a
|
atto (10-18)
|
A
|
amperes (current)
|
Å
|
angstrom
|
AAR
|
automatic alternate routing
|
AARTS
|
automatic audio remote test set
|
ABR
|
available bit rate
|
ABS
|
alternate billing services
|
ABSBH
|
average busy season busy hour
|
ac
|
alternating current
access information
|
ACC
|
automatic callback calling
|
ACD
|
automatic call distributor
|
ac-dc
|
alternating current - direct current
|
ACG
|
automatic call gap
|
ACH
|
attempts per circuit hour
|
ACK
|
acknowledge character
|
ACM
|
address complete message
|
ACP
|
action point
|
ACSB
|
amplitude companded single-sideband
|
ACSE
|
association control service element
|
ACTEL
|
access telephone number
|
ACTL
|
access customer terminal location
|
ACTS
|
Advanced Communications Technology Satellite
automated coin toll service
|
ACU
|
automatic calling unit
|
A-D
|
analog-to-digital
|
ADC
|
analog-to-digital converter
analog-to-digital conversion
|
ADCCP
|
Advanced Data Communication Control Procedures
|
ADH
|
automatic data handling
|
ADMD
|
administration management domain
|
ADP
|
automatic data processing
|
ADPCM
|
adaptive differential pulse-code modulation
|
ADPE
|
automatic data processing equipment
|
ADPSSO
|
automatic data processing system security officer
|
ADS
|
auxiliary data system
|
ADU
|
automatic dialing unit
|
ADX
|
automatic data exchange
|
AECS
|
Aeronautical Emergency Communications System [Plan]
|
AERM
|
alignment error rate monitor
|
AES
|
Advanced Encryption Standard
|
AF
|
audio frequency
|
AFC
|
area frequency coordinator
automatic frequency control
|
AFNOR
|
Association Francaise de Normalisation
|
AFRS
|
Armed Forces Radio Service
|
AGC
|
automatic gain control
|
AGE
|
aerospace ground equipment
|
AI
|
artificial intelligence
action indicator
|
AIC
|
Automatic Intercept Center
|
AIG
|
address indicator group
address indicating group
|
AIM
|
amplitude intensity modulation
|
AIN
|
advanced intelligent network
|
AIOD
|
automatic identified outward dialing
|
AIS
|
automated information system
alarm indication signal
automatic intercept system
|
AITS
|
acknowledged information transfer service
|
ASIC
|
application-specific integrated circuits
|
AJ
|
anti-jamming
|
AK
|
data acknowledgement (see also “ACK”)
|
ALBO
|
automatic line buildout
|
ALC
|
automatic level control
automatic load control
|
ALE
|
automatic link establishment
|
ALGOL
|
Algorithmic Computer Language
|
ALS
|
application layer structure
|
ALU
|
arithmetic and logic unit
|
A/m
|
amperes per meter
|
AM
|
amplitude modulation
|
AMA
|
automatic message accounting
|
AMARC
|
automatic message accounting recording center
|
AMAT
|
automatic message accounting transmitter
|
AMC
|
administrative management complex
|
AME
|
amplitude modulation equivalent
automatic message exchange
|
AMI
|
alternate mark inversion [signal]
|
AM/PM/VSB
|
amplitude modulation/phase modulation/vestigial sideband
|
AMPS
|
automatic message processing system
advanced mobile phone system
|
AMPSSO
|
automated message processing system security officer
|
AMSC
|
American Mobile Satellite Corporation
|
AMTS
|
automated maritime telecommunications system
|
ANI
|
automatic number identification
|
ANL
|
automatic noise limiter
|
ANM
|
answer message
|
ANMCC
|
Alternate National Military Command Center
|
ANS
|
American National Standard
|
ANSI
|
American National Standards Institute
|
AP
|
anomalous propagation
application process
|
APAB
|
all-primary / all-backup
|
APC
|
adaptive predictive coding
|
APCO
|
Association of Public Safety Communications Officials
|
APD, apd, a.p.d.
|
avalanche photodiode
|
APDU
|
application protocol data unit
|
API
|
application program interface
|
APL
|
average picture level
|
APND
|
all-primary / no-backup
|
APOT
|
additional point of termination
|
APK
|
amplitude phase-shift keying
|
APS
|
automatic protection switching
|
APSB
|
all-primary / some backup
|
ARP
|
address resolution protocol
|
ARPA
|
Advanced Research Projects Agency [now DARPA]
|
ARPANET
|
Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
|
ARQ
|
automatic repeat-request
|
ARS
|
automatic route selection
|
ARSR
|
air route surveillance radar
|
ARU
|
audio response unit
|
ASC
|
AUTODIN Switching Center
access service company
access service coordinator
|
ASC-EC
|
access service coordination exchange company
|
ASCII
|
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
|
ASE
|
application service element
|
ASG
|
access service group
|
ASELP
|
algebraic sum excited linear prediction
|
ASIC
|
application-specific integrated circuits
|
ASN.1
|
abstract syntax notation one
|
ASP
|
aggregated switch procurement
application service part
adjunct service point
assignment source point
|
ASR
|
access service request
airport surveillance radar
automatic send and receive
|
ASR NO
|
access service request number
|
AT
|
access tandem
|
ATACS
|
Army Tactical Communications System
|
ATB
|
all trunks busy
|
ATCRBS
|
air traffic control radar beacon system
|
ATDM
|
asynchronous time-division multiplexing
|
ATE
|
automatic test equipment
|
ATIS
|
Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions [formerly
ECSA]
|
ATM
|
advanced testing method
asynchronous transfer mode
|
ATN
|
account telephone number
|
ATRS
|
automated trouble reporting system
|
ATV
|
advanced television
|
au
|
astronomical unit
access unit
|
AUI
|
attachment unit interface
|
AUTODIN
|
Automatic Digital Network
|
AUTOSEVOCOM
|
Automatic Secure Voice Communications Network
|
AUTOVON
|
Automatic Voice Network
|
AV
|
audiovisual
|
AVD
|
alternate voice/data
|
AWG
|
American wire gauge
|
AWGN
|
additive white Gaussian noise
|
AZ
|
azimuth
|
b
|
bit
|
B
|
bel
byte
|
BAAD
|
band advance
|
balun
|
balanced to unbalanced
|
basecom
|
base communications
|
BASIC
|
beginners' all-purpose symbolic instruction code
|
BCC
|
block check character
blocked calls cleared
|
BCD
|
binary-coded decimal
binary-coded decimal notation
blocked calls delayed
|
BCI
|
bit-count integrity
|
BCST
|
broadcast
|
Bd
|
baud
|
B8ZS
|
bipolar with eight-zero substitution
|
bell
|
BEL character
|
BER
|
bit error ratio
|
BERT
|
bit error ratio tester
|
BETRS
|
basic exchange telecommunications radio service
|
BEX
|
broadband exchange
|
BHMC
|
busy hour minutes of capacity
|
BIB
|
backward indicator bit
|
BIBR
|
backward indicator bit received
|
BIBT
|
backward indicator bit to be transmitted
|
BIBX
|
backward indicator bit expected
|
BIC
|
bearer identification code
|
BIH
|
International Time Bureau
|
BIP
|
bit interleaved parity
|
B-ISDN
|
broadband ISDN
|
bi-sync
|
binary synchronous [communication]
|
bit
|
binary digit
|
BIT
|
built-in test
|
BITE
|
built-in test equipment
|
BIU
|
bus interface unit
|
BLA
|
blocking acknowledgment message
|
BLER
|
block error ratio
|
BLO
|
blocking message
|
BLR
|
blocking/unblocking signal reception
|
BLS
|
blocking/unblocking signal sending
|
BNF
|
Backus Naur form
|
BOC
|
Bell Operating Company
|
BPSK
|
binary phase-shift keying
|
bpi
|
bits per inch
bytes per inch
|
b/s (formerly
“bpi”)
|
bits per second
|
b/in (formerly “bps”)
|
bits per inch
|
BPSK
|
binary phase-shift keying
|
BPSS
|
basic packet switched service
|
BR
|
bit rate
|
BRAN
|
broadband radio access networks
|
BRI
|
basic rate interface
|
BS
|
base station
|
BSA
|
basic serving arrangement
|
BSBH
|
busy season busy hour
|
BSE
|
basic service element
basic serving element
|
BSI
|
British Standards Institution
|
B6ZS
|
bipolar with six-zero substitution
|
BSM
|
backward setup message
|
BSN
|
backward sequence number
|
BSNR
|
backward sequence number received
|
BSNT
|
backward sequence number of next signal unit to be
transmitted
|
BSP
|
Bell System Practices
|
BSS
|
base station system
basic service set
|
B3ZS
|
bipolar with three-zero substitution
|
BTN
|
billed telephone number
billing telephone number
|
BW
|
bandwidth
|
c
|
centi (10-2)
|
CA
|
communications assets
|
CACS
|
centralized alarm control system
|
CAD
|
call denial
computer-aided design
computer-aided drafting
|
CAG
|
combined access group
|
CAI
|
common air interface
|
CAISS
|
common air interfaces for satellite systems
|
CAM
|
computer-aided manufacturing
|
CAMA
|
centralized automatic message accounting
|
CAN
|
cancel character
|
CAP
|
competitive access provider
customer administration panel
|
CARS
|
cable television relay service [station]
|
CAS
|
centralized attendant services
call associated signaling
|
CASE
|
computer-aided software engineering
computer-assisted software engineering
|
CATLAS
|
centralized automatic trouble locating and analysis system
|
CATV
|
cable TV
community antenna television
|
CB
|
citizens band
|
CBA
|
changeback-acknowledgment signal
|
CBAN
|
Centrex billing account number
|
CBD
|
changeback-declaration signal
|
CBMS
|
computer based messaging system
|
CBN
|
common bonding network
|
CBX
|
computer branch exchange
|
CC
|
connection confirm
country code
|
CCBS
|
completion of calls to busy subscribers
|
CCC
|
clear channel capability
|
C2
|
command and control
|
C3
|
command, control and communications
|
C3CM
|
C3countermeasures
|
C3I
|
command, control, communications and intelligence
|
CCA
|
carrier-controlled approach
|
CCD
|
charge-coupled device
|
CCH
|
connections per circuit per hour
|
CCIF
|
International Telephone Consultative Committee [a
predecessor to the CCITT]
|
CIP
|
critical infrastructure protection
|
CCIR
|
International Radio Consultative Committee
