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Glossary

Explore our library of thousands of telecoms terms and acronyms defined for on-the-job reference or learning new material.

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Active Set

Active Set

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ad hoc

ad hoc

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Ad Hoc Network

Ad Hoc Network

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ADPCM

Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation

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AEC

Automatic Echo Cancellation

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AGC

Automatic Gain Control

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AGCH

Access Grant Channel

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AICH

Acquisition Indicator Channel

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ALCAP

Access Link Control Application Part

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AMC

Adaptive Modulation and Coding

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Answerback

Answerback

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AoC

Advice of Charge

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AP-AICH

Access Preamble Acquisition Indicator Channel

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APCH

Auxiliary Pilot Channel

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Application

Application

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Application Context

Application Context

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Application Generator

Application Generator

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Application Interface

Application Interface

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Applications / Clients

Applications / Clients

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ARFCN

Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number

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ASCII

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

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ASIC

Application Specific Integrated Circuit

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Association

Association

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Asynchronous

Asynchronous

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