

HDH

Hardware Development Station --

HDL

Hardware Description Language --

VHDLVerilog

HDLC

High Density Load Controller --

HDPE

High-density polyethylene --

HDSE

Hardware Development Station --

HDSL

High speed Digital Subscriber Line --

HDTV

High Definition TV --

HDX

Half DupleX --

HEA

Health Effect Advisories --

Headcount --

--

Heat Sink --

Heavy metals --

HEPA filter --HEPA

High-Efficiency Particulate Air filter --

HET

HETetodyne --HETetodyne

Hexamethyldisilizane --

HF

1) High Frequency --

2) Hydrogen Fluoride --: hydrofluoric acid --

HFC

1) Hydrofluorocarbon --1)

2) Hybrid Fiber Coax --

--,,500

HFR

Hold For Release --

HFS

Hierarchical File System --

Hg

Mercury --()

HI

Hazard Index --

HIC

Hybrid-Integrated Circuit --

High-pressure oxidation --

.,525.

HII

Home Information Infrastructure --

Hillock --()

()

HINILC

HIgh-Noise-Immunity Logic --

HiQUAD

ST(),,.

Hi-Rel

High Reliability --

,..

HI-VOL

High-volume air sampler --

HLRW

High Level Radioactive Waste --

HMD

Head Mounted Display --

HMDS

HexaMethylDiSizane --

HMIS

Hazardous Materials Information System --

HMOS

High-Performance MOS --

--,N

HOCs

Halogenated Organic Compounds --

Hold

A temporary stoppage. --

Hole --

.,.

Holistic --

,

HP

Horse Power --

HPGL

Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language --Hewlett-Packard

HPLC

High-Performance Liquid Chromatography --

HR

Human Resources --

HRC

Halon Recycling Corp. --Halon

HRML

Hyper Text Markup Language --

HRS

Hazard Ranking System --

HSB

Hue Saturation Brightness --

HSDI

High Speed Direct injection --,

Automotive filed --

HSV

Hue Saturation Value --

HSWA

Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments --

HTB

High Temperature Bake --

HTGR

High-Temperature Gas Reactor --

HTL

High-Threshhold Logic --

HTML

Hyper Text Markup Language --

.HTML,.

HTOL

High Temperature Operating Life Test

HTTP

HyperText Transfer Protocol --

.WWW.

HTTPS

Secured HTTP --HTTP

HUD

Head Up Display --,

Automotive filed. --

Humus --/

.,.

HV

High-Voltage --

HVAC

Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning --

HVACR

Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration --/

HVDC

High Voltage Direct Current --

HVIC

High Voltage Integrated Circuit --

HVPS

High Voltage Power Supply --

HW

Hazardous Waste --

HW/HWD

Hardware --

HWAT

Heptawatt --

HWM

Hazardous Waste Management --

HWM facility --HWM

Hazardous Waste Management facility --

HWR

Heavy-Water Reactor

Hybrid Circuit --

.

Hydrofluoric Acid --

..

Hydrogen --

.,.

Hyper link --

Internet..,.

Hypertext --

..

HYVs

High-Yelding Varieties --

Hz

Hertz (cycles per second) --,.

I

IC

Inter Integrated Circuit --

ILPNPNPN

IO

Intelligent I/O --I/O

I/O subsystems for midrange computers. --I/O

I2

Suppliers name-Capacity planning software --

i/o

Indoor/outdoor concentration ratio --/

I/O

Input/Output --/

IA

Instrumentation Amplifier --

IAB

Internet Architecture Board --

IAEA

International Atomic Energy Agency --

IAP

1) In-Application Programmable --

2) Indoor Air Pollution --

IARC

International Agency for Research on Cancer --

IaTF

Intranet Task Force --

ST Task Force set up in 1999 to improve the Intranet. --ST1999

Ibat

Battery Backup Current --

IC

Integrated Circuit --

ICIC(1958)Jack Kilby Robert NoyceICSSI()MSI()LSI()VLSI()ULSI()IC()4Mbit EPROM4""2ICMOSCMOS

