INTRODUCTIONGLOSSARY OF TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS1 - 4 I-E96-624A®GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONSTerm DefinitionDCE Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment - The termination point of a communication cir-cuit such as a line driver or modem.DTE Data Terminal Equipment - End-user machine of a communication circuit such as aterminal or computer.Dipshunt A dual in-line package with shorting bars.EWS Engineering Work Station - An integrated hardware and software personal computersystem for configuring and monitoring INFI 90/Network 90 modules.Module Bus The serial communication link between a process control module and other processcontrol modules.Node Device(s) on the INFI 90/Network 90 Plant Loop, Superloop or INFI-NET (maximumof 63 on Plant Loop, 250 on Superloop/INFI-NET). A node can be an Operator Inter-face Station (OIS), a Process Control Unit (PCU) or Engineering Work Station (EWS)in any combination.OIS Operator Interface Station - Integrated operator console with data acquisition andreporting capabilities. It provides a window into the process for flexible control andmonitoring.PCI Plant Loop to Computer Interface (INPCI01/02) - A Plant Loop communication inter-face that provides configuration and control of the Plant Loop through a hostcomputer.PCU Process Control Unit - Rack type industrial cabinet that contains master, slave andcommunication modules and their communication paths.Plant Loop INFI 90 data communication highway with 63 node capacity.RS-232-C One in a series of standards developed by the Electronics Industry Association (EIA)that specifies what signals and voltages will be used to transmit data from DTE (com-puter) to DCE (modem).Slave ExpanderBusParallel address/data bus between the master module and the slave.XR Exception Report - A function block that reports a monitored point value when thatvalue changes and is polled by a communication or master module.