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ISP

Internet Service Provider. A company that provides users with Internet access for a set fee.

ITU-T

An international organization that defines standards for telegraphic and telephone equipment. The initials ITU-T represent the French name. In English it is known as the International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee.

NTSC

Acronym for National Television Standards Committee. This is the organization which determines the standards for broadcast and some consumer level video production.

GLOSSARY

POTS (Plain-Old Telephone Service)

An acronym used by engineers to describe transmission processes and protocols involving regular analog phone lines. Analog modems use POTS lines.

protocol

A system of rules and procedures governing communications between two or more devices. Protocols vary, but communicating devices must follow the same protocol in order to exchange data. Some of the operations that may be defined in protocols include data format, readiness to receive or send, error detection, and error correction.

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