IC/OC

Input Capture/Output Compare --/

ICAP

Inductively Coupled Argon Plasma --

ICBN

International Commission on the Biological Effects of Noise --

ICC

1) Ignition Control Circuit --

2) International Chamber of Commerce --

ICDIA

International Compact Disk Interactive Association --

US-based organization for promoting CD-I. --CD-I

ICE

In-Circuit Emulator --

ICOLP

Industry Cooperative for Ozone Layer Protection --

ICP

Inductively Coupled Plasma --

ICU

Intelligent Controller Units --

ID

Insertion Date --

Date of entry of an order in the system. --

IDC

Insulation Displacement Connector --

IDCT

Inverse Discrete Cosine Transform --

IDE

Integrated Drive Electronics --

Drive interface std (16 bit), D < 528 Mb. --(16 bit), D < 528 Mb

IDL

Instrument Detection Limit --

IDLH

Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health --

IDTV

Improved Definition Television --

i.e.

id est

-- Use "that is". --

IEB

International Environment Bureau --

IEC

International Electrotechnical Commission --

IEDB

Industrial Engineering Database --

()

IEDM

International Electron Device Meeting --

IEE

Institution of Electrical Engineers --

IEEE

Institute of Electrical Electronic Engineers --

IETF

Internet Engineering Task Force --

IFF

Intermediate Frequency --

IGCC

Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle --

IG-FET

Insulated-Gate, Field-Effect Transistor --

IGBT

Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor --

IGFET

Insulated Gate Field Effect Transistor --

IGMP

Internet Group Management Protocol --

IP

IIICE

Integrated Instrumentation and InCircuit Emulation --

IILE

Integrated Injection Logic --

IiW

Titan Wolfram (Titan Tungsten) --

Metalic composition used for thin film resistors (in IC's) --()

ILS

Integrated Logistic Support --

I&M (or I/M)

Inspection & Maintenance --

Image --

The defined pattern on a surface. --

Implantation --

""

Impurity --

Si

IMQ

Instituto del Marchio di Qualit

IMS

Insulated Metal Substrate --

IC

IN

Inch --

Incineration --

Burning organic waste materials. --

CO2(H2O)(HCL)()

Incoterm

International Commercial Term --

(FOB)

INFOTERRA

International Environmental lnformation System --

Indoor air pollution --

,,,,,.,.,.

Ingot --

Inmos

English semiconductor company acquired by ST in 1990. --ST1990

Inorganic --

Of or related to chemicals that do not contain carbon atoms. --

INSEAD

International business school based in Fontainebleau, France. --Fontainebleau

Insulator --

INT

Interrupt. --

Interconnect --

2()

Internet --

"""""The Internet"TCP/IPP.

InterNIC

Internet Network Information Center --

The coordinator for Domain Name System registration --

Intranet --

STIntranetST

INV

Invoice

Inverter --

Ion --

,().,.,.,.

Ion Beam Milling --

()

Ion Implantation --

.,.,..

Ionizing radiation --

,,.X,,,...

Ionosphere --

,80.,.(X),.

I/P

Input --

IP

1) Internet Protocol --

2) Intellectual Property --

3) Interface Processor --

IPA

Isopropyl alcohol

IPAD --

IP address --IP

Internet Protocol Address --

1) a.b.c.da-d0-255"164.129.226.62" "myoffice.mysite@st.com"

IPC

Institute for Interconnecting and Packaging electronic Circuits (www.ipc.org) --(www.ipc.org)

IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change --

IPCS

International Program on Chemical Safety --

IPI

Intelligent Peripherals Interface--

Main frame disk drive interface (8 & 14"). --(814)

IPM

Inhalable Particulate Matter --

IPMI

Intelligent Platform Management Interface --

Computer applications --

IP number --IP

An alternative name for IP address. --IP

IPO

Initial Public Offering --(of shares on official stock exchanges) --(

STIPO199411

IPS

1) Input to Store --

2) Intelligent Power Switches --

IR

Infra-red --

IRC

Internet Relay Chat --

IRD

Integrated Receiver/Decoder --/

same as Set Top Box. --

IRED

InfraRed Emitting diodet --

IRPTC

International Register of Potentially Toxic Chemicals

IRR

Internal Rate of Return --

IRQ

Interrupt Request --

IRQ/FT

Interrupt/Frequency Test Output --/

signal name --

IS

Information Services --

Details about program broadcast --

Set Top Box applications --

ISA

1) Internal Service Agreement --

""