|
CCIS
|
common-channel interoffice signaling
|
CCIT
|
International Telegraph Consultative Committee [a
predecessor to the CCITT]
|
CCITT
|
International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative
Committee {now ITU-T}
|
CCL
|
continuous communications link
|
CCMDS
|
common channel multipoint distribution system
|
CCO
|
continuity check outgoing
|
CC-PIC
|
customer changeable primary interexchange carrier
|
CCS
|
hundred call-seconds
common channel signaling
|
CCSA
|
common control switching arrangement
|
CCS7
|
common channel signaling System #7
|
CCTV
|
closed-circuit television
|
CCW
|
cable cutoff wavelength
|
cd
|
candela
|
CD
|
collision detection, compact disk
|
CDA
|
call data accumulator
|
CDF
|
combined distribution frame
cumulative distribution function
|
CDMA
|
code-division multiple access
|
CDO
|
community dial office
|
CDPD
|
cellular digital packet data
|
CDPSK
|
coherent differential phase-shift keying
|
CDR
|
call detail recording
|
CD ROM
|
compact disk read-only memory
|
CDT
|
call data transmitter
control data terminal
|
CDU
|
central display unit
|
CE
|
connection endpoint
|
C-E
|
communications-electronics
|
CEF
|
cable entrance facility
|
CEI
|
comparably efficient interconnection
connection endpoint identifier
|
CELP
|
code-excited linear prediction
|
CEP
|
circular error probable
|
CEPT
|
Conference Europeennes des Administrations des Postes et
des Telecommunications
|
CESID
|
caller’s emergency service ID
|
CFA
|
carrier facility assignment
connecting facility assignment
|
CFE
|
contractor-furnished equipment
|
CFL
|
call failure
|
CGAP
|
call gapping interval
|
CGB
|
circuit group blocking acknowledgment message
|
CGC
|
congestion control
|
cgs
|
centimeter-gram-second
|
CGH
|
charging message
|
CHOK
|
choke network
|
ChR
|
channel reliability
|
CI
|
customer installation
|
CIAS
|
circuit inventory and analysis system
|
CIC
|
carrier identification code
circuit identification code
content indicator code
|
CIF
|
common intermediate format
|
CIFAX
|
ciphered facsimile
|
CIGRR
|
common interest group on rating and routing
|
CINC
|
commander-in-chief
|
ciphony
|
ciphered telephony
|
CiR
|
circuit reliability
|
CITEL
|
Inter-American Telecommunications Commission
|
CK
|
check bit
|
CKLT
|
circuit link test
|
C/kT
|
carrier-to-receiver noise density
|
CKTACT
|
circuit activity
|
CKTID
|
circuit identification number
|
CL
|
connectionless
|
CLASS
|
custom local area signaling service
|
CLC
|
Carriers Liaison Committee
|
CLEI
|
common language equipment identification
|
CLNS
|
connectionless network service
|
CLP
|
cell loss priority (bit)
|
cm
|
centimeter
|
CMDF
|
combined main distributing frame
combined main distribution frame
|
CMDS
|
centralized message data system
|
CMI
|
coded mark inversion
|
CMIP
|
Common Management Information Protocol
|
CMIS
|
common management information service
|
CMOS
|
complementary metal oxide substrate
|
CMR
|
call modification request message
|
CMRR
|
common-mode rejection ratio
|
CMRS
|
Commercial Mobile Radio Service
|
CMS
|
call management system
|
CNC
|
concentrator
|
CNCC
|
customer network control center
|
CNI
|
calling number identification
|
CNP
|
connection-not-possible signal
|
CNR
|
carrier-to-noise ratio
combat-net radio
|
CNS
|
complementary network service
connection-not-successful signal
|
C.O.
|
central office
connection oriented
|
COAM
|
customer owned and maintained equipment
|
coax
|
coaxial cable
|
COBOL
|
common business oriented language
|
codec
|
coder-decoder
|
COG
|
centralized ordering group
|
COMINT
|
communications intelligence
|
COMJAM
|
communications jamming
|
compandor
|
compressor-expander
|
COMPUSEC
|
computer security
|
COMSAT
|
Communications Satellite Corporation
|
COMSEC
|
communications security
|
CONEX
|
connectivity exchange
|
CONUS
|
Continental United States
|
COP
|
Committee of Principals
|
COR
|
Council of Representatives
|
COT
|
customer office terminal
continuity message
|
COTS
|
commercial off-the-shelf
|
CPAS
|
cellular priority access services
cellular priority access system
|
CPC
|
call processing control
calling party category
circuit provision center
|
CPE
|
customer premises equipment
|
cpi
|
characters per inch
|
cpm
|
counts per minute
|
CPNI
|
calling party number identification
|
cps
|
characters per second
cycles per second [deprecated]
|
CPU
|
central processing unit
communications processor unit
|
C/R
|
command/response field bit
|
CR
|
channel reliability
circuit reliability
connection request
|
CRC
|
cyclic redundancy check
|
CRITICOM
|
Critical Intelligence Communications
|
CROM
|
control read-only memory
|
CRR
|
customer requested routing
circuit reset reception
|
CRT
|
cathode-ray tube
|
CRTS
|
cellular radio telecommunications service
|
c/s
|
cycles per second [deprecated]
|
CSA
|
Canadian Standards Association
|
CSC
|
circuit-switching center
common signaling channel
|
CSES
|
consecutive severely errored seconds
|
CSMA
|
carrier sense multiple access
|
CSMA/CA
|
carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance
|
CSMA/CD
|
carrier sense multiple access with collision detection
|
CST
|
connection setup time
|
CSU
|
channel service unit
customer service unit
|
CTIA
|
Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association
|
CTN
|
cut-through operation
|
CTS
|
clear to send
|
CTX
|
Centrex ® [service]
clear to transmit
|
CUG
|
closed user group
|
CVD
|
chemical vapor deposition
|
CVSD
|
continuously variable slope delta [modulation]
|
cw
|
carrier wave
continuous wave
|
CX
|
composite signaling
|
cxr
|
carrier
|
D*
|
specific detectivity
|
d
|
deci (101)
|
DA
|
directory
directory assistance
|
D()
|
dispersion coefficient
|
da
|
deka (10)
|
D-A
|
digital-to-analog
digital-to-analog converter
|
D/L
|
downlink
|
DACS
|
digital access and cross-connect system
|
DAI
|
dial address incoming
|
DAO
|
dial address outgoing
|
DAMA
|
demand assignment multiple access
|
D-AMPS
|
digital advanced mobile phone system
|
DARPA
|
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency [formerly
ARPA]
|
dB
|
decibel
|
dBa
|
decibels adjusted
|
dBa(F1A)
|
noise power measured by a set with F1A-line weighting
|
dBa(HA1)
|
noise power measured by a set with HA1-receiver weighting
|
dBa0
|
noise power measured at zero transmission level point
|
DBAS
|
database administration system
|
dBc
|
dB relative to carrier power
|
dBm
|
dB referred to 1 milliwatt
|
dBm(psoph)
|
noise power in dBm measured by a set with psophometric
weighting
|
DBMS
|
database management system
|
dBmV
|
dB referred to 1 millivolt across 75 ohms
|
dBm0
|
noise power in dBm referred to or measured at 0TLP
|
dBm0p
|
noise power in dBm0 measured by a psophometric or noise
measuring set having psophometric weighting
|
dBr
|
power difference in dB between any point and a reference
point
|
dBrn
|
dB above reference noise
|
dBrnC
|
noise power in dBrn measured by a set with C-message
weighting
|
dBrnC0
|
noise power in dBrnC referred to or measured at 0TLP
|
dBrn(f1-f2)
|
flat noise power in dBrn
|
dBrn(144-line)
|
noise power in dBrn measured by a set with 144-line
weighting
|
DBSN
|
direct broadcast satellite network
|
dBv
|
dB relative to 1 V (volt) peak-to-peak
|
dBW
|
dB referred to 1 W (watt)
|
dBx
|
dB above reference coupling
|
dc
|
direct current
|
DC
|
disconnect code
|
DCA
|
Defense Communications Agency (now DISA)
|
DCE
|
data circuit-terminating equipment
digital channel equipment
|
DCF
|
data communication function
|
DCL
|
direct communications link
|
DCM
|
digital carrier module
|
DCN
|
data communications network
|
DCP
|
data collection processor
duplex central processor
|
DCPSK
|
differentially coherent phase-shift keying
|
DCS
|
Defense Communications System
|
DCT
|
digital carrier trunk
|
DCTN
|
Defense Commercial Telecommunications Network
|
DCWV
|
direct-current working volts
|
DDD
|
direct distance dialing
|
DDN
|
Defense Data Network
|
DDS
|
digital data service
digital data system
|
DEL
|
delete character
|
demarc
|
demarcation point
|
demux
|
demultiplex
demultiplexing
|
dequeue
|
double-ended queue
|
DES
|
Data Encryption Standard
|
detem
|
detector/emitter
|
DEW
|
Distant Early Warning (Line)
|
DFI
|
digital facility interface
|
DFSK
|
double-frequency shift keying
|
DIA
|
Defense Intelligence Agency
|
DIC
|
digital interface controller
|
DID
|
direct inward dialing
|
DIF
|
digital interface frame
|
DIG
|
digital integrity group
|
DIN
|
Deutsches Institut für Normung
|
DIP
|
dual in-line package
|
DIS
|
Draft International Standard
|
DISA
|
Defense Information Systems Agency {formerly DCA}
|
DISC
|
disconnect
disconnect command
|
DISN
|
Defense Information System Network
|
DISNET
|
Defense Integrated Secure Network
|
DIT
|
directory information tree
|
DIU
|
digital interface unit
|
DLA
|
Defense Logistic Agency
|
DLC
|
digital loop carrier
Data Link control (layer)
|
DLCI
|
data link connection identifier
|
DLY DL
|
delay dial
|
DLE
|
data link escape character
|
DLP
|
Data Link protocol
|
DL TU
|
digital line / trunk unit
|
DM
|
degraded minute
delta modulation
disconnect(ed) mode
|
DMA
|
Defense Mapping Agency
direct memory access
|
DME
|
distance measuring equipment
|
DMS
|
Defense Message System
|
DNA
|
Defense Nuclear Agency
|
DNHR
|
dynamic nonhierarchical routing
|
DNI
|
destination network identification
|
DNIC
|
data network identification code
|
DNPA
|
