Maxim Integrated 71M6521BE Energy Meter IC Family Software - Manual (Page 135)

71M652X Software User’s Guide
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7 APPENDIX
7.1 ACRONYMS
AC Alternating Current – current with changing polarity
AMR Automated Meter Reading, usually performed via an optical port or modem
ANSI American National Standardization Institution, part of ISO
ANSI C C Programming Language, standardized by ANSI in 1983. Keil C, used throughout this User’s Guide
is not strictly ANSI compliant.
API Application Programming Interface
C The C Programming Language, as defined by Kernighan and Ritchie
CE Computation Engine
Carriage Return or Enter Key on PC Keyboard
COM Communication Port
CPU Control Processor Unit (MPU)
DC Direct Current
EEP Engineering Evaluation Platform (Demo Board)
EEPROM Electrically Erasable PROM
FLAG An international protocol for reading of meters using an optical port, initially developed by Ferranti
and Landis&Gyr
GB Gigabyte(s)
ICE In-Circuit Emulator
IDE Integrated Development Environment – usually a combination of editor, compiler, assembler, linker,
debugger, ICE
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission (Geneva, Switzerland)
INT Interrupt
ISO International Standards Organization
ISR Interrupt Service Routine
KB Kilobyte(s) – 1,024 bytes
LCD Liquid Crystal Display
Line-feed character
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