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GLOSSARY (continued)
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).
Nitrox - A nitrogen-oxygen breathing gas mixture that contains a higher fraction of oxygen than air.
Nitrox Dive - A dive conducted using nitrox (22 to 50 % O2) as the breathing gas.
No Deco - Abbreviation for No Decompression.
No Deco 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.
O2 Bar Graph - A visual representation of oxygen accumlation on a dive computer display.
Oceanglo™ - An Oceanic name for an instrument backlight feature.
OceanLink™ - An Oceanic name for a for a PC interface hardware/software package.
OTU - Abbreviation for oxygen tolerance unit. A Hamilton's Repex method term for oxygen dose.
Out of Range - The point at which a dive computer can no longer supply correct dive information.
Oxygen Tolerance - Dose or exposure to the physiological affects of elevated levels of oxygen.
Oxygen Toxicity - The adverse physiological affects of exposure to elevated levels of oxygen.
Partial Pressure - The proportion of the total pressure contributed by a single gas in a mixture of gases.