data numbering plan area
|
DNS
|
Domain Name System
|
DO
|
design objective
|
DoC
|
Department of Commerce
|
DOC
|
dynamic overload control
|
DOD
|
Department of Defense
direct outward dialing
|
DODD
|
Department of Defense Directive
|
DODISS
|
Department of Defense Index of Specifications and
Standards
|
DOD-STD
|
Department of Defense Standard
|
DOJ
|
Department of Justice
|
DOS
|
Department of State
|
DOT
|
Department of Transportation
|
DOV
|
data over voice
|
DP
|
demarcation point
dial pulse
|
DPCM
|
differential pulse-code modulation
|
DPSK
|
differential phase-shift keying
|
DQDB
|
distributed-queue dual-bus [network]
|
DQPSK
|
differential quadrature phase-shift keying
|
DR
|
data receive
|
DRAM
|
dynamic random access memory
|
DRS
|
delayed release signal
|
DRSI
|
destination station routing indicator
|
DS
|
data speed
digital signal
direct support
|
DS0
|
digital signal 0
|
DS1
|
digital signal 1
|
DS1C
|
digital signal 1C
|
DS2
|
digital signal 2
|
DS3
|
digital signal 3
|
DS4
|
digital signal 4
|
DSA
|
dial service assistance
|
DSAM
|
double-sided amplitude modulation
|
DSB
|
double-sideband [transmission]
Defense Science Board
|
DSB-RC
|
double-sideband reduced carrier transmission
|
DSB-SC
|
double-sideband suppressed-carrier transmission
|
DSC
|
digital selective calling
|
DSCS
|
Defense Satellite Communications System
|
DSDC
|
direct services dialing capability
|
DSE
|
data switching exchange
|
DSI
|
digital speech interpolation
|
DSL
|
digital subscriber line
|
DSN
|
Defense Switched Network
|
DSn
|
digital signal, level n
|
DSP
|
digital signal processing
|
DSR
|
data signaling rate
|
DSS
|
data station selector
direct station selection
|
DSSCS
|
Defense Special Service Communications System
|
DS-SMF
|
dispersion-shifted single-mode fiber
|
DSSR
|
digital short range radio
|
DSSS
|
direct sequence spread spectrum
|
DSTE
|
data subscriber terminal equipment
|
DSU
|
data service unit
|
DSX-n
|
digital signal cross connect, level n
|
DTE
|
data terminal equipment
digital terminating equipment
|
DTG
|
date time group
|
DTMF
|
dual-tone multifrequency [signaling]
|
DTN
|
data transmission network
|
DTO
|
dial tone office
|
DTRS
|
digital trunked radio system
|
DTS
|
Diplomatic Telecommunications Service
|
DTU
|
data transfer unit
digital transmission unit
digroup terminal unit
direct to user
|
DU
|
data unit
|
DUP
|
data user part
|
DUV
|
data under voice
|
DVL
|
direct voice link
|
DWDM
|
dense-wavelength division multiplexing
|
DXE
|
[See DCE] data circuit-terminating equipment
[See DCE] data circuit terminal equipment
|
DX signaling
|
direct current signaling
duplex signaling
|
E
|
exa (1018)
|
E911
|
enhanced 911 (emergency service)
|
EA
|
equal access
expedited data acknowledgment message
extended address field bit
|
EAS
|
extended area service
|
EBCDIC
|
extended binary coded decimal interchange code
|
Eb/N0
|
signal energy per bit per hertz of thermal noise
|
EBO
|
embedded base organization
|
EBS
|
Emergency Broadcast System
|
EBX
|
electronic branch exchange
|
EC
|
Earth coverage
Earth curvature
exchange carrier
|
ECA
|
emergency changeover acknowledgement signal
|
ECC
|
electronically controlled coupling
enhance call completion
|
ECCKT
|
exchange company cirtuit ID
|
ECCM
|
electronic counter-countermeasures
|
ECM
|
electronic countermeasures
emergency changeover message
|
ECO
|
emergency changeover order signal
|
ECPT
|
electronic coin public telephone
|
ECSA
|
Exchange Carrier Standards Association [now ATIS]
|
ECT
|
exchange carrier tandem
|
ED
|
expedited data
|
EDA
|
electronic directory assistance
|
EDC
|
error detection and correction
|
EDI
|
electronic data interchange
|
EDP
|
electronic data processing
|
EDTV
|
extended-definition television
|
EE
|
equipment engineering
electrical engineering
|
EEI
|
equipment-to-equipment interface
|
EF
|
extended frame
errored frame
|
EHF
|
extremely high frequency
|
EIA
|
Electronic Industries Association
|
eirp
|
effective isotropically radiated power
equivalent isotropically radiated power
|
800DB
|
800 Data Base
|
EIS
|
Emergency Information System
|
EIT
|
encoded information type
|
el
|
elevation
|
ELECTRO-OPTINT
|
electro-optical intelligence
|
ELF
|
extremely low frequency
|
ELINT
|
electronics intelligence
electromagnetic intelligence
|
ELSEC
|
electronics security
|
ELT
|
emergency locator transmitter
|
e-mail, E-mail, email
|
electronic mail
|
EMC
|
electromagnetic compatibility
|
EMCON
|
emission control
|
EMD
|
equilibrium mode distribution
|
EME
|
electromagnetic environment
|
emf
|
electromotive force
|
EMI
|
electromagnetic interference
electromagnetic interference control
|
EMI/EMC
|
electromagnetic interference and compatibility
|
EML
|
expected measurement loss
|
EMP
|
electromagnetic pulse
|
EMR
|
electromagnetic radiation
|
EMR hazards
|
electromagnetic radiation hazards
|
e.m.r.p.
|
effective monopole radiated power
equivalent monopole radiated power
|
EMS
|
electronic message system
|
EMSEC
|
emanations security
|
emu
|
electromagnetic unit
|
EMV
|
electromagnetic vulnerability
|
EMW
|
electromagnetic warfare
electromagnetic wave
|
ENQ
|
enquiry character
|
EO
|
end office
|
E.O.
|
Executive Order
|
EOA&M
|
engineering, operations, administration, and maintenance
|
EOC
|
embedded operations channel
|
EOD
|
end of data
|
EOF
|
end of file
|
EOL
|
end of line
|
EOM
|
end of message
|
EOP
|
end of program
end output
|
EOS
|
end-of-selection character
|
EOT
|
end-of-transmission character
end of tape
|
EOW
|
engineering orderwire
|
EPL
|
electronic switching system programming language
|
EPROM
|
erasable programmable read-only memory
|
EPSCS
|
enhanced private switched communications system
|
ERL
|
echo return loss
|
ER link
|
emergency response link
|
ERP, e.r.p.
|
effective radiated power
|
ERR
|
protocol data unit error
|
ES
|
end system
errored second
expert system
|
ESC
|
escape character
enhanced satellite capability
|
ESF
|
extended superframe
|
ESM
|
electronic warfare support measures
|
ESMR
|
enhanced specialized mobile radio
|
ESP
|
enhanced service provider
|
ESS
|
electronic switching system
|
ET
|
exchange termination
|
ETB
|
end-of-transmission-block character
|
ETGC
|
Exchange Telephone Group Committee
|
ETS
|
electronic tandem switching
electronic translator system
|
ETSI
|
European Telecommunications Standards Institute
|
ETX
|
end-of-text character
|
EU
|
end user
|
EW
|
electronic warfare
|
EXCSA
|
Exchange Carriers Standards Association
facility accepted message
|
f
|
femto (10-15)
|
f
|
frequency
|
F
|
farads (capacitance)
|
FAA
|
Federal Aviation Administration
|
FACS
|
facilities assignment and control system
|
FADU
|
file access data unit
|
FAQ file
|
Frequently Asked Questions file
|
FAX
|
facsimile
|
FC
|
functional component
facility code
|
FCAP
|
facility capability
facility capacity
|
FCC
|
Federal Communications Commission
|
FCM
|
flow control message(s)
|
FCS
|
frame check sequence
|
FDDI
|
fiber distributed data interface
|
FDDI-2
|
fiber distributed data interface-2
|
FDHM
|
full duration at half maximum
|
FDM
|
frequency-division multiplex(ing)
|
FDMA
|
frequency-division multiple access
|
FDT
|
frame due time
|
FDX
|
full duplex
|
FEBE
|
far end block error
|
FEC
|
forward error correction
|
FECC
|
Federal Emergency Communications Coordinators
|
FED-STD
|
Federal Standard
|
FEMA
|
Federal Emergency Management Agency
|
FEP
|
front-end processor
|
FEPS
|
facility and equipment planning system
|
FET
|
field effect transistor
|
FERF
|
far-end receive failure
|
FIB
|
forward indicator bit
|
FIC
|
facility interface code
|
FID
|
field identifier
|
FIFO
|
first-in, first-out
|
FIP
|
facility interface processor
Federal Information Processing
|
FIPS
|
Federal Information Processing Standards
|
FIR
|
finite impulse response
|
FIRMR
|
Federal Information Resources Management Regulations
|
FISINT
|
foreign instrumentation signals intelligence
|
FISU
|
fill-in signal unit
|
5ESS
|
#5 Electronic Switching System
|
flops
|
floating-point operations per second
style="mso-spacerun: yes">
|
FLMPTS
|
Future Public Land Mobile Telecommunication Systems
|
FLTSATCOM
|
Fleet Satellite Communications
|
FM
|
frequency modulation
|
FO
|
fiber optics
|
FOC
|
final operational capability
full operational capability
fiber optics communications
|
FOCC
|
Fiber Optics Coordinating Committee
|
FOT
|
forward-transfer message
frequency of optimum traffic
frequency of optimum transmission
|
FPDU
|
frame relaying protocol data unit
|
FPGA
|
field programmable gate array
|
FPIS
|
forward propagation ionospheric scatter
|
ft/min
|
feet per minute
|
fps
|
foot-pound-second
|
FPS
|
frames per second
focus projection and scanning
|
FRJ
|
facility reject message
|
FRP
|
Federal Response Plan
|
FSDPSK
|
filtered symmetric differential phase-shift keying
|
FSDU
|
frame relaying service data unit
|
FSK
|
frequency-shift keying
|
FSN
|
forward sequence number
|
FSNR
|
forward sequence number received
|
FSNX
|
forward sequence number expected
|
FSS
|
Fixed Satellite Service
fully separate subsidiary
|
FT
|
fiber optic T-carrier
|
FTAM
|
file transfer, access, and management
|
FTF
|
Federal Telecommunications Fund
|
FTR
|
Federal Telecommunications Recommendation
|
ft/s
|
feet per second
|
FTS
|
Federal Telecommunications System
Federal Telecommunications Service
|
FTS2000
|
Federal Telecommunications System 2000
