| ADSL |
asymmetric digital subscriber line |
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| ANSI |
American National Standards Institute |
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| ASIC |
application specific integrated circuit |
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| ATM |
asynchronous transfer mode |
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| BLEC |
building-focused local exchange carriers |
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| CATV |
originally community antenna television; now synonymous with cable TV |
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| CDMA |
code-division multiple access |
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| CDPD |
cellular digital packet data |
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| CLEC |
competitive local exchange carrier |
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| CO |
central office |
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| CPE |
customer premises equipment |
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| DARPA |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
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| DBS |
direct broadcast satellite |
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| DHCP |
dynamic host configuration protocol |
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| DLC |
digital loop carrier |
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| DLEC |
data local exchange carrier |
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| DMT |
discrete multitone transmission |
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| DSL |
digital subscriber line |
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| DSLAM |
DSL access multiplexer |
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| DSP |
digital signal processor |
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| ETSI |
European Telecommunications Standards Institute |
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| FCC |
Federal Communications Commission |
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| FEXT |
far end cross talk |
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| FTTC |
fiber to the curb |
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| FTTH |
fiber to the home |
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| GEOS |
geo-synchronous orbit satellites |
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| HDSL |
high-speed digital subscriber line |
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| HDTV |
high definition television |
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| HFC |
hybrid fiber coax |
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| HPNA |
Home Phone Networking Alliance |
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| IEEE |
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
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| IETF |
Internet Engineering Task Force |
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| ILEC |
incumbent local exchange carrier |
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| IP |
Internet protocol |
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| ISDN |
integrated services digital network |
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| ISP |
Internet service provider |
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| ITU |
International Telecommunication Union |
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| LAN |
local area network |
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| LEC |
local exchange carrier |
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| LEOS |
low earth orbit satellites |
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| LMDS |
local multipoint distribution services |
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| LOS |
line of sight |
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| MAC |
medium access control |
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| MDUs |
multi-dwelling units |
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| MIMO |
multiple in, multiple out |
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| MMDS |
multipoint multichannel distribution service |
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| MSO |
multiple system operator |
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| NEXT |
near end cross talk |
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| NII |
national information infrastructure |
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| NSF |
National Science Foundation |
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| NSP |
native signal processor |
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| NTIA |
National Telecommunications and Information Administration |
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| OFDM |
orthogonal frequency division multiplexing |
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| PCS |
personal communications service |
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| PEG |
public, educational, and government |
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| PON |
passive optical network |
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| POTS |
plain old telephone service |
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| PPP |
point-to-point protocol |
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| PSD |
power spectral density |
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| QAM |
quadrature amplitude modulation |
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| QOS |
quality of service |
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| RADSL |
rate adaptive digital subscriber line |
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| RF |
radio frequency |
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| RLP |
radio link protocol |
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| SDMI |
Secure Digital Music Initiative |
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| SDSL |
symmetric digital subscriber line |
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| SDTV |
standard definition television |
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| SONET |
synchronous optical network |
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| TDM |
time division multiplexing |
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| TDMA |
time division multiple access |
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| UDP |
user datagram protocol |
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| USB |
universal serial bus |
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| VADSL |
very-high data rate asymmetric DSL |
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| VDSL |
very high speed digital subscriber line |
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| VLSI |
very large scale integrated circuit |
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| VOD |
video on demand |
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| VoDSL |
voice over DSL |
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| VoIP |
voice over Internet Protocol |
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| VPN |
virtual private network |
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| VTIP |
video telephony over Internet Protocol (IP) |
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| W3C |
World Wide Web Consortium |
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| WAN |
wide area network |
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| WDM |
wavelength-division multiplexing |
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| WLAN |
wireless local area network |
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| WLL |
wireless local loop |
