# | Description |
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ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
TIA | Telecommunications Industry Association |
EIA | Electronic Industries Alliance |
ICEA | Insulated Cable Engineers Association |
IEC | International Electro Technical Commission |
IEE | Institute of Electrical Engineers (UK) |
IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (USA) |
ISDN | Integrated Services Digital Network |
ISO | International Standards Organization |
ITU | International Telecommunications Union |
EN, CEN | European Committee for Standardization |
FOA | Fiber Optic Association |
FIA | Fibre Optic Industry Association |
ABF | Air Blown Fibre |
APC | Angled Physical Contact |
ATM | Asynchronous Transfer Mode |
BER | Bit Error Rate |
CATV | Community Antenna Television (cable TV) |
CCI | Core Cladding Interface |
COA | Centralized Optical Architecture |
CPD | Construction Products Directive |
CWDM | Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing |
DFB | Distributed Feedback (laser) |
DMD | Differential Modal Delay |
DSF | Dispersion Shifted Fibre |
DWDM | Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing |
dB | decibel |
EDFA | Erbium Doped Fibre Amplifier |
EF | Encircled Flux |
EMB | Effective Modal Bandwidth |
EMC | Electro Magnetic Compatibility |
EMI | Electro Magnetic Immunity (or sometimes ‘EM Interference’) |
ESD | Electro Static Discharge |
FCC | Federal Communications Commission |
FDDI | Fibre Distributed Data Interface |
FP | Fabry Perot (laser) |
FDM | Frequency Division Multiplexing |
FOCIS | Fiber Optic Connector Intermateability Standard |
GHz | Gigahertz |
GI | Graded Index |
GPa | Giga Pascal |
HCS | Hard Clad Silica |
HPPI | High Performance Parallel Interface |
ICEA | Insulated Cable Engineers Association |
IVD | Inside Vapour Deposition |
LAN | Local Area Network |
LEAF | Large Effective Area Fiber |
LED | Light Emitting Diode |
LFH | Low Fire Hazard |
LSZH | Low Smoke Zero Halogen |
MAN | Metropolitan Area Network |
Mb/s | Megabits per second |
MCVD | Modified Chemical Vapour Deposition |
MEMS | Micro Eectro Mechanical Systems |
MHz | Megahertz |
NA | Numerical Aperture |
nm | Nanometres |
NEC | National Electrical Code (USA) |
NEMA | National Electrical Manufacturers Association (USA) |
NRZ | Non-Return to Zero |
NTT | Nippon Telephone and Telegraph |
NZDS | Non Zero Dispersion Shifted (fiber) |
OFL | Overfilled Launch |
OVD | Outside Vapour Deposition |
PAM | Pulse Amplitude Modulation |
PC | Physical Contact |
PCOF | Primary Coated Optical Fiber |
PCS | Plastic Clad Silica |
PCVD | Plasma Chemical Vapour Deposition |
PMD | Polarization Mode Dispersion |
PMMA | Poly Methyl Methcrylate |
POF | Plastic Optical Fiber |
PTFE | Poly Tetra Fluoro Ethylene |
PTT | Public Telephone and Telegraph (operator) |
PVC | Poly Vinyl Chloride |
OCDMA | Optical Code Division Multiple Access |
RML | Restricted Mode Launch |
SAN | Storage Area Network |
SC | Subscriber Connector |
SCOF | Secondary Coated Optical Fiber |
SCSI | Small Computer System Interface |
SFF | Small Form Factor (optical connectors) |
SMA | Sub Miniature Assembly |
SMF | Single Mode Fiber |
SNR | Signal to Noise Ratio |
SoHo | Small Office Home Office |
SONET | Synchronous Optical Network |
SROFC | Single Ruggedized Optical Fiber Cable |
TDM | Time Division Multiplexing |
TIA | Telecommunications Industry Association |
TIR | Total Internal Reflection |
TO | Telecommunications Outlet |
TSB | Telecommunications Systems Bulletin |
UL | Underwriters Laboratory |
VAD | Vapour Axial Deposition |
VCSEL | Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser |
WAN | Wide Area Network |
WDM | Wavelength Division Multiplexing |
WWDM | Wide Wavelength Division Multiplexing |