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ACRONYMS

A handy list of industry acronyms for rugged product engineering.

Frequently asked questions about rugged engineering

A handy list of industry acronyms for rugged product engineering.

Ingress Protection (IP)

IP ratings explained.

Acronyms

ANSI
American National Standards Institute
BS
British Standard
BSi
British Standards Institute
COTS
Commercial Off The Shelf
DoD
Department of Defence (USA)
EMC
Electromagnetic Compatibility
EMI
Electromagnetic Interference
EN
Euro Norm
ERP
Enterprise Resource Planning
FOM
Fibre Optic Modem
FRP
Fibre Reinforced Plastic
IEC
International Electrotechnical Commission
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IP
Ingress Protection (or in computing terms - Internet Protocol)
ISO
International Standards Organization
LED
Light Emitting Diode
MRP
Manufacturing Resource Planning
NAMAS
National Accreditation of Measurement And Sampling
MoD
Ministry of Defence
NES
Naval Engineering Standard
DEF STAN
Defence Standard
MIL
STD Military Standard

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