navigation acronyms, abbreviations and definitions - International ...

VHDL VHSIC Hardware Description Language
VHF very high frequency (30-300 MHz) (metric waves)
VHO very high orbit (perigee & apogee above GEO of 36,000 km)
VHR very high risk (marine)
VHSIC very high speed integrated circuit
VIC Virtual Identity Card
VICS Vehicle Information and Communications System (Japan)
ViewNet Next generation distributed mapping system (UK TSB)
VIKING 1995 project to develop and coordinate traffic management &
telematics schemes (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, N Germany.
VIMSAS Voluntary IMO Member State Audit Scheme
VIN vehicle identification number
VIPS Vessel Identification and Positioning System (US)
VIS visual interactive simulation
VISTA Visualising Integrated Information on Buried Assets
3-D mapping project to integrate disparate records of buried
pipes, cables, ducts and wires.
VITA vision technology application
Viterbi Dynamic programming algorithm for finding the most likely sequence of
hidden states – called the Viterbi path.
VLA very light aircraft (EASA)
Single engine (not jet); 1 or 2 seats; MTOW not >750 kg; stall speed
not >83 km/h (45 knots). No aerobatics and daylight VFR only.
VLBC very large bulk carrier
VLBI very long baseline interferometry
VLCC very large crude carrier
VLE virtual learning environment (teaching via the web and e-mail)
VLF very low frequency (3-30 kHz)
VLJ very light jet (