CH AA - ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS Flashcards
A/D
Analog-to-Digital
A&E
Architecture and Engineering
ABA
Architectural Barriers Act
ac
Alternating Current
ACEG
Alternating Current Equipment Ground
ACK
Acknowledgment
ACL
Access Control List
ACR
Attenuation-to-Crosstalk Ratio
ACRF
Attenuation-to-Crosstalk Ratio, far-end
ACS
Access Control System
ACWP
Actual Cost of Work Performed
ADA
Americans with Disabilities Act
ADAAG
Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines
ADF
Area Distribution Facility
ADO
Auxiliary Disconnect Outlet
ADPCM
Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation
ADR
Alternative Dispute Resolution
ADSL
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
ADSS
All-Dielectric Self-Support
AEC
- Acoustic Echo Canceller
- Architecture, Engineering, and Construction
AES
Advanced Encryption Standard
AF
Audio Frequency
AFEXT
Alien Far-End Crosstalk
AFF
Above Finished Floor
AGC
Automatic Gain Control
AHJ
Authority Having Jurisdiction
AHU
Air Handling Unit
AI
- Analog Input
- Articulation Index
AIM
Automated Infrastructure Management
AM
Amplitude Modulation
AMES
Architectural, Mechanical, Electrical, Structural
AMI
Alternate Mark Inversion
AMSL
Above Mean Sea Level
ANEXT
Alien Near-End Crosstalk
AO
Analog Output
AP
- Access Point
- Access Provider
APC
Angle Physical Contact
API
Application Programming Interface
AS
Australian Standard
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASP
Authorized Service Provider
ATM
- Asynchronous Transfer Mode
- Automatic Teller Machine
ATR
All-Thread-Rod
ATS
Automatic Transfer Switch
AUTONEG
Autonegotiation
AV
Audiovisual
AWG
American Wire Gauge
AWS
Advanced Wireless Services
AXT
Alien Crosstalk
BACnet®
Building Automation and Control Network
BAS
Building Automation System
BBC
Backbone Bonding Conductor
BBMD
BACnet® Broadcast management Device
BC
Bonding Conductor
BCT
Bonding Conductor for Telecommunications
BCWP
Budgeted Cost of Work Performed
BCWS
Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled
BD
Building Distributor
BDA
Bidirectional Amplifier
BDSL
Bit Rate Digital Subscriber
BER
Bit Error Rate
BET
Building Entrance Terminal
BIBB
BACnet® Interoperability Building Block
BIM
Building Information Modeling
BMS
Building Management System
BN
Bonding Network
BNC
Bayonet Neill-Concelman
BOM
Bill of Material
BPSK
Binary Phase Shift Keying
BRI
Basic Rate Interface
BSC
Base Station Controller
BSS
Basic Service Set
BTL
BACnet® Testing Laboratories
BTS
Basic Transceiver Station
BVLL
BACnet® Virtual Link Layer
C
Chrominance Signal
CAD
Computer-Aided Design
CADD
Computer-Aided Drafting and Design
CAFM
Computer-Aided Facility Management
CAN
Campus Area Network
CAP
Carrierless Amplitude and Phase
CAT
Category
CATV
Cable TV
CBC
Coupled Bonding Conductor
CBN
Common Bonding Network
CBS
Core Bore Seal
CCD
Charge Coupled Device
CCK
Complimentary Code Keying
cct
Circuit (European)
CCTV
Closed Circuit TV
CCU
- Coronary Care Unit
- Critical Care Unit
cd
Candela
CD
- Campus Distributor
- Construction Document
CDF
Campus Distribution Facility
CDMA
Code Division Multiple Access
CE
- Common Element
- Conformité Européene
CEBus®
Consumer Electronics Bus
CENELEC
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
CENTREX
Central Exchange
CER
Common Equipment Room
CEV
Controlled Environment Vault
CFR
Code of Federal Regulations (U.S.)
CHCC
Comprehensive Health Care Clinic
C/I
Carrier-to-Interface Ratio
CI
Circuit Integrity
CIA
Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability
CIC
CEBus® Industry Council
CII
Critical Infrastructure Industry
CIS
Common Intelligibility Scale
ckt
Circuit (U.S.)
