ACRONYMS
| ABEL | Proprietary language for describing state machines |
| ABET | Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology |
| A/D | Analog-Digital |
| ALU | Arithmetic-logic unit |
| ASIC | Application-specific integrated circuit |
| AT | IBM type of Personal Computer |
| CAD | Computer-aided design |
| CAE | Computer-aided engineering |
| CAL | Configurable Array Logic |
| CBIC | Cell-based integrated circuit |
| CHS | Configurable Hardware System |
| CLB | Configurable Logic Block |
| CLS | Configurable Logic Software |
| CPLD | Complex programmable logic device |
| CMOS | Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor |
| CUPS | Cell updates per second |
| D/A | Digital-analog |
| DES | Data Encryption Standard |
| DIL | Dual in-line |
| DRAM | Dynamic random-access memory |
| DSP | Digital signal processor |
| ECAD | Electronic computer-aided design |
| EDIF | Electronic Design Interchange Format |
| EEPROM | Electrically-erasable programmable read-only memory |
| EPLD | Electrically-programmable logic device |
| EPROM | Erasable programmable read-only memory |
| ESD | Electrostatic discharge |
| FET | Field-effect transistor |
| FPGA | Field-programmable gate array |
| FPCB | Field-programmable circuit board |
| FPIC | Field-programmable interconnect component |
| FPID | Field-programmable interconnect device |
| FPLA | Field-programmable logic array |
| FSM | Finite-state machine |
| GAL | Generic Array Logic |
| HDL | Hardware definition language |
| HP | Hewlett-Packard |
| IC | Integrated circuit |
| IOB | Input/output block |
| IOE | Input/output element |
| IP | Initial permutation |
| ISA | Industry-Standard Architecture |
| JTAG | Joint Test Action Group |
| LAB | Logic array block |
| LCA | Logic cell array |
| LE | Logic element |
| LED | Light-emitting diode |
| LFSR | Linear feedback shift register |
| LPM | Library of parameterized modules |
| LSI | Large-scale integration |
| MCUPS | Millions of cell updates per second |
| MIPS | Millions of instructions per second |
| MOS | Metal-oxide-semiconductor |
| MOSFET | MOS field-effect transistor |
| MPGA | Mask-programmable gate array |
| MIS | medium-scale integration |
| MUX | Multiplexer |
| NRE | Non-recurring engineering |
| NTSC | National Television Systems Committee |
| PAL | Phase alteration (each) line (chapter 7) |
| PAL | Programmable array logic (other chapters) |
| PCB | Printed-circuit board |
| PE | Processing element |
| PGA | Pin-grid array |
| PIP | Programmable interconnect point |
| PLA | Programmable logic array |
| PLD | Programmable logic device |
| PLICE | Programmable Low-Impedance Circuit Element |
| PMS | Processor-memory-switch |
| PREP | Programmable Electronics Performance Corporation |
| PNAC | Princeton Nucleic Acid Comparator |
| PROM | Programmable read-only memory |
| QFP | Quad flat pack |
| RAM | Random-access memory |
| R&D | Research and development |
| RISC | Reduced-instruction set computer |
| ROI | Region of interest |
| ROM | Read-only memory |
| RS-232 | Data transmission standard |
| RT | Register transfer |
| SBA | Small Business Administration |
| SBIR | Small-business innovation research |
| SRAM | Static random-access memory |
| SSI | Small-scale integration |
| SECAM | Sequential color and memory |
| STEP | Self-timed environmental prototype |
| STTR | Small business technology-transfer program |
| TTL | Transistor-transistor logic |
| UGF | User-gullibility factor |
| UV | Ultraviolet |
| VHDL | Very high-level description language |
| VLSI | Very large-scale integration |
| VME | Standard computer bus |
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