Listings of abbreviations and terminology used on this site.
Abbreviations list:
RES - Renewable energy sources.
LBE - Logbook entry.
XO - Executive Officer.
GDPR - General Data Protection Regulation.
Terminology list:
Glider - fixed-wing aircraft that is supported in flight by the dynamic reaction of the air against its lifting surfaces, and whose free flight does not depend on an engine. (Source: Wikipedia)
Helicopter - type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors. (Source: Wikipedia)
Quadcopter (or quadrocopter, or quadrotor) - type of helicopter or multicopter that has four rotors. (Source: Wikipedia)
Aerostat - lighter-than-air aircraft that gains its lift through the use of a buoyant gas that is less dense than the surrounding air. (Source: Wikipedia)
Airship - type of aerostat or lighter-than-air aircraft that can navigate through the air flying under its own power. (Source: Wikipedia)
Concentrated solar power (or CSP) - systems generate solar power by using mirrors or lenses to concentrate a large area of sunlight into a receiver. (Source: Wikipedia)
Heat engine - thermal machine that transforms heat into mechanical work by exploiting the temperature gradient between a heat source (hot source) and a heat sink (cold source). (Source: Wikipedia)
Wind turbine - device that converts the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy. (Source: Wikipedia)
Trade secret - type of intellectual property that includes formulas, practices, processes, designs, instruments, patterns, or compilations of information that have inherent economic value because they are not generally known or readily ascertainable by others, and which their owner takes reasonable measures to keep secret. (Source: Wikipedia)
Steamship - type of steam-powered vessel, typically ocean-faring and seaworthy, that is propelled by one or more steam engines that typically move (turn) propellers or paddlewheels. (Source: Wikipedia)
Motorship - ship propelled by an internal combustion engine, usually a diesel engine. (Source: Wikipedia)
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