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Below are some French and English definitions of words and abbreviations often used in automation field.

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AHU
Air Handling Unit
AI
Analog Input
AO
Analog Output
API (fr)
Automate Programmable Industriel (PLC en anglais)
AS400
Application System/400 : server used in company to manage it
ATEX (fr)
ATmospheres EXplosibles
CFC
Continuous Function Chart : programming language under Siemens Step 7 software
CTA (fr)
Centrale de Traitement d'Air
DCS
Distributed Control System
DFB
Derived Function Block : function in Schneider Electric Unity Pro software
DI
Digital Input
DO
Digital Output
ERP
Enterprise Resource Planning
ESD
Emergency Shut Down or Electrostatic Discharge
FAT
Factory Acceptance Test
FBD
Function Block Diagram : one of the five programming language used for PLCs (norm CEI 61131-3)
FFU
Fan Filter Unit
GRAFCET fr)
GRAphe Fonctionnel de Commande Etapes Transitions : language utilisé pour programmé les automates, correspond au langage SFC
HMI
Human Machine Interface
HVAC
Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning
IEC
International Electrotechnical Commission
IHM (fr)
Interface Homme Machine
IL
Instruction List : one of the five programming language used for PLCs (norm CEI 61131-3)
Ladder
One of the five programming language used for PLCs (norm CEI 61131-3)
MES
Manufacturing Execution Systems
OEM
Original Equipment Manufacturer
OPC
OLE for Process Control (communication protocol)
PID
Piping and Instrumentation Diagram/Drawing (P&ID)
PID controller
Proportional Integral Derivative controller
PL
Performance Level (standard EN ISO 13849-1)
PLC
Programmable Logic Controller (API in french)
PV
Process Value
Régulateur PID (fr)
Régulateur Proportionnel Intégral Dérivé
Revamping
Project wich consists to update the hardware (PLC for example) to improve an existing plant or workshop
SAP
Systems Applications and Products
SAT
Site Acceptance Test
SCADA
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
SCL
Structured Control Language : language under Siemens Step 7 software corresponding to ST language
SFC
Sequential Function Chart : one of the five programming language used for PLCs (norm CEI 61131-3)
SIL
Safety Integrity Level (standard IEC 61508)
SP
SetPoint
ST
Structured text : one of the five programming language used for PLCs (norm CEI 61131-3)
SVN
Subversion : software versioning under Apache License
UIC (fr)
Union des Industriels de la Chimie


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