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
CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research
FAST Free ad-supported television
10G 10 Giga bits per second and a term used in cable internet providers 3G 3rd Generation mobile signals 4G 4th Generation mobile signals
Chatbot App to mimic
FCC Federal Communications Commission
human conversation
ChatGPT Chat Generative Pre- trained Transformer (Chatbot) CMTS Cable Modem Termination System CNSM Conference on Network and Service Management
FDX Full-Duplex
FFT Fast Fourier Transform
FTTC Fibre to the Cabinet
4K See UHD
FTTH Fibre to the Home
5G 5th Generation mobile signals
FTTx Fibre to the somewhere
CPE Customer Premise Equipment
FWA Fixed Wireless Access
8K See UHD
GAP Generic Access Platform
CPM Cost Per Mille
ACL Access Control List
GB Giga byte (10 9 byte)
CRM Customer Relationship Management CVE Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
AI
Artificial Intelligence
Gb
Giga bits
API
Application programming interface
Gbps Giga bit per second
AR Augmented Reality
GDPR General Data Protection Regulation GIS Geographic Information System GPON Gigabit-Capable Passive Optical Network
DAA Distributed Access Architecture
AVOD Advertising VOD
DBIR Data Breach Investigations Report
BBC British Broadcasting Corporation
DDoS Distributed Denial-of- Service
Bit
One binary digit
BPA British Pipeline Agency
GWh Gigawatt Hours
DNS Domain Name System
Byte Eight binary bits
HD High Definition pictures from1280 by 720 to 1920 by 1080 pixel
DOCSIS Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification
CAGR Compound Annual Growth Rate
DPM Data Management Platform
HEVC High Efficiency Video Coding
CAI
Confederation of Aerial Industries
DPoE Ethernet Passive Optical Networking
HHP Households Passed
CAPEX Capital Expenditure
DSL Digital Subscriber Line
HLD High Level Design
CATV Cable Television
E.ON Electricity and gas pipe lines supplier EPON Ethernet passive optical network
hsp High Speed PON
cd
Compact Disk
IDS Intrusion Detection Systems
CDN Content Delivery Network
IF
Intermediate Frequency
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