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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	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