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Glossary - Airport Technology

• Air Navigation Service Provider ( ANSP )
• Air Route Traffic Control Centre ( ARTCC )
• Air Traffic Control ( ATC )
• Airport Surveillance Radar ( ASR )
• Airport Traffic Control Tower ( ATC )
• Airports Council International ( ACI )
• Apron
• Automatic Terminal Information Service ( ATIS )

• Baggage Carousel
• Baggage Information Display Systems ( BIDS )
• Beacon
• Biometric Identification
• Biometric Security
• Blast Fence

• Cabin Pressure
• Civil Aviation Authority ( CAA )
• Cockpit
• Computer Assisted Passenger Profiling System ( CAPPS )
• Concourse

• Data Link ( ATIS )
• Data Link Initiation Capability ( DLIC )
• De-icing
• Departure Lounge

• Emergency Locator Transmitter ( ELT )

• Flight Information Display System (FIDS)
• Flight Schedule Monitor ( FSM )

• Gate Information Display System ( GIDS )
• Global Positioning System (GPS)
• Ground Power Unit (GPU)

• Hangar

• Instrument Flight Rules ( IFR )
• Instrument Landing System ( ILS )
• International Air Transport Association ( IATA )
• International Civil Aviation Organisation ( ICAO )

• Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)

• Navigational Aid

• Passport Control

• Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
• Runway

• Surface Movement Guidance Control Systems ( SMGCS )

• Taxiway
• Terminal
• Terminal Radar Control Facility
• Traffic Situation Display ( TSD )
• Transponder

• Vehicle Control System ( VCS )
• Visual Docking Guidance System ( VDGS )
• Visual Flight Rules ( VFR )

• Waypoint
• World Aeronautical Chart ( WAC )

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