|
FTSC
|
Federal Telecommunications Standards Committee
|
FTSP
|
Federal Telecommunication Standards Program
|
FTP
|
file transfer protocol
|
FWHM
|
full width at half maximum
|
FX
|
fixed service
foreign exchange
foreign exchange service
|
FX OPER
|
foreign exchange trunk operation
|
g
|
profile parameter
|
G
|
giga (109)
|
GAN
|
global area network
|
GAS
|
special autonomous group
|
GBH
|
group busy hour
|
GCT
|
Greenwich Civil Time
|
GDF
|
group distribution frame
|
GEO
|
Geostationary Earth orbit
Geosynchronous Earth orbit
|
GETS
|
Government Emergency Telecommunications Service
|
GFE
|
Government-furnished equipment
|
GGCL
|
government-to-government communications link
|
GHz
|
gigahertz
|
GII
|
Global Information Infrastructure
|
GMT
|
Greenwich Mean Time
|
GND
|
ground
|
GOS
|
grade of service
|
GOSIP
|
Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile
|
GOTS
|
government (-developed) off-the-shelf
|
GRP MOD
|
group modulation
|
GRS
|
reset circuit group message
|
GSA
|
General Services Administration
|
GSM
|
global system for mobile communications
|
GSTN
|
general switched telephone network
|
G/T
|
antenna gain-to-noise-temperature
|
GTP
|
Government Telecommunications Program
|
GTS
|
Government Telecommunications System
|
GUI
|
graphical user interface
|
h
|
hecto (102)
Henry (inductance)
Planck's constant
|
HALO
|
high-altitude, long operation
|
HAPS
|
high-altitude platform station
|
HBA
|
hardware group blocking acknowledgment signal
|
HBUR
|
hardware blocking/unblocking reception
|
HBUS
|
hardware blocking/unblocking sending
|
HCS
|
hard clad silica [fiber]
|
HCSDS
|
high-capacity satellite digital service
|
HCTDS
|
high-capacity terrestrial digital service
|
HDLC
|
high-level data link control
|
HDTV
|
high-definition television
|
HDX
|
half-duplex [operation]
|
HE11mode
|
the fundamental hybrid mode [of an optical fiber]
|
HEMP
|
high-altitude electromagnetic pulse
|
HEO
|
highly elliptical Earth orbit
|
HERF
|
hazards of electromagnetic radiation to fuel
|
HERO
|
hazards of electromagnetic radiation to ordnance
|
HERP
|
hazards of electromagnetic radiation to personnel
|
HF
|
high frequency
human factors
|
HFDF
|
high-frequency distribution frame
|
HGA
|
hardware carrier group alarm
|
HGB
|
hardware group blocking signal
|
HGU
|
hardware group unblocking signal
|
HIPERLAN
|
high-performance radio local area network
|
HLL
|
high-level language
|
HML
|
hunting multiline group number
|
HPC
|
high probability of completion
|
HPF
|
hunting preferential list
|
HSD
|
high-speed data
|
HSSDS
|
high-speed switched digital service
|
HU
|
high usage
|
HV
|
high voltage
|
Hz
|
hertz
|
I
|
current (amperes)
information
|
IA
|
International Alphabet [CCITT]
|
IAC
|
initial alignment control
|
IAM
|
initial address message
|
IAPP
|
inter-access point protocol
|
I&C
|
installation and checkout
|
IBOC
|
in band, on-channel
|
IC
|
integrated circuit
interexchange carrier (also “IXC”)
|
ICAN
|
individual circuit analysis
|
ICC
|
incoming trunk circuit,
Interstate Commerce Commission
|
ICCF
|
Industry Carriers Compatibility Forum
|
ICI
|
incoming call identification
|
ICIC
|
Interexchange Carrier Industry Committee
|
ICN
|
international closed user group number
|
ICNI
|
integrated communications, navigation, and identification
|
ICSC
|
Interexchange Customer Service Center
|
ICT
|
interexchange carrier tandem
|
ICW
|
interrupted continuous wave
|
ID
|
identification
identifier
identity
|
IDDD
|
International Direct Distance Dialing
|
IDF
|
intermediate distribution frame
intermediate distributing frame
|
IDL
|
interface definition language
|
IDN
|
integrated digital network
|
IDTV
|
improved-definition television
|
IEC
|
International Electrotechnical Commission
|
IEEE
|
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
|
IES
|
Industry Executive Subcommittee
|
IF
|
intermediate frequency
|
I/F
|
interface
|
IF1…IF6
|
interface 1…interface 6
|
IFF
|
identification, friend or foe
|
IFIP
|
International Federation for Information Processing
|
IFRB
|
International Frequency Registration Board (now
Radio Regulations Board )
|
IFRPS
|
Intercity Facility Relief Planning System
|
IFS
|
ionospheric forward scatter
|
IFx
|
interface configuration x
|
IILC
|
Information Industry Liaison Committee
|
IIR
|
infinite impulse response
|
IITF
|
Information Infrastructure Task Force
|
ILD
|
injection laser diode
|
ILS
|
instrument landing system
|
IM
|
intensity modulation
intermodulation
interface module
|
IMA
|
individual mobilization augmentee
|
I&M
|
installation and maintenance
|
IMD
|
intermodulation distortion
|
IMP
|
interface message processor
|
IN
|
intelligent network
|
IN/1, IN/1+, IN/2
|
intelligent network concepts [versions 1, 1+, 2]
|
INC
|
Industry Numbering Committee
international exchange carrier
international carrier
|
INF
|
information message
|
INFOSEC
|
information systems security
|
INR
|
information request message
|
INS
|
inertial navigation system
|
INTELSAT
|
International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium
|
INWATS
|
Inward Wide-Area Telephone Service
|
I/O
|
input/output [device]
|
IOC
|
integrated optical circuit
input-output controller
|
IOP
|
input/output processor
|
IP
|
Internet protocol
intelligent peripheral
interpersonal
|
IPA
|
intermediate power amplifier
|
IPC
|
information processing center
|
IPM
|
impulses per minute
interference prediction model
interpersonal message
interruptions per minute
|
IPMS
|
interpersonal messaging system
|
IPN
|
interpersonal notification
|
IPRC
|
Intellectual Property Rights Committee
|
IPTF
|
Infrastructure Protection Task Force
|
in/s
|
inches per second
|
ips
|
interruptions per second
|
IPX
|
Internet Packet Exchange
|
IQF
|
intrinsic quality factor
|
IR
|
infrared
|
IRAC
|
Interdepartment Radio Advisory Committee
|
IRC
|
international record carrier
Interagency Radio Committee
|
IS
|
international standard
interim standard
|
ISB
|
independent-sideband [transmission]
|
ISDN
|
Integrated Services Digital Network
|
ISL
|
intersatellite link
|
ISM
|
industrial, scientific, and medical (applications)
|
ISO
|
International Organization for Standardization
|
ISP
|
Internet service provider
|
ISSI
|
inter-RF subsystem interface
|
ISUP
|
Integrated Services Digital Network user part
integrated services user part
|
IT
|
integrated test
inactivity test
information technology
|
ITA
|
International Telegraph Alphabet
|
ITA-5
|
International Telegraph Alphabet Number 5
|
ITC
|
International Teletraffic Congress
independent telephone company
|
ITM
|
installation, testing, and maintenance
|
ITS
|
intelligent transportation system
Institute for Telecommunication Sciences
|
ITSO
|
International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
|
ITU
|
International Telecommunication Union
|
I2
|
Next Generation Internet
(also abbreviated “NGI”)
|
IVDT
|
integrated voice data terminal
|
IXC
|
interexchange carrier
|
JANAP
|
Joint Army-Navy-Air Force Publication(s)
|
JCS
|
Joint Chiefs of Staff
|
JMX
|
jumbo group multiplex
|
jpeg
|
Joint Photographic Experts Group (file format)
|
JS
|
jack status
|
JSC
|
Joint Steering Committee [now JTSSG]
Joint Spectrum Center
|
JTC
|
Joint Technical Committee
|
JTC3A
|
Joint Tactical Command, Control and Communications Agency
|
JTIDS
|
Joint Tactical Information Distribution System
|
JTRB
|
Joint Telecommunications Resources Board
|
JTRS
|
Joint Tactical Radio System
|
JTSCC
|
Joint Telecommunications Standards Coordinating Committee
|
JTSSG
|
Joint Telecommunications Standards Steering Group [formerly
JSC]
|
k
|
kilo (103)
Boltzmann's constant
|
K
|
coefficient of absorption
kelvin
|
kb (or “Kbit”)
|
1000 bits (kilobit)
|
kb/s, or kbps
|
kilobits per second
|
KDC
|
key distribution center
|
KDR
|
keyboard data recorder
|
KDT
|
keyboard display terminal
|
kg
|
kilogram
|
kg•m•s
|
kilogram-meter-second
|
kHz
|
kilohertz (1000
Hz)
|
km
|
kilometer
|
k, k
|
kilohm
|
KP
|
keypulse
|
KSR
|
keyboard send/receive device
|
kT
|
noise power density
|
KTS
|
key telephone system
|
KTU
|
key telephone unit
|
|
wavelength
|
CO
|
cutoff wavelength
|
L1
|
level 1, Layer 1 (physical/electrical interface)
|
L2
|
level 2, Layer 2 (signaling link functions)
|
L3
|
level 3, Layer 3 (signaling network functions)
|
L4
|
level 4 (ISDN user part)
|
LAC
|
loop assignment center
|
LADT
|
local area data transport
|
LAMA
|
local automatic message accounting
|
LAN
|
local area network
|
LAP-B
|
Data Link Layer protocol [CCITT Recommendation X.25 (1989)]
local access protocol, balanced
|
LAP-D
|
link access procedure D
link access protocol – D channel
|
laser
|
light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
|
LASINT
|
laser intelligence
|
LATA
|
local access and transport area
|
LBO
|
line buildout
|
LBS
|
load balance system
|
LC
|
limited capability
|
LCD
|
liquid crystal display
|
LCIE
|
lightguide cable interconnection equipment
|
LCN
|
local communication network
|
LD
|
long distance
|
LDM
|
limited distance modem
|
LEC
|
local exchange carrier
local exchange companies
|
LED
|
light-emitting diode
|
LEGACT
|
leg activity
|
LEO
|
low Earth orbit
|
LERG
|
local exchange routing guide
|
LF
|
low frequency
line finder
|
LFB
|
look-ahead-for-busy [information]
|
LIDB
|
line information data base
|
LIFO
|
last-in, first-out
|
LLC
|
logical link control [sublayer]
|
LLN
|
line link network
|
LLSC
|
