BSS Brooke Siren Systems
CATV cable television
CD compact disc
CEDIA Custom Rlrvtronic Design & Installation Association
CPU central processing unit
DA distribution amplifier
DAD Donovan Audio Designs
DAT digital audio tape
DAW digital audio workstation
dB decibel
DI direct inject
EAW Eastern Acoustic Works
EBU European Broadcast Union
EIA Electronic Industries Alliance
EMI electromagnetic interference
EQ equalizer/equalization
EV Electro Voice
FOH front of house
GIGO garbage in/garbage out
HPF high pass filter
HVAC heating, ventilation & air conditioning
IC Integrated circuit
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
IEM in-ear-monitor
IMD inter modulation distortion
ISO International Standards Organization
IR infrared
JBL James B. Lansing
KFC Kentucky Fried Chicken (Kitchen Fresh Chicken??!! yeah, right!)
LCD liquid crystal display
LDI Lighting Dimensions International<
LED light emitting diode
LPF low pass filter
MD mini disc
MI musical instrument
MIDI musical instrument digital interface
MLSSA maximum length signal systems analyzer
NA not applicable/not available
NAB National Association of Broadcasters
NAMM National Association of Music Merchants
NEC National Electrical Code
NSCA National System Contractors Association
OFC oxygen free copper
PA public address
PFL pre fade listen
PZM pressure zone microphone
QC quality control
RF radio frequency
RFI radio frequency interference
RMS root means square
RTA real-time analyzer
RT60 reverberation time
SMPTE Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers
S/N signal to noise ratio
SPARS Society of Professional Audio Recording Services
SPL sound pressure level
SR sound reinforcement
SSL Solid State Logic
SWAG Stuff We All Get
SWG standard wire gauge
SYN-AUD-CON Synergetic Audio Concepts
TDS time delay spectometry
TEF time-energy-frequency
THD total harmonic distortion
TIA Tampa International airport
UPS uninterruptible power supply- also United Parcel Service
UTP unshielded twisted pair
VCA voltage control amplifier
VU volume unit
ZZZZZ snoring
