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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.

# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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CPM

Converged IP Messaging

CSMA

Carrier Sense Multiple Access

CSMA/CA

Carrier Sensing Multiple Access / Collision Avoidance

CSMA/CD

Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection

CSMF

Communication Service Management Function

CWDM

Coarse Wave Division Multiplexing

D-IM-CSI

Dialled - IP Multimedia - CAMEL Subscription Information

DAMPS

Digital Advanced Mobile Phone Service

dBm.

dBm.

dBm/Hz

dBm/Hz

DCOM

Distributed Component Object Model

Dedicated mode

Dedicated mode

Designated Access Mode

Designated Access Mode

Device Name

Device Name

Diameter

Diameter

DM

Data

DMA

Direct Memory Access

DMT

Discrete Multi Tone

DMZ

De-Militarized Zone

Domain Name

Domain Name

DPCM

Differential Pulse Code Modulation

DSLAM

DSL Access Multiplexer

DSMIPv6

Dual-stack Mobile IPv6

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