Acronyms Flashcards
CLEC
Competitive Local Exchange Carrier
dBm
Decibels relative to milliwatt
NEC
National Electrical Code
dBmV
Decibels relative to millivolt
CMTS
Cable Modem Termination System
HDTV
High Definition Television
FAT
File Allocation Transfer
BASIC
Beginner’s All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
PACM
Presumed Asbestos Containing Material
CAD
Computer Aided Design
PCI
Peripheral Component Interconnect
I/O
Input/Output
UNI
User Network Interface
VGA
Video Graphics Array
DBS
Direct Broadcast Satellite
PNAC
Port-based Network Access Control
CBR
Constant Bit Rate
CO
Central Office
BRI
Basic Rate Interface
Hz
Hertz
dBc
Decibel Relative to Carrier
SCTE
Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers
DPR
Dual Party Relay
EAS
Emergency Alert System
MIMO
Multiple In Multiple Out
SIP
Session Initiation Protocol
MBR
Master Boot Record
ATS
Advanced Troubleshooting/Technical Services
BTN
Billing Telephone Number
HTPC
Home Theater Personal Computer
PIN
Personal Identification Number
BERT
Bit Error Rate Tester
DAC or D/A
Digital to Analog Converter
BPF
Band Pass Filter
HITS
Headend In The Sky
DOCSIS
Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification
CPD
Common Path Distortion
PVC
Polyvinyl Chloride
WPA-PSK
WiFi Protected Access, Pre Shared Key
DNIS
Dialed Number Information Service
ARIN
American Registry for Internet Numbers
PCMCIA
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
TKIP
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
ATM
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
BPSK
Binary Phase Shift Keying
XRE
Cross Run-time Environment
AM-VSB
Amplitude Modulation-Vestigial Side Band
FiOS
Fiber Optic Service
CODEC
Compression/Decompression Module
EOL
End Of Life or End of Line
POTS
Plain Old Telephone Service
Gbps
Gigabits per second
CLASS
Customer Local Area Signaling Service
FTP
File Transfer Protocol
DQOS
Dynamic Quality of Service
CW
Carrier Wave
MSO
Multiple System Operator
DMA
Direct Memory Access
BGP
Border Gateway Protocol
CCAW
Customer Convenience Appointment Window
DTO
Direct Terminal Overflow
EQAM
Edge Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
ASC
Automatic Slope Control
HTIB
Home Theater In a Box
EISA
Extended Industry Standard Architecture
STB
Set Top Box
CDMA
Code Division Multiple Access
ALC
Automatic Level Control
IR
Infrared
nM
Nanometers
CCG
Comcast Customer Guarantee
CRT
Cathode Ray Tube
AFT
Automatic Fine Tuner
CATVP
Community Antenna Television Plenum
ISDN
Integrated Services Digital Network
VLSM
Variable Length Subnet Masking
ACD
Automatic Call Distributor
IPTV
Internet Protocol Television
SPDIF
Sony Phillips Digital Interconnect Format
ASK
Amplitude Shift Keying
POST
Power On Self Test
VOM
Volt Ohm Meter
CM
Cable Modem
AES
Advanced Encryption Standard
WEP
Wired Equivalency Privacy
KHz
Kila Hertz
CLI
Cumulative Leakage Index
UNI
User Network Interface
ALI
Automatic Location Information
DLP
Digital Light Projection
HTTP
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
QoS
Quality of Service
PBX
Private Branch Exchange
USB
Universal Serial Bus
DNS
Domain Name System
ANI
Automatic Number Identification
CPN
Calling Party Number
XOC
eXcellence in Operations Center
AC
Alternating Current Access Condition Access Customer Area Code
EDFA
Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier
URL
Uniform Resource Locator
IAD
Integrated Access Device
MoCA
Multimedia over Coax Alliance
FIFO
First In First Out
DC
Direct Current or Directional Coupler
HTML
Hyper Text Markup Language
POP
Post Office Protocol
HPF
High Pass Filter
MHz
Mega Hertz
FN
Fiber Node
RAM
Random Access Memory
BCT or BCE
Broadband Communications Technician or Broadband Communications Engineer