CLEC
Competitive Local Exchange Carrier
CM
- Common Mode
- Construction Manager
- Control Module
CMP
Communications Plenum
CMR
Communications Riser
CMRR
Common-Mode Rejection Ratio
CMU
Concrete Masonry Unit
CMUC
Communications Undercarpet
CMX
Communications Residential
CO
- Central Office
- Change Order
CON
Certificate of Need
COR
Close Observation Room
COT
Central Office Terminal
CP
Consolidation Point
CPE
Customer Premises Equipment
CPI
Cost Performance Index
CPM
Critical Path Method
CPU
Central Processing Unit
CPVC
Chlorinated Polyvinyl Chloride
CR
Computer Room
CRAC
Computer Room Air Conditioning
CRC
Cyclic Redundancy Check
CRI
Color Rendition Index
CRO
Construction Ride Out
CRT
Cathode Ray Tube
CSI
Construction Specifications Institute
CSMA/CA
Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance
CSMA/CD
Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection
CSU
Channel Service Unit
CTCSS
Continuous Tone Coded Squelch System
CTR
Common Telecommunications Room
CTS
Clear to Send
CUE
Concrete Universal Enclosure
CWDM
Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing
D/A
Digital-to-Analog
DA
- Distributed Automation
- Distribution Amplifier
DAC
Direct Attach Cable
DACR
Digital Alarm Communicator Receiver
DACS
Digital Alarm Communicator System
DACT
Digital Alarm Communicator Transmitter
DARR
Digital Alarm Radio Receiver
DARS
Digital Alarm Radio System
DART
Digital Alarm Radio Transmitter
DAS
- Direct-Attached Storage
- Distributed Antenna System
DAQ
Delivered Audio Quality
DB
Design-Build
dBa
A-Weighted Decibel
dBd
Decibels Related to a Half Wavelength Dipole
dBi
Decibels Related to an Isotropic Radiator
DBS
Direct Broadcast Satellite
dBu
Decibel Unit
dc
Direct Current
DCIE
Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency
DCS
Digital Cellular System
DD
- Design Development
- Design Document
- Distribution Device
DDC
Direct Digital Control
DDS
Dynamic Digital Signage
DECT
Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications
DEPIC
Dual Expanded Plastic Insulated Conductor
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DI
Digital Input
DTC
Data Link Control
DM
Differential Mode
DMD
Differential Mode Delay
DMT
Discrete Multitone
DMVPN
Dynamic Multipoint Virtual Private Network
DMZ
Demilitarized Zone
DNR
Digital Noise Reduction
DO
Digital Output
DoS
Denial of Service
DP
Demarcation Point
DS
- Digital Signal
- Distribution System
DS0
Digital Signaling Level Zero
DS1
Digital Signal Level One
DS1C
Digital Signal Level One C
DS2
Digital Signal Level Two
DS3
Digital Signal Level Three
DSL
Digital Subscriber Line
DSP
Digital Signal Processor
DSS
Digital Satellite Signal
DSSS
Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum
DSU
Data Service unit
DSX
Digital Signal Cross-Connect
DTE
Data Terminal Equipment
DTV
Digital TV
DVB
Digital Video Broadcast
DVD
Digital Versatile Disk
DVI-A
Digital Visual Interface - Analog
DVI-D
Digital Visual Interface - Digital
DVI-I
Digital Visual Interface - Integrated
DVMS
Digital Video Management System
DVR
Digital Video Recorder
DVT
Digital Video Technology
E&O
Errors and Omissions
E/O
Electronic-to-Optical
EAC
Electronic Access Control
Eb/NO
Energy Per Bid to Noise Density Ratio
EBC
Equipment Bonding Conductor
ECTFE
Ethylene Chlorotrifluoroethylene
EDA
Equipment Distribution Area
EDP
Electrical Distribution Panel
EEA
European Economic Area
EESS
Earth Exploration-Satellite Service