2) Industry Standard Architecture --

Popular name for the IBM PC architecture. --IBM PC

3) Instrument Society of America --

ISC

Internet Steering Committee --

ISC model --ISC

Industrial Source Complex model --

ISDN

Integrated Services Digital Network --

Ishikawa

see "Cause and effect diagram" --""

ISL

Integrated Schottky Logic --

ISN

Information Systems Network --

ISO

1) International Standard Organization --

""ISO9002

2) International Standardization Organization ISP Internet Service

Provider --ISP

ISO 14000

(ISO)ISO 14001 19961993EMAS

Isolation diffusion --

P-N

Isopropanol (CH3CHOHCH3) --(CH3CHOHCH3)

IPA(VOC)

Isotropic --

ISP

1) Internet Service Provider --

2) In-System (or In-Situ) Programming --()

ISR 1) Information Storage and Retrieval --

2) Interrupt Service Routine --

3) Interrupt Status Register --

4) Inside Service Representative --

5) International Survey Research --

ISSCC

International Solid-State Circuits Conference --

ISSN

International Serial Standard Number --

IT

Information Technology --

ITIL

Information Technology Infrastructure Library (world wide de facto standard for ITSM) --(ITSM)

IT()80CCTA()

ITO

1) Internal Transfer Order --

2) International Trade Organization --

3) Intersite Transfer Order --

The transfer of materials and goods between different ST plants. --ST

4) Indium Tin Oxide --

Used as transparent conductive thin film for shielding of photoelements in IC's --IC

ITF

Internet Task Force -- ST1994

ITS

1) Intelligent Transportation System

-- 2) Insertion Test Signal --

ITSEC

Information Technology Security Evaluation Criteria --

ITSM

Information Technology Service Management --

ITIT

ITU

International Telecommunications Union --

IUCN

International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources --

IVHS

Intelligent Vehicle Highway System --

US automotive research association --

IVR

Interactive Voice Response --

Telecom applications --

IWS

Ionizing Wet Scrubber

J

Joule --

JEDEC

JEDEC

JEDEC(EIA)JEDEC1960EIANEMA70JEDEC48/JEDECJEDEC300JEDEC48/JEDEC300STJC-11()JC-14.1

JEIDA

Japan Electronics Industry Development Association --

JESSI

Joint European Submicron Silicon Initiative --

A cooperative program at European level. --

JFET

Junction Field Effect Transistor --

JI

Junction Isolation --

JIS

Japanese Industrial Standard --

JIT

Just-In-Time --/

CD

JLIC

J-leaded chip carrier --J-leaded

JPEG

Joint Photographic Experts Group --

JPL

Jet Propulsion Laboratory --

JTAG

Joint Test Action Group --

Junction (P-N) --P-N

PNPN

JUG

Joint Users Group --

JUSE

Japanese Union of Scientists and Engineers --

K

Kelvin --

Ka

Acid dissociation constant --

KA

KiloAmpere (1000A) --

Kaizen

Masaaki ImaiTQM

Kanban

Kanban(Taiichi OhnoToyota)(Kanban)KanbanKanban

Kb

Base dissociation constant --

KBPS

KiloBits PerSecond --/

Kcal

Kilocalorie --

Kd

Soil sorption coefficient --

KEV

Kilo Electron Volts --

Kg

Kilogram --

KHz

Kilo Hertz (1000 cycles per second) --(1000/)

Kilo

A prefix meaning a multiple of 1 000 (xl 03). -- 1000(xl 03)

Kilobyte (Kbyte) --

1024(10241210)

