ACTIVATION - The initiation of the EAS by transmission of the EAS codes

AM - Frequency Band from 540 kHz to 1700 kHz

AMBER ALERT - A child abduction emergency alert event (CAE) issued by the Missing Persons Unit of the New Jersey State Police through the National Weather Services NOAA radio system and/or the New Jersey State Police 800Mhz trunked radio system.

ATTENTION SIGNAL - Eight seconds of two tones (853 & 960 Hz) used as an audio alert

AUTOMATIC INTERUPTION - The automatic encoding and transmission of EAS Codes for pre-selected events

CAP - Common Alerting Protocol

CFR - Code of Federal Regulations

CLASS D - Non-commercial educational FM radio station with an output of less than 10 watts

DBS - Direct Broadcast Satellite

EAN - Emergency Activation Notification

EAS - Emergency Alert System

EAT - Emergency Action Termination

EIC - Emergency Information Center

EOC - Emergency Operations Center

EOM - End Of Message

FCC - Federal Communications Commission

FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency

FIPS - Federal Information Processing

FM - Radio Frequency Band from 88 MHz to 108 MHz

KHz - Kilohertz or 1,000 Hertz

LP - Local Primary, a source of EAS Local Area messages

LPTV - A low power television station

MHz - Megahertz or one million hertz

NAB - National Association of Broadcasters

NIC -National Information Center

NJSP - New Jersey State Police

NN - Non-Participation National Source

NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NWS - National Weather Service

NWWS - NOAA Weather Wire Service

LOCAL AREA -A geographic area of the state which has been designated by the EAS plan to function as one portion of the EAS distribution network

PEP - Primary Entry Point

PN - Participating National source

RBDS - Radio Broadcasting Data System, a defined protocol for data that is transmitted on the 57 kHz subcarrier of FM radio broadcasting stations.

RMT - Required Monthly Test

RPU -Remote Pickup Unit

RWT - Required Weekly Test

SECC - State Emergency Communications Committee

SOS - State Override System, a system by which EAS can be activated through the NJSP Division Headquarters, whenever a government official cannot establish direct contact with a broadcast station or cable system.

SP - State Primary, a primary source of EAS state programming, which can originate from the governor or authorized representative.

SUBCARRIER - An inaudible portion of the broadcast signal that is added to the program signal of the FM or TV sound.

TV - Television

WATCH - A message that describer a potential threat to the safety of life and/or property.

WARNING - A message that describes imminent or actual threat to the safety of life and/or property.

WRSAME - Weather Radio Specific Area Message Encoder, a device used by the National Weather Service to broadcast data on the national Weather Radio for day-to-day forecast and weather related emergency announcements.

UTC - Coordinated Universal Time