EF
Entrance Facility
EFM
Ethernet in the First Mile
EFT
Electrical Fast Transient
EHF
Extremely High Frequency
EIA
Electronic Industries Alliance
EIRP
- Effective Isotropic Radiated Power
- Equivalent Isotropic Radiated Power
ELF
Extremely Low Frequency
ELFEXT
Equal Level Far-End Crosstalk
EM
Electromagnetic
EMB
Effective Modal Bandwidth
EMC
Electromagnetic Compatibility
EMI
Electromagnetic Interference
EMP
Electromagnetic Pulse
EMR
Electromagnetic Radiation
EMS
- Emergency Medical Service
- Energy Management System
EMT
Electrical Metallic Tubing
ENI
External Network Interface
ENT
Electrical Non-Metallic Tubing
EO
Electrical Outlet
EoDSL
Ethernet Over Digital Subscriber Line
EOLR
End-of-Line Resistor
EP
Entrance Point
EPO
Emergency Power Off
EPON
Ethernet Passive Optical Network
EPR
Earth Potential Rise
EQ
Equalizer
ER
Equipment Room
ERP
Effective Radiated power
ERRCS
Emergency Responder Radio Coverage Systems
ESD
Electrostatic Discharge
ESF
Extended Superframe
ESMR
Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio
ESN
Electronic Serial Number
ESS
- Electronic Security and Safety
- Electronic Service Set
ETSI
European Telecommunications Standards Institute
ETL
Electronic Testing Laboratories (Intertek)
EV
Earned Value
F/UTP
Foil Screened With Unshielded Twisted-Pairs
FA
Fire Alarm
FACP
Fire Alarm Control Panel
FAX
Facsimile
FC
- Ferrule Connector
- Fiber Connector
- Fixed Connector
FCC
Federal Communications Commission
FCS
Frame Check Sequence
FD
Floor Distributor
FDDI
Fiber Distributed Data Interface
FDM
Frequency Division Multiplexing
FEC
Forward Error Correction
FEP
Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene
FEXT
Far-End Crosstalk
FHSS
Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum
FirstNet
First Responder Network Authority
FIT
Frame Interline Transfer
FLA
Flooded Lead Acid
FLS
Fire-Life-Safety
FM
Frequency Modulation
FMC
Flexible Metal Conduit
FMT
Flexible Metal Tubing
FO
- Fiber Optic
- Field Order
FOV
Field of View
F-PDCH
Forward Packet Data Channel
FR
Fire Retardant
FRS
Family Radio Service
FS
- Factor of Safety
- Fixed Service
FSO
Free Space Optics
FTC
Failure to Capture
FTP
- File Transfer Protocol
- Foil Twisted-Pair
FTTH
Fiber To The Home
FTTO
Fiber To The Office
FTTx
Fiber To The X
FWHM
Full Width Half Maximum
G
Conductance
GAN
Global Area Network
GbE
Gigabit Ethernet
GC
General Contractor
GE
Grounding Equalizer
GEC
Grounding Electrode Conductor
GFCI
Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter
GIS
Geographic Information System
GMP
Guaranteed Maximum Price
GPON
Gigabit Passive Optical Network
GPR
- Ground Penetrating Radar
- Ground Potential Rise
GSM
Global System for Mobile Communications
GUI
Graphical User Interface
HAAT
Height Above Average Terrain
HC
Horizontal Cross-Connect
HCP
Horizontal Connection Point
HD
High Definition
HDA
Horizontal Distribution Area
HDMI
High-Definition Multimedia Interface
HDPE
High Density Polyethylene
HDSDI
High-Definition Serial Digital Interface
HDSL
High Bit-Rate Digital Subscriber Line
HDTV
High Definition TV
HF
High Frequency
HFC
Hybrid Fiber-Coax
HH
Handhole
HIPAA
Health insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
Hostid
Host Identification
HR
Human Resources
HR/DSSS
High Rate Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum
HSAB
high-Speed Air Blown (Procedure)
HSPDA
High-Speed Downlink Packet Access
HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HVAC
