Handbook for Sound Engineers

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audio high density AHD

audio over IP AoIP

audio/video receivers AVR

automated test equipment ATE

automatic frequency control AFC

automatic gain control AGC

automatic level control ALC

automatic volume control AVC

auxiliary aux

available bit rate ABR

available input power AIP

avalanche photodiodes APD

average avg

average absorption coefficient a

average amplitude Aavg

average power Pavg

backlight compensation BLC

backward-wave oscillator BWO

balanced current amplifier BCA

balanced to unbalanced (Bal-Un) Balun

bandpass filter BPF

bandpass in hertz fBP

bandwidth BW

bar bar

barn b

basic rate interface ISDN BRI

baud Bd

Bayonet Neil-Concelman BNC

beat-frequency oscillator BFO

bel B

binary coded decimal BCD

binary phase shift keying BPSK

binaural impulse response BIR

bipolar junction transistor BJT

bit b

bit error rate BER

bits per second bps

blue minus luminance B-Y

breakdown voltage BV

British Standards Institution BSI

British thermal unit Btu

building automation systems BAS

bulletin board service BBS

Butadiene-acrylonitrile copolymer rubber NBR

calorie (International Table calorie) calIT

calorie (thermochemical calorie) calth

Table 48-9. Recommended Abbreviations

Unit or Term Symbol or

Abbreviation

Canadian Electrical Code CEC

Canadian Standards Association CSA

candela cd

candela per square foot cd/ft^2

candela per square meter cd/m^2

candle cd

capacitance; capacitor C

capacitive reactance XC

carrier sense multiple access/collision detection CSMA/CD

carrier-sense multiple access with collision detec-

tion

CSMA/CD

carrierless amplitude phase modulation CAP

cathode-ray oscilloscope CRO

cathode-ray tube CRT

cd universal device format CD-UDF

centimeter cm

centimeter-gram-second CGS

central office CO

central processing unit CPU

certified technology specialist CTS

charge coupled device CCD

charge transfer device CTD

chlorinated polyethylene CPE

circular mil cmil

citizens band CB

closed circuit television CCTV

coated aluminum polyethylene basic sheath Alpeth

coated aluminum, coated steel CASPIC

coated aluminum, coated steel, polyethylene CACSP

coercive force Hc

Columbia Broadcasting Company CBS

Comité Consultatif International des

Radiocommunications

CCIR

commercial online service COLS

Commission Internationale de l’Eclairage CIE

common mode rejection or common mode rejec-

tion ratio

CMR,

CMRR

Communications Cable and Connectivity Cable

Association

CCCA

compact disc CD

compact disc digital audio CD-DA

compact disc interactive CD-I

compression/decompression algorithm CODEC

computer aided design CAD

conductor flat cable FCFC

consolidation point CP

constant angular velocity CAV

Table 48-9. Recommended Abbreviations

Unit or Term Symbol or

Abbreviation