Harris Constellation - The Menu Tree

Harris Corporation Constellation™
GLOSSARY
GLOSSARY
A
ACU. Antenna Coupling Unit.
A/D. Analog to Digital.
ADM. Add-Drop Multiplexer.
AGC. Automatic Gain Control; automatic gain adjustment of a varying input
signal level to produce a constant output signal level.
AIS. Alarm Indