Wireless and Wireline Network Acronyms
ADSL
Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line
API
Application Programming Interfaces
ARPANET Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
CDMA Code Division
Multiple Access
CDPD Cellular
Digital Packet Data
CNR
Carrier to Noise Ratio
CSMA Carrier Sense
Multiple Access
DES
Data Encryption Standard
DHCP Dynamic
Host Control Protocol
DNS
Domain Name System
DOCSIS Data Over Cable Service
Interface Specification
DSSS
Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum
FDMA Frequency
Division Multiple Access
FHSS
Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
FSK
Frequency Shift Keying
HSSI
High Speed Serial Interface
HTTP
HyperText Transfer Protocol
IP
Internet Protocol
ISDN
Integrated Services Digital Network
MAC
Media Access Control
MCNS Multimedia
Cable Network System
MIME
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
MSO
Multiple System Operators
NAMPS Narrowband Advanced Mobile
Phone Service
NFT
Network Foundation Technologies
PBX
Private Branch Exchange
PCM
Pulse Code Modulation
PHY
Physical Layer (Radio)
PSK
Phase Shift Keying
PSTN
Public Switched Telephone Network
QAM
Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
QPSK
Quadrature Phase Shift Keying
SMTP Simple
Mail Transfer Protocol
SNMP Simple Network
Management Protocol
SONET Synchronous Optical
Network
TCP
Transfer Control Protocol
TCP/IP Transfer Control
Protocol / Internet Protocol