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APPENDIX I - Glossary ______________________________________ Boomer II User Manual & Integrator’s Guide
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Appendix I - Glossary
ACK
Acknowledgment
ADC
Analog-to-digital converter
ALC
Automatic level control
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
AOC
Automatic output control
ASIC
Application-specific integrated circuit
ATE
Automatic test equipment
BGA
Ball grid array
BER
Bit error rate
BNC
A type of connector used with coaxial cable
Bps
Bits per second
BSC
Base station controller (for a network)
CCR
Type of miniature RF connector
CHRONOS
Enhanced pendulum IC
CLK
Clock
CMOS
Complementary metal oxide silicon
CNTL
Control
COM
Communications (port)
CPU
Central processing unit
CQA
Customer quality assurance
CNTL
Control (key)
CSA
California Safety Authority
DAC
Digital-to-analog converter
DB
Decibel
DBc
Decibels relative to carrier
DBm
Decibels mean; levels relative to 1 mW
DCD
Detailed circuit description
Debounce
Protection against feedback voltage
Desense
Loss of sensitivity from high ambient noise
DISC
Discriminator
DOS
Disc operating system
DTE
Data terminal equipment, the user device
DTR
Data terminal ready
DTU
Device under test
DVM
Digital volt meter
EEPROM
Electrically erasable, programmable read-only memory
EIA
Electronic Industries Association (U.S.)
EMA
Embedded memory access (mode)
EMI
Electromagnetic interference
EPC
File name suffix for modem configuration files
EPROM
Erasable, programmable, read-only memory
ERP
Effective radiated power
ESD
Electrostatic discharge
ESN
Electronic serial number
FCC
Federal Communications Commission (U.S.)
FET
Field effect transistor
FIFO
First in, first out
FNE
Fixed network equipment
FPC
Flexible printed circuit