FS-1037C: Glossary of Telecommunication Terms

Federal Standard 1037, Glossary of Telecommunication Terms was initially published in 1980. FS-1037 was updated and published as FS-1037A in 1986. FS-1037A was updated and published as FS-1037B in 1990.

ITS has been tasked by the NCS to upgrade and publish the next document in the series, to be called FS-1037C. This work began in Fiscal Year 1994 and is expected to be completed by the end of FY 1995.

The Highlights of This Project

• Solicitation of Glossary terms to be added or changed. Government Agencies and other interested parties were invited to submit proposed changes and additions to the Glossary. This task was completed earlier this year. No new input will be accepted for 1037C. New input will be saved for the anticipated upgrade to 1037D, expected in approximately five years.

• A series of Resolution Meetings was held to examine the received inputs. The Meeting Schedule was designed to cover 10 mettings over an 12-month period. The meetings were completed as of September 1994.

• You can FTP the ZIP file that contains all of the pFS-1037C files zipped into one file. This file is large (5.6 Meg), but Mosaic has a better time FTPing zipped files than non-ZIPped files. Click here to begin the transfer. Note: After the transfer, Mosaic may try to automatically UNZIP the file. This may have the unfortunate side effect of filling your C:\WINDOWS directory with all the pFS-1037c files that were inside the ZIP file. To avoid this, use your regular FTP software and transfer the file by hand. Log in anonymously to sneffels.its.bldrdoc.gov

• FS-1037B On Line. This is the pilot for translating the contents of FS-1037B into HTML format. After pFS-1037C is finalized, it will be translated into HTML format.

The people that work on creating pFS-1037C

• Glenn Hanson
• Bill Ingram
• Evie Gray
• Darren Smith
• Dave Sutherland
• Keith Junker

• DISA also has a standards listing on line.

The Subcommittee Members work on a new definition.