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communications entries

56 kbps	56k line	610
A&B	ACK	ACM
acoustic coupler	adaptive answering	Adaptive Communication Environment
Adaptive Digital Pulse Code Modulation	addressed call mode	addressee
AM	amateur packet radio	America On-Line, Inc.
Amplitude Modulation	asymmetrical modulation	Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
asynchronous	Asynchronous Communications Interface Adapter	ATM
attenuation	audiographic teleconferencing	automatic baud rate detection
Automatic Number Identification	Automatic Repeat Request	bandwidth
bang path	baseband	Basic Rate Interface
baud	Baudot code	beamer
bearer channel	BER	bipolar
Bit Error Rate	bit rate	bits per second
Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem Code	broadband	broadcast quality video
broken arrow	bulletin board system	cable modem
callback	Caller ID	Call Unix
CAP	capacity	Carrierless Amplitude/Phase Modulation
carrier signal	CAS	CCS
Cellular Digital Packet Data	central office	Central office exchange service
channel service unit	channel service unit/data service unit	checksum
CHEOPS	circuit	circuit switching
Class 5 switch	Clover	Code Division Multiple Access
coder/decoder	Committed Data Rate	common carrier
Common Intermediate Format	communications port	communications software
communication system	Computer Telephone Integration	concentrator
Conferencing over IP	congestion	continuous wave
cooked mode	cost control callback	CTI
CTS	cu	CU-SeeMe
Customer Information Control System	cutover	data channel
Data Communication Equipment	Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification	Dataphone Digital Service
data redundancy	data service unit	Data Terminal Equipment
Data Terminal Ready	data transfer rate	DCE
dedicated line	Delphi	demodulation
Dialled Number Identification Service	digital carrier	digital certificate
Digital Data Service	Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications	Digital Radio Mondiale
Digital Simultaneous Voice and Data	Digital Subscriber Line	Digital Switched Network
diplex	Direct Inward Dialing	directional coupler
Distinguished Encoding Rules	double-duplex	DPSK
DS0	DS1	DS1C
DS2	DS3	DSL
DS level	DSU	Dual Tone Multi Frequency
duplex	E1	E2
E3	E4	E5
E-carrier system	Eggdrop	EIA-232
EIA-232C	EIA-422	EIA-423
EIA-449	EIA-485	EIA-530
electronic commerce	electronic data interchange	electronic funds transfer
equivalent isotropically radiated power	facsimile	fall back
fall forward	Fax over IP	Fibre Channel
flow control	FM	Foreign eXchange Office
Foreign eXchange Subscriber	FPLMTS	FRAD
Frame Check Sequence	Frame Relay	Frame Relay Access Device
frequency division multiplexing	Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum	Frequency Modulation
Frequency Shift Keying	full-duplex	General Packet Radio Service
Global Positioning System	Global System for Mobile Communications	go voice
H.323	half-duplex	handover
hardware handshaking	Hayes-compatible	hello packet
High bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line	High Speed Circuit Switched Data	High-speed Net Connect
high speed serial interface	Home Phoneline Networking Alliance	host
in-band signalling	information superhighway	Integrated Services Digital Network
Intelsat	Interactive Voice Response	inter-exchange carrier
intermodulation distortion	Internet backbone	Internet Telephony Service Providers
IP Telephony	isochronous	keep-alive
Kermit	latency	leased line
line conditioning	line noise	Link State Routing Protocol
local echo	local exchange carrier	local loop
longitudinal parity	Longitudinal Redundancy Check	low earth orbit
Manchester encoding	marshalling	Media Gateway Control Protocol
Message Passing Interface	Microsoft Access	Mobile Subscriber Integrated Services Directory Number
modem	Morse code	Multimedia Integrated Conferencing for European Researchers
multiplexing	Multi-User Shared Hallucination	negative acknowledgement
noise	noise shaping	null modem
Number 5 Electronic Switching System	Nyquist Theorem	Open Telecom Platform
optical fibre	OTP	out-of-band
overhead	packet radio	packet switching
pager	parity	parity bit
parity error	PCN	PC-TALK III
peak envelope power	Personal Communication Services	phacker
phase-shift keying	Phonetastic	Physical Transport Network
Pidgin	Plain Old Telephone Service	plesiochronous
Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy	Point-to-Point Protocol	Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol	Portable AIRTIME	Post, Telephone and Telegraph administration
Pretty Amazing New Stuff	Private Automatic Branch eXchange	Private Branch Exchange
Private Manual Branch eXchange	Procomm	protocol analyser
PSDN	PSK	Public Key Infrastructure
Public Switched Telephone Network	push	quadruplex
quality of service	Quarter CIF	Quick Mail Queueing Protocol
Quick Mail Transfer Protocol	RAS	RealAudio
recipient	redundancy	reliable communication
Remote Access Services	remote echo	Remote Spooling Communication Subsystem
repeater	Return To Zero	RJ-11
root bridge	RS-232D	RSCS
screen popping	SDLC	serial
serial communications	serial line	Serial Line Internet Protocol
Serial Peripheral Interface	serial port	service provider
set-top box	signalling rate	signal-to-noise ratio
Simple Gateway Control Protocol	simple multicast protocol	simplex
simplex printer	Simplified Multicast Routing Protocol	single-duplex
Single-line Digital Subscriber Line	SIxteen Bit Organisers	SNR bandwidth product
social network	software handshaking	spread spectrum communications
squirt the bird	stac compression	statistical time division multiplexing
stream	streaming	synchronous
Synchronous Data Link Control	Synchronous Digital Hierarchy	T1
T3	tail circuit	T-carrier system
TDD	TEI	telco
Telecommunications Device for the Deaf	telegraphy	Telephone Application Program Interface
telephony	Telephony Application Programming Interface	Telephony User Interface
Telocator Alphanumeric Protocol	terminal emulator	throughput
time division multiplexing	TUI	two-binary, one-quaternary
Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter	Universal Communications X	Universal Computer Protocol
Upper Side-Band modulation	USB	USB Adapter Card Support
User Network Interface	uuencode	V.10
V.11	V.25	V.25 bis
V.28	V.29	V.32
V.32bis	V.35	V.42
V.42bis	Vertical Redundancy Check	Very high bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line
Very Small Aperture Terminal	V.FC	video conferencing
video dial tone	Video on Demand	visible bell
vocoder	Voice over IP	V series
wall	wavelength division multiplexing	Wide Area Telecommunications Service
Wireless Local Loop	X.21	XMODEM