Structured Cabling Acronyms Flashcards
1
Q
ACR
A
Attenuation to Cross-Talk Radio
2
Q
ANSI
A
American National Standards Institute
3
Q
BALUN
A
Balanced unbalanced impedance-matching transformer
4
Q
BNC
A
Bayonet-Neill-Concelman connector
5
Q
CATV
A
Community Antenna Television
6
Q
CBC
A
Coupled Bonding Conductor
7
Q
CCTV
A
Closed Circuit Television
8
Q
CEC
A
Canadian Electrical Code
9
Q
CSA
A
Canadian Standards Association
10
Q
dB
A
Decibel
11
Q
demark
A
Demarcation point or NID
12
Q
EIA
A
Electronic Industries Alliance
13
Q
EL-FEXT
A
Equal level far end crosstalk
14
Q
EMI
A
Electro Magnetic Interference
15
Q
FEXT
A
Far End Cross Talk
16
Q
FT-cable
A
Flame test cable
17
Q
FTP
A
Foil twisted cable (aka ScTP)
18
Q
IDC
A
Insulation Displacement Connection
19
Q
LAN
A
Local Area Network
20
Q
MAN
A
Metropolitan Area Network
21
Q
MC
A
Main cross-connect
22
Q
NEXT
A
Near End Cross Talk
23
Q
NID
A
Network Interface Device (aka NIU unit)
24
Q
OTDR
A
Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
25
POTS
Plain old telephone system
26
RG-6
Radio Guide Coaxial Cable
27
RJ-45
Registered Jack 8P2C (8 positions 2 conductors)
28
ScTP
Screened Twisted Pair
29
SP
Service Provider
30
STP
Shield Twisted Pair
31
TBB
Telecommunications Bonding Backbone
32
TC
Telecommunications closet
33
TDR
Time Domain Reflectometer
34
TGB
Telecommunications Grounding Busbar
35
TIA
Telecommunications Industry Association
36
TMGB
Telecommunications Main Grounding Busbar
37
TSB
Technical System Bulletin
38
USOC
Universal Service Ordering Code
39
UTP
Unshielded twisted pair
40
WAN
Wide area network