Kirkop--(Malta)ST

Kista--ST

Km

Kilometre --

Koc

Organic carbon --

Kow

Octanol-water partition coefficient ---

KPP

Key Product Program --

Ks

Solubility product constant --

KS

Knoweldge Sharing --

KVA

Kilo Volt Amperes --

KTS

Key Telephone Systems --

kW

Kilowatt --

kWh

Kilowatt-hour --

Kyoto Protocol --

1997126CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6

KYRO II

STPowerVR(TM)PC

L

L-band --L

390MHz1550MHzGPS(1227.6 MHz 1575.42 MHz)L

Ladder Principle --

LAD dose

Lowest Acceptable Daily dose --

LAER

Lowest Achievable Emission Rate --

LAN

Local Area Network --

Landfilling --

Lapping --

Laptop --

Portable personal computer small enough to hold in your lap. --

LAPUT

Light-Activated Programmable Uni-junction Transistor --

LAS

Linear Alkyl Sulphonate --

LASER

Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation --

L.A.T.C.H

A cascade TQM training program, divided into the following stages: --TQM

Learn --

Apply --

Teach --

CHeck --

Latch up --

1)

2) CMOSn-p-np-n-p

Laterial PNP transistor --PNP

NP

Layout --

PG

LBA

Laser Beam Analysis --

LBGA

Low-profile Fine pitch Ball Grid Array --

Low-profile Ball Grid Array with pitch less than 1.0mm. --1.0mm

LC

1)Liquid Chromathography --

2)Lethal Concentration --

LC50

Lethal Concentration - 50 percent ---50%

(the concentration that kills 50 percent of the test organisms) --(50%)

LCC

Leadless Chip Carrier --

LCA

Life Cycle Assessment --

LCC

Leadless Chip Carrier --

LCD

1) Liquid Crystal Display

2) Light Changing Diode --

LCDC

Low Cost Digital Camera --

LCI

Life Cycle Inventory --

LCLO

Lethal concentration, low --

(the lowest concentration that kills test organisms) --()

LCM

1) Life Cycle Management --

2) Least/Lowest Common Multiple --/

LD

1) Latest Date --

2) Lethal Dose --

3) Line Driver --

LD50

Lethal Dose - 50 percent ---50%

LDC

London Dumping Convention --

LDLO

Lethal Dose, low --

(the lowest dosage that kills test organisms) --()

LDMOS

Lateral Double-diffused Metal Oxide Silicon --

LDP

Laser Disk Player --

LDPE

Low density polyethylene --

Leachate --

Lead --

One of the external connections of an integrated circuit or transistor --

Lead (Pb) --(Pb) .6

Lead forming --

Lead frame --

LED

1) Light Emitting Diode --

2) Low End Digital Camera --

LEDC

Low End Digital Camera --

LEL

Lower Explosive Limit --

LEO

Low Earth Orbit Satellite --

LEP

Light Emitting Polymer Displays --

LFBGA

Low-profile Ball Grid Array less than 1.7 mm total height. --1.7mm

LFL

Lower Flammable Limit

LGA

Land Grid Array --

LI

Liquid Photo Imageable --

Type of high density solder mask. --

Library --

CAD

LIC

Linear Integrated Circuit --

Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) --

LCA()

LIFO

Last In, First Out --

LIGBT

Lateral Insulated-gate Bipolar Transistor --

Line width --

Width of an opaque line. Usually refers to a dimension on a mask or a feature on an IC. --IC

Linear device --

An amplifying-type (or analog) device, as opposed to digital device. --()

Linear circuit --

Lithography --

Livonia

Small town on outskirts of Detroit (USA). Location of ST's North American Automotive Business Unit. --()ST

LLRW

Low Level Radioactive Waste --

LMFBR

Liquid-Metal Fast Breeder Reactor ---

LMI

Link Management Processing --

LNBP

Low Noise Block --

Set-top box application --

LNG

Liquefied Natural Gas --

LOA

Letter of Agreement --

LOAEL

Lowest Observed Adverse Effect Level --

Logic circuits --

Logic family --

ICBoolean

Logic Gate --

LOI

Letter of Intent --

LORAN

LOng RAnge Navigation --

LP

1) Low Power --

2) Low Pass --

LPC

Linear Predictive Coding --

Low Pin Count --

LPCVD

Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition --

A chemical vapor deposition process that takes place at moderate temperatures. --

