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ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line ANSI - American National Standards Institute ATM - Asynchronous Transfer Mode ATU-C - ADSL Termination Unit - Central Office ATU-R - ADSL Termination Unit - Remote AWG - American Wire Gauge BERT - Bit Error Rate Test bps - Bits Per Second BRI - Basic Rate Interface CAP - Carrierless Amplitude and Phase CATV - Cable TV CBR - Constant Bit Rate CCITT - Consultative Committee for International Telegraph and Telephone CLEC - Competitive Local Exchange Carrier CO - Central Office CODEC - Coder/Decoder CPE - Customer Premise (or Provided) Equipment CSU - Channel Service Unit DCE - Data Communication (or Circuit-Terminating) Equipment DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DLC - Digital Loop Carrier DMT - Discrete Multi-tone DSL - Digital Subscriber Line DSLAM - Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer DSP - Digital Signal Processor DSU - Data Service Unit DTE - Data Terminal (or Termination) Equipment EMI - Electromagnetic Induction ETSI - European Telecommunications Standards Institute FCC - Federal Communications Commission FDM - Frequency Division Multiplexing FEXT - Far-end Crosstalk FTTC - Fiber To The Curb FTTH - Fiber To The Home HDSL - High bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line HFC - Hybrid Fiber-Coax IEC - Inter-Exchange Carrier IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IETF - Internet Engineering Task Force ILEC - Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier IP - Internet Protocol ISDL - ISDN Digital Subscriber Line ISDN - Integrated Services Digital Network ISO - International Organization for Standards ISP - Internet Service Provider ITU - International Telecommunications Union IXC - Inter-exchange Carrier Kbs - Kilobits Per Second LADC - Local Area Data Circuit LADS - Local Area Data Service LAN - Local Area Network LATA - Local Access and Transport Area LEC - Local Exchange Carrier Mbs - Megabits Per Second MDF - Main Distribution Frame MUX - Multiplexer MVL - Multiple Virtual Line NAP - Network Access Provider NAT - Network Address Translation NEBS - Network Equipment Building Standards NEXT - Near-end Crosstalk NIC - Network Interface Card NID - Network Interface Device OPTIS - Overlapped Phase Trellis-coded Interlocking Spectrum PBX - Public Branch Exchange PCM - Pulse Code Modulation POP - Point of Presence POTS - Plain Old Telephone Service PPP - Point-to-Point Protocol PRI - Primary Rate Interface PSTN - Public Switched Telephone Network PTT - Postal, Telegraph and Telephone PVC - Permanent Virtual Circuit QAM - Quadrature Amplitude Modulation QoS - Quality of Service RADSL - Rate Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line RBOC - Regional Bell Operating Company SDSL - Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line SNR - Signal-to-Noise Ratio SOHO - Small Office/Home Office SVC - Switched Virtual Circuit TCP - Transport Control Protocol TELCO - Telephone Company TDM - Time Division Multiplexing UBR - Unspecified Bit Rate UDSL - Unidirectional Digital Subscriber Line UTP - Unshielded Twisted Pair VBR - Variable Bit Rate VDSL - Very high bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line VoIP - Voice over Internet Protocol VPN - Virtual Private Network WAN - Wide Area Network xDSL - (generic) Digital Subscriber Line FAQ by kadar got feedback? by edited by kadar |