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568B cable	568B cable
802.1Q	802.1Q
802.1X	802.1X
AAL5	ATM Adaptation Layer
ACLs	Access Control Lists
Acquisition / Reacquisition Time	Acquisition / Reacquisition Time
ActiveX	ActiveX
Address mask	Address mask
ADSL	Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
AEC	Acoustic Echo Cancellation
AES	Advanced Encryption Standard
AFH	Adaptive Frequency Hopping
AIN	Advanced Intelligent Network
a-law	G.711 a-law
AMPS	Advanced Mobile Phone Service
ANI	Automatic Number Identification
AppleTalk	Apple Talk
ARP	Address Resolution Protocol
ASCII	ASCII
ATM	Asynchronous Transfer Mode
Auto-MDIX	Auto-MDIX
AWG	American Wire Gauge
B channel	Bearer channels
Baseband	Baseband
Baud	Baud
BBS	BBS
Binary File	Binary File
BIOS	Basic input/output system
B-ISDN	Broadband ISDN
BOOTP	Bootstrap Protocol
BRI	Basic Rate Interface
Bridge	Bridge
Broadband	Broadband
Cache	Cache
Call Bumping	Call Bumping
Caller ID	Caller ID
Cascade	Cascade
CCK	Complementary Code Keying
CDR	Call Detail Record
CHAP	Challenge/Handshake Authentication Protocol
Chat	Chat
CLIP	Calling Line Identification Presentation
CLIR	Calling Line Identification Restriction
CNG	Comfort Noise Generation
CO	Central Office
CODEC	Voice encoding / decoding mechanism
Cold Start & Warm Start	Cold Start & Warm Start
CPE	Customer Premises Equipment
CSMA/CA	Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance
CSMA/CD	Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection
CWMP	CPE WAN Management Protocol
D channel	Data channel
Daisy chain	Daisy chain
Data Rate	Data Rate
DB-9	DB-9 connector (officially the DE-9)
DDC	Display Data Channel
DDC2B	DDC2B
DDNS	Dynamic Domain Name System
Default Gateway	Default Gateway
DGPS	Differential GPS
DHCP	Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DID	Direct Inward Dialing
DMS/DMS100	DMS/DMS100
DMT	Discrete Multi-Tone
DMZ	DMZ
DNIS	Dialed Number Identification Service
DNS server	Domain Name System
DOD	Direct Outward Dialing
Domain Name	Domain Name
DoS	Denial of Service Attack
Dot matrix printer	Dot matrix printer
Downstream rate	Downstream rate
dpi	Dots Per Inch
DSCP	Differentiated Services (DiffServ) Code Point
DSLAM	Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplex
DSSS	Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum
D-sub connectors	D-SUBminiature connectors
DTMF	Dual Tone Multi-Frequency
DVI	Digital Visual Interface
Dynamic IP Addresses	Dynamic IP Addresses
E164	E164 standard
EGNOS	European Geostationary Navigation Overlay System
E-mail Address	E-mail Address
EMS	Element Management System
Encapsulation	Encapsulation
Encrypation	Encryption
ENUM	ENUM
Ethernet	Ethernet
External bus	External data bus
Fast Connect	Fast Connect
Fax	FACSimile
Female connector	Female connector
FHSS	Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
FSK	Frequency-shift keying
FS-VDSL	Full Service VDSL
FTP	File Transfer Protocol
Full-duplex	Full-duplex
FXO	Foreign eXchange Office
FXS	Foreign eXchange Station
G.165/G.168	G.165/G.168
GDI printer	GDI printer
GFSK	Gaussian Frequency Shift Keying Modulation
GPS	Global Positioning System
Group 3 fax/modem	Group 3 fax/modem
GUI	Graphical User Interface
H.225	Call Signaling for H.323
H.235	H.235
H.245	H.245 protocol
H.323	H.323
H.324	H.324
H.450	H.450
Hackers and Crackers	Hackers and Crackers
Half-duplex	Half-duplex
Handshaking	Handshaking
HCRP	Hardcopy Cable Replacement Profile
HDTV	High Definition TV
Hop count	Hop count
Host-based printer	Host-based printer
Hot key	Hot key
HTML	Hypertext Markup Language
http	Hypertext Transfer Protocol
Hue	Hue
ICMP	Internet Control Message Protocol
