
2-25Master Glossary of Terms and Symbols
TR4.0:PROVOXRevision A — April 1997
CRC
Acronym: Cyclic Redundancy Check
CRI
Acronym: Control Room Instrumentation
critical gain
The gain of a proportional controller
required to produce oscillations of a
constant amplitude in a process variable.
critical period
The period of oscillations produced in a
process variable by a proportional
controller having the critical gain.
CRT
Acronym: Cathode Ray Tube.
CSA
Acronym: Canadian Standards
Association
CSV
Acronym: Comma Separated Value
CTD
Acronym: Console Trend Display
CU MPU
Acronym: Control Unit Microprocessor
Unit
current to p n eu matic transducer (I/P)
An electro-mechanical device that
converts a DC signal (typically 4- to
20-milliamps) to a proportional pneumatic
output signal.
current to pressure transducer (I/P)
An electric component or device that
converts a milliamp DC signal to a
proportional pneumatic pressure output
signal.
cursor
A graphical component that indicates:
1. Where text will appear on the screen
when keyboard keys are pressed.
2. The currently selected screen item.
custom computer (CCOMP)
A formerly-manufactured PROVOXr
console that has a superset of the
capabilities of the CCON, and enables
user-written FORTRAN programs to
interface with the console database.
custom console (CCON)
A formerly-manufactured PROVOXr
console that allows as many as 1000
database points and 100 user-defined
displays in its configuration. Additional
CCON capabilities include discrete
control device (DCD) points, user
calculations, and extended functions
(EDAS).
custom format operator’s console
(CFOC)
Early name for the CCON.
custom installation
When a custom installation is selected,
the installer is prompted to identify the IIS
client code components to be installed.
CWEN
Acronym: Cancel Wait Enable
cycle
A recurring pattern.
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