Heating, Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning
I/O
Input/Output
I
- Current
- In-Phase Signal
IAPP
Interaccess Point Protocol
IB
Intelligent Building
IBC
International Building Code
IBM
Isolated Bonding Network
IBSS
Independent Basic Service Set
IC
- Integrated Circuit
- Intermediate Cross-Connect
ICT
Information and Communications Technology
ICU
Intensive Care Unit
ID
- Identifier
- Inside Diameter
- Intelligent Device
- Intermediate Distributor
IDC
- Initiating Device Circuit
- Insulation Displacement Connector
IDF
Intermediate Distribution Frame
IDS
Intrusion Detection System
IEC
International Electrotechnical Commission
IESS
Integrated Electronic Security Systems
IETF
Internet Engineering Task Force
IF
Intermediate Frequency
IFC
Intrafacility Cabling
IG
Isolated Ground
ILEC
Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier
IMC
Intermediate Metal Conduit
IOR
Index of Refraction
IoT
Internet of Things
IP
- Ingress Protection (e.g., IP52)
- Internet Protocol
IPD
Integrated Project Delivery
IPsec
Internet Protocol Security
IPTS
Interactive Patient TV System
IR
- Infrared
- Insulation Resistance
ISDN
Integrated Services Digital Network
ISM
Industrial, Scientific, and Medical
ISO
International Organization for Standardization
ISOC
Internet Society
ISP
- Inside Plant
- Internet Service Provider
IT
Information Technology
ITB
Invitation to Bid
ITE
Information Technology Equipment
ITS
Information Technology System
ITU
International Telecommunications Union
IW
Inside Wire
JCAHO
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
JIS
Japanese Industrial Standard
JPEG
Joint Photographic Experts Group
KSU
Key Service Unit
KTS
Key Telephone System
KVM
Keyboard/Video/Mouse
L2TP/IPSec
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol / Internet Protocol Security
LAD
Link Access Device
LC
Latching Connector
LCD
Liquid Crystal Display
LCE
Limited Common Element
LCX
Leaky Coaxial
LD
Laser Diode
LDP
Local Distribution Point
LEC
Line Echo Canceller
LEC
Local Exchange Carrier
LED
Light-Emitting Diode
LEED
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
LF
Low Frequency
LiDAR
Light Imaging Detection and Ranging
LLC
Logical Link Control
LMDS
Local Multipoint Distribution Service
LMR
Land Mobile Radio
LMS
Land Mobile Service
locap
Low-Capacitance
LORAN
Long Range Navigation
LoS
Line of Sight
LOTO
Lock Out - Tag Out
LP
Low Pressure
LPC
License Plate Capture
LPDA
Log-Periodic Dipole Array
LPR
License Plate Recognition
LS0H
Low Smoke Zero Halogen
LSA
Lotfrei Schraubfei Abisolierfrei
LSZH
Low Smoke Zero Halogen
LT
Liner Terminal
LVD
Low Voltage Disconnect
LW
Long Wavelength
LWAPP
Lightweight Access Point Protocol
MAC
- Media Access Control
- Move, Add, and Change
MAHO
Move Assisted Handoff
MAN
Metropolitan Area Network
MAP
Mobile Application Part
MC
- Main Cross-Connect
- Metal Clad
MCC
Motor Control Center
MC-CDMA
Multi-Carrier Code Division Multiple Access
MCU
Master Control Unit
MD
Main Distributor
MDA
Main Distribution Area
MDI
Medium Dependent Interface
MDP
Main Distribution Panel
MDU
Multi-Dwelling Unit
MDU-TR
Multi-Dwelling Unit Telecommunications Room
MEGB
Main Electrical Grounding Busbar
mesh-BN
Meshed Bonding Network
MF
Medium Frequency
MFD
Mode Field Diameter
MGN
Multiground Neutral
MH
Maintenance Hole
MIB
Management information Base
MICE
Mechanical, Ingress, Climatic/Chemical, Electromagnetic
MIMO