LPG

Liquefied Petroleum Gas --

LPM

Lines Per Minute --/

LPR

Linear Post Regulator --/

LPSRAM

Low Power Random Access Memory --

LPT

Line PrinTer --

LPTTL

Low Power Transistor-Transistor Logic ---

LRR

Lot Rejection Rate --

QC1

LRU

Least Recent Used --

LRVS

Linear Voltage Ramp Stress --

LSA

1) Logistic Support Analysis --

ILS

2) Logic States Analyser --

LSB

Least Significant Bit --

LSI

Large Scale Integration --

An IC containing 100-1000 circuits --IC100-1000.

LSL

Lower Statistical Limit --

LSTTL

Low-power Schottky TTL --TTL

The power dissipation of LSTTL is typically one-fifth that of conventional TTL. -- LSTTLTTL1/5

L/T

Longitudinal/transversal (balance) --/()

LT

Lead Time --

LTD

1) Long Term Disability--

2) Limited --

LT Debt

Long Term Debt --

LTPD

Lot Tolerance Percent Defectives --

LV

Low Voltage --

LVD

Low Voltage Detector --

LVDS

Low Voltage Differential Signal --

LVS

Layout Versus Schematic --

LUST

Leaking Underground Storage Tank --

LW

Long Wave --

LWR

Light-Water Reactor --

M

M5

Catania8ST38

MAC

1)Maximum Allowable Concentration --

2) Media Access Control --

LAN(20Mbps)

3) Multiplexed Analog Components --

TV application --TV

4) Apple Macintosh --

MCP

Multi-chip package --

MACT

Maximum Achievable Control Technology --

MAFE

Modem Analog Front-End --

A/DD/A

Mail reflector --

Majority carrier --

NP

Making the rounds --

Malta

ST Kirkip

Manufacturing margin --

(F/E + B/E +)

Manufacturing variation --

WWS()

MAP

Mold Array Process --

MAPI

Microsoft Mail Application Programmer Interface MDN Message Disposition Notification --MDN

Marlow

ST

MASK --

Masking --

Mask shop --

Mask trimmer --

Mass balance --

///

Mass Flow Controller --

Master Plate --

MAT

MATurity (code) --()

MATC

Maximum Acceptable Toxicant Concentration --

Maturity --

MAX

MAXimum --

MAX220

MAXium 220 pkg --220pkg

MIB30 Index --MIB30

30

MBAS

Methylene-Blue-Active Substances --

MGBA

Micro Ball Grid Array --

MicroBGA --BGA

Very small Ball Grid Array from Tessera --Tessera()

Mbit

Megabit --

MBNQA

The Malcom Baldridge National Quality Award --Malcom Baldridge

()ST1999Malcom Baldrige

MBO

Management By Objectives --

MBPS

Million Bytes Per Second --

MBWA

Management By Walking Around --

MCA

Micro Channel Architecture --

MCBF

Mean Cycles Between Failures --

MCC

1) Multivariate Control Chartse --

2) Multichannel Memory Controller --

MCDC

Minimum Cost Digital Camera --

MCF

Methyl chloroform --

MCL

Maximum Contaminant Level --

MCLG

Maximum Contaminant Level Goal --

MCM

Multi-Chip Module --

MCU

MicroController Unit --

MCW

Modulated Continuous Wave --

MD

Mini Disk --

MDAC

Multiplying Digital to Analog Converter --

MDCS

Manufacturing Document Control System --

MDK

MPEG Developers Kit --MPEG

MDL

Method Detection Limit --

MDQ

Market Driven Quality --

MDS

1)Microprocessor Development System --

2)Modulation Diodes Schottky --

MDV

Modulation Diodes/rectifiers --/

MECL

Motorola Emitter Coupled Logic --Motorola

Mechanical yield --

100%

MEDEA

Micro Electronic Development for European Applications (the continuation of JESSI) -- (JESSI)

