BSS Brooke
Siren Systems CATV cable television
CD compact disc
CEDIA Custom Rlrvtronic Design & Installation Association
CPU central processing unit
DA distribution
amplifier
DAD Donovan Audio Designs
DAT digital audio tape
DAW digital audio workstation
dB
decibel
DI direct inject
EAW Eastern Acoustic Works
EBU European Broadcast Union
EIA
Electronic Industries Alliance
EMI electromagnetic
interference
EQ equalizer/equalization
EV Electro Voice
FOH front of house
GIGO garbage
in/garbage out
HPF high pass filter
HVAC heating, ventilation & air conditioning
IC Integrated circuit
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
IEM
in-ear-monitor
IMD inter modulation distortion
ISO International Standards Organization
IR infrared
JBL
James B. Lansing
KFC Kentucky Fried Chicken (Kitchen
Fresh Chicken??!! yeah, right!)
LCD liquid crystal
display
LDI Lighting Dimensions International<
LED light emitting diode
LPF low pass filter
MD mini disc
MI musical instrument
MIDI musical instrument digital interface
MLSSA
maximum length signal systems analyzer
NA not applicable/not
available
NAB National Association of Broadcasters
NAMM National Association of Music Merchants
NEC National Electrical Code
NSCA National System Contractors Association
OFC
oxygen free copper
PA public address
PFL pre fade listen
PZM pressure zone microphone
QC
quality control
RF radio frequency
RFI radio frequency interference
RMS root means square
RTA real-time
analyzer
RT60 reverberation time
SMPTE Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers
S/N signal to noise ratio
SPARS Society of Professional Audio Recording Services
SPL sound pressure level
SR sound
reinforcement
SSL Solid State Logic
SWAG Stuff We All Get
SWG standard wire gauge
SYN-AUD-CON
Synergetic Audio Concepts
TDS time delay spectometry
TEF time-energy-frequency
THD total harmonic distortion
TIA
Tampa International airport
UPS uninterruptible
power supply- also United Parcel Service
UTP unshielded
twisted pair
VCA voltage control amplifier
VU volume unit
ZZZZZ snoring
