Acronyms Flashcards

1
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AES

A

Advanced Encryption Standard

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AM

A

Amplitude Modulation

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ANSI

A

American National Standards Institute

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AP

A

Access Point

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APIPA

A

Automatic Private Internet Protocol Address

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A/V

A

Audiovisual

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AWG

A

American Wire Gauge

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BD

A

Blu-Ray Disc

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BER

A

Bit Error Rate

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BRIS

A

Broadband Residential Installation Standard

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BW

A

Bandwidth

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C/N

A

Carrier to Noise

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CAE

A

Customer Account Executive

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CAM

A

Computer Aided Manufacturing

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CATV

A

Community Antenna Television

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CCG

A

Comcast Customer Guarantee

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CDV

A

Comcast Digital Voice

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CEC

A

Consumer Electronics Control

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CFR

A

Code of Federal Regulations

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CLI

A

Cumulative Leakage Index

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CMC

A

Comcast Media Center

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CPE

A

Customer Premise Equipment

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CRAN

A

Converged Regional Area Network

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CRT

A

Cathode Ray Tube

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CTNH

A

CommTech New Hire

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dB

A

Decibel

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dBmV

A

Decibel relative to one millivolt

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DCR

A

Digital Cable Ready

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DDL

A

Dolby Digital Live

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DHCP

A

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

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DLP

A

Digital Light Processing

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DMM

A

Digital Multimeter

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DMD

A

Digital Micromirror Device

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DNS

A

Domain Name System

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DOCSIS

A

Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification

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36
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DOI

A

Day of Install

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DRM

A

Digital Rights Management

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DSAM

A

Digital Services Activation Meter

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DTA

A

Digital Transport Adapter

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DVD

A

Digital Versatile Disc

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DVD-A

A

Digital Versatile Disc - Audio

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DVI

A

Digital Visual Interface

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DVR

A

Digital Video Recorder

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EIA/TIA

A

Electronics Industry Alliance and Telecommunications Industry Association

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eMTA

A

Embedded Multimedia Terminal Adapter

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FCC

A

Federal Communications Commission

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FEC

A

Forward Error Correction

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FVD

A

Foreign Voltage Detector

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GFCI

A

Ground Fault Circuit Interruptor

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GPS

A

Global Positioning System

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GUI

A

Graphical User Interface

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HD

A

High Definition

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53
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HDCP

A

High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection

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HDMI

A

High Definition Multimedia Interface

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HDTV

A

High Definition Television

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HFC

A

Hybrid Fiber Coaxial

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HHC

A

Home Health Check

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IDCR

A

Interactive Digital Cable Ready

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IEEE

A

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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iOS

A

iPhone Operating System

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IP

A

Internet Protocol

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IPSec

A

Internet Protocol Security

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63
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IPTV

A

Internet Protocol Television

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IPv4

A

Internet Protocol Version 4

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IPv6

A

Internet Protocol Version 6

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IVR

A

Interactive Voice Response

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LAN

A

Local Area Network

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LCD

A

Liquid Crystal Display

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LcoS

A

Liquid Crystal on Silicon

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LED

A

Light Emitting Diode

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MA

A

Mobile Application

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MAC

A

Media Access Control

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MDU

A

Multi-Dwelling Unit

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MER

A

Modulation Error Ratio

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MHP

A

Multimedia Home Platform

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MHz

A

Megahertz

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MoCA

A

Multimedia over Coax Alliance

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MPEG

A

Moving Picture Experts Group

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NAT

A

Network Address Translation

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NEC

A

National Electrical Code

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NIC

A

Network Interface Card

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NID

A

Network Interface Device

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NTIA

A

National Telecommunications and Information Association

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OS

A

Operating System

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OSHA

A

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

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OSI

A

Open System Interconnection

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OTA

A

Over-the-air

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P2P

A

Peer to Peer

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PACE

A

Providing Awesome Customer Experience

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90
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PE

A

Polyethylene

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91
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PIN

A

Personal Identification Number

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PIP

A

Picture in Picture

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PNAC

A

Port-based Network Access Control

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PPE

A

Personal Protective Equipment

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PPV

A

Pay-Per-View

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PVC

A

Polyvinyl Chloride

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QAM

A

Quadrature Amplitude Modulation

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RCA

A

Radio Corporation of America

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RF

A

Radio Frequency

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RG

A

Radio Guide

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RIGHT

A
Re-establish your rapport 
Inform the customer that we need input 
Guarantee 
Hand over the Comcast business card to the customer 
Thank the customer for his/her business
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RNG

A

Real Next Generation

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ROCK

A

Rapport
Overview
Comcast Customer Guarantee
Know how to create the Comcast Moment

