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Glossary
ADS
ADSSE
AIMS
APA
ARPA
ATC
AWO
CAORF
CASMAIN
CBO
CCG
CCIR
CFR
CHA
COLREGS
COTP
C3I
DGPS
DMA
Automatic Dependent Surveillance
Automatic Dependent Surveillance Shipborne
Equipment
American Institute of Merchant Shipping
American Pilot's Association
Automatic Radar Plotting Aid
Air Traffic Control
The American Waterways Operators
Computer Aided Operations Research Facility
U.S. Coast Guard automated main casualty data base
Congressional Budget Office
Canadian Coast Guard
International Radio Consultative Committee
Code of Federal Regulations
Canadian Hydrographic Association
International Rules for the Prevention of Collisions at
Sea
U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port
Command, Control, Communications, and Information
Differential Global Positioning System
Defense Mapping Agency
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460 GLOSSARY
DMAlITC Defense Mapping Ageny, Hydrographic/Topographic
Center
DOD Department of Defense
DOT Department of Transportation
dRMS Distance/root mean square
DSC Digital Selective Calling
DWT Deadweight Tons
EC European Community
ECDIS Electronic Chart Display and Information System
ECS Electronic Charting System
EOT Engine order telegraph
EPIRB Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons
FCC Federal Communications Commission
FR Federal Register
GAO U.S. General Accounting Office
GLONASS Global Orbiting Navigation Satellite System
GMDSS Global Maritime Distress and Safety System
GPS Global Positioning System
GYRO Gryoscopic compass
GYROCOMPASS Gyroscopic compass
HDOP Horizontal-dilution-of-perception
H/T Ration of water depth to draft
IALA International Association of Lighthouse Authorities
IAPH International Association of Ports and Harbors
IBS Integrated Bridge System
ICAO International Civil Aviation Organizaton
ILU Institute of London Underwriters
IMO International Maritime Organization (formerly Inter
Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization
IMCO)
INMARSAT INMARSAT (formerly International Maritime Satellite)
IPO Inputs, processes, and outputs
ISCS Integrated Ship Control System
MARAD Maritime Administration
MARGRAD Maritime Graduate program
MERPAC Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee
MSIS Marine Safety Information System
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GLOSSARY
MTRB
NAD
NAP
NAS
NAVSAT
NEMA
NOAA
NOS
NRC
NRDC
NTSB
OCMI
OPA 90
OSIR
OSPR
PCNS
PLA
PORTS
PSVTS
RDF
RPA
RPM
RTCA
RTCM
SARPS
SATCOM
SNAME
SOLAS
SPES
TBS
TDMA
TRANSIT
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Maritime Transportation Research Board
North American Datum
National Academy Press
National Academy of Sciences
Navy Navigation Satellite System (also referred to as
TRANSIT)
National Electronics Manufacturing Association
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Ocean Survey
National Research Council
Natural Resources Defense Council
National Transportation Safety Board
Officer in Charge of Marine Inspection
Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-380)
Oil Spill Intelligence Report
Office of Oil Spill Prevention and Response, State of
California
Portable Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance
system
Port of London Authority
Physical Oceanographic Real-Time Systems
Puget Sound Vessel Traffic Service
Radio Direction Finder
Rotterdam Port Authority
Revolutions per minute
RTCA (formerly Radio Technical Commission for
Aeronautics J
Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services
International performance standards and recommended
practices
Satellite Communication
Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
International Treaty for the Safety of Life at Sea
Shipboard piloting expert system
Temple, Barker and Sloane
Time division multiple access
Navy Navigation Satellite System
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462
UNEP
USACE
USC
USCG
VHF
VLCC
VTC
VTS
GLOSSARY
United Nations Environment Programme
U.S. Army Crops of Engineers
United States Codes
U.S. Coast Guard
Very High Frequency
Very Large Crude Carrier
Vessel Traffic Center
Vessel Traffic Service
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