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10BaseT

A

AAL
ABR
Access Channels
Access Network
Access Server
Active
Address
Addressable
Aerial Plant
AGC
Algorithm
Alternative Access Provider
Amplifier
Amplitude Modulation
AN
Analog (data transmission)
Analog Device
Analog Signal
Analog-To-Digital
ANSI
Antenna
Antenna Array
Antenna Stack
API
ARPA
ASC
Asynchronous Transmission
ATM
ATM cell
ATM Layer
Attenuation
Audio

B

Backbone
Backbone Microwave System
Background Noise
Bandwidth
Basic Cable
Baud Rate
BER
Best-effort delivery
Bit
Bit Rate
Bridge
Bridged Tap
Bridger Amplifier
Broadband
Broadband Modulation
Broadcast addresses
Broadcasting
Brouter
BSIDN
Burst error second
Bus
Byte

C

Cable Loss
Cable-Powered
Cable System
Cable Termination
Call
Call Admission Control
CAP
Carrier
Cascade Depth
CATV
CBR
CDMA
Cell
Cell Relay
Channel
Channel Capacity
Circuit
Circuit Switching
Cluster
CO
Coaxial cable
Co-Channel
Collision
Combiner
Communication Server
Communications Satellite
Compression
Connection
Connectionless
Connection-oriented
Connectionless Service
Contention
Contour
Converter
CPD
CPE
CRC
Critical Length
Cross Modulation
Cross Talk
CSMA/CD

D

DARPA
Data Communication
Data Compression
Datagram
Data Link Layer
DAVIC
dB
DBS
De Facto Standard
Delay
Demodulation
Demographics
Descrambler
Detector
Digital
Digital Compression
Digital Set Top Box
Discrambler
Dish Antenna
Distant Signal
Distribution System
DOCSIS
Down Conversion
Downlink
Downstream
Drop
Drop Cable Coaxial
Dual Cable
Duplex
DWDM
Dynamic Routing

E

E.164
Earth Station
Edge device
End user
Errored second
Ethernet
Extended subsplit

F

FCC
F-Connector
FDDI
FEC
Feeder Cables
Feeder line
Fiber Optics
Filter
Firewall
Flow control
FM
FM Broadcast Band
FM Cable system
Forword Traffic
Frame Relay
Frequency
Frequency Bandwidth
Front End
FSN
FTP
Full-Duplex
Full-Motion Video

G

Gateway
GHz
Ground Communication Equipment
Guardband
GUI

H

Half-Duplex
Hardware
HDTV
Head-end
Head-end router
Header
HEMT
Heterodyne
HFC
HFC System
Hierarchical routing
High Q
High split
Home passed
HTML
Hub
Hz

I

IEEE
IETF
Impedance
Inductance
Inductor
Interactive Cable
Interconeect
Interdiction
Interexchange carries
Interlacing
Intermodulation
Internet
Interoperability
IP
IP Address
IP over ATM
ISDN
Isochronous

K

Ku-band

L

LAN
Laser
Last Mile Framing
LATA
Latency
Layer
Leased Access
LIIC
Line Speed
Link
LNA
Local Bridge
Local Exchange
Local Exchange Carrier
Local Loop
Local Origination
LOS
Low Power Television
Low Split
LPF

M

MAC
MAN
MATS
MBONE
MCNS
Medium Access Control Protocol
Mesh
MHz
Microwaves
Microwave Oscillator
Mid Split
Mixer
Mode
Modem
Modulation
Modulator
Monitor Plus
Monomode
MSO
Multi-access Network
Multicast
Multicast Address
Multimode
Multiplexer
Multiplexing

N

NAP
Narrowband
NCTA
Network Congestion
Network Layer
Network Termination
NIU
NOC
Node
Noise Figure
NTSC
Number Portability
NVOD

O

On-demand Service
Optical Fiber
Optical Overload

P

Packet
PCS
Phase
Phase Distortion
Phase Modulation
Photodiode
Photo Resistor
Physical Layer
Picture Element
PoF
Point-to-Point
POP
Port
Power Amplifier
Power Gain
Power Transistor
Protocol
Proxy
PSTN
Pull Mode
Push Mode

Q

Q Factor
QOS
QOS Parameter

R

Ranging
RBOC
Rebuild
Receiver
Redundancy
Redundant System
Reliability
Repeater
Residential Gateway
Resistance
Resistor
Resolution
Response Time
Return Path
Reverse Path Forwarding
RF
Router
Routing
Routing Protocol
Routing Table

S

Satellite
Satellite Communication
Scrambling
SCS
SDU
Second Audio Program
Set-Top Box
SI
Signaling
Signal Leakage
Single-mode Fiber
SMATV
SNA
SNMP
SNR
SONET
Spanning Tree
Splitters
Spoofing
Spread Spectrum
SS7
Star Topology
Statistical Multiplexing
Store and Forward
Sublayer
Subnetwork
Subscriber
Switch
Switched Connection
Switched Network
Synchronization
System Operator
Systems Management

T

T1
Tap
TCP
TCP/IP
TDM
TDMA
Telco
Telecommunications
Terminal
Thin Wire
Threshold
Throughput
TIA
Token
Token Ring
Topology
Traffic Parameter
Traffic Policing
Traffic Shaping
Transceiver
Transducer
Transimpedance
Transistor
Transit Delay
Transmission Link
Transmission Medium
Transmission Systems
Transmit Delay
Transponder
Trunk
Trunk Amplifiers
Trunk Cable
Trunking
Trunk Line
TVRO
Typical Operating Conditions

U

UBR
UDP
UHF
Unbundling
UNI
Unicast
Upconverter
Upstream
URL

V

VBR
VC
V-Chip Violence Chip
VCI
VHF
Video
Video Dialtone
Videotext
Virtual Circuit
Virtual Path
VOD
VSAT

W

WAN
Wireless Cable

X

X.25

Z

Zero Cells

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