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tank pressure.
Graphic Diver Interface
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- A feature of Oceanic dive computers. Easily understandable color coded bar graphs
that indicate diver status; green = normal, yellow = caution, red = danger.
Icon - a small pictorial representation of an operational mode
LCD - Abbreviation for liquid crystal display, an easily viewed low voltage display usually found on dive computers
Maximum Depth - The deepest depth attained during a dive.
Message Box - An alpha/numeric display which provides various warnings and messages to the diver to better
clarify on-screen information and audible alarm signals.
Mode - A specific set of functions in a dive computer.
Modular Dive Computer - A dive computer that is not physically connected to the diver’s air supply.
Multiplexing Display - A display on an instrument that alternates to show different information relating to
separate events.
Multi-level Dive - A type of dive profile where the diver spends various times at different depths (opposite of a
“Square Wave” dive profile).
No Dec - Abbreviation for No Decompression.
No Dec Time Remaining - The amount of dive time remaining based on no-decompression status.
No Decompression - Any part of a dive where the diver can surface without requiring a decompression stop.
Out of Range - The point that a dive computer can no longer supply correct dive information
PDPS - Abbreviation for Pre Dive Planning Sequence.
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