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

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