Acronyms
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| AJL | Access Joint Location |
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| AN | Aggregation Node |
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| ASC | Angled Square Connector |
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| ADSS | All-Dielectric Self Supporting |
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| AS/ACIF | Australian Standard/ |
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| ATM | Asynchronous Transfer Mode |
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| ASC | Angled Subscriber Connector |
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| APC | Angled Polish Connector |
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| Attenuation | Cable Loss at a Frequency of Wavelength |
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| ADSL | Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line |
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| ADSL2+ | Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line |
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| BAN | Business Access Network |
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| bD | Decibel |
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| BPON | Broadband Passive Optical Network |
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| CPE | Customer Premises Equipment |
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| CAN | Customer Access Network |
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| COFTU | Customer Optic Fibre Termination Unit |
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| CBD | Central Business District |
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| Cat5 | Copper Cable Standard |
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| Cat6 | Copper Cable Standard |
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| Cat7 | Copper Cable Standard |
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| CEDM | Course Wave Division Multiplexing |
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| CD | Chromatic Dispersion |
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| CRC | Cyclic Reduncancy Check |
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| dBm | Decibels with reference to one mill watt |
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| DWDM | Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing |
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| DFN | Distribution Fibre Network |
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| DJL | Distribution Joint Location |
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| DSS | Distribution Sheath Segment |
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| DLM | Distribution Lead in Multiport |
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| dB | Decibel |
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| EUP | End User Premises |
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| ESA | Exchange Service Area |
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| EDN | Enterprise Data Network |
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| Ethernet | Frame based Transmission Technology |
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| FAN | Fibre Access Node |
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| FAN DFN | Fibre Access Node Distribution Fibre Network |
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| FCD | Fibre Collector Distributor |
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| FDA | Fibre Distribution Area |
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| FDH | Fibre Ditribution Hub |
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| FDH DFN | Fibre Distribution Hub Distribution Fibre Network |
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| FDT | Fibre Distribution Terminal |
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| FSA | Fibre Servicing Area |
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| FSAM | Fibre Servicing Area Mobile |
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| FWO | Fibre Wall Outlet |
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| FAP | Fibre Access Point |
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| FIST | Fibre Infrastructure System Technology |
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| FRP | Fibre Reinforce Plastic |
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| FC | Fixed Connection |
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| FIST-GCO | FIST - General Closure Organiser |
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| FTTP | Fibre To The Premises |
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| FTTB | Fibre To The Basement |
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| FTTN | Fibre To The Node |
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| GPON | Gigabit Passive Optical |
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| G.826 | SDH Error Measurement Standard |
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| G.821 | SDH Error Measurement Standard |
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| HDODF | High Density Optical Distribution Frame |
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| HSD | Hub Sheath Distribution |
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| HSE | Health Safety and Environment |
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| HSL | Hub Sheath Local |
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| Hub | Device that relays incoming messages to all outgoing ports |
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| IOR | Index of Refraction |
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| IFDH | Indoor Fibre Distribution Hub |
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| IPA | Isopropyl Alcohol |
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| IEN | Inter Exhange Network |
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| IRIM | Intergrated RIM |
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| ITU | International Telecommunication Union |
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| IL | Insertion Loss |
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| IP | Internet Protocol |
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| IPTV | Internet Protocol Television |
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| Jumbo Frames | Ethernet Frames Larger than 1581 bytes |
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| LFN | Local Fibre Network |
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| LJL | Local Joint Location |
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| LSS | Local Sheath Location |
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| LASER | Light Amplification by Stimulated Emmission of Radiation |
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| LC | Lucent Connector |
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| LED | Light Emitting Diode |
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| LM | Lead in Multiport |
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| LTS | Loss Test Set |
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| LL | Link Loss |
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M
| MCC | MDU Cabling Contractors |
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| MDU | Multi Dwelling Unit |
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| MMS | Managed Service Providers |
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| MPT | Multiport Terminal |
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| MPS | Multi Premises Site (Multi Dwelling Unit) |
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| MPLS | Multi Protocol Label Switching |
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| MSS | Multiport Sheath Segment |
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| M-2100 | SDH Error Measurement Standard |
