Abbreviations and Acronyms

3DES		Triple Data Encryption Standard
A/D		Analog-to-Digital Converter
ABEL		Advanced Boolean Expression Language
ADC		Analog-to-Digital Converter
AES		Advanced Encryption Standard
AGP		Accelerated Graphics Port
AHDL		Altera (specific) Hardware Description Language
AIM		Advanced Interconnect Matrix
ALU		Arithmetic Logic Unit
AMPP		Altera Megafunction Partners Program
AN		Application Note
APU		Altera Programming Unit
ASIC		Application Specific Integrated Circuit
ASSP		Application Specific Standard Product
ATA		Advanced Technology Attachment
ATCA		Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture
ATM		Asynchronous Transfer Mode
ATPG		Automatic Test Pattern Generation
BGA		Ball Grid Array
BiCMOS		Bipolar Complementary-Symmetry Metal Oxide Semiconductor
BIST		Built-in Self-Test
Bit		Contraction of Binary digiT
BPSK		Biphase Shift Keying
BRAM		Block RAM
BSDL		Boundary Scan Description Language
BSP		Board Support Package
BST		Boundary Scan Test (IEEE 1149.9)
CAD		Computer-Aided Design
CAE		Computer- Aided Engineering
CAM		Content Addressable Memory
CAN		Controller Area Network
CBGA		Ceramic Ball Grid Array
CDIP		Ceramic Dual In-Line Package
CDMA		Code-Division Multiple Access
CDR		Clock Data Recovery
CFB		Configurable Function Block
CISC		Complex Instruction Set Computer
CLB		Configurable Logic Block
CLCC		Ceramic J-Leaded Chip Carrier
CLD		Configurable Logic Devices
CLE		Configurable Logic Element
CLK		CLocK
CMOS		Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
COTs		Commercial Off the Shelf
CPGA		Ceramic Pin Grid Array
CPLD		Complex Programmable Logic Device
CPU		Central Processing Unit

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