A |
| AAUI |
Apple
AUI |
| AUI |
Attachment
Unit Interface |
| ANSI |
American
National Standards Institute. |
| ACSR |
Aluminum
Conductor Steel Reinforced. |
| AC |
Alternating
Current. |
| APPA |
American
Public Power Association. |
| ASTM |
American
Society for testing and Materials. |
| ATM |
Asynchronous
Transfer Mode. |
| AWG |
American
Wire Gauge. |
B |
| BICSI |
Building
Industry Consulting Service International. |
C |
| CAD |
Computer
Aided Design. |
| CATV |
Community
Antenna Television. |
| CCIA |
Computer
and Communications Industry Association. |
| CCTV |
Closed
Circuit Television. |
| CEA |
Canadian
Electrical Association. |
| CO |
Central
Office. |
| CPC |
Customer
Premises Communication. |
| CPE |
Customer
Premises Equipment. |
| CSA |
Canadian
Standards Association. |
| CSMA/CD |
Carrier
Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection. |
| CSPE |
Chlorosulfonated
Polyethylene |
| TOP |
D |
| dB |
Decibel. |
| DB-9/15/25/50 |
A
D-Type Connector with 9/15/25/50 pins. |
| DC |
Direct
Current. |
| DCOM |
Distributed
Component Object Model |
| DES |
Data
Encryption Standard |
| DHCP |
Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol. |
| DLL |
Dynamic
Link Libraries. |
| DNS |
Domain
Name Service |
| DSP |
Digital
Signal Processing. |
| DUT |
Device
Under Test. |
| E |
| ECMA |
European
Computer Manufactures Association. |
| EDI |
Electronic
Data Interchange |
| EIA |
Electronic
Industries Association. |
| EMI |
Electromagnetic
Interference |
| EPR |
Ethylene
Propylene Rubber. |
| ETFE |
Ethylene
Tetrafluoroethylene (Teflon). |
F |
| FCC |
Federal
Communications Commission. |
| FDDI |
Fiber
Distributed Data Interface. |
| FDM |
Frequency
Division Multiplexing. |
| FDX |
Full
Duplex. |
| FOIRL |
Fiber
Optic Inter Repeater Link. |
| FOTP |
Fiber
Optic Test Procedures. |
| FOTS |
Fiber
Optic Transmission System. |
| FR-1 |
Flammability
rating established by Underwriters Laboratories. |
| FTP |
File
Transfer Protocol |
| TOP |
G |
| G |
Rubber insulated, neoprene, Hypalon or CPE jacketed. |
H |
| HC |
Horizontal
Cross Connect. |
| HDX |
Half
Duplex. |
| HVAC |
Heating,
Ventilation, and Air Conditioning. |
| Hz |
Hertz. |
| I |
| IAEI |
International
Association of Electrical Inspectors. |
| IBEW |
International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. |
| IC |
Intermediate
Cross Connect. |
| ICEA |
Independent
Electrical Contractors Association. |
| IDC |
Insulation
Displacement Connector. |
| IDE |
Integrated
Development Environment. |
| IEC |
Interconnect
Electro Technical Committee. |
| IEEE |
Institute
of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. |
| IETF |
Internet
Engineering Task Force. |
| IKE |
Internet
Key Exchange. |
| IMSA |
International
Municipal Signal Association. |
| IP |
Internet
Protocol. |
| IPSec |
IP
Security. |
| IPv6 |
IP
Version 6. |
| ISDN |
Integrated
Services Digital Network. |
| ISA |
Instrument
Society of America. |
| ISAKMP |
Internet
Society Association Key Management Protocol. |
| ISDN |
Integrated
Services Digital Network. |
| ISO |
International
Standardization Organization. |
| ISP |
Internet
Service Provider. |
| ITE |
Institute
of Transportation Engineers. |
| ITU |
International
Telecommunications Union. |
| IUEW |
International
Union of Electrical Workers. |
| K |
| Kbps |
Kilobits
Per Second |
| KHz |
Kilohertz
(1000 Hertz) |
| KPSI |
A
unit of tensile strength expressed in thousands of pounds per square inch. |
| TOP |
| L |
| lbf |
Pound
Force |
| LAN |
Local
Area Network |
| LASER |
Light
Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. |
| LDAP |
Lightweight
Directory Access Protocol. |
| LED |
Light
Emitting Diode |
| LLDPE |
Linear
Low Density Polyethylene |
| L2TP |
Layer
2 Tunneling Protocol. |
| M |
| MAP |
Manufacturing
Automation Protocol |
