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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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