Acronyms used in this Guide
Alternating current
AC
American Wire Gauge
AWG
Canada
CAN
Canadian Standards Association
CSA
Direct current
DC
Dynamic Host Conguration Protocol
DHCP
Domain Name System
DNS
Emission Control Logic
ECL
European Union
EU
Electromagnetic Interference
EMI
Electronic Serial Number
ESN
European Union
EU
Fair access policy
FAP
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
HyperTextTransfer Protocol
HTTP
Interference-Causing Equipment Standard
ICES
Identier
ID
Internet Protocol
IP
Local area network
LAN
Limited Liability Company
LLC
Management information packet
MIP
Network address translation
NAT
Extended User Interface (network transfer protocol)
NetBEUI
Network interface card
NIC
(Hughes) Network Operations Center
NOC
(Hughes) Network Operations Control Center
NOCC
Outdoor Unit (antenna and radio assembly)
ODU
Personal computer
PC
Point of sale device
POS
Point-to-Point
PTP
Signal-to-noise ratio
SNR
Secure Sockets Layer (security protocol)
SSL
Satellite terminal (an alternate name for satellite modem; used on some software
screens)
ST
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