navigation acronyms, abbreviations and definitions - International ...

BOSVA British Offshore Support Vessel Owners Association
BOW basic operating weight (everything except payload)
BPA British Parachute Association
BPA British Ports Association (Trade association reoresenting ~ 87 ports)
BPEO Best Practicable Environmental Option
BPL Basic Positioning Layer (LBS)
BPR bottom pressure recorder
BPR Brinnenvaart Politie Reglement (Dutch derivative of CEVNI)
BPRZ bi-polar return-to-zero (digital channel)
bps bits per second
BPSK bipolar (or binary) phase shift keying
BPSK(m) BPSK using a chipping rate of m x 1.023 Mcps
BR mist (met)
brg bearing
BRNAV basic area navigation (en route)
BROA British Rig Owners Association
BS British Standard
BS broadband services
BS EN British Standards European Norm
BSH Bundesamt für Seeschiffahrt und Hydrographie (German HO)
BSI British Standards Institution
BSI/EN/ISO tri-numbered standard (British/European/International)
BST British Summer Time
BT British Telecom
BTS base transceiver station (phone network)
BTS Bureau of Transportation Statistics (US)
BV Bureau Veritas (classification society)
BWB British Waterways Board
BWC bearing and distance to waypoint (great circle)
BWEA British Wind Energy Association
BWPA British Women Pilots’ Association
BWR bearing and distance to waypoint (rhum line)
BWW bearing waypoint to waypoint
By buoy
byte binary word (often of 8 bits)
c centi (SI unit multiplier of 10 -2 )
c speed of light in vacuo (2.997 924 590 x 10 8 m s -1 )
C a ºCelsius
C GNSS GNSS radio signals in C-band
C of A Certificate of Airworthiness (issued by CAA in UK)
C of C Certificate of Conformity (usually of equipment)
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