_ _ _______ _____ ___ ___ ____ _ /___/ /___/ / / /__) /_ _ __/ _/ \ _/__/ _/__) _/____ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ / I N D U S T R I E S / 1995 +------------------------------------------------+ | Probe Industries Magazine Phile #3 aka PIMP #3 | | "Acronym Manual" | +------------------------------------------------+ Ever go trashing and read memo's amongst other shit that just doesnt make sense?? Ever wonder what some telco double talk means..?! ever just want a good reference manual for miscellanous telecommunications acronyms? here it is.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ACD Automatic Call Distributor ACTS Automatic Coin Telephone System ADPCM Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation AF Audio Frequency AIS Automatic Intercept System ALI Automatic Location Information AMA Automatic Message Accounting AMI Alternate Mark Inversion ANI Automatic Number Identification AOS Alternate Operator Service APD Avalanche Photo Diode ARQ Automatic Repeat Request ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interexchange ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode B8ZS Bipolar with 8-Zero Substitution BCD Blocked Calls Delayed BCH Blocked Calls Held BCR Blocked Calls Released BER Bit Error Rate BHCA Busy Hour Call Attempts BIOS Basic Input/Output System BLER Block Error Rate BOC Bell Operating Company BRI Basic Rate Interface BSA Basic Service Arrangement BSC Binary Synchronous Communications BSE Basic Service Element CAC Carrier Access Code CAD Computer Aided Dispatch; Computer Aided Design CAS Centralized Attendant Service CBX Computer Branch Exchange CCIS Common Channel Interoffice Signaling CCITT Consultative Committee on International Telephone and Telegraph CCS Centum Call Seconds CCS Common Channel Signaling CCTV Closed Circuit Television CDO Community Dial Office CDR Call Detail Recorder CELP Code Excited Linear Prediction CEPT Conference European on Post and Telecommunications CGSA Cellular Geographic Serving Area CLASS Custom Local Area Signaling Services CNS Complementary Network Services CO Central Office CODEC Coder/Decoder CPE Customer Premises Equipment CRC Cyclical Redundancy Checking CRSO Cellular Radio Switching Office CSM/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection CSU Channel Service Unit DAMA Demand Assigned Multiple Access DBS Direct Broadcast Satellite DCE Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment DCS Digital Crossconnect System DDD Direct Distance Dialing DID Direct Inward Dialing DMI Digital Multiplexed Interface DNIC Data Network Identification Code DNIS Dialed Number Identification Service DOC Dynamic Overload Control DOV Data Over Voice DQDB Distributed Queue Dual Bus DSI Digital Speech Interpolation DSX Digital Service Crossconnect DTE Data Terminal Equipment DTMF Dual Tone Multifrequency EAS Extended Area Service EBCDIC Expanded Bianry Coded Decimal Interexchange Code EDI Electronic Data Interchange EFS Error Free Seconds EIRP Effective Isotropic Radiated Power EMI Electromagnetic Interference ERL Echo Return Loss ESF Extended Super Frame ESP Enhanced Service Provider ESS Electronic Switching System ETN Electronic Tandem Network FDDI Fiber Distributed Data Interface FDMA Frequency Division Multiple Access FEC Forward Error Correction FX Foreign Exchange GOS Grade of Service HDTV High Definition Television IC Independent Company IDF Intermediate Distributing Frame IEC (IXC) Interexchange Carrier IMTS Improved Mobile Telephone Service INMARSAT International Maritime Satellite Service INWATS Inward Wide Area Telephone Service ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network IVR Interactive Voice Response KTS Key Telephone System LAN Local Area Network LAPD Link Access Procedure D LATA Local Access Transport Area LCR Least Cost Routing LEC Local Exchange Carrier LED Light Emitting Diode LIT Line Insulation Test LLC Logical Link Control LMX L Multiplex LTD Local Test Desk MAP/TOP Manufacturing Automation Protocol/Technical and Office Protocol MCVD Modified Chemical Vapor Deposit MDF Main Distributing Frame MLN Main Listed Number MTBF Mean Time Between Failures MTS Message Telephone Service MTTR Mean Time to Repair NAU Network Access Unit NCTE Network Channel Terminating Equipment NID Network Interface Device NMCC Network Management Control Center NPA Numbering Plan Area NT1 Network Termination 1 NT12 Network Termination 12 NT2 Network Termination 2 NTN Network Terminal Number ONA Open Network Architecture OPX Off-Premises Extension OSI Open Systems Interconnect OSS Operations Support System P/AR Peak-to-Average Ratio PABX Private Automatic Branch Exchange PAD Packet Assembler/Disassembler PAM Pulse Amplitude Modulation PASP Public Service Answering Point PBX Private Branch Exchange PCM Pulse Code Modulation PIC Primary Interexchange Carrier PIN Personal Identification Number Pixel Picture Element POP Point of Presence PRI Primary Rate Interface PSK Phase Shift Keying PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation RCF Remote Call Forwarding RMATS Remote Maintenance and Testing System rms Root Mean Square rn Reference Noise ROTL Remote Office Test Line RSL Received Signal Level SCC Satellite Communications Control SDN Software Defined Network SF Single Frequency SMDR Station Message Detail Recording SMDS Switched Multimegabit Data Service SMSA Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area SNA Systems Network Architecture SONET Synchronous Optical Network SPC Stored Program Control SRL Singing Return Loss SSB Single Sideband SSTDMA Spacecraft Switched Time Division Multiple Access TCM Trellis-Coded Modulation TDM Time Division Multiplexing TDMA Time Division Multiple Access TDR Time Domain Reflectometer TE1 Terminal Equipment Type 1 TE2 Terminal Equipment Type 2 TLP Transmission Level Point TUR Traffic Usage Recorder UCD Uniform Call Distribution UPS Uninterruptable Power Supply VF Voice Frequency VNL Via Net Loss VPN Virtual Private Network VRU Voice Response Unit VU Volumn Unit WATS Wide Area Telephone Service WDM Wavelength Division Multiplexing XPD Cross Polarization Discrimination <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> Brought to you by fRiNgE from ____ ____ ____ ___ ___ _/__/ _/__/ _/ / _/__> _/_ _/ _/ > _/__/ _/__> _/__ / I N D U S T R I E S <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> To all the diehard h/p phreaks out there, give this bbs a 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