Telecommunication Standard Terms
ITS-Institute for Telecommunication Sciences
This glossary provides standard definitions for the fields subsumed by the umbrella discipline of telecommunications. The terms and definitions are drawn from authoritative non-Government sources such as the International Telecommunication Union, the International Organization for Standardization, the Telecommunications Industry Association, and the American National Standards Institute, as well as from numerous authoritative U.S. Government publications.
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Telecommunication Standard Terms - Dictionary Index
C band
C E
C kT
C language
C message weighting
C.O.
C2W
cable assembly
cable cutoff wavelength (cc)
cable jacket
cable television relay service (CARS) station
cable TV (CATV)
cache memory
call abandoned
call accepted signal
call associated signaling (CAS)
call attempt
call back
call collision
call completion rate
call control character
call control signal
call delay
call detail recording (CDR)
call duration
C E
C kT
C language
C message weighting
C.O.
C2W
cable assembly
cable cutoff wavelength (cc)
cable jacket
cable television relay service (CARS) station
cable TV (CATV)
cache memory
call abandoned
call accepted signal
call associated signaling (CAS)
call attempt
call back
call collision
call completion rate
call control character
call control signal
call delay
call detail recording (CDR)
call duration
call failure signal
call forwarding
call hold
call identifier
call intensity
call management
call not accepted signal
call originator
call pickup
call processing
call progress signal
call progress tone
call receiver
call record
call release time
call request time
call restriction
call second
call selection time
call set up time
call sign
call sign allocation plan
call spill over
call splitting
call tracing
call forwarding
call hold
call identifier
call intensity
call management
call not accepted signal
call originator
call pickup
call processing
call progress signal
call progress tone
call receiver
call record
call release time
call request time
call restriction
call second
call selection time
call set up time
call sign
call sign allocation plan
call spill over
call splitting
call tracing
call transfer
call waiting
called line identification facility
called line identification signal
called party
called party camp on
caller ID
caller identification
calling frequency
calling line identification facility
calling line identification signal
calling party
calling party camp on
calling rate
calling sequence
calling signal
calls barred facility
CAMA
camp on
camp on busy signal
camp on with recall
CAN
Canadian Standards Association (CSA)
cancel character (CAN)
capacitive coupling
call waiting
called line identification facility
called line identification signal
called party
called party camp on
caller ID
caller identification
calling frequency
calling line identification facility
calling line identification signal
calling party
calling party camp on
calling rate
calling sequence
calling signal
calls barred facility
CAMA
camp on
camp on busy signal
camp on with recall
CAN
Canadian Standards Association (CSA)
cancel character (CAN)
capacitive coupling