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RTV

A

Room Temperature Vulcanizing

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S/PDIF

A

Sony/Philips Digital Interface Format

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S/N

A

Signal to Noise Ratio

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SAM

A

Saturable Absorber Mirror

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SCSI

A

Small Computer System Interface

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SDTV

A

Standard Definition Television

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SDU

A

Single Dwelling Unit

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Si

A

Silicon

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SLM

A

Signal Level Meter

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113
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SM

A

Scheduled Maintenance

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114
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SNR

A

Signal-to-Noise Ratio

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115
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SRO

A

Special Request Order

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SSID

A

Service Set Identifier

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SSL

A

Secure Socket Layer

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STB

A

Set-Top-Box

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STD

A

Standard

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TALK

A

Take the customer around and show the work to be performed
Answer the customer’s questions
Let the customer know the estimated duration of the work
Keep the customer informed

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TCP/IP

A

Transfer Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

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TKIP

A

Temporal Key Integrity Protocol

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TRMS

A

True Root Mean Square

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UAC

A

User Account Control

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USB

A

Universal Serial Bus

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UTP

A

Unshielded Twisted Pair

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V

A

Volts

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VCD

A

Video Compact Disc

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VCR

A

Video Cassette Recorder

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VHF

A

Very High Frequency

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VOD

A

Video On Demand

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VoIP

A

Voice over Internet Protocol

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VOM

A

Volt Ohm Meter

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WAN

A

Wide Area Network

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WEP

A

Wired Equivalent Privacy

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Q

WOW

A

Work Completed
Open up a Q&A session
Welcome Kit and Portal

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Q

WPA

A

Wi-Fi Protected Access

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WPA2

A

Wi-Fi Protected Access Version 2

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Y/C

A

Luminance/Chrominance, aka S-Video Signal

140
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DUN

A

Dial-up Networking

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AFC

A

Automatic Frequency Control or Antenna for Communications

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DLNA

A

Digital Living Network Alliance

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EDFA

A

Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier

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CW

A

Carrier Wave

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PACM

A

Presumed Asbestos Containing Material

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ARIN

A

American Registry for Internet Numbers

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BGP

A

Border Gateway Protocol

148
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OCEF

A

Optical Cable Entry Facility

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NTSC

A

National Television Standards Committee

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MIMO

A

Multiple In, Multiple Out

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OLED

A

Organic Light Emitting Diode

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OTA

A

Over the Air

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CAD

A

Computer Aided Design

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ALSC

A

Automatic Level and Slope Control

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ATS

A

Advanced Technical Services

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FTTF

A

Fiber to the Feeder

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GB

A

Gigabyte

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POTS

A

Plain Old Telephone Service

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UPnP

A

Universal Plug n Play

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VOM

A

Volt Ohm Meter

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PRI

A

Primary Rate Interface

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WMV

A

Windows Media Video

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DS

A

Downstream, Digital Signal, Digital Service

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IPPV

A

Impulse Pay Per View

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BRI

A

Basic Rate Interface

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PSTN

A

Public Switched Telephone Network

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CoS

A

Class of Service

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CPD

A

Common Path Distortion

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XOC

A

eXcellence in Operations Center

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SCTE

A

Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers

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DVI

A

Digital Visual Interface

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HTPC

A

Home Theater Personal Computer

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EOL

A

End of Line, End of Life

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dBc

A

Decibel relative to Carrier

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EPON

A

Ethernet Passive Optical Network

176
