ACRONYMS and ABBREVIATIONS
ASCII: American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
COM 1 & COM 2: The logical names of the two serial ports available on IBM PC
computers (if the computer is so equipped.)
CSQ: Carrier Squelch.
DOS: Disk Operating System, or Data Operated Squelch.
DPL: Digital Private Line.
DTMF: Dual Tone Multi-Frequency.
DVP: Digital Voice Protection.
EEPROM: Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory.
EPROM: Electrically Programmable Read Only Memory.
LED: Light Emitting Diode.
MDC: Motorola Digital Communications:
PC: Personal Computer.
PL: Private Line.
PTT: Push To Talk.
RAM: Random Access Memory.
RAT: Repeater Access Tone.
RIB: Radio Interface Box.
RPF: Radio Personality File.
RSS: Radio Service Software.
TOT: Time Out Timer.
TPL: Tone Private Line Squelch.
UHF: Ultra High Frequency.
VCO: Voltage Control Oscillator.
VHF: Very High Frequency.