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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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CSMA/CD

Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection

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CSPDN

Circuit Switched Public Data Network

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CUG Index

Closed User Group Index

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CVSD

Continuous Variable Slope Delta Modulation

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CWDM

Coarse Wave Division Multiplexing

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D Link

Diagonal link

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D-channel

Data channel

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D-CSI

Dialled Service - CAMEL Subscription Information

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D-IM-CSI

Dialled - IP Multimedia - CAMEL Subscription Information

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D2D

Device to Device

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DA

Destination Address

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DAB

Digital Audio Broadcasting

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DAC

Device Access Code

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DAMPS

Digital Advanced Mobile Phone Service

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Dark Web

Dark Web

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DARPA

Defense Advanced Research Project Agency

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dB

Decibel

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dBc.

dBc.

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dBm.

dBm.

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dBm/Hz

dBm/Hz

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dBW

dBW

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DC

Dead Centre

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DCCH

Dedicated Control Channel (GSM)

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DCCH

Dedicated Control Channel (UMTS)

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