Acronym Explainer
Acronym Explainer
Even new entrants to this industry will be aware we are awash with acronyms and at Broadband Journal we aim to simplify the complicated, decipher the indecipherable, access the inaccessible.
Below is a list of relevant acronyms that we’ll add to in each issue, so that you are not left turning the pages in TLA (Three Letter Acronym) hell. If there are any you think are missing from this list that should be included, please let us know at office@theSCTE.eu . Thank you!
∆Q Quality Attenuation
FDX Full-Duplex
Chatbot App to mimic
human conversation
10G 10 Giga bits per second and a term used in cable internet providers
FFT Fast Fourier Transform
ChatGPT Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer (Chatbot)
FTTC Fibre to the Cabinet
3G 3rd Generation mobile signals
CMTS Cable Modem Termination System
FTTH Fibre to the Home
4G 4th Generation mobile signals
FTTx Fibre to the somewhere
CNSM Conference on Network and Service Management
4K See UHD
FWA Fixed Wireless Access
CPE Customer Premise Equipment
5G 5th Generation mobile signals
GAP Generic Access Platform
CPM Cost Per Mille
8K See UHD
GB Giga byte (10 9 byte)
CRM Customer Relationship Management
ACL Access Control List
Gb
Giga bits
AI
Artificial Intelligence
Gbps Giga bit per second
CVE Common Vulnerabilities And Exposures
API
Application programming interface
GDPR General Data Protection Regulation
DAA Distributed Access Architecture
AR Augmented Reality
GIS Geographic Information System
DBIR Data Breach Investigations Report
AVOD Advertising VOD
GPON Gigabit-Capable Passive Optical Network
DDoS Distributed Denial-of-Service
BBC British Broadcasting Corporation
GWh Gigawatt Hours
DNS Domain Name System
Bit
One binary digit
HD High Definition pictures
DOCSIS Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification
from1280 by 720 to 1920 by 1080 pixel
BPA British Pipeline Agency
DPM Data Management Platform
HEVC High Efficiency Video Coding
Byte Eight binary bits
DPoE Ethernet Passive Optical Networking
HHP Households Passed
CAGR Compound Annual Growth Rate
HLD High Level Design
CAI
Confederation of Aerial Industries
DSL Digital Subscriber Line
hsp High Speed PON
E.ON Electricity and gas pipe lines supplier
CAPEX Capital Expenditure
IDS Intrusion Detection Systems
CATV Cable Television
EPON Ethernet passive optical network
IF
Intermediate Frequency
cd
Compact Disk
INEOS Gas by pipe line supplier
FAST Free ad-supported television
CDN Content Delivery Network
IoT
Internet of Things
FCC Federal Communications Commission
CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research
IP
Internet Protocol
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Volume 46 No.3 September 2024
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