AMS	Asset Management System
CD	Compel Data
CSMA/CA	Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance
DART	Dynamic Arc Recognition and Termination
DART DB	DART model for Double Bottom tanks
DART TS	DART model for Top Side tanks
DDT	Distributed Data Transfer
DSSS	Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum
FAS	Fieldbus Access Sublayer
FF	Foundation Fieldbus
FHSS	Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
FISCO	Fieldbus Intrinsically Safe Concept
FISCO-IIB-DB	FISCO IIB model for Double bottom ballast tanks without Short Circuit Protection
FISCO-IIB-DBSC	FISCO IIB model for Double bottom ballast Tanks with Short Circuit Protection
FISCO-IIB-TS	FISCO IIB model for Top Side ballast tanks without Short Circuit Protection
FISCO-IIB-TSSC	FISCO IIB model for Top Side ballast Tanks with Short-Circuit Protection
FISCO-IIC-DB	FISCO IIC model for Double bottom ballast tanks without Short Circuit Protection
FISCO-IIC-TS	FISCO IIC model for Top Side ballast tanks without Short Circuit Protection
FMS	Fieldbus Message Specification
FNICO	Fieldbus Non + Incendive Concept
FNICO-IIB-DB	FNICO IIB model for Double bottom ballast tanks without Short Circuit Protection
FNICO-IIB-DBSC	FNICO IIB model for Double bottom ballast Tanks with Short-Circuit Protection
FNICO-IIB-TS	FNICO IIB model for Top Side ballast tanks without Short Circuit Protection
FNICO-IIB-TSSC	FNICO IIB model for Top Side ballast Tanks with Short-Circuit Protection
FNICO-IIC-DBSC	FNICO IIC model for Double bottom ballast Tanks with Short-Circuit Protection
FNICO-IIC-DB	FNICO IIC model for Double bottom ballast tanks without Short Circuit Protection
FNICO-IIC-TS	FNICO IIB model for Top Side ballast tanks without Short Circuit Protection
FNICO-IIC-TSSC	FNICO IIC model for Top Side ballast Tanks with Short-Circuit Protection
HART	Highway Addressable Remote Transducer
HPTC-FB-DB	HPTC model with Field Barriers for Double Bottom tanks
HPTC-FB-TS	HPTC model with Field Barriers for Top Side tanks
HPTC-SP-DB	HPTC model with Segment Protectors for Double Bottom tanks
HPTC-SP-TS	HPTC model with Segment Protectors for Top Side tanks
HPTC	High-Power Trunk Concept
IEC	International Electrotechnical Committee
IS-E-DB	Intrinsically Safe Entity model for Double Bottom Tanks
IS-E-TS	Intrinsically Safe Entity model for Top Side Tanks
JRMNL	Joint Routing algorithm for maximizing network lifetime
LAS	Link Active Scheduler
LPF	Low-Pass Filter
LPG	Liquefied Petroleum Gas
MAC	Medium Access Control
NONIS-DB	Non-Intrinsically Safe model for Double Bottom Ballast Tanks without Short-Circuit Protection
NONIS-DBSC	Non-Intrinsically Safe model for Double Bottom Ballast Tanks with Short-Circuit Protection
NONIS-TS	Non-Intrinsically Safe model for Top Side Ballast Tanks without Short-Circuit Protection
NONIS-TS-SC	Non-Intrinsically Safe model for Top Side Ballast Tanks with Short-Circuit Protection
OSI	Open Systems Interconnection
PN	Probe Node
PT	Pass Token
SPM	Static Process Monitoring
SDT	Segment Design Tool
TD	Time Distribution
TDMA	Time Division Multiple Access
TSMP	Time Synchronization Mesh Protocol.
UART	Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter