acronyms Flashcards
1
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AES
A
Advanced Encryption Standard
2
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AM
A
Amplitude Modulation
3
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ANSI
A
American National Standards Institute
4
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AP
A
Access Point
5
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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
18
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CEC
A
Consumer Electronics Control
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CFR
A
Code of Federal Regulations
20
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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
CommTech New Hire
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dB
Decibel
27
dBmV
Decibel relative to one millivolt
28
DCR
Digital Cable Ready
29
DDL
Dolby Digital Live
30
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
31
DLP
Digital Light Processing
32
DMM
Digital Multimeter
33
DMD
Digital Micromirror Device
34
DNS
Domain Name System
35
DOCSIS
Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification
36
DOI
Day of Install
37
DRM
Digital Rights Management
38
DSAM
Digital Services Activation Meter
39
DTA
Digital Transport Adapter
40
DVD
Digital Versatile Disc
41
DVD-A
Digital Versatile Disc - Audio
42
DVI
Digital Visual Interface
43
DVR
Digital Video Recorder
44
EIA/TIA
Electronics Industry Alliance and Telecommunications Industry Association
45
eMTA
Embedded Multimedia Terminal Adapter
46
FCC
Federal Communications Commission
47
FEC
Forward Error Correction
48
FVD
Foreign Voltage Detector
49
GFCI
Ground Fault Circuit Interruptor
50
GPS
Global Positioning System
51
GUI
Graphical User Interface
52
HD
High Definition
53
HDCP
High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection
54
HDMI
High Definition Multimedia Interface
55
HDTV
High Definition Television
56
HFC
Hybrid Fiber Coaxial
57
HHC
Home Health Check
58
IDCR
Interactive Digital Cable Ready
59
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
60
iOS
iPhone Operating System
61
IP
Internet Protocol
62
IPSec
Internet Protocol Security
63
IPTV
Internet Protocol Television
64
IPv4
Internet Protocol Version 4
65
IPv6
Internet Protocol Version 6
66
IVR
Interactive Voice Response
67
LAN
Local Area Network
68
LCD
Liquid Crystal Display
69
LcoS
Liquid Crystal on Silicon
70
LED
Light Emitting Diode
71
MA
Mobile Application
72
MAC
Media Access Control
73
MDU
Multi-Dwelling Unit
74
MER
Modulation Error Ratio
75
MHP
Multimedia Home Platform
76
MHz
Megahertz
77
MoCA
Multimedia over Coax Alliance
78
MPEG
Moving Picture Experts Group
79
NAT
Network Address Translation
80
NEC
National Electrical Code
81
NIC
Network Interface Card
82
NID
Network Interface Device
83
NTIA
National Telecommunications and Information Association
84
OS
Operating System
85
OSHA
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
86
OSI
Open System Interconnection
87
OTA
Over-the-air
88
P2P
Peer to Peer
89
PACE
Providing Awesome Customer Experience
90
PE
Polyethylene
91
PIN
Personal Identification Number
92
PIP
Picture in Picture
93
PNAC
Port-based Network Access Control
94
PPE
Personal Protective Equipment
95
PPV
Pay-Per-View
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PVC
Polyvinyl Chloride
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QAM
Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
98
RCA
Radio Corporation of America
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RF
Radio Frequency
100
RG
Radio Guide
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RIGHT
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
Real Next Generation
103
ROCK
Rapport Overview Comcast Customer Guarantee Know how to create the Comcast Moment
104
RTV
Room Temperature Vulcanizing
105
S/PDIF
Sony/Philips Digital Interface Format
106
S/N
Signal to Noise Ratio
107
SAM
Saturable Absorber Mirror
108
SCSI
Small Computer System Interface
109
SDTV
Standard Definition Television
110
SDU
Single Dwelling Unit
111
Si
Silicon
112
SLM
Signal Level Meter
113
SM
Scheduled Maintenance
114
SNR
Signal-to-Noise Ratio
115
SRO
Special Request Order
116
SSID
Service Set Identifier
117
SSL
Secure Socket Layer
118
STB
Set-Top-Box
119
STD
Standard
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TALK
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
121
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
122
TKIP
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
123
TRMS
True Root Mean Square
124
UAC
User Account Control
125
USB
Universal Serial Bus
126
UTP
Unshielded Twisted Pair
127
V
Volts
128
VCD
Video Compact Disc
129
VCR
Video Cassette Recorder
130
VHF
Very High Frequency
131
VOD
Video On Demand
132
VoIP
Voice over Internet Protocol
133
VOM
Volt Ohm Meter
134
WAN
Wide Area Network
135
WEP
Wired Equivalent Privacy
136
WOW
Work CompletedOpen up a Q&A sessionWelcome Kit and Portal
137
WPA
Wi-Fi Protected Access
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WPA2
Wi-Fi Protected Access Version 2
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Y/C
Luminance/Chrominance, aka S-Video Signal
140
DUN
Dial-up Networking
141
AFC
Automatic Frequency Control or Antenna for Communications
142
DLNA
Digital Living Network Alliance
143
EDFA
Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier
144
CW
Carrier Wave
145
PACM
Presumed Asbestos Containing Material
146
ARIN
American Registry for Internet Numbers
147
BGP
Border Gateway Protocol
148
OCEF
Optical Cable Entry Facility
149
NTSC
National Television Standards Committee
150
MIMO
Multiple In, Multiple Out
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OLED
Organic Light Emitting Diode