Medium --

media

Mega

A prefix meaning a multiple of one million. --1

MEI

Most Exposed Individual --

MEK

Methyl Ethyl Ketone --

Melanoma --

Cancer of the skin. --

UV

MEM

Micro Mechanical Machining --

MEMS

Micro-Electro-Mechanical System --

MEMES

Memory --

MEO

Medium Earth Orbit --

(Geostat=23 Kmiles) 510Kmiles

MEP

Motion Estimation Processor --

meq/l

Milliequivalents per liter --meq/l

Mercury (Hg) --(Hg)

3090

MES

Manufacturing Execution System --

The system for execution management. --

MESFET

Metal Schottky FET --FET

Metal-Gate MOS --MOS

MOS

Metal layer --

Metal Mask --

IC

Metallization --

Metallization is the process of depositing a thin film of metal and patterning it to form the desired interconnection arrangement. --

Methylene chloride --

Methane (CH4) --

MF

Macro Family --

MFC

Mass Flow Controller --

Mfg

Manufacturing --

MFLOPS

Millions of FLoating point Operations Per Second --/

MFM

Modified Frequency Modulation --

MFP

1) Monitor Flat Panel --

2)MultiFunction Printer --

MFT

MultiFunction Timer --

mg

milligram --

mg/kg

milligram per kilogram --/

mg/l

milligrams per liter --/

MGV

Montgomeryville

ST

MHP

Multimedia Home Platform --

MHz

MegaHertz --Hz

MIBK

Methyl isobutyl ketone --

MIC

Microwave Integrated Circuit --IC

Microcomputer --

Microcontroller --

Micrometer --

40

Micron (("" "m"))

g

microgram --

g/kg

microgram per kilogram --/

g/l

microgram per liter --/

g/m3

micrograms per cubic meter --/m3

g/l

microliter --

m

micrometer --

Microprocessor --

MIDAS

Manufacturing Integration Demand & Availability Systems --

MIDI

Music Instrument Digital Interface --

Mil

One-thousandth of an inch. Equal to 25.4 microns. --125.4

Miller Indices --Miller

Milli

MIME

Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions --

MIN

MINimum --

Minority Carrier --

PN

Minimum Geometry --

""""

MIPS

Millions of Instructions Per Second --/

MIR

1) Method Improvement Recommendation --

2)Maximum individual risk --

MIS

1) Management Information Systems --

2) Metal Insulator Silicon --

Mission --

Mixing --

MKTG

Marketing --

ml

milliliter --

ML

Maximum Likelihood --

MLC

Multi-Layer Ceramic --

MLP

Micro Lead Package --

MM

1) Machine Model --

2) Material Management (SAP) --(SAP)

ST

MMCA

Multi Media Card Association --

MMDA

Multichannel Multi point Distribution System --

MMDS

Multichannel Microwave Distribution Channel --

Wireless cable --

MMMF

Man-Made Mineral Fiber --

MMIC

Monolithic Microwave IC --IC

IC

MMOD

MicroMODule --

MMP

Multiple Memory Products --

MMU

Memory Management Unit --

MMX

MultiMedia eXtension --

MPU()

MNOS

Metal Nitride Oxide Semiconductor --

EEPROM

MO

1) Master Oscillator --

2) Magneto Optical technology --

Mobility (Hole or Electron) --(

()

