Mr. Cannon: I would like a copy of acronyms. pls send to:
Michael Jamison Compliance Manager Raychem Corp-PolySwitch MS 109-6738 300 Constituion Dr. Menlo Park, CA 94025-1164 Voice: 415-361-2608 Fax: 415-361 4585 email: [email protected] or [email protected] here are a few of my suggestions are: PPTC-Polymeric PTC (Positive Temperature Coefficent) resistor POTS- plain old telephone service HFC-Hybrid Fiber Coax NID- Network Interface Device RBOC- Regional Bell Operating Companies DTE - Data Terminal Equipment DTMF - Dial Tone Multi Frequency SONET - Synchronous Optical Network A 1984 ANSI standard (developed by ECSA) for optical fiber transmission on the public network. 52Mbps to 13.22Gbps. Effective for ISDN services including ATM. (See OC - Optical Carrier SONET transport levels) TCP/IP - Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol A data communication standard for interconnection of dissimilar networks and computing systems. Operates at the OSI transport and session layers. Telco - Telephone Company The local or regional telephone company that owns and operates lines to customer locations and Class 5 Central Office Switches. Telcos have connections to other COs, Tandem (Class 4 Toll) offices and may connect directly Twisted Pair - A circuit comprised of two copper wires that are twisted to cancel their own radio frequency interference, and thus reduce noise that might otherwise be induced into adjacent circuits. to IECs like LDDS WorldCom, AT&T, MCI, Sprint, LDDS, etc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >FREE COPY OF AN ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS BOOK! > >I work for a telecommunications consultancy company called InterConnect >Communications based in the UK and we produce a very handy little book titled >"Acronyms and Abbreviations In Telecommunications." Over the next few months >I will be working on the 4th edition of this book and I am looking for input. >If you have any acronyms or abbreviations that you would like to see included, >or you would like a free copy of our current edition (3rd), please reply >directly to me at my e-mail address below, giving me your name, job title, >company and full address. I will also, automatically, send out a free copy of >the 4th edition to all those who contribute. > >Yours in ancticipation. > >Pat Cannon >CRIS (Consulting Reports and Information Services) >[email protected] ------