link set control
|
l/m
|
lines per minute
|
LMCS
|
local multipoint communications system
|
LMDS
|
local multipoint distribution system
|
LMF
|
language media format
|
LMMS
|
local message metering system
|
LMR
|
land mobile radio
|
LNA
|
launch numerical aperture
|
LOCAP
|
low capacitance
|
LOF
|
lowest operating frequency
|
loran
|
long-range aid to navigation system
long-range radio aid to navigation system
|
LOS
|
line of sight
loss of signal
|
LP
|
linearly polarized [mode]
log-periodic [array]
|
LPA
|
linear power amplifier,
loop-back acknowledgment message
|
LPC
|
linear predictive coding
|
LPD
|
low probability of detection
|
LPI
|
low probability of interception
|
lpi
|
lines per inch
|
lpm
|
lines per minute
|
LP01
|
the fundamental mode (of an optical fiber)
|
LQA
|
link quality analysis
|
LRAP
|
long route analysis program
|
LRC
|
longitudinal redundancy check
|
LRS
|
line repeater station
|
LS
|
line side
|
LSAC
|
signaling link activity control
|
LSB
|
lower sideband,
least significant bit
|
LSC
|
link state control
|
LSDA
|
signaling data link allocation
|
LSI
|
large scale integrated [circuit]
line status indication
|
LSLA
|
signaling link activation
|
LSLD
|
signaling link deactivation
|
LSLR
|
signaling link restoration
|
LSO
|
local serving office
|
LSS
|
local switching system
|
LSSU
|
link status signal unit
|
LSTA
|
signaling terminal allocation
|
LT
|
the physical termination of the DSL at the network end
|
LTC
|
line traffic coordinator
|
LTE
|
line terminating equipment
|
LTF
|
lightwave terminating frame
|
LUA
|
link uninhibit acknowledgment
|
LUN
|
link uninhibit message
|
LUF
|
lowest usable high frequency
|
LULT
|
line-unit-line termination
|
LUNT
|
line-unit-network termination
|
LV
|
low voltage
|
m
|
meter
milli (10-3)
|
M
|
mega (106)
maintenance
modifier function bit
|
mA
|
milliampere
|
MAC
|
medium access control [sublayer]
|
MACOM
|
major command
|
MAN
|
metropolitan area network
|
MAP
|
manufacturers' automation protocol
|
MAS
|
mass announcement system
|
maser
|
microwave amplification by the stimulated emission of
radiation
|
M[]
|
material dispersion coefficient
|
MAU
|
medium access unit
|
MB
|
message blocking
|
Mb/s also Mbps
|
megabits per second
|
MCC
|
maintenance control circuit
master control center
|
MCDN
|
microcellular data network
|
MCEB
|
Military Communications-Electronics Board
|
MCM
|
multicarrier modulation
|
MCS
|
Master Control System
|
MCW
|
modulated continuous wave
|
MCXO
|
microcomputer compensated crystal oscillator
|
MD
|
management domain
mediation device
|
MDF
|
main distribution frame
|
MDS
|
message distribution system,
multipoint distribution system
|
MDT
|
mean downtime
|
MECAB
|
multiple exchange carrier access billing
|
MEECN
|
Minimum Essential Emergency Communications Network
|
MEO
|
medium Earth orbit
|
MERCAST
|
merchant-ship broadcast system
|
MESSPROC
|
message processing
|
MET
|
multibutton electronic telephone
|
MF
|
medium frequency
multifrequency [signaling]
mediation function
|
MFD
|
mode field diameter
|
MFJ
|
Modification of Final Judgment
|
MFSK
|
multiple frequency-shift keying
|
MFT
|
metallic facility terminal
|
MGB
|
maintenance group blocking signal
|
MGT
|
mastergroup translator
|
MGU
|
maintenance group unblocking signal
|
MHF
|
medium high frequency
|
MHS
|
message handling service
message handling system
|
MHz
|
megahertz
|
mi
|
mile
|
MI
|
machine interface
|
MIC
|
machine interface code
medium interface connector
mutual interface chart
|
MII
|
mobile information infrastructure
|
MILNET
|
military network
|
MIL-STD
|
Military Standard
|
min
|
minute
|
MIP
|
medium interface point
|
MIPS, mips
|
million instructions per second
|
MIS
|
management information system
|
MKS
|
meter-kilogram-second
|
MLPP
|
multilevel precedence and preemption
|
MLH
|
multiline hunt
|
MLM
|
multilongitudinal mode
|
MLPP
|
multilevel precedence and preemption
|
MLT
|
mechanical loop testing
|
MMDS
|
multichannel multipoint distribution system
|
MMGT
|
multimastergroup translator
|
MMITS
|
modular, multifunctional information transfer system(s) [See
SDR Forum]
|
MMUC
|
minimum monthly usage charge
|
MMW
|
millimeter wave
|
MMX
|
mastergroup multiplex
|
MN
|
mobile node
|
modem
|
modulator-demodulator
|
modified AMI code
|
modified alternate mark inversion code
|
mol
|
mole
|
MOTIS
|
message-oriented text interchange system
|
MOU
|
minutes of use
|
mpeg
|
Motion Picture Experts Group
|
MPN
|
mode-partition noise
|
ms
|
millisecond (10-3second)
message store
|
MS
|
mobile station
|
MSA
|
metropolitan statistical area
|
MSB
|
most significant bit
|
MSC
|
media stimulated calling
mobile switching center
mobile services switching center
|
MSK
|
minimum-shift keying
|
MSS
|
Mobile Satellite Service
mobile satellite system
|
MSTM
|
maximum skew one-tenth maximum
|
MSU
|
message signal unit
|
MTA
|
message transfer agent
|
MTBF
|
mean time between failures
|
MTBM
|
mean time between maintenance
|
MTBO
|
mean time between outages
|
MTBPM
|
mean time between preventive maintenance
|
MTF
|
modulation transfer function
|
MTIE
|
maximum time interval error
|
MTP
|
message transfer part
|
MTS
|
message telecommunications service
message transfer system
|
MTSE
|
message transfer service element
|
MTSO
|
mobile telephone switching office
mobile telecommunications switching office
|
MTSR
|
mean time to service restoral
|
MTTR
|
mean time to repair
|
|
micro (10-6)
|
s
|
microsecond
|
MUA
|
maintenance group unblocking acknowledgment signal
|
MUF
|
maximum usable frequency
|
muldem
|
multiplexer/demultiplexer
|
MUX
|
multiplex
multiplexer
|
MUXing
|
multiplexing
|
mv
|
millivolt
|
mw
|
microwave
|
mW
|
milliwatt
|
MWI
|
message waiting indicator
|
MWV
|
maximum working voltage
|
n
|
nano (10-9)
refractive index
|
N.
|
numeric characters, 0-9
|
N0
|
sea level refractivity
spectral noise density
|
NA
|
numerical aperture
network aspects
|
NAC
|
network administration center
|
NACSEM
|
National Communications Security Emanation Memorandum
|
NACSIM
|
National Communications Security Information Memorandum
|
NAK (also “NACK)”
|
negative-acknowledge character
|
NANA
|
North American Numbering Administration
|
NANP
|
North American Numbering Plan
|
NANPA
|
North American Numbering Plan Administration
|
NASA
|
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
|
NASNA
|
National Association of State 9-1-1 Administrators
|
NASP
|
network application service part
|
NATA
|
North American Telecommunications Association
|
NA-TDMA
|
North American ― Time Division Multiple Access
|
NATO
|
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
|
NAVSTAR-GPS
|
Navigational Satellite Timing and Ranging ─ Global
Positioning System
|
NBEC
|
non-Bell exchange company
|
NBFM
|
narrowband frequency modulation
|
NBH
|
network busy hour
|
NBRVF
|
narrowband radio voice frequency
|
NBS
|
National Bureau of Standards [now NIST]
|
NBSV
|
narrowband secure voice
|
NC
|
network channel
network connection
no current
|
NCC
|
National Coordinating Center for Telecommunications
|
NCI
|
network channel interface (code)
|
NCP
|
network control point
network control processor
|
NCS
|
National Communications System
net control station
|
NCSC
|
National Communications Security Committee
|
NCTE
|
network channel terminating equipment
|
NDCC
|
network data collection center
|
NDCS
|
network data control system
|
NDER
|
National Defense Executive Reserve
|
NDIS
|
network driver interface specification
|
NEACP
|
National Emergency Airborne Command Post
|
NEC
|
National Electric Code ®
|
NECA
|
National Exchange Carrier Association
|
NEF
|
network element function
|
NEP
|
noise equivalent power
|
NES
|
noise equivalent signal
|
NETS
|
Nationwide Emergency Telecommunications Service
|
NF
|
noise figure
|
NFS
|
Network File System
|
NGI
|
Next Generation Internet
[also abbreviated I2]
|
NGSO
|
non-Geostationary orbit
|
NHN
|
nonhunting number
|
NI
|
network interface
number identification
|
NIC
|
network interface card
|
NICS
|
NATO Integrated Communications System
|
NID
|
network interface device
network information database
|
NII
|
National Information Infrastructure
|
NIOD
|
network inward/outward dialing
|
NIST
|
National Institute of Standards and Technology [formerly
NBS]
|
NIU
|
network interface unit
|
NLP
|
National Level Program
|
nm
|
nanometer
|
NMC
|
network management center
|
nmi
|
nautical mile
|
NNI
|
network node interface
|
NOC
|
network operations center
|
NOCS
|
network operations center system
|
NOD
|
network outward dialing
|
NOF
|
Network Operations Forum
|
NORGEN
|
network operations report generator
|
NOTIS
|
network operations trouble information system
|
NOW
|
number of WATS
|
Np
|
neper
|
NP
|
network pause
|
NPA
|
numbering plan area
|
NPCI
|
network protocol control information
|
NPN
|
network provided number
|
NPNB
|
no primary / no backup
|
NPR
|
noise power ratio
|
N(r)
|
receive sequence number
|
NRI
|
net radio interface
|
NRM
|
network resource manager
|
NRRC
|
Nuclear Risk Reduction Center
|
NRZ
|
non-return-to-zero
|
NRZI
|
non-return-to-zero inverted
|
NRZ-M
|
non-return-to-zero mark
|
NRZ-S
|
non-return-to-zero space
|
NRZ1
|
non-return-to-zero, change on ones
|
NRZ-1
|
non-return-to-zero mark
|
ns
|
nanosecond
|
N(s)
|
send sequence number
|
NSA
|
National Security Agency
|
NSC
|
National Security Council
network service center
|
