Sample and Fraction Manager (see the related topic in the Administrator Help section)Abbreviations
Below please find a list of the most frequently used abbreviations in Chromeleon, the online Help, and the manual:
APS Automated Purification System
ARC Automated Run Completion
AIA Analytical Instrument Association
BOOTP Bootstrap Protocol (Internet protocol)
CAN Controller Area Network
CD Compact Disk
CDS Chromatography Data System
CE Capillary Electrophoresis
CFR Code of Federal Regulations (often synonymous with 21 CFR Part 11)
CM Chromeleon® Chromatography Management System
CMB Backup container/file (file name extension)
CMS Chromatography Management System
CS Cluster Server
DAC Digital Analog Converter
DHCP Dynamic Host Communication Protocol
DNS Domain Name Server
DX Dionex
EMF Early Maintenance Feedback
GC Gas Chromatography
GLP Good Laboratory Practice
GMP Good Manufacturing Practice
GPIB General Purpose Interface Bus
HPLC High Performance Liquid Chromatography
IC Ion Chromatography
IPC Chromeleon Instruments Server or Instruments PC
IQ Installation Qualification
ISTD Internal Standard
LAN Local Area Network
LIB UV Spectra Library (file name extension)
LIC Chromeleon License Server
LIMS Laboratory Information Management System
MAC Media Access Control address (unique address of each network interface card)
MRA Mass Rate Attenuation (Flow Splitter)
MSV Motorized switching valve
NFP Network Failure Protection
ODBC Microsoft Open Database Connectivity
OQ Operational Qualification
PAN Control Panel for chromatographic system control (file name extension)
PDA Photodiode Array Detector
PGM Control program for chromatographic system control (file name extension)
PN PeakNet® Chromatography Management System
PPA Peak Purity Analysis
PPI Peak Purity Index
PQ Performance Qualification
PWA Purification Workflow Automation
QNT Quantification method for signal interpretation and evaluation (file name extension)
QRF Query file (file extension)
RDF Report Definition File; includes the layout definition for the report and export (file name extension)
RPC Remote Procedure Call
RSD Relative Standard Deviation
SDK Software Development Kit for Chromeleon
SEQ Sequence; that is, the sequence of samples plus the corresponding files (file name extension)
SFM Sample and Fraction Manager (see the related topic in the Administrator Help section)
SIM Selected Ion Monitoring (MS channel for specific masses)
SOR Signed Off Results (File) = signed sequence
SQL Structured Query Language (computer language)
SSM Safety and Solvent Monitor
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (class of Internet protocols)
TIC Total Ion Current (MS channel for the entire mass range or a part thereof)
TTL Transistor-Transistor Logic
UDP User Datagram Protocol (IP communication protocol)
USB Universal Serial Bus
VCD Virtual Channel Driver (driver for virtual devices)
WSP Workspace; that is, the definition of a screen layout (file name extension)
For a list of the Institutes and Institutions for Industry Standards, refer to the Glossary section.