Multiple Input Multiple Output
MIN
Mobile Identification Number
M-JPEG
motion-Joint Photographic Experts Group
MLT
Multilevel Transmission
MM
Multimode
MMDS
- Multi-Channel Multipoint Distribution Service
- Multipoint Microwave Distribution System
MMF
Multimode Fiber
MOV
Metal Oxide Varistor
MP3
Moving Picture Experts Group Layer 3
MPEG
Moving Picture Expert Group
MPO
Multifiber Push-On
MPOE
Minimum Point of Entry
MPP
Modular Patch Panel
MPTL
Modular Plug Terminated Link
MRE
Make Ready Engineering
MRI
Magnetic Resonance imaging
MS
Mobile Station
MSC
Mobile Switching Center
MSDS
Material Safety Data Sheet
MSS
Meteorological-Satellite Service
MTBF
Mean Time Between Failure
MTTR
Mean Time to Repair
MUTOA
Multi-User Telecommunications Outlet Assembly
NA
Numerical Aperture
NAC
- Network Admission Control
- Notification Appliance Circuit
NAS
Network Attached Storage
NC
- Network Computer
- Noise Criterion
NCS
National CAD Standard
NEBS
Network Equipment-Building Systems
NEC®
National Electrical Code®
NEMA
national Electrical Manufacturers Association
NETID
Network Identification
NEXT
Near-End Crosstalk
NFPA
National Fire Protection Association
NI
Network Interface
NIC
Network Interface Card
NiCd
Nickel Cadmium
NICU
National Intensive Care Unit
NID
Network interface Device
NIST
National Institute of Standards and Technology
NMC
Network Management Center
NOC
Network Operations Center
NOS
Network Operating System
NPLFA
Non-Power-Limited Fire Alarm
NPSBN
Nationwide Public Safety Broadband network
NRC
Noise Reduction Coefficient
NRTL
Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory
NRZ
Non-Return-to-Zero
NRZI
Non-Return-to-Zero Inverted
NT
Network Terminal
NTIA
national Telecommunications and Information Administration
NTSC
National Television System Committee
NVP
Nominal Velocity of Propogation
NVR
Network Video Recorder
NZS
New Zealand Standard
O/E
optical-to-Electronic
O&M
operations and Maintenance
OBS
Organization Breakdown Structure
OC
- Optical Carrier
- Outlet Cable
OCPD
Overcurrent Protection Devices
OD
outside Diameter
ODBC
Open Database Connectivity
OEM
Original Equipment Manufacturer
OET
Office of Engineering and Technology
OFC
Optical Fiber Conductive
OFCG
Optical Fiber Conductive General Purpose
OFCP
Optical Fiber Conductor Plenum
OFCR
Optical Fiber Conductive Riser
OFDM
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
OFDMA
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access
OFL
Overfilled Launch
OFN
Optical Fiber Non-Conductive
OFNG
Optical Fiber Non-Conductive General Purpose
OFNP
Optical Fiber Non-Conductive Riser
OLED
Organic Light-Emitting Diode
OLT
Optical Line Terminal/Termination
OLTS
Optical Loss Test Set
OM
Optical Multimode
OM1
Optical Multimode 1
OM2
Optical Multimode 2
OM3
Optical Multimode 3
OM3
Optical Multimode 4
ONT
Optical Network Terminal
ONU
Optical Netowrk Unit
OPM
Optical Power Meter
OS
- Operating System
- Optical Singlemode
OS1
Optical Singlemode 1
OS2
Optical Singlemode 2
OSHA
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSI
Open System Interconnection
OSP
- Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis
- Outside Plant
OSPF
Open Shortest Path First
OTDR
Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
PA
- Average Power
- Public Address
PABX
Private Automatic Branch Exchange
PAD
Packet Assembler/Disassembler
PAL
Phase Alternation Line
PAM
Pulse Amplitude Modulation
PAN
Personal Area Network
