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
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n ary code
n ary signaling
n entity
n function
n sequence
n unit code
n user
NA
nailed up circuit
NAK
NAK attack
narrative traffic
narrowband modem
narrowband radio voice frequency (NBRVF)
narrowband signal
NATA
National Command Authorities (NCA)
National Communications System (NCS)
National Coordinating Center (NCC) for Telecommunications
National Electric Code® (NEC)
National Information Infrastructure (NII)
n ary signaling
n entity
n function
n sequence
n unit code
n user
NA
nailed up circuit
NAK
NAK attack
narrative traffic
narrowband modem
narrowband radio voice frequency (NBRVF)
narrowband signal
NATA
National Command Authorities (NCA)
National Communications System (NCS)
National Coordinating Center (NCC) for Telecommunications
National Electric Code® (NEC)
National Information Infrastructure (NII)
National Security or Emergency Preparedness telecommunications
National Television Standards Committee standard
natural frequency
nautical mile (nmi)
NBH
NBRVF
NCA
NCC
NCS
near end crosstalk
near field
near field diffraction pattern
near field region
near field scanning
near real time
near vertical incidence skywave
near zone
NEC
necessary bandwidth
negation circuit
negative acknowledge character (NAK)
National Television Standards Committee standard
natural frequency
nautical mile (nmi)
NBH
NBRVF
NCA
NCC
NCS
near end crosstalk
near field
near field diffraction pattern
near field region
near field scanning
near real time
near vertical incidence skywave
near zone
NEC
necessary bandwidth
negation circuit
negative acknowledge character (NAK)
negative feedback
negative justification
negative pulse stuffing
NEP
neper (Np)
nested command menu
net control station (NCS)
net gain
net loss
net loss variation
net operation
net radio interface (NRI)
network administration
network architecture
network busy hour (NBH)
network connectivity
network control program (NCP)
network element (NE)
network engineering
Network File System
negative justification
negative pulse stuffing
NEP
neper (Np)
nested command menu
net control station (NCS)
net gain
net loss
net loss variation
net operation
net radio interface (NRI)
network administration
network architecture
network busy hour (NBH)
network connectivity
network control program (NCP)
network element (NE)
network engineering
Network File System