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
FFT Fast Fourier Transform
ChatGPT Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer (Chatbot)
10G 10 Giga bits per second and a term used in cable internet providers
FTTC Fibre to the Cabinet
CMTS Cable Modem Termination System
FTTH Fibre to the Home
3G 3rd Generation mobile signals
CNSM Conference on Network and Service Management
FTTx Fibre to the somewhere
4G 4th Generation mobile signals
FWA Fixed Wireless Access
CPE Customer Premise Equipment
4K See UHD
GAP Generic Access Platform
CPM Cost Per Mille
5G 5th Generation mobile signals
GB Giga byte (109 byte)
CRM Customer Relationship Management
8K See UHD
Gb
Giga bits
CVE Common Vulnerabilities And Exposures
ACL Access Control List
Gbps Giga bit per second
AI
Artificial Intelligence
GDPR General Data Protection Regulation
DAA Distributed Access Architecture
API
Application programming interface
DBIR Data Breach Investigations Report
GIS Geographic Information System
AR Augmented Reality
GPON Gigabit-Capable Passive Optical Network
DDoS Distributed Denial-of-Service
AVOD Advertising VOD
DNS Domain Name System
GWh Gigawatt Hours
BBC British Broadcasting Corporation
DOCSIS Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification
HD High Definition pictures
from1280 by 720 to 1920 by 1080 pixel
Bit
One binary digit
DPM Data Management Platform
BPA British Pipeline Agency
HHP Households Passed
DPoE Ethernet Passive Optical Networking
Byte Eight binary bits
HLD High Level Design
DSL Digital Subscriber Line
CAGR Compound Annual Growth Rate
hsp High Speed PON
E.ON Electricity and gas pipe lines supplier
CAPEX Capital Expenditure
IDS Intrusion Detection Systems
CATV Cable Television
IF
Intermediate Frequency
EPON Ethernet passive optical network
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
IRS Integrated Receiving System
FDX Full-Duplex
Chatbot App to mimic
human conversation
isp
Internet Service Providers
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Volume 46 No.2 MAY 2024
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