Glossary of terms ABBREVIATION DESCRIPTIONS ATEX
Appareils destinés à être utilisés en ATmosphères Explosives (French) BS British Standard BS EN British standards (BS) adoption of a European Standard (EN)
CCM Change Control Management
CFR Code of Federal Regulations CPU Central Processing Unit
CSS Cascading
Style Sheet DB Data Block DOL Direct Online DP Distributed Peripheral
DS Design Specification (general term for FS, HDS, SDS, SMDS c) EN European Standard
EudraLex European Union Drug Regulation Authority
Legislation EU European Union FB Function Block
FC Function
GAMP Good Automated Manufacturing Practice
GMP
Good Manufacturing Practice GxP Collective abbreviation for GMP and GXP
HMI Human Machine Interface HTML Hyper Text Markup Language iDB Instance Data Block
IEC International Electro-technical Commission
IEC 61131-3
IEC standard for the syntax and semantics
for PLC programming languages IET Institution of Engineering and Technology
IM Interface Module IO
Input/output IP Internet Protocol ISO International Standards Organisation
Doc PS Rev R 71-71 ABBREVIATION DESCRIPTIONS
ISPE International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Licence) OM Operation and Maintenance OB Organisation Block
OSL Operating State Logic PAL Practical Series Automation Library
PID Proportional,
Integral, Derivative — a common type of control loop
PLC Programmable Logic Controller (another name fora Siemens Controller)
ProfiBus Process Field Buss
Profinet Process Field Net
PSP Practical
Series of Publications QP Quality Plan
RTD Resistance Temperature Detector
SCADA Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
SFC
Sequential Flow Chart SG Style Guide
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol TIA Totally Integrated Solutions (TIA Portal, a Siemens programming tool)
UDT User Data Type
UG User Guide
URS User Requirements Specification US United States of America VAC
Voltage Alternating Current VDC Voltage Direct Current VP Validation Plan
VSD Variable Speed Drive Table 6.2 Glossary