IEEE	Institute Electrical Electronics Engineers
IGMP	Internet Group Management Protocol
IN	Intelligent Network
Internet address	Internet address
IP	Internet Protocol
IP address	IP address
IP PBX	IP PBX
IP Spoofing	IP Spoofing
IPP	Internet Printing Protocol
IPSec	IP Security
IPX	Internetwork Packet Exchange
ISDN	Integrated Services Digital Network
ISP	Internet Service Provider
ITU	International Telecommunications Union
ITU-T	International Telecommunications Union
IVR	Interactive Voice Response
K56flex	K56flex
LAN	Local Area Network
LCD	Liquid Crystal Display
Lights out server room	Lights out server room
Line Card	Line Card
Line Extension (Repeater)	Line Extension (Repeater)
Line matrix printer	Line matrix printer
LMP	Link Manager Protocol
Load Balance	Load Balance
Loop-start	Loop-start
LPD/LPR	Line Printer Daemon/Line Printer Remote
lpm	Lines Per Minute
MAC	Media Access Control address
Male connector	Male connector
MCU	Multipoint Control Unit
MGCP	Media Gateway Control Protocol
MHz	MegaHertZ
MIB	Management Information Base
Modem	MOdulator-DEModulator
MRU	Maximum Receive Unit for receiving packets
MSS	Maximum segment size
MTU	Maximum Transmission Unit or Maximum Transfer Unit
mu-law	G.711 mu-law
Multicast	Multicast
Multi-link PPP	Multi-link PPP
NAT	Network Address Translation
NetBEUI	NetBios Extended User Interface
NetWaiting™	NetWaiting (a BVRP application)
NI-1	National ISDN 1 standard
NI-2	National ISDN 2
NT-1	Network Termination-1
NT-2	Network Termination-2
NVT	Network Virtual Terminal
OFDM	Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
OSD	On-Screen Display
OSI	Open System Interconnection
OSPF	Open Shortest Path First
Outbound Proxy	Outbound Proxy
PABX	Private Automatic Branch Exchange
Packet Filter	Packet Filter
PAP	Password Authentication Protocol
Parallel	Parallel
Payload	Payload
PBX	Private Branch Exchange
PCI	Peripheral Component Interconnect
Peer-to-peer	Peer-to-peer, or abbreviated P2P
PIM	Personal Information Manager
Pin	Pin
Pixel	Picture Element
Plotter	Plotter
POE	Power of Ethernet
Port	Port
POTS	Plain Old Telephone Service
PPP	Point-to-Point-Protocol
PPPoE	Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
PRI	Primary Rate Interface
Protocol	Protocol
PS/2 connector	PS/2 connector
PSTN	Public Switched Telephone Network
Q.931	Q.931
QoS	Quality of Service
Queue	Queue
R interface	R interface
RADIUS	Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
RAM	Random Access Memory
RAP	Rate Adaption Protocol
RARP	Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
RAS	Registration, Admission, and Status protocol
Remote server	Remote server
Rendezvous	Rendezvous
Resolution	Resolution
RFC	Request for Comments
RIP	Routing Information Protocol
Route	Route
Router	Router
Routing table	Routing table
RS232	RS232
RTCP	Real-time Transport Control Protocol
RTP	Real-time Transport Protocol
RVS-COM™	RVS-COM™
S/T interface	S/T interface
SDP	Session Description Protocol
SDRAM	Synchronous DRAM
Serieal port	Serial port
Server	Server
SIP	Session Initiation Protocol
SMB	SMB
SNMP	Simple Network Management Protocol
SNTP	Simple Network Time Protocol
SOCKET	SOCKET
Soft-switch	Soft-switch
SPIDs	Service Profile IDs
Spoofing	Spoofing
SPP	Serial Port Profile
Static IP Address	Static IP Address
Stereo	Stereophonic sound
STP	Spanning-Tree Bridge Protocol
STUN	Simple Traversal of UDP through NAT
Subnet	Subnet
Subnet Mask	Subnet Mask
SVGA	Super VGA
SXGA	Super Extended Graphics Array
T.38	ITU-T Recommendation
TA	Terminal Adapter
TAM	Telephone and answering machine
TCP/IP	Transmission Control Protocol
TE1	Terminal Equipment 1
TE2	Terminal Equipment 2
Telnet	Telnet