Glossary Of Abbreviations And Acronyms - L3 Communications MPM-1000A Operator's Manual

MPM-1000A Operator Manual

17 GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

ACK Acknowledge
ACN Alternate Network Controller
ACU Antenna Control Unit
ACQ Acquisition
AES Advanced Encryption
Standard
AKMS Army Key Management
System
ANC Alternate Network Controller
AROW Assigned Return Orderwire
BER Bit Error Rate
BIT Built-in-test
bps bits per second
BPSK Binary Phase Shift Keying
BUC Block UpConverter
BW or B/W Bandwidth
C/NO Carrier to Noise Ratio
CBC Cipher Block Chaining
CD Compact Disk
CDU Control Display Unit
CMA Control, Monitor and Alarm
COMM Communication
COMSEC Communication Security
CRC Cyclic Redundancy Code
CROW Contention Return
Orderwire
CTS Clear to Send
DAMA Demand Assigned Multiple
Access
dBi Isotropic Decibel Gain
dBm Decibel relative to a milliwatt
dBW Decibel relative to Watt
DC Direct Current
DCOM Data Communication
DiffServ Differential Service,
Differentiated Services
DS/TOS Differentiated Services
/Type of Service
DSR Data Set Ready
DSS Digital Signature Standard
DSSS Direct Spread Spectrum
Sequence
DTR Data Terminal Ready
EIRP Effective Isotropic Radiated
Power
EKMS Electronic Key Management
System
ESD Electrostatic Discharge
ESDS Electrostatic Discharge
Sensitive
FCC Federal Communication
Commission
FDMA Frequency Division Multiple
Access
FEC Forward Error Correction
FIPS Federal Information
Processing Standard
FOM Figure of Merit
FOW Forward Orderwire
FPGA Field Programmable Gate
Array
GMT Greenwich Mean Time
GND Ground
GPS Global Positioning Satellite
G/T Gain Over Temperature
Ratio
GUI Graphical User Interface
HCI Human Computer Interface
HNW Highband Network
Waveform
Hz Hertz
I/F or IF Intermediate Frequency
I/O Input/Output
IAW In accordance with
ID Identification
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