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EQAM

A

Edge Quadrature Amplitude Modulation

177
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DTMF

A

Dual Tone Multi Frequency

178
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PoE

A

Point of Entry

179
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NESC

A

National Electrical Safety Code

180
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MTA

A

Multimedia Terminal Adapter

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MTTR

A

Mean Time To Repair

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AM-VSB

A

Amplitude Modulation, Vestigial Side Band

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OTN

A

Optical Transport Node

184
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HTIB

A

Home Theater In A Box

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POP

A

Post Office Protocol

186
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SPPV

A

Single Purchase Pay Per View

187
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GaAs

A

Gallium Arsenide

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Gbps

A

Gigabits Per Second

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ASK

A

Amplitude Shift Keying

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dBm

A

Decibel Relative to Milliwatt

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HTML

A

Hyper Text Markup Language

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ACP

A

Analog Copying and Piracy

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POST

A

Power On Self Test

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ATM

A

Asynchronous Transfer Mode

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OTDR

A

Optical Time Domain Reflectometer

196
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FDM

A

Frequency Division Multiplexing

197
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FDMA

A

Frequency Division Multiple Access

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GUI

A

Graphical User Interface

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Hz

A

Hertz

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Q

FTTH

A

Fiber to the Home

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Gb

A

Gigabit

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I/O

A

Input/Output

203
Q

MAC

A

Media Access Control

204
Q

NOC

A

Network Operations Center

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Q

RAM

A

Random Access Memory

206
Q

SMTP

A

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

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Q

GBps

A

Gigabytes Per Second

208
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ILEC

A

Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier

209
Q

AGC

A

Automatic Gain Control

210
Q

ALC

A

Automatic Level Control

211
Q

HITS

A

Head End in the Sky

212
Q

UPS

A

Uninterruptable Power Supply

213
Q

URL

A

Uniform Resource Locator

214
Q

VPN

A

Virtual Private Network

215
Q

BERT

A

Bit Error Rate Tester

216
Q

GE-PON

A

Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network

217
Q

CNR, C/N

A

Carrier to Noise Ratio

218
Q

CO

A

Central Office

219
Q

DMZ

A

Demilitarized Zone

220
Q

DTS

A

Digital Theater Systems

221
Q

CODEC

A

Compression/Decompression

222
Q

UDB

A

Universal Database

223
Q

DCT

A

Digital Consumer Terminal

224
Q

FiOS

A

Fiber Optic Service

225
Q

FPS

A

Frames Per Second

226
Q

FIFO

A

First in, First out

227
Q

FM

A

Frequency Modulation

228
Q

GPON

A

Gigabit Passive Optical Network

229
Q

FN

A

Fiber Node

230
Q

CB

A

Citizens Band

231
Q

CDMA

A

Code Division Multiple Access

232
Q

CLEC

A

Competitive Local Exchange Carrier

233
Q

DC

A

Direct Current, Directional Coupler

234
Q

CMTS

A

Cable Modem Termination System

235
Q

CM

A

Cable Modem

236
Q

DEMUX

A

Demultiplexer

237
Q

GHz

A

Gigahertz

238
Q

CSO

A

Composite Second Order

239
Q

CATVP

A

CATV Plenum

240
Q

CATVR

A

CATV Riser

241
Q

CSR

A

Customer Service Representative

242
Q

BPF

A

Band Pass Filter

243
Q

bps

A

Bits Per Second

244
Q

SIP

A

Session Initiation Protocol

245
Q

CTB

A

Composite Triple Beat

246
Q

VGA

A

Video Graphics Array

247
Q

FSK

A

Frequency Shift Keying

248
Q

FTP

A

File Transfer Protocol

249
Q

TFTP

A

Trivial File Transfer Protocol

250
Q

FTTC

A

Fiber to the Curb

251
Q

DAC, D/A

A

Digitial to Analog Converter

252
Q

BPSK

A

Binary Phase Shift Keying

253
Q

BTSC

A

Broadcast Television Standards Committee

254
Q

nm

A

Nanometer

255
Q

MPG

A

Megaport Gateway

256
Q

EULA

A

End User License Agreement

257
Q

IR

A

Infrared

258
Q

KVM

A

Keyboard Video Mouse

259
Q

EMI

A

Electromagnetic Interference

260
Q

DTCP

A

Digital Transmission Content Protection

261
Q

AFT

A

Automatic Fine Tuning

262
Q

VLSM

A

Variable Length Subnet Masking

263
Q

DMA

A

Direct Memory Access

264
Q

DBS

A

Digital Broadcast Satellite, Digital Broadcast Service, Direct Broadcast Satellite

265
Q

DCE

A

Data Communications Equipment

266
Q

LDAP

A

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

267
Q

HDT

A

Host Digital Terminal

268
Q

EIA

A

Electronic Industry Alliance

269
Q

EISA

A

Extended Industry Standard Architecture

270
Q

EVC

A

Ethernet Virtual Circuit

271
Q

BAM

A

Box Availability Matrix

272
Q

PCMCIA

A

Personal Computer Memory Card International Association

273
Q

ABP

A

Automatic Bill Payment

274
Q

ASP

A

Alternate Service Providers

275
Q

CNAM

A

Calling Name

276
Q

SATA

A

Serial Advanced Technology Attachment

277
Q

EMS

A

Element Management System

278
Q

DPR

A

Dual Party Relay

279
Q

WPA-PSK

A

Wifi Protected Access, Pre Shared Key

280
Q

FOC

A

Firm Order Confirmation

281
Q

CAN

A

Cable Area Network

282
Q

EO

A

End Office (exchange)

283
Q

GSM

A

Global Systems for Mobile Communications

284
Q

DTE

A

DATA Terminal Equipment

285
Q

ANI

A

Automatic Number Identification

286
Q

HPF

A

High Pass Filter

287
Q

ITU

A

International Telecommunications Union

288
Q

PAL

A

Phase Alteration by Line

289
Q

PCI

A

Peripheral Component Interconnect

290
Q

CRC

A

Cycle Redundancy Check

291
Q

DFB

A

Distributed Feedback

292
Q

HRC

A

Harmonically Related Carrier

293
Q

DVB

A

Digital Video Broadcast

294
Q

DWDM

A

Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing

295
Q

RIN

A

Relative Intensity Noise

296
Q

ACD

A

Automatic Call Distributor

297
Q

BASIC

A

Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

298
Q

AC

A

Alternating Current, Access Condition, Access Customer, Area Code

299
Q

BCT/E

A

Broadband Communications Technician/Engineer