NS/EP telecommunications
|
National Security / Emergency Preparedness
telecommunications
|
NSP
|
national signaling point
|
NSPMP
|
network switching performance measurement plan
|
NSTAC
|
National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee
|
NTCN
|
National Telecommunications Coordinating Network
|
NTMS
|
National Telecommunications Management Structure
|
NT
|
network termination
physical termination of the DSL at the user end
|
NT1
|
network termination 1
|
NT2
|
network termination 2
|
NTI
|
network terminating interface
|
NTIA
|
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
|
NTN
|
network terminal number
|
NTSC
|
National Television Standards Committee
National Television Standards Committee [standard]
|
NUL
|
null character
|
NVIS
|
near-vertical-incidence skywave
|
NXX
|
3-digit code identifying a central office exchange
|
O
|
operations
|
|
ohm
|
OAM
|
operations, administration and maintenance
|
OAMP
|
operations, administration, maintenance, and provisioning
|
O&M
|
operations and maintenance
|
OC
|
operating company
operations center
optical carrier
|
OC-1
|
optical carrier Level 1
|
OC-N
|
optical carrier Level N
|
OCC
|
other common carrier
|
OCE
|
other common carrier channel equipment
|
OCIS
|
online customer information system
|
OCM
|
office carrier module
|
OCR
|
optical character reader
optical character recognition
|
OCS
|
originating call screening
|
OCU
|
office channel unit
orderwire control unit
|
OCVCXO
|
oven controlled-voltage controlled crystal oscillator
|
OCXO
|
oven controlled crystal oscillator
|
OD
|
optical density
outpulsed digits
outside diameter
|
OEC
|
other exchange company
other exchange coordinator
|
OFC
|
optical fiber, conductive
|
OFCP
|
optical fiber, conductive, plenum
|
OFCR
|
optical fiber, conductive, riser
|
OFDM
|
orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
|
OFN
|
optical fiber, nonconductive
|
OFNP
|
optical fiber, nonconductive, plenum
|
OFNR
|
optical fiber, nonconductive, riser
|
OGC
|
outgoing trunk circuit
|
OI
|
optical interface
|
OMAP
|
operations, management, and administration part
|
OMB
|
Office of Management and Budget
|
OMEG
|
Operations and Maintenance Experts Group
|
ONA
|
open network architecture
|
ONI
|
operator umber identification
|
OPC
|
originating point code
|
OPDU
|
operation protocol data unit
|
opm
|
operations per minute
|
OPMODEL
|
operations model
|
OPS
|
off-premises station
operator services
|
OPSEC
|
operations security
|
OPX
|
off-premises extension
|
O/R
|
originator/recipient
|
OR
|
off-route service
off-route aeronautical mobile service
|
ORL
|
optical return loss
|
OS
|
operations system
|
OSC
|
oscillator
|
OSF
|
operations system function
|
OSHA
|
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
|
OSI
|
open switch interval
open switching interval
Open Systems Interconnection
|
OSI-RM
|
Open Systems Interconnection―Reference Model
|
OSP
|
operator service provider
|
OSRI
|
originating stations routing indicator
|
OSS
|
operator service system
operations support system
|
OSSN
|
originating stations serial number
|
OTAM
|
over-the-air management of automated HF network nodes
|
OTAR
|
over-the-air rekeying
|
OTC
|
operating telephone company
|
OTDR
|
optical time domain reflectometer
optical time domain reflectometry
|
OUTWATS
|
Outward Wide Area Telecommunications Service
|
OW
|
orderwire [circuit]
|
p
|
pico (10-12)
|
P
|
peta (1015)
provisioning
|
PABX
|
private automatic branch exchange
|
PACA-E
|
enhanced priority access and channel assignment
|
PACS
|
personal access communications system
|
PAD
|
packet assembler/disassembler
|
PAL
|
phase alternation by line
|
PAL-M
|
phase alternation by line―modified
|
PAM
|
pulse-amplitude modulation
pass along message
|
PAMA
|
pulse-address multiple access
|
p/a r
|
peak-to-average ratio
|
PAR
|
performance analysis and review
|
PARAMP
|
parametric amplifier
|
par meter
|
peak-to-average ratio meter
|
PAX
|
private automatic exchange
|
PBER
|
pseudo-bit-error-ratio
|
PBX
|
private branch exchange
|
PC
|
carrier power (of a radio transmitter)
personal computer
point code
|
PCAC
|
point code allowed control
|
PCB
|
power circuit breaker
printed circuit board
|
PCI
|
protocol control information
personal communications interface
|
PCM
|
pulse-code modulation
process control module
|
PCMCIA
|
Personal Computer Memory Card Industry Association
|
PCME
|
packetized circuit
multiplication equipment
|
PCN
|
Personal Communications Network
|
PCO
|
peg count and overflow
|
PCPC
|
point code prohibited control
|
PCR
|
preventive cyclic retransmission
|
PCS
|
Personal Communications Services
plastic-clad silica [fiber]
|
PCSR
|
parallel channels signaling rate
|
PD
|
photodetector
protocol discriminator
|
PDC
|
personal digital cellular
|
PDM
|
pulse delta modulation
pulse-duration modulation
|
PDN
|
public data network
|
PDS
|
protected distribution system
program data source
|
PDT
|
programmable data terminal
|
PDU
|
protocol data unit
|
PE
|
emergency proving period
peripheral equipment
phase-encoded [recording]
|
PEP
|
peak envelope power (of a radio transmitter)
|
pF
|
picofarad
|
PF
|
power factor
|
PFM
|
pulse-frequency modulation
|
PHS
|
personal handy phone system
|
PI
|
protection interval
|
PIC
|
plastic insulated cable
presubscribed interexchange carrier
|
PIN
|
personal identification number(s)
|
ping
|
packet Internet groper
|
PIV
|
peak inverse voltage
|
PLA
|
programmable logic array
|
PLL
|
phase-locked loop
|
PLN
|
private line network
|
PL/I
|
programming language 1
|
PLR
|
pulse link repeater
|
PLS
|
physical signaling sublayer
|
pm
|
phase modulation
|
PM
|
mean power
preventive maintenance
protocol machine
pulse modulation
|
PMB
|
pilot-make-busy [circuit]
|
PMO
|
program management office
|
PNNI
|
private network-to-network interface (signaling)
|
POC
|
point of contact
processor outage control
|
POI
|
point of interface
|
POP
|
point of presence
|
POSIX
|
Portable Operating System Interface for Computer
Environments
|
POT
|
point of termination
|
POTS
|
plain old telephone service
|
PP
|
polarization-preserving [optical fiber]
|
P-P
|
peak-to-peak [value]
|
P/P
|
point-to-point
|
PPDU
|
presentation protocol data unit
|
PPM
|
pulse-position modulation
|
pps
|
pulses per second
|
PR
|
pulse rate
|
PREMIS
|
premises information system
|
PRF
|
pulse-repetition frequency
|
PRESUB
|
presubscription
|
PRI
|
primary rate interface
|
PRILOC
|
primary location
|
PRM
|
pulse-rate modulation
|
PRMD
|
private management domain
|
PROM
|
programmable read-only memory
|
PROVINT
|
provisioning interval
|
PRR
|
pulse repetition rate
|
PRSL
|
primary area switch locator
|
PS
|
permanent signal
|
PSAP
|
public service answering point
presentation service access point
|
PSDN
|
public switched digital network
|
PSDS
|
public switch digital services
|
psi
|
pounds [force] per square inch
|
PSK
|
phase-shift keying
|
PSN
|
public switched network
|
PSPDN
|
public switched packet data network
|
p-static
|
precipitation static
|
PSTN
|
public switched telephone network
|
PSWAC
|
Public Safety Wireless Advisory Committee
|
PSWN
|
public safety wireless network
|
PTE
|
path terminating equipment
|
PTF
|
patch and test facility
|
PTM
|
pulse-time modulation
|
PTT
|
postal, telephone, and telegraph
push-to-talk [operation]
|
PTTC
|
paper tape transmission code
|
PTTI
|
precise time and time interval
|
PU
|
power unit
|
PUC
|
public utility commission
public utilities commission
|
PV
|
parameter value
|
PVC
|
permanent virtual circuit
polyvinyl chloride [insulation]
|
pW
|
picowatt
|
PWM
|
pulse-width modulation [deprecated]
|
pWp
|
picowatt, psophometrically weighted
|
pWp0
|
picowatts, relative to a 0TLP
|
PWT
|
Personal Wireless Telecommunications
|
pX
|
peak envelope power (in dB)
|
PX
|
peak envelope power
peak envelope power (in watts)
|
pY
|
mean power [in dB]
|
PY
|
mean power [in watts]
|
pZ
|
carrier power [in dB]
|
PZ
|
carrier power [in watts]
|
Q
|
speech-to-speech-correlated-noise ratio
|
QA
|
quality assurance
|
QAM
|
quadrature amplitude modulation
|
QC
|
quality control
|
QCIF
|
quarter common intermediate format
|
QMR
|
qualitative material requirement
|
QOS
|
quality of service
|
QPSK
|
quadrature phase-shift keying
|
QRC
|
quick reaction capability
|
QRS
|
quasi-random signal
|
QRY
|
query
|
QSS
|
quality surveillance system
|
QTY
|
quantity
|
QSTAG
|
Quadripartite Standardization Agreement
|
R
|
resistance (ohms)
ring
ring conductor
route service
|
R1
|
ring
ring conductor
|
racon
|
radar beacon
|
rad
|
radian
radiation absorbed dose
|
radar
|
radio detection and ranging
|
RADHAZ
|
electromagnetic radiation hazards
|
RADINT
|
radar intelligence
|
RAM
|
random access memory
reliability, availability, and maintainability
|
R&D
|
research and development
|
RATT
|
radio teletypewriter system
|
RBOC
|
Regional Bell Operating Company
|
RbXO
|
rubidium-crystal oscillator
|
RC
|
reception control
reflection coefficient
resource controller
retransmission counter
|
RCC
|
radio common carrier
|
RCM
|
reject connect modify message
remote carrier module
|
RCVR
|
receiver
|
RDES
|
remote data entry system
|
RDS
|
radio digital system
|
RDT
|
radio digital terminal
|
RDF
|
radio direction-finding
|
RE
|
return error
remote entry
|
REA
|
Rural Electrification Administration
|
REC
|
receiver
|
REJ
|
reject
|
REL
|
release message
|
REM
|