Model --

MODEM

MOdulator DEModulator --

MOE

Margin Of Exposure --

Molding --

Molecule --

Monitoring --

Monitoring well --

Monochromatic Light --

Monolithic Device --

Montreal Protocol --

1987

MOS

1)Metal Oxide Semiconductor --

2)Margin Of Safety --

MOSFET

Metal Oxide semiconductor Field Effect Transistor --

MoST

Multiple Optimized Super flash Technology --

Mostek

STCarrollton

MOV

Metal Oxide Varistor --

MOU

Memorandum of Understanding --

MP

Melting Point --

MPC

Maximum Permissible Concentration --

MPD

Maximum Permissible Dose --

MPEG

Motion Pictures Experts Group --

ISO

MPEG1

MPEG1.2MbitsCD

MPEG2

MPEG1MPEG2

MPG

Memory Products Group --

ST

Mph

Miles per hour --/

MPP

Massive Parallel Processor --

MPS

1) Management Procurement System --

2) Master Production Scheduling --

MPU

Microprocessor Unit --

MR

Magnetic Resonance --

mrem

millirem --

MRIE

Magnetron Reactive Ion Etch --

MRP

Material Requirements Planning --

MRS

Management Reporting System --

MS

Mass Spectrometer --

MS-DOS

MicroSoft Disk Operating System --

MSB

Most Significant Bit --

MSDS

Material Safety Data Sheet --

MSI

Medium-Scale Integration --

301000

MSO

Media Service Operator --

MSOP8

Mini SOP8 --SOP8

MSQ

MultiSeQuencer --

MSR

Monolithic Switching Regulators --

MSS

1) Modulation Switching Schottky --

2) Master Sheet Specification --

MSW

Municipal Solid Waste --

MTA

Message Transfer Agent --

MTBA

Mean Time Between Assists --

MTBE

Methyl Tertbutylether --Tertbutylether

MTBF

Mean Time Between Failure --

A maintenance indicator. --

--()

MTD

1) Month To Date --

()

2) Maximum Tolerated Dose --

MTL

Merged Transistor Logic --

MTS

Multichannel TV Sound (stereo TV) --TV (TV)

MTTF

Mean Time To failure --

The expectation of the time to failure. --

MTTP

Maximum Total Trihalomethane Potential --

MTTR

Mean Time To Repair (or recover) --()

MTU

Mobile Treatment Unit --

MTV

Modulation TV diodes/rectifiers --/

Muar

ST

Mudium --

Multiwatt

SGS70IC

MUSE

Multi-User Simulated Environment --

MUTA

Mutagenicity --

MUX

Multiplexer --

MW

Molecular Weight --

MWAT

Multiwatt --

N

Nitrogen --

NA

Not Available --

NAAQS --

National Ambient Air Quality Standard --

Name resolution

IP

NAND

AND

NAND gate --NAND

Not-AND gate --

ANDAND

Nano --

101n

Nanosecond --

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Agency --

NC

1) Not Connected --

2) Normally Closed --

Natural Gas --

,.,,,,,,.,,.

NDA

Non Disclosure Agreement --

NDCA

Normalize, Do, Check, Act (like PDCA) --(PDCA)

NDIR

Non Dispersive InfraRed analysis --

NDRO

Non-Destructive ReadOut --

NE

Net equity --

NEC

National Electrical Code --

NEDA

National Electronics Distributors Association --

Negative Resist --

NEMA

National Electrical Manufacturers Association --

NEPA

National Environment Policy Act --

NESHAP

National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants --

NETSCAPE

WWW

NF

NanoFarad (measure of capacitance) --()

NFPA

National Fire Protection Association --

NFS

Network File Server --

NG

Natural Gas --

NGDLC

Next-Generation Digital Loop Carrier --

()

NGO

Non-Government organization --

Ni

Nickel--

NIC

1) Network Information Center --

2) Network Interface Card --

NiCad

Nickel Cadmium (rechargable battery) --()

NICAM

Near Instantaneous Compounded Audio Multiplex --

TV

NIH

Not Invented Here --

NIHL

Noise-Induced Hearing Loss --

NII

National Information Infrastructure --

NIMBY

Not-In-My-BackYard syndrome --

,,.,,,,,"."

NiMH

Nickel Metal Hydride -

NIOSH

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health -

Nitrate (NO3-) H --

..,,.,.

Nitric acid --

.,,,,,..

Nitride(silicon) --()

Nitrification --

,.,,.,,.,,.

Nitrite (NO2-) --(NO2-)

.,,,.,,,.,,,,(,,,),.,(),.

Nitrogen --

,,..78%..."".,,.,(.).

Nitrogen cycle --

,,.,,.

Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) --(NO2)

,.,.,.

Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) --(NOX)

,,,,,,.,.NOX..,,.,,..,,..(,).60%,40%,.

