Library glossary


ADA
Americans with Disabilities Act
ALPR
Automatic Licence Plate Recognition
ANPR
Automatic Number Plate Recognition
APC
Automatic Passenger Counting
AVI
Automatic Vehicle Identification
app
Application (mobile phone usage)
AVL(S)
Automatic Vehicle Location (System)
AVM
Automatic Vehicle Monitoring
AWTCS
Area-wide Traffic Control System
BRT
Bus Rapid Transit
CAD
Computer Aided Dispatching (North American ITS usage)
CAD
Computer Aided Design (common usage)
CAN
Controller Area Network
CEN
Comité Européen de Normalisation (European standards body)
CCTV
Closed Circuit Television
DRT
Demand Responsive Transit
DVR
Digital Video Recorder
ETM
Electronic Ticket (issuing) Machine
GIS
Geographic(al) Information System
GLONASS
Russian satellite navigational system, similar to GPS
GPRS
General Packet Radio Service (version of GSM)
GPS
Global Positioning System
GSM
Global System for Mobile communications
ICT
Information and Communications Technology
IP
Internet Protocol
ISO
International Organisation for Standardisation
ISO
International Standards Organisation (common usage)
IT
Information Technology
ITS
Intelligent Transport Systems
kB
Kilobyte
LA
Local Area Network
LCD
Liquid Crystal Display
LED
Light Emitting Diode
MB
Megabyte
MIS
Management Information System
MMS
Multimedia Messaging Service
NVR
Network Video Recorder
OCR
Optical Character Recognition
PC
Personal Computer
PDA
Personal Digital Assistant
PMR
Private Mobile Radio
PPIAF
Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility
PTZ
Pan Tilt Zoom (CCTV usage)
RFID
Radio Frequency Identification
RTPI
Real-time Passenger Information
SAE
System d’Aide a l’Exploitation (equivalent to AVM; French usage)
SAM
Secure Application Module
SMS
Short Message Service (mobile phone application)
TC
Technical Committee (in context of CEN)
TCRP
Transit Co-operative Research Program
TCS
Traffic Control System
TETRA
Terrestrial Trunked Radio
TRB
Transportation Research Board
TSP
Traffic Signal Priority
UPS
Uninterruptible Power Supply
USB
Universal Serial Bus
USDOT
United States (of America) Department of Transportation
VCR
Video Cassette Recorder
WAN
Wide Area Network
WiFi
Wireless communication using IEEE 802.11b specification