PB
Polyburylene
PB
Pull Box
PBB
Primary Bonding Busbar
PBCC
Packet Binary Convolutional Coding
PBPP
Pathway Barrier Penetration Plates
PBX
Private Branch Exchange
PC
Physical Contact
PCB
Printed Circuit Board
PCM
Pulse Code Modulation
PCS
Personal Communications System/Service
PD
Power Device
PDU
- Power Distribution Unit
- Protocol Data unit
PE
- Polyethylene
- Professional Engineer
PERT
Program Evaluation Review Technique
PET
Protected Entrance Terminal
PF
Power Factor
PFAS
Personal Fall Arrest System
PFM
Pulse Frequency Modulation
PHY
Physical
PIC
Plastic Insulated Conductor
PID
Passive Infrared Detector
PIN
- Personal Identification Number
- Positive Intrinsic Negative
PIR
Passive Infrared
PIV
Personal Identification Verification
PL
- Performance level
- Power-Limited
PLC
Programmable Logic Controller
PLFA
Power-Limited Fire Alarm
PM
- Phase Modulation
- Project Management/Manager
PMA
Physical Medium Attachment
PMD
Physical Medium Dependent
POCSAG
Post Office Code Standardization Advisory Group
PoE
Power Over Ethernet
POF
Plastic Optical Fiber
PON
Passive Optical Network
POP
Point of Presence
POS
Point of Sale
POT
Portable Operator’s Terminal
POTS
Plain Old Telephone Service
POU
Power Outlet Unit
PP
Peak Power
PPE
Personal Protective Equipment
PPM
Pulse Position Modulation
PPTP
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
PRCS
Permit Required Confined Space
PRI
Primary Rate Interface
PRR
Pulse Repetition Rate
PSAACR-F
Power Sum Attenuation-to-Alien Crosstalk ratio at Far-end
PSAACR-N
Power Sum Attenuation-to-Alien Crosstalk Ratio at Near-end
PSACR
Power Sum Attenuation-to-Crosstalk Ratio
PSACRF
Power Sum Attenuation-to-Crosstalk ratio-Far end
PSAFEXT
Power Sum Alien Far-End Crosstalk
PSANEXT
Power Sum Alien Near-End Crosstalk
PSE
Power Sourcing Equipment
PSELFEXT
Power Sum Equal Level Far-end Crosstalk
PSIM
Physical Security information Management
PSK
Phase-Shift Keying
PSNEXT
Power Sum Near-end Crosstalk
PSTN
Public Switched Telephone Network
PTC
Positive Temperature Coefficient
PTP
Point-to-Point
PTZ
Pan, Tilt, Zoom
PUC
Public Utilities Commission
PUE
Power Usage Effectiveness
PVC
- Permanent Virtual Circuit
- Polyvinyl Chloride
PWM
Pulse Width Modulation
Q
Quadrature Signal
QAM
Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
QC
Quality Control
QoS
Quality of Service
QPSK
Quadrature Phase-Shift Keying
R/W
Right-of-Way
RACE
Rescue, Alarm, Confine, Extinguish
RADIUS
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
RADSL
Rate-Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line
RAID
Redundant Array of Independent Disks
RARSR
Radio Alarm Repeater Station Receiver
RAS
Radio Alarm System
RASSR
Radio Alarm Supervising Station Receiver
RAT
Radio Alarm Transmitter
RBB
Rack Bonding Busbar
RBC
Rack Bonding Conductor
REX
Request to Exit
RF
Radio Frequency
RFB
Request for Bid
RFI
- Radio Frequency Interface
- Request for Information
- Request for Interest
- Request for Interpretation
RFDI
Radio Frequency identification
RFoG
Radio Frequency Over Glass
RFP
Request For Proposal
RFQ
- Request For Qualifications
- Request For Quotation
RG
Radio Grade
RGB
- Rack Grounding Busbar
- Red, Green, Blue
RH
Relative humidity
RJ
Registered Jack
RL
Return Loss
RMC
Rigid Metal Conduit
rms
Room Mean Square
RMU
Rack Mounted Unit
RNC
Rigid Non-metal Conduit
RO
Remote Office
ROI
Return On Investment
RPE
Radiation Pattern Envelope
RPP
