| ATA |
Analog Telephone Adaptor
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| Broadband |
Using multiple transmissions simultaneously over a single medium.
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| Baseband |
Using a single transmission over a single medium.
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CAS |
Channel Associated Signaling
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| CCS |
Common Channel Signaling
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| DTMF |
Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency
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| DS0 |
64K Channel
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| DSL |
Digital Subscriber Line
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| E1 |
32 DS0 Channels
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| FXO |
Foreign eXchange Office
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| FXS |
Foreign eXchange Subscriber
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| IP |
Internet Protocol - IP is the common protocol, or language, used by all devices on the Internet to communicate regardless of vendor.
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| MGCP |
Media Gateway Control Protocol
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| NAT |
Network Address Translation - The translation of a Network (IP) Address to another address by a gateway or router device
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| PAT |
Port Address Translation - The translation of multiple inside IP addresses to a single IP address on the outside, used in typical home applications.
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| PBX |
Private Branch Exchange
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| PoE |
Power over Ethernet
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| POTS |
Plain Old Telephone System. See PSTN below.
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| PSTN |
Public Switched Telephone Network
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| Q.931 |
Layer 3 ISDN Signaling
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| Q.921 |
Layer 2 ISDN Signaling
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| RFC |
Request For Comments
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| RTCP |
Real-Time Control Protocol
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| RTP |
Real-Time Transport Protocol
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| SIP |
Session Initiation Protocol
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| T1 |
24 DS0 Channels
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