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UTA220/UTA220k
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Abbreviations and Acronyms
Appendix G
Abbreviations and Acronyms
This appendix shows terms commonly used in data communications.
A
ABT
Abort Timer OR Answer Back Tone
ac
Alternating Current
ACK
Acknowledgment, positive
ACR
Abort Call, Retry
ACU
Automatic Call Unit
A/D
Analog-to-Digital
ADD
Address Field
ADDR
Address
AGC
Automatic Gain Control
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange (7 level)
AT&T
American Telephone and Telegraph
B
BC
Bearer Capability
BCD
Binary Coded Decimal
BER
Bit Error Rate
BERT
Bit-Error-Rate-Test (set)
BIL LB
Bilateral Loopback
Bit
Binary Digit
bps
Bits Per Second
BSC
Binary Synchronous Communications
BUFF
Elastic Buffer