Remote Power Panel
RSTP
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
RTS
Request To Send
RU
Rack Unit
RZ
Return to Zero
2G
Second Generation
S/E
Signal to Error
S/FTP
Screened/Foil Twisted-Pair
S
Siemen
Saas
Software as a Service
SAC
Security and Access Control
SAN
Storage Area network
SAP
Service Access point
SAT
- Source Address Table
- Systems Acceptance Test
SBB
Secondary Bonding Busbar
SBG
Supplementary Bonding Grid
SC
Subscriber Connector
SCS
Structured Cabling System
SCADA
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
SCO
Synchronous Connection-Oriented
SCSI
Small Computer system Interface
ScTP
Screened Twisted-Pair
SCU
Special Care unit
SCUPC
Subscriber Connector-Ultra physical Contact
SD
Schematic design
SDH
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
SDI
Serial Digital Interface
SDK
Software Development kit
SDP
Service Discovery Profile
SDR
- Software Defined Radio
- Standard Dimension Ratio
SDSL
Symmetrical Digital Subscriber line
SECAM
Sequential Couleur Avec Memoire
SF/UTP
Overall Braid and Foil Screened with Unshielded Twisted-Pair
SFF
Small Form Factor
SFP
Small Form Factor Pluggable
SHF
Super High Frequency
SI
International System of Units
SIM
Subscriber Identity Module
SLC
Signaling Line Circuit
SM
Singlemode
SMA
Subminiature A
SMF
Singlemode Fiber
SMR
Specialized Mobile Radio
SMS
Short Message Service
SNI
Standard Network Interface
SNMP
Single Network management Protocol
SNR
Signal-to-Noise Ratio
SONET
Synchronous Optical Network
SoW
Scope of Work
SP
Service Provider
SPD
Surge Protection Device
SPF
Shortest Path First
SPG
Single-Point Ground
SPI
Schedule Performance Index
SPL
Sound Pressure Level
SPP
Serial Port Profile
SRL
Structural Return loss
SS7
Signaling System No.7
SSB
Single Sideband Modulation
SSID
Service Set identifier
SSO
Single Sign-On
ST
Straight Terminus
STDM
Statistical Time Division Multiplexing
STP
Shielded Twisted-Pair
STS
- Shared Tenant Service
- Static Transfer Switch
- Synchronous Transport Signal
SVC
Switched Virtual Circuit
SWR
Standing Wave Ratio
3G
Third Generation
3GPP2
Third Generation Partnership Project Two
T1
Trunk Level 1
T3
Trunk Level 3
T&C
Terms and Condition
TB
Terminal Block
TBB
Telecommunications Bonding Backbone
TBBIBC
Telecommunications Bonding Backbone Interconnecting Bonding Conductor
TBC
Telecommunications Bonding Conductor
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
TDD
- Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
- Time Division Dublex
TDM
Time Division Multiplexing
TDR
- Technology Distribution Room
- Time Domain Reflectiometer
TD-SCDMA
Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access
TE
Telecommunications Enclosure
TEBC
Telecommunications Equipment Bonding Conductor
TEC
Technology Equipment Center
TERM
Terminal
TGB
Telecommunications Grounding Busbar
TIA
Telecommunications Industry Association
TL
Transmission Level
TM
Trademark
TMGB
Telecommunications Main Grounding Busbar
TO
Telecommunications Outlet
TP
Transition Point
TP-PMD
Twisted-Pair Physical medium Dependent
TR
Telecommunications Room
TSB
Telecommunications System Bulletin
TTY
Teletypewritter / Text Telephone
TVL
TV Line
TX
Transmitter
TXOP
Transmit Opportunity
U/FTP
Unshielded Twisted-Pair Cable with Foil Screened Twisted-Pair Conductors
U-NII
Unlicensed national Information Infrastructure
U/UTP
Unshielded Twisted-Pair Cable With Unshielded Twisted-Pair Conductors
UBC
