Glossary
Glossary-2
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G
GNSS
Global Navigation Satellite System, e.g. GPS.
GPL
General Public License
GPS
Global Positioning System. A system of satellites, computers, and receivers that is able to
determine the latitude and longitude of a receiver on Earth by calculating the time
difference for signals from different satellites to reach the receiver.
H
HDT
HeaDing True, NMEA sentence.
I
IEC
International Electrotechnical Commission. The international standards and conformity
assessment body for all fields of electrotechnology.
ISM
Inertial Sensor Module
K
KDM
Keyboard and Display Module of the ACU
L
LAN
Local Area Network
LEN
Load Equivalent Number
LGPL
Lesser General Public License
LNB
Low Noise Block. A device used to amplify or boost the weak received signal without
amplifying the noise signals (hence the “low noise” part of LNB) and to convert the high
frequencies of the signal into lower frequencies, a process called down converting, for
conveyance to the indoor equipment (demodulator) for processing.
LO
Local Oscillator. LO frequency used by BUC and LNB.
M
MIB
Management Information Base
N
NID
Network IDentification
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