152
OTA
Over the Air
153
CAD
Computer Aided Design
154
ALSC
Automatic Level and Slope Control
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ATS
Advanced Technical Services
156
FTTF
Fiber to the Feeder
157
GB
Gigabyte
158
POTS
Plain Old Telephone Service
159
UPnP
Universal Plug n Play
160
VOM
Volt Ohm Meter
161
PRI
Primary Rate Interface
162
WMV
Windows Media Video
163
DS
Downstream, Digital Signal, Digital Service
164
IPPV
Impulse Pay Per View
165
BRI
Basic Rate Interface
166
PSTN
Public Switched Telephone Network
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CoS
Class of Service
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CPD
Common Path Distortion
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XOC
eXcellence in Operations Center
170
SCTE
Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers
171
DVI
Digital Visual Interface
172
HTPC
Home Theater Personal Computer
173
EOL
End of Line, End of Life
174
dBc
Decibel relative to Carrier
175
EPON
Ethernet Passive Optical Network
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EQAM
Edge Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
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DTMF
Dual Tone Multi Frequency
178
PoE
Point of Entry
179
NESC
National Electrical Safety Code
180
MTA
Multimedia Terminal Adapter
181
MTTR
Mean Time To Repair
182
AM-VSB
Amplitude Modulation, Vestigial Side Band
183
OTN
Optical Transport Node
184
HTIB
Home Theater In A Box
185
POP
Post Office Protocol
186
SPPV
Single Purchase Pay Per View
187
GaAs
Gallium Arsenide
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Gbps
Gigabits Per Second
189
ASK
Amplitude Shift Keying
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dBm
Decibel Relative to Milliwatt
191
HTML
Hyper Text Markup Language
192
ACP
Analog Copying and Piracy
193
POST
Power On Self Test
194
ATM
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
195
OTDR
Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
196
FDM
Frequency Division Multiplexing
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FDMA
Frequency Division Multiple Access
198
GUI
Graphical User Interface
199
Hz
Hertz
200
FTTH
Fiber to the Home
201
Gb
Gigabit
202
I/O
Input/Output
203
MAC
Media Access Control
204
NOC
Network Operations Center
205
RAM
Random Access Memory
206
SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
207
GBps
Gigabytes Per Second
208
ILEC
Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier
209
AGC
Automatic Gain Control
210
ALC
Automatic Level Control
211
HITS
Head End in the Sky
212
UPS
Uninterruptable Power Supply
213
URL
Uniform Resource Locator
214
VPN
Virtual Private Network
215
BERT
Bit Error Rate Tester
216
GE-PON
Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network
217
CNR, C/N
Carrier to Noise Ratio
218
CO
Central Office
219
DMZ
Demilitarized Zone
220
DTS
Digital Theater Systems
221
CODEC
Compression/Decompression
222
UDB
Universal Database
223
DCT
Digital Consumer Terminal
224
FiOS
Fiber Optic Service
225
FPS
Frames Per Second
226
FIFO
First in, First out
227
FM
Frequency Modulation
228
GPON
Gigabit Passive Optical Network
229
FN
Fiber Node
230
CB
Citizens Band
231
CDMA
Code Division Multiple Access
232
CLEC
Competitive Local Exchange Carrier
233
DC
Direct Current, Directional Coupler
234
CMTS
Cable Modem Termination System
235
CM
Cable Modem
236
DEMUX
Demultiplexer
237
GHz
Gigahertz
238
CSO
Composite Second Order
239
CATVP
CATV Plenum
240
CATVR
CATV Riser
241
CSR
Customer Service Representative
242
BPF
Band Pass Filter
243
bps
Bits Per Second
244
SIP
Session Initiation Protocol
245
CTB
Composite Triple Beat
246
VGA
Video Graphics Array
247
FSK
Frequency Shift Keying
248
FTP
File Transfer Protocol
249
TFTP
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
250
FTTC
Fiber to the Curb
251
DAC, D/A
Digitial to Analog Converter
252
BPSK
Binary Phase Shift Keying
253
BTSC
Broadcast Television Standards Committee
254
nm
Nanometer
255
MPG
Megaport Gateway
256
EULA
End User License Agreement
257
IR
Infrared
258
KVM
Keyboard Video Mouse
259
EMI
Electromagnetic Interference
260
DTCP
Digital Transmission Content Protection
261
AFT
Automatic Fine Tuning
262
VLSM
Variable Length Subnet Masking
263
DMA
Direct Memory Access
264
DBS
Digital Broadcast Satellite, Digital Broadcast Service, Direct Broadcast Satellite
265
DCE
Data Communications Equipment
266
LDAP
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
267
HDT
Host Digital Terminal
268
EIA
Electronic Industry Alliance
269
EISA
Extended Industry Standard Architecture
270
EVC
Ethernet Virtual Circuit
271
BAM
Box Availability Matrix
272
PCMCIA
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
273
ABP
Automatic Bill Payment
274
ASP
Alternate Service Providers
275
CNAM
Calling Name
276
SATA
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
277
EMS
Element Management System
278
DPR
Dual Party Relay
279
WPA-PSK
Wifi Protected Access, Pre Shared Key
280
FOC
Firm Order Confirmation
281
CAN
Cable Area Network
282
EO
End Office (exchange)
283
GSM
Global Systems for Mobile Communications
284
DTE
DATA Terminal Equipment
285
ANI
Automatic Number Identification
286
HPF
High Pass Filter
287
ITU
International Telecommunications Union
288
PAL
Phase Alteration by Line
289
PCI
Peripheral Component Interconnect
290
CRC
Cycle Redundancy Check
291
DFB
Distributed Feedback
292
HRC
Harmonically Related Carrier
293
DVB
Digital Video Broadcast
294
DWDM
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
295
RIN
Relative Intensity Noise
296
ACD
Automatic Call Distributor
297
BASIC
Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
298
AC
Alternating Current, Access Condition, Access Customer, Area Code
299
BCT/E
Broadband Communications Technician/Engineer