| MATV |
Master
Antenna TV |
| MAU |
Medium
Attachment Unit (Ethernet) Multistation Access Unit (Token Ring). |
| Mbps |
Megabits
Per Second. |
| MC |
Main
Cross Connect or Metal-Clad Cable. |
| MCM |
One
thousand circular mils. |
| MDPE |
Medium
Density Polyethylene. |
| MD5 |
Message
Digest 5 |
| MHz |
Megahertz. |
| MIC |
Media
Interace Connector. |
| Mil |
One
one-thousandth of an inch (.001) |
| MMJ |
Modified
Modular Jack. |
| MSHA |
Mine
Safety and Health Administration. |
| MTW |
Thermoplastic
insulated machine tool wire. |
| MUX |
Multiplexer. |
| N |
| NAED |
National
Association of Electrical Distributors. |
| NAPE |
National
Association of Power Engineers. |
| NAT |
Network
Address Translation. |
| NEC |
National
Electrical Code. |
| NECA |
National
Electrical Contractors Association. |
| NEMA |
National
Electrical Manufacturers Association. |
| NEMRA |
National
Electrical Manufactures Representatives Association. |
| NETA |
National
Electrical Testing Association. |
| NFPA |
National
Fire Protection Association. |
| NIC |
Network
Interface Card. |
| NRECA |
National
Rural Electric Cooperative Association. |
| NVP |
Nominal
Velocity of Propagation. |
| TOP |
| O |
| O.D. |
Outside Diameter. |
| OLE |
Object Linking and Embedding. |
| OSHA |
Occupational Safety And Health Act. |
| P |
| PAM |
Pulse
Amplitude Modulation. |
| PAP |
Password
Authentication Protocol. |
| PBX |
Private
Branch Exchange. |
| PCM |
Pulse
Coded Modulation. |
| PCMCIA |
Personal
Computer Memory Card International. |
| PE |
Polyethylene. |
| PKI |
Public-Key
Infrastructure. |
| PLTC |
Power
Limited Tray Cable. |
| POP |
Point
Of Presence. |
| PPP |
Point
To Point Protocol. |
| PPTP |
Point
To Point Tunneling Protocol. |
| PSTN |
Public
Switched Telephone Network. |
| PTSS |
Passive
Transmission Subsystem. |
| PUR |
Polyurethane. |
| PVC |
Polyvinyl
Chloride. |
| TOP |
| Q |
| QoS |
Quality
Of Service. |
| R |
| RADIUS |
Remote
Authentication Dial In User Service. |
| REA |
Rural
Electrification Administration of the U.S Dept. of Agriculture. |
| RF |
Radio
Frequency. |
| RG/U |
Radio
Grade, Universal. |
| RI |
Ring
In |
| RO |
Ring
Out |
| S |
| S |
Heavy
duty, flexible, rubber insulated and jacketed portable cord. 600 volt. |
| SHA-1 |
Secure
Hash Algorithm 1 |
| SKIP |
Simple
Key Management. |
| SLA |
Service
Level Agreement. |
| SO |
Same
construction as "S" cord with an oil resistant neoprene jacket. |
| SNA |
Systems
Network Architecture |
| SRL |
Structural
Return Loss. |
| SSL |
Secure
Sockets Layer. |
| STP |
Shielded
Twisted Pair. |
| SYNC |
Synchronous. |
| SYS |
System. |
| TOP |
| T |
| TACAS |
Terminal
Access Controller Access System. |
| TBB |
Telecommunications
Bonding Backbone. |
| TBBIBC |
Telecommunications
Bonding Backbone Interconnecting Bonding Conductor. |
| TC |
Telecommunications
Closet or Tray Cable. |
| TCP/IP |
Transmission
Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. |
| TDM |
Time
Division Multiplexing. |
| TDR |
Time
Domain Reflectometer |
| TGB |
Telecommunications
Grounding Busbar. |
| TIA |
Telecommunications
Industry Association. |
| TMGB |
Telecommunications
Main Grounding Busbar. |
| TP-PMD |
Twisted
Pair Physical Layer Medium Dependent. |
| TSB |
Telecommunications
System Bulletin. |
| U |
| UL
|
Underwriters
Laboratories. |
| UHF |
Ultra
High Frequency. |
| UPS |
Uninterruptible
Power Supply. |
| USB |
Universal
Serial Bus. |
| USE |
Underground
Service Entrance. |
| UTP |
Unshielded
Twisted Pair. |
| TOP |
| V |
| VPN |
Virtual
Private Network. |
| W |
| WAN |
Wide
Area network. |
| # |
| 1Base-5 |
Starlan. |
| 10Base-2 |
Thinnet. |
| 10Base-5 |
Thicknet. |
| 10Base-T |
Ethernet
or Twisted Pair. |
| 10Broad36 |
Broadband. |
| 100BaC |
100
Mbps over Twisted Pair. |
| 3DES |
Triple
Data Encryption Standard |
| TOP |
