Manufacturing Engineering Modular Series: Manufacturing Information and Data Systems
By Franjo Cecelja

Glossary

Numbers

1NF
the first normal form
2NF
the second normal form
3NF
the third normal form
4NF
the fourth normal form

A

ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ATM
asynchronous transfer mode
AT&T
American Telephone and Telegraph

B

BCIM
Brunel integrated manufacture cell
BCNF
Boyce-Codd normal form
BOM
the bill of materials
bps
bits per second

C

CAD
computer-aided design
CAM
computer-aided manufacture
CCD
charge coupled device
CCMI
critical characteristic of manufacturing information
CCTV
charge coupled television (camera)
CIM
computer integrated manufacture
CMM
co-ordinate measurement machine
CODASYL
conference on data systems languages
CPU
central processing unit
CSF
critical success factors

D

DBMS
database management system
DBTG
database task group
DDBMS
distributed database management system
DDL
data definition language
DML
data manipulation language

E-F

EDI
electronic data interchange
EMI
electromagnetic immunity
EMC
electromagnetic compatibility
ERP
enterprise requirements planning

G

Gbs
gigabits per second

H

HTML
hypertext mark-up language

I

IMS
information management system
IS
information systems
ISDN
integrated services digital network
IT
information technology

J

JIT
just-in-time

K

Kbs
kilobits per second

L

LAN
local area network
Mbs
megabits per second

M

MIDS
manufacturing information and data systems
MIS
management information system
MRP
material requirements planning
MRP II
manufacturing resources planning

N

NCC
National Computing Centre

O

OCR
optical character recognition
OSI
operating systems interconnect

P-Q

PBX
private branch exchange
PC
personal computer
PLC
programmable logic controller

R

RAM
random access memory
RS232C
serial link standard

S

SFDC
shop-floor data collection
SME
small and medium enterprise
SNA
systems network...
Copyright Franjo Cecelja 2002 under license agreement with Books24x7
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