| ACRONYM | |||
| ABR | Available Bit Rate | ADC | Analog to Digital Converter |
| ADM | Adaptive Delta Modulation | ||
| ADP | Automatic Data Processing | ||
| ADSL | Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line | ||
| Balun | Balanced-to unbalanced | B8ZS | Bipolar 8-zero Substitution |
| BCC | Block Check Character | ||
| BFSK | Binary Frequency Shift Keying | ||
| BSC | Binary Synchronous Communication | ||
| CCSS | Communications Channel Signaling System | CDMA | Code Division Multiple Access |
| CDPD | Cellular Digital Packet Data | ||
| COMSAT | Communication Satellite | ||
| CCIA | Cellular Communication Industry Association | ||
| DARPA | Defense Advanced Research Project Agency | DCS | Digital Communications System |
| DQPSK | Differential Quadrature Phase Shift Keying | ||
| DRAM | Dynamic Random Access Memory | ||
| DTTb | Digital Terrestial Television Broadcasting | ||
| EBCDIC | Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchage Code | EDC | Error Correction and detection |
| EDTV | Extended Definition Telivision | ||
| EEPRON | Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory | ||
| ETACS | Extended Total Access Communication System | ||
| FCC | Fderal Communications Commission | FDDI | Fiber Distributed data Interface |
| FPLMTS | Future Public Land Mobile Telephone System | ||
| FTAM | File Transfer Access and Management | ||
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol | ||
| FSIC | Function Specific Integrated Circuit | ||
| GARP | Global Atmospheric Research Program | GLONASS | Global Navigation Satellite System |
| GPS | Global Positioning System | ||
| GSM | Global System for Mobile Communications | ||
| GMS | Geostationary Meteorological Satellite | ||
| HDLC | High-level Data link Control | HDTV | High Definition Telivision |
| HTTP | HyperText Transfer Protocol | ||
| HDX | Half-Duplex Trnsmission | ||
| HTML | Hypertext Markup Language | ||
| IDN | Integrated Digital Network | ILS | Instrument Landing system |
| INTELSAT | INternational TELecommunications SATellite Organization | ||
| IP | Internet Protocol | ||
| ISP | Internet Service Provider | ||
| LAN | Local Area Network | LCD | Liquid Crystal Display |
| LNA | Low Noise Amplifier | ||
| LOS | Line Of Sight | ||
| Luma | Lumminance(Y) | ||
| MAN | Metropolitan Area Network | MAP | Manufacturing Automation Protocol |
| MODEM | Modulator/Demodulator | ||
| MPEG | Motion Picture Expert Group | ||
| MTSO | Mobile Telephone Switching Office | ||
| NA | Numerical Aperture | NADC | North American Digital Communications |
| NIC | Network Interface Card | ||
| NTSC | National Television Standards Committee | ||
| NTU | Network Terminating Unit | ||
| OMI | Optical Modulation Index | OQPSK | Offset Quarature Phase Shift Keying |
| OSI | Open Systems Interconnect | ||
| OTS | Orbital Test Satellite | ||
| OWF | Optimum Working Frequency | ||