NIU

Network Interface Unit --

NLT

No Later Than --

NMHC

Nonmethane hydrocarbons --

NMI

No Masquable Interrupt --

NMOC

NonMethane Organic Compounds --

NMOS

N-channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor --N

MOSFETN

NMP

N-methyl pyrrolidone --Npyrrolidone

NMR

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance --

NMT-450/-900

Nordic Mobile Telephone --

NNTP

Network Ns Transfer Protocol --Ns

NO

1) Normally Open (switch/relay) --(/)

2) Nitric oxide --

NO

Nitrogen dioxide --

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration --

NOAC

Next Operation As Customer --

NOAEL

No Observed Adverse Effect Level --

NOD

Near Obstacle Detection --

NOF

No Ordinary Flash --

Noise Immunity --

Nonionizing radiation --

Non-volatile --

Non-volatile Memory --

EPROMEEPROM

NORAD

NORth American Defense --()

NOR Gate --NOR

Not-OR gate --

OROR

Normal Distribution --

Notebook --

NOT Gate --

NOx

Nitrogen oxides --

NPDES

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System --

NPDWS

National Primary Drinking Water-Standard --

NPL

National Priorities List --

NPO

Non-Product Order --

1)

2)

NPR

1) N Product Request --

STn

2) National Public Radio --

NQAA

National Quality Assurance Authority --

NATONATONATO

NRE

Non Recurring Engineering --

NRO

Non-Repudiation of Origin

NRR

Non-Repudiation of Receipt

NRZ

Non-Return to Zero --

NRZI

Non-Return to Zero Inverted --

ns

nanosecond --

NSB

National Science Board --

NSDWR

National Secondary Drinking Water Regulations --

NSF

National Science Foundation --

NSMD

Non-Solder Mask Defined --

BGA

NSPE

National Society of Professional Engineers --

NSPS

N Source Performance Standards --N

NT

Network Termination --

NTBA

Network Basic Subscriber card --

NTC

Negative Temperature Coefficient --

NTIS

National Technical Information Service --

NTP

Network Time Protocol --

N-type Semiconductor --N

,,.,,,.N,.

NTSC

National Television Systems Committee --

52560HzTVPALSECAM

Nuclear reactor --

,.,,.-238(97%)-235/-239(3%).,.().,.,.,:,.,,.,,.

NVG

N Ventures Group --N

STN

NVM

Non Volatile Memory --

NVOD

Near Video On Demand --

NVRAM

Non-Volatile Random Access Memory --

NWT

Natural Work Team --

23QITPSTNWTPDCASDCA

Nybble

4

NYSE

New York Stock Exchange --

STSTM

O

Oxygen --

O&M

Operations & Maintenance --

OA

Office Automation --

OC

Open Collector --

OCAP

1. Open Cable Specification --

2.Out of Control Action --

SPC

OCR

1) Optical Character Recognition --

2) Operator Certification Rate --

ODC

Ozone Depleting Chemicals --

ODM

Original Design Manufacturer --

ODP

Ozone Depleting Potential --

ODS

Ozone Depleting Substances --

(CFC)Halons60100CFCHalons(CFC)(Halons)

OECD

Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development --

OED

1) Order Entry Date --

2) Oxford English Dictionary --

OEL

Occupational Exposure Limit --

OEM

Original Equipment Manufacturer --

OFDM

Occupational Health & Safety Assessment Series --

OHSAS

Occupational Health & Safety Assessment Series --

OJT

On the Job Training --

OLC

On Line Communities --

OLE

Object Linking & Embedding --

OLR

On Line Reporting --

OLT

Operating Life Test --

OM

Operating Management --

OMEGA

One chip Multimedia EnGine Architecture --

CMG

OMM

Optimizer Manufacturing Management --

OOE

Open Order Entry --

OP amp

Operational amplifier --

IC

Opaquing --

OpenMail --

Lotus

OPI

OPerating Instruction --

OR

Operations Review --

ORD

ORDer --

OR gate --

Organic --

-

ORP

Oxidation Reduction Potential --

OS

Operating System --

OSC

On Scene Coordinator --

OSCAR

Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio --

OSD

On-Screen Display --

TV

OSG

Oscil