2Definition of terms#
The standard definitions listed in Table 2 shall apply to all Technical Specifications. Further relevant definitions are contained in particular Technical Specifications. In Technical Specifications, any reference to a temperature shall read as a reference to a temperature measured by a shaded, wet-bulb thermometer in degrees Celsius.
Table 2 – Definition of terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ACIF | Australian Communications Industry Forum |
| ACMA | Australian Communications and Media Authority |
| Administrator | As defined in the Contract |
| CAT | Customer (field) Acceptance Test(s) |
| Contractor | As defined in the Contract |
| COTS | Products are regarded as Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) when there are multiple manufacturers and/or Suppliers providing similar products of identical functionality |
| CT | Commissioning Tests |
| Design Life | Design Life is the expected time that a piece of Hardware, Software or a System should remain operational from the date of commission |
| DOD | Depth Of Discharge. A measure of how much energy has been withdrawn from a battery, usually expressed as a percentage of full capacity |
| ELV | Extra Low Voltage as defined in AS/NZS 3000 |
| EMC | Electro-Magnetic Compatibility |
| Equipment | All materials, equipment, software and/or systems provided by the Contractor |
| ERSD | External Removable Storage Device, such as USB flash drives, External Hard drives (HDD), Solid-State Drives (SSD), Memory Cards (e.g. SD Cards) and so on. |
| Facility | As defined in the Contract |
| FAT | Factory Acceptance Test(s) |
| Field Processor | An industrial computer that complies with the requirements of MRTS232 Provision of Field Processors |
| Fit for Purpose | Product or service shall perform the service or function for which was specified in the Contract. That service or function should be inclusive of those specified by the manufacturer. |
| HDLC | High-Level Data Link Control |
| I/O | Input(s) / Output(s) |
| IAT | Installation Acceptance Test(s) |
| ICT | Information and Communications Technology |
| IPxx | Ingress Protection (IP) rating to degree 'xx' as defined by AS 60529 |
| ITS | Intelligent Transport System(s) |
| LV | Low Voltage as defined in AS/NZS 3000 |
| MEN | Multiple Earthed Neutral |
| MRTS | Transport and Main Roads Technical Specification(s) |
| MTBF | Mean Time Between Failures |
| OSI | Open System Interconnection, the 7 layer OSI model for mapping and categorising protocols representing network functions |
| OWASP | Open Web Application Security Project |
| Principal | As defined in the Contract |
| Principal's TMC | As defined in the Contract |
| PSTN | Public Switched Telephone Network |
| RPEQ | Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland |
| SAT | STREAMS Acceptance Test(s) |
| SIL | Safety Integrated Level as defined in AS 61508.0 |
| STREAMS | The Principal's traffic management system primary user interface to ITS field devices |
| Supplier | Product vendor or manufacturer |
| Telecommunications Field Cabinet | An enclosure that complies with MRTS226 Telecommunications Field Cabinets |
| Technical Specification | Transport and Main Roads Technical Specification(s) |
| TMC | Traffic Management Centre |