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| Mbp/s | Megabits per second |
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| MMOF | Multimode Optical Fibre |
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| MULTIMAN | Multiplexed Manager |
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| mW | Milliwatt |
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| MEF | Metro Ethernet Forum |
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| NARA | Network Assurance and Repair Agreement |
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| NAP | Network Access Point |
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| NTD | Network Termination Device |
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| NGN | Next Generation Network |
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| nm | Nanometers |
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| ODF | Optical Distribution Frame |
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| OFDF | Optical Fibre Distribution Frame |
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| OSA | Optical Spectrum Analyser |
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| OTDR | Optical Time Domain Reflectormeter |
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| ODFT | Optical Distribution Fibre Tray |
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| OFDM | Optical Fibre Distribution Module |
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| OLTE | Optical Line Terminal Equipment |
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| OAM | Operation, Administration and Maintenance |
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| OPPC | Optical Phase Conductor |
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| ODFP | Optical Distribution Fibre Panel |
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| OJ | Open Cable Joint |
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| ONT | Optical Network Terminal |
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| OPGW | Optical Power Ground Wire |
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| OM1 | Optical Fibre Cable Standard |
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| OM2 | Optical Fibre Cable Standard |
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| OM3 | Optical Fibre Cable Standard |
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| ORL | Optical Return Loss |
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| PCD | Premises Connection Device |
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| PDH | Premises Distribution Hub |
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| PFDH | Private Fibre Distribution Hub |
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| PFN | Private Fibre Network |
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| POI | Point Of Interest |
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| POLT | Packet Optical Line Terminal |
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| PON | Passive Optical Network |
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| PPE | Personal Proteective Equipment |
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| PSU | Power Supply Unit |
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| PTP | Point To Point |
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| PBT | Polybutylene Terephthalate |
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| PMD | Polarisation Model Disperion |
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| PC | Physical Contact |
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| PSTN | Public Switch Telephone Service |
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| PRBS | Pseudo Random Binary Sequence |
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| PVC | Poly Vinyl Chloride |
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| QA | Quality Assurance |
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| QoS | Quality of Service |
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| RSDFN | Return Spur Distribution Fibre Network |
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| RDN | Routed Data Network |
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| RF | Radio Frequency |
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| RFC2544 | Ethernet Performance Standard(WAN) |
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| Router | Device that seperates LAN from WLAN by transferring only those messages that need to transcerse the WAN |
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| Runts | Ethernet Frames Smaller than 64bytes |
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| SC/APC | Standard Connector / Angled Physical Connector |
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| SDU | Single Dwelling Unit |
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| SDC | Service Drop Cable (also called a SDS) |
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| SDS | Service Drop Sheath (also called a SDC) |
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| SDN | Synchronous Data Network |
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| SC | Subscriber Connector |
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| SCA | Subscriber Connector Angled |
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| SDH | Synchronous Digital Hierachy |
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| SMOF | Single Mode Optical Fibre |
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| SOSA | Splice Only Sub Assembly |
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| SPC | Super Polish Connector |
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| ST | Straight Tip |
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| Switch | Device that relays incoming messages to only the port that each message is destined for |
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| SHDSL | Synchronous High Speed Digital Sunscriber Line |
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| TFAN | Temporary Fibre Access Node |
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| TFN | Transit Fibre Network |
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| TSS | Transit Sheath Segment |
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| TTFN | Temporary Tranit Fire Network |
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| TI | Traffic Identifier |
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| TITAB | Telecommunications Industry Training Advisory Board |
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U
| UPC | Ultra Polish Connector |
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| UCN | Universal Closure New |
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| UCNP | Universal closure New with Ports |
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| UCNCP | Universal Closure New Canister with Ports |
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| uW | Microwatt |
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| um | Micrometers |
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| VFL | Visual Fault Locator |
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| VIP | Visual Inspection Probe |
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| VOLT | Video Optical Line Terminal |
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| VoIP | Voice over Internet Protocol |
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| VDSL | Very High bit rate Digital Subscriber Line |
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| VCI | Virtual Channel Identifier |
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| VPI | Virtual Path Identifier |
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W
| W&B | Warren and Brown |
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| WDM | Wavelength Division Multiplexing |
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