BS 7467:1991

This standard BS 7467:1991 Specification for symbols for computer applications in ship building and marine technology is classified in these ICS categories:

• 47.020.01 General standards related to shipbuilding and marine structures
• 35.240.60 IT applications in transport and trade

This International Standard specifies symbols for dimensional quantities used in shipbuilding and related branches of marine technology for use in computer applications where the available character set is restricted. The symbols are capable of being represented using the 26 alphabetic and 10 numeric characters of the standard FORTRAN character set (see SO 1539) and are also within the scope of International Alphabet No. 2 (AI2) of the International Telecommunication Union.

Examples of application of the symbols may be as names of variables in computer programs and as abbreviations in output listings.

This International Standard specifies the symbols to be used out does not attempt to provide definitions for the quantities represented. The notes and formulae in the columns headed “Explanation” in the tables of symbols presented in annex A are provided as guidance to the application of the symbol. The use of standard symbols does not absolve authors from the need to define the quantities concerned.

Specifies symbols for dimensional quantities for use in computer applications where the available character set is restricted.