remote equipment module
|
REN
|
ringer equivalency number
|
RES
|
radio equipment and systems
resume message
|
RGB
|
red-green-blue
|
rf
|
radio frequency
range finder
|
RFI
|
radio frequency interference
|
RFP
|
request for proposal
|
RFQ
|
request for quotation
|
RH
|
relative humidity
|
RHR
|
radio horizon range
|
RI
|
routing indicator
|
RID
|
response ID
|
RISC
|
reduced instruction set chip
|
RJ
|
registered jack
reference number
reject
|
RJE
|
remote job entry
|
RL
|
restoral limit
|
RLC
|
release complete message
|
RLMS
|
return loss measuring set
|
RLSD
|
released message
|
rms
|
root-mean-square [deviation]
|
RNR
|
receive not ready
|
RO
|
read only
receive only
reorder
|
ROA
|
recognized operating agency
|
ROH
|
receiver off-hook
|
ROC
|
required operational capability
|
ROM
|
read-only memory
|
ROSE
|
remote operations service element protocol
|
RP
|
restoration priority
|
RPI
|
radio port intermediary
|
RPLY
|
reply
|
rpm
|
revolutions per minute
|
RPM
|
rate per minute
|
rps
|
revolutions per second
|
RPT
|
radio personal terminal
|
RQ
|
repeat-request
|
RR
|
receive ready
repetition rate
return result
|
RSA
|
rural service area
|
RSC
|
reset-circuit message
|
RSCM
|
reset confirmation message
|
RSM
|
remote switching module
signaling-route-set-test message
|
RSL
|
received signal level
|
RSRM
|
reset request message
|
RSRT
|
signaling route set test control
|
RSS
|
remote switching system
|
rss
|
root-sum-square
|
RST
|
reset circuit
|
RT
|
radio termination
|
R/T
|
real time
|
RTA
|
remote trunk arrangement
|
RTA
|
transfer allowed control
|
RTB
|
retransmission buffer
|
RTC
|
restart confirmation
|
RTCC
|
transfer-controlled control
|
RTM
|
remote test module
|
RTPC
|
transfer prohibited control
|
RTR
|
restart request
|
RTRC
|
transfer-restricted control
|
RTS
|
request to send
|
RTTY
|
radio teletypewriter
|
RTU
|
remote terminal unit
|
RTX
|
request to transmit
|
RVA
|
reactive volt-ampere
|
RVWG
|
Reliability and Vulnerability Working Group
|
RWI
|
radio and wire integration
|
RX
|
receive
receiver
|
RZ
|
return-to-zero [code]
|
s
|
second
|
S
|
supervisory function bit
|
SABME
|
set asynchronous balanced mode extended
|
SAC
|
service access code
|
SAL
|
service affecting limit
|
SAM
|
subsequent-address message
|
SAP
|
service access point
|
SAPI
|
service access point identifier
|
SAR
|
special access request
|
SARTS
|
switched access remote test system
|
SAS
|
switched access services
|
SASE
|
specific application service elements
|
SBR
|
subsystem backup routing
|
SBRC
|
subsystem backup routing control
|
SBUR
|
software blocking/unblocking reception
|
SBUS
|
software blocking/unblocking sending
|
SC
|
service code
standard coding
|
SCC
|
specialized common carrier
switched control center
|
SCCP
|
signaling connection control part
|
SCCS
|
switched control center system
|
SCE
|
service creation environment
|
SCEG
|
experts group on speech coding
|
SCF
|
service control facility
|
SCP
|
service control point
|
SCPC
|
single channel per carrier
|
SCR
|
semiconductor-controlled rectifier
silicon-controlled rectifier
|
SCRT
|
service class routing
|
SCSR
|
single channel signaling rate
|
SCU
|
selector control unit
|
SDL
|
Specification and Description Language
|
SDLC
|
synchronous data link control
|
SDM
|
space-division multiplexing [deprecated]
|
SDN
|
software-defined network
|
SDO
|
standards development organization
|
SDR
|
software-defined radio
|
SDR Forum
|
Software Defined Radio Forum [formerly MMITS]
|
SDU
|
service data unit
|
SECAM
|
systeme electronique couleur avec memoire
sequential couleur avec memoire
|
SECDEF
|
Secretary of Defense
|
SECLC
|
secondary location
|
SECLOC
|
secondary location
|
SECORD
|
secure voice cord board
|
SECTEL
|
secure telephone
|
SECTLV
|
secondary transmission level point
|
SEG
|
experts group on security
|
SEL
|
selector
|
SES
|
satellite earth station(s)
severely errored second(s)
|
SETAMS
|
systems engineering, technical assistance, and management
services
|
SEVAS
|
Secure Voice Access System
|
S-F
|
store-and-forward
|
SF
|
single-frequency [signaling]
status field
|
SG
|
study group
|
SGDF
|
supergroup distribution frame
|
S/H
|
sample and hold
|
SHA
|
sidereal hour angle
|
SHARES
|
Shared Resources (SHARES) HF Radio Program
|
SHF
|
super high frequency
|
SI
|
International System of Units
service indicator
status indicator
|
SIB
|
status indication “B” (“busy”)
|
SID
|
sudden ionospheric disturbance
|
SIE
|
status indication “E” (“Emergency Alignment”)
|
SIF
|
signaling information field
signal information field
|
SIGINT
|
signals intelligence
|
SIM
|
subscriber identity module
|
SINAD
|
signal-plus-noise-plus-distortion to noise-plus-distortion
ratio
|
SIO
|
service information octet
|
SIT
|
special information tone
|
S()
|
chromatic dispersion slope
|
SLC
|
signaling link code
|
SLD
|
superluminescent diode [see superluminescent LED ]
|
SLI
|
service logic interpreter
|
SLM
|
signaling link management
single longitudinal mode
|
SLP
|
service logic program
|
SLS
|
signaling link selection code
|
SLTA
|
signaling link test message acknowledgment
|
SLTC
|
signaling link test control
|
SLTM
|
signaling link test message
|
SMAS
|
switched maintenance access system
|
SMDF
|
subscriber main distribution frame
subscriber main distributing frame
|
SMDR
|
station message-detail recording
|
SMF
|
single-mode fiber
|
SMH
|
signaling message handling
|
SMR
|
specialized mobile radio
|
SMS
|
service management system
|
SMSA
|
standard metropolitan statistical area
|
SMTP
|
simple mail transport protocol
|
SNA
|
shared network arrangement
|
SNI
|
signaling network interworking
|
SNMP
|
simple network management protocol
|
SNR
|
signal-to-noise ratio
subsystem-normal-routing (message)
|
SOH
|
start-of-heading character
|
SOM
|
start of message
|
sonar
|
sound navigation and ranging
|
SONET
|
synchronous optical network
|
SOP
|
standard operating procedure
|
SOR
|
start of record
subsystem-out-of-service-request message
|
SOW
|
statement of work
|
SP
|
signal processor
signaling point
|
SPC
|
stored-program control
signaling point code
|
SPCS
|
stored-program control system
|
SPDU
|
session protocol data unit
|
SPE
|
synchronous payload envelope
|
SPNB
|
some-primary / no backup
|
SPOT
|
secondary location point of termination
signaling point of termination
|
SPRC
|
signaling process control
|
SPS
|
signaling protocol and switching
|
SPSB
|
some-primary / some backup
|
(S+N)/N
|
signal-plus-noise-to-noise ratio
|
sr
|
steradian
|
SR
|
service request
|
S/R
|
send and receive
|
SRC
|
service request confirmation
|
SRM
|
signaling route management
|
SRO
|
standards related organization
|
SRT
|
subsystem routing status test message
|
SRTC
|
subsystem-routing status test control
|
SSB
|
single-sideband [transmission]
|
SSBAM
|
single-sideband amplitude modulation
|
SSB-SC
|
single-sideband suppressed carrier [transmission]
|
SSD
|
second start dial
|
SSF
|
subservice field
|
SSN
|
station serial number
subsystem number
|
SSP
|
service switching point
service signaling point
signal service point
subsystem-prohibited message
|
SSPC
|
subsystem-prohibited control
|
SSR
|
side-mode suppression ratio
|
SS7
|
Signaling System No. 7
|
SST
|
subsystem-status-test message
service transfer point
|
SSTC
|
subsystem status test control
|
SSUPS
|
solid-state uninterruptible power system
|
ST
|
end-of-pulsing signal
start signal
|
STALO
|
stabilized local oscillator
|
STANAG
|
Standardization Agreement [NATO]
|
STD
|
subscriber trunk dialing
state transition diagram
|
STFS
|
standard time and frequency signal [service]
standard time and frequency service
|
STL
|
standard telegraph level
studio-to-transmitter link
|
STM
|
signaling traffic management
|
STP
|
standard temperature and pressure
signal transfer part
signal transfer point
|
STS
|
synchronous transport signal
|
STS-1
|
synchronous transport signal level 1
|
STS-n
|
synchronous transport signal level n
|
STS POH
|
synchronous transport signal path overhead
|
STS PTE
|
synchronous transport signal path terminating equipment
|
STU
|
secure telephone unit
|
STX
|
start-of-text character
|
SU
|
signaling unit
signal unit
|
SUB
|
substitute character
|
SUPERNET
|
Sjared Im;ocemsed {erspma; Radop Metwprl
|
SUS
|
suspend message
|
SVC
|
switched virtual circuit
|
SWR
|
standing wave ratio
|
SX
|
simplex signaling
|
SXS
|
step-by-step switching system
step-by-step system
|
SYN
|
synchronous idle character
|
SYNTRAN
|
synchronous transmission
|
SYSGEN
|
system generation
|
T
|
tera (1012)
tip
tip conductor
|
T1
|
1st ANSI Telecommunications Standards Committee
tip
tip conductor
|
T1AG
|
T1 Advisory Group
|
T1A1
|
T1 committee on Performance and Signal Processing
|
T1E1
|
T1 committee on Interfaces, Power and Protection for
Networks
|
T1EDH
|
T1 committee on Electronic Data Handling
|
T1M1
|
Internetwork Operations, Administration, Maintenance, and
Provisioning (IOAM&P)
|
T1P1
|
T1 committee on Wireless/Mobile Services and Systems
|
T1S1
|
T1 committee on Services, Architectures, and Signaling
|
T1X1
|
T1 committee on Digital Hierarchy and Synchronization
|
TADIL
|
tactical data information link
|
TADIL-A
|
tactical data information link-A
|
TADIL-B
|
tactical data information link-B
|
TADS
|
teletypewriter automatic dispatch system
|
TADSS
|
Tactical Automatic Digital Switching System
|
TAI
|