Unit Bonding Conductor
UC
Unified Communications
UDP
User Datagram Protocol
UDS
Uniform Data System
UHF
UltraHigh Frequency
UMTS
Universal mobile Telecommunications Service
UPC
Ultra Physical Contact
UPC
Universal Product Code
UPS
Uninterruptible power Supply
USB
Universal Serial Bus
USGBC
U.S. Green Building Council
USOC
Universal Service Order Code
UTC
Undercarpet Telecommunications Cable
UTP
Unshielded Twisted Pair
UV
Ultraviolet
VAV
Variable Air Volume
VCSEL
Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser
VDL
Vertical Down Lead
VE
Value Engineering
VDSL
Very high Bit-Rate Digital Subscriber Line
VF
Voice Frequency
VFL
Visual Fault Locator
VGA
Video Graphics Array
VHF
Very high Frequency
VLA
Vented Lead-Acid
VLAN
Virtual LAN
VLF
Very Low Frequency
VoIP
Voice Over Internet Protocol
VOM
Volt-Ohm-Milliammeter
VPN
Virtual Private Network
VRLA
Valve-Regulated Lead-Acid
VSS
Video Surveillance System
VSWR
Voltage Standing Wave Radio
WA
Work Area
WAN
Wide Area Network
WAP
Wireless Access Point
WATS
Wide Area Telephone Service
WBS
Work Breakdown Structure
WCDMA
Wideband Code Division Multiplexing / Multiplexer
WEP
Wired Equivalent Privacy
WG
Working Group
Wi-Fi
Wireless Fidelity
WLAN
Wireless LAN
WMTS
Wireless Medical Telemetry Service
WPAn
Wireless Personal Area Network
WW
WireWay
xDSL
x Digital Subscriber Line
XGA
Extended Graphics Array
XLPE
Cross-Linked Polyethylene
XML
Extensible Markup language
XPD
Cross-Polarization Discrimination
ZD
Zone Distributor
ZDA
Zone Distribution Area
°C
Degree Celsius
°F
Degree Fahrenheit
A
Ampere
AH
Amp Hour
amp
Ampere
b
Bit
b/s
Bit Per Second
BTU
British Thermal Unit
cfm
Cubit Foot per Minut
cm
Centimeter
dB
Decibel
dB/km
Decibel per Kilometer
dBA
Decibel-A-Weighting
dBm
Decibel Milliwatt
dBmV
Decibel Millivolt
dBu
Decibel Unloaded
dBV
Decibel Volt
dBW
Decibel Watt
EHz
Exahertz
eV
Electron Volt
fe
Foot-Candle
fps
Frames Per Second
ft
Foot
ft²
Square Foot
ft³
Cubed Foot
Gb
Gigabit
Gb/s
Gigabit per second
GeV
Giga-Electron Volt
GHz
Gigahertz
H
- Henry
- Hour
HP
Horsepower
Hz
Hertz
in
Inch
in WC
Inch Water Column
in²
Inches Squared
K
Kelvin
kB
Kilobit
kb/s
Kilobit Per Second
kcmil
One Thousand Circular Mils
KeV
Kilo-Electron-Volt
Kg
Kilogram
kHz
Kilohertz
km
Kilometer
km/s
Kilometer Per Second
kN
Kilonewton
kpa
Kilopascal
kV
Kilovolt
kVA
Kilovolt-Ampere
kW
Kilowatt
kWh
Kilowatt Hour
lb
Pound
lbf
Pound Fource
m
Meter
m²
Square Meter
mA
Milliampere
Mb
Megabit
Mb/s
Megabit Per Second
MCM
One Thousand Circular Mil
MeV
Mega-Electron Volt
MHz
Megahertz
MHz·km
Megahertz·Kilometer
mi
Mile
mi/s
Mile Per Second
Mil
Circular Mil
Mm
Megameter
mm
Millimeter
mm²
Squared Millimeter
ms
Millisecond
mV
Millivolt
mW
Milliwatt
N
Newton
nm
Nanometer
ns
nanosecond
Pa
Pascal
pF
Picofarad
pF/m
Picofarad Per Meter
PHz
Petahertz
ps
Picoseconds
psi
Pounds per Square Inch
RU
Rack Unit
s
Seconds
Tb/s
Terabit per Second
THz
Terahertz
V
Volt
V/m
Volt per Meter
VA
Volt-Ampere
Vac
Colts Alternating Current
Vdc
Volt Direct Current
Vpp
Volts Peak-to-Peak
Vrms
Volt Root-Mean-Square
W
Watt
YHz
Yottahertz
ZHz
Zettahertz
μm
Micron
μs
Microsecond
μV
Microvolt
Symbol: A
Amplitude
Symbol: C
Capacitance
Symbol: c
Speed of Light
Symbol: f
Frequency
Symbol: G
Conductance
Symbol: I
Current
Symbol: L
Inductance
Symbol: N
Refractivity
Symbol: P
- Atmospheric Pressure
- Power
R
Resistance
T
Temperature
t
Time
Z
Impedance
ε
Permittivity
λ
Wavelength
π
Pie
Φ
Phase