Cisco Cisco Prisma II EDR Receiver Installation Guide

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Glossary 

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Bit error rate 

Bit error rate test 

Broadband Integrated Gateway 

Basic Input/Output System  

Built-in self-test 

Short for Binary Digit. Can be either a "one" or a "zero." 

The amplitude of the front and back porches of the 

composite video signal. 

A coaxial connector that uses a bayonet type attachment to 

secure the cable. It is also known as Baby N connector. 

Bandpass filter 

Bits per second - The total number of bits sent in a second 

of time. 

Binary Phase Shift Keying 

Bandwidth 

A group of bits treated as a unit 

Continuous feed 

The type of signal switching traditionally used by 

telephone companies to create a physical connection 

between a caller and a called party. 

Commercial Integrated Receiver Decoder 

Communications Interface Module 

Complex Instruction Set Computer. A computer that uses 

many different types of instructions to conduct its 

operations, i.e., IBM PCs, Apple Macintosh’s, IBM 370 

mainframes. 

Customer Interface Unit 

Carrier-to-noise ratio