International Atomic Time
|
TASC
|
telecommunications alarm surveillance and control (system)
|
TASI
|
time-assignment speech interpolation
|
TAT
|
trans-Atlantic telecommunication (cable)
|
TB
|
transmission buffer
|
TC
|
toll center
technical committee
transport connection
|
TCAP
|
transaction capability control part (of SS7)
transaction capabilities application part
|
TCAS
|
T-carrier administration system
|
TCB
|
trusted computing base
|
TCBC
|
changeback control
|
TCC
|
telecommunications center
|
TCCF
|
Tactical Communications Control Facility
|
TCF
|
technical control facility
transfer controlled
|
TCIC
|
trunk circuit identification code
|
TCIF
|
Telecommunication Industry Forum
|
TCL
|
terminal coupling loss
|
TCLw
|
weighted terminal coupling loss
|
TCM
|
time-compression multiplexing
|
TCOC
|
changeover control
|
TCP
|
transmission control protocol
|
TCPAP
|
transaction capabilities control part
|
TCPIP
|
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
|
TCRC
|
controlled rerouting control
|
TCS
|
trusted computer system
|
TCSP
|
tandem cross section program
|
TCU
|
teletypewriter control unit
|
TCVXO
|
temperature compensated-voltage controlled crystal
oscillator
|
TCXO
|
temperature controlled crystal oscillator
|
TD
|
time delay
transmitter distributor
|
TDAS
|
traffic data administration program
|
TDD
|
telecommunications device for the deaf
time division duplex
|
TDEA
|
Triple Data Encryption Algorithm
|
TDM
|
time-division multiplexing
|
TDMA
|
time-division multiple access
time division multiplex
|
TDR
|
traffic distribution request
|
TE
|
transverse electric [mode]
terminal equipment
|
TED
|
trunk encryption device
|
TEI
|
terminal endpoint identifier
|
TEK
|
traffic encryption key
|
TEM
|
transverse electric and magnetic [mode]
|
TEMPEST
|
compromising emanations
|
TEMS
|
telecommunications management system
|
TERM
|
terminal
|
TFA
|
transfer-allowed signal
|
TFC
|
transfer-controlled signal
|
TFLAP
|
T-carrier fault-locating applications program
|
TFMI
|
traffic mix information
|
TFP
|
transfer-prohibited signal
|
TFPC
|
Toll Fraud Prevention Committee
|
TFR
|
transfer-restricted (signal)
|
TFRC
|
forced rerouting control
|
TFS
|
trunk forecasting system
|
TFTS
|
Terrestrial Flight Telephone System
|
TGID
|
trunk group identification
|
TGM
|
trunk group multiplexer
|
TGSN
|
trunk group serial number
|
THD
|
total harmonic distortion
|
THF
|
tremendously high frequency
|
THz
|
terahertz
|
TIA
|
Telecommunications Industry Association
|
TIE
|
time interval error
|
TIFF
|
tag image file format
|
TIP
|
terminal interface processor
|
TK
|
response timer
|
TL
|
Transport Layer
transmission level
|
TLAC
|
link availability control
|
TLN
|
trunk link network
|
TLP
|
transmission level point
|
TL/PVC
|
Transport Layer / permanent virtual circuit
|
TL/SVC
|
Transport Layer / switched virtual circuit
|
TLV
|
transmission level
|
TM
|
transverse magnetic [mode]
transmission and multiplexing
|
TMD
|
trunk main distributing
|
TMDF
|
trunk main distributing frame
|
TMN
|
telecommunications management network
|
TMS
|
time-multiplexed switch
|
TNDS
|
total network data system
|
TNOP
|
total network operations plan
|
TP
|
test pad
test pattern
toll point
|
TPDU
|
transport protocol data unit
|
TPT
|
test progress tone
|
TQ
|
transmission quality
|
TQTF
|
Transmission Quality Task Force
|
TRA
|
traffic routing and administration
|
TRANSEC
|
transmission security
|
TRC
|
transverse redundancy check
|
TRCC
|
signaling link congestion control
|
TRD
|
timed release disconnect
|
TRF
|
tuned radio frequency
|
TRFTYP
|
traffic type
|
TRI
|
traffic routing information
|
TRI-TAC
|
tri-services tactical [equipment]
|
TRM
|
termination
|
TRM TYP
|
termination type
|
TRMTR also Xmtr
|
transmitter
|
TS
|
trunk side
|
TSB
|
Telecommunication Standardization Bureau
|
TSC
|
technical subcommittee
|
TSFC
|
signaling traffic flow control
|
TSI
|
time-slot interchange
|
TSK
|
transmission security key
|
TSP
|
Telecommunications Service Priority [system]
traffic service position
|
TSPS
|
traffic service position system
|
TSR
|
telecommunications service request
terminate and stay resident
trunk service record
testing services request
|
TSRC
|
signaling routing control
|
TSS
|
trunk servicing system
|
TTC
|
Telecommunication Technology Committee (Japanese)
|
TTL
|
transistor-transistor logic
|
TTTN
|
tandem tie trunk network
|
TTY
|
teletypewriter
|
TTY/TDD
|
telecommunications device for the deaf
|
TUP
|
telephone user part
|
TV
|
television
|
TW
|
traveling wave
|
TWT
|
traveling wave tube
|
TWTA
|
traveling wave tube amplifier
|
TWX®
|
teletypewriter exchange service
|
TX
|
transmit
transmitter
|
TXC
|
transmission control
|
U
|
unnumbered
|
UA
|
unnumbered acknowledgment
user agent
|
UAV
|
unmanned air vehible
|
UBA
|
unblocking-acknowledgment message
|
UBL
|
unblocking message
|
UCC
|
universal commercial code
|
UCD
|
uniform call distribution
|
UDP
|
User Datagram Protocol
|
UHF
|
ultra high frequency
|
UI
|
unit interval
unnumbered information
|
UIM
|
user identity module
|
UIS
|
user-in-service
|
UITS
|
unacknowledged information transfer service
|
ULF
|
ultra low frequency
|
U/L
|
uplink
|
UNI
|
unidirectional
user-network interface
|
UP
|
user part
|
UPN
|
user provided number
|
UPS
|
uninterruptible power supply
|
UPT
|
Universal Personal Telecommunications [service]
|
UPTAN
|
Universal Personal Telecommunications access number
|
URL
|
universal routing locator
|
USB
|
upper sideband
universal serial bus
|
USBS
|
user signaling bearer service
|
USDA
|
U.S. Department of Agriculture
|
USFJ
|
U.S. Forces, Japan
|
USFK
|
U.S. Forces, Korea
|
USNO
|
U.S. Naval observatory
|
USOC
|
universal service order code
|
USR
|
user-to-user information message
|
USTA
|
U.S. Telephone Association [formerly USITA]
|
UT
|
Universal Time
|
UTC
|
Coordinated Universal Time
|
uv
|
ultraviolet
|
UWCC
|
Universal Wireless Communications Consortium
|
V
|
volt
normalized frequency
|
VA
|
value-added [network service]
volt-ampere
|
Vac
|
volts, alternating current
|
VAN
|
value-added network
|
VAR
|
value added reseller
|
VARISTAR
|
variable resistor
|
vars
|
volt-amperes reactive
|
VC
|
vacant code
virtual circuit
|
VCC
|
virtual channel connection
|
VCL
|
virtual channel link
|
VCO
|
voltage-controlled oscillator
|
VCXO
|
voltage-controlled crystal oscillator
|
V/D
|
voice/data
|
Vdc
|
volts, direct current
|
VDCL
|
virtual data link capability (protocol)
|
VDU
|
video display unit
visual display unit
|
VER
|
version identification
version number
|
VF
|
voice frequency
|
VFCT
|
voice frequency carrier telegraph
|
VFCTG
|
voice frequency carrier telegraph
|
VFDF
|
voice frequency distribution frame
|
VFO
|
variable-frequency oscillator
|
VFTG
|
voice-frequency telegraph
|
VHF
|
very high frequency
|
VITS
|
vertical interval test signal
|
VIU
|
voiceband interface unit
|
VLAN
|
virtual local area network
|
VLF
|
very low frequency
|
V/m
|
volts per meter
|
VNL
|
via net loss
|
VNLF
|
via net loss factor
|
vocoder
|
voice-coder
|
VOD
|
video on demand
voice over data (link)
|
vodas
|
voice-operated device anti-sing
|
vogad
|
voice-operated gain-adjusting device
|
VoIP
|
voice over Internet
[protocol]
|
volcas
|
voice-operated loss control and echo/signaling suppression
|
vox
|
voice-operated relay circuit
voice operated transmit
|
VRC
|
vertical redundancy check
|
VSAT
|
very small aperture terminal
|
VSB
|
vestigial sideband [transmission]
vestigial sideband [modulation]
|
VSELP
|
vector sum excited linear prediction
|
VSM
|
vestigial sideband modulation
|
VSWR
|
voltage standing wave ratio
|
VT
|
virtual terminal
virtual tributary
|
VTU
|
video teleconferencing unit
|
vu
|
volume unit
|
W
|
Watt
|
WADS
|
wide area data service
|
WAIS
|
Wide Area Information Server
|
WAN
|
wide area network
|
WAND
|
wireless ATM network demonstrator
|
WARC
|
World Administrative Radio Conference
|
WATM
|
wireless asynchronous transfer mode
|
WATS
|
Wide Area Telecommunications Service
Wide Area Telephone Service
|
WAWS
|
Washington Area Wideband System
|
WMCCS
|
Worldwide Military Command and Control System
|
WDM
|
wavelength-division multiplexing
|
WG
|
working group
|
WHSR
|
White House Situation Room
|
WI
|
wink
|
WIN
|
wireless information network
WWMCCS Intercomputer Network
|
WITS
|
Washington Integrated Telecommunications System
|
WLAN
|
wireless local area network
|
WLL
|
wireless local loop
|
wmATM
|
wireless mobile ATM
|
WORM
|
write once, read many times
|
wpm
|
words per minute
|
wps
|
words per second
|
WPBX
|
wireless PBX
|
WPS
|
Wireless Priority Service (Program)
|
WRU
|
who-are-you [character]
|
WS
|
workstation
|
W3C
|
World Wide Web Consortium
|
WTN
|
working telephone number
|
wv
|
working voltage
|
WVDC
|
working voltage direct current
|
WWAN
|
wireless wide area network
|
WWDSA
|
worldwide digital system architecture
|
WWMCCS
|
Worldwide Military Command and Control System
|
WWW
|
World Wide Web
|
XB
|
crossbar
|
XBT
|
crossbar tandem
|
XID
|
exchange identification
|
XMIT
|
transmit
|
XMSN
|
transmission
|
XMTD
|
transmitted
|
Xmtr also
TRMTR
|
transmitter
|
XO
|
crystal oscillator
|
XOFF
|
transmitter off
|
XON
|
transmitter on
|
XT
|
crosstalk
|
XTAL
|
crystal
|
Z
|
impedance
Zulu time
|
ZBTSI
|
zero-byte time slot interchange
|
ZD
|
zero defects
|
Zo
|
characteristic impedance
|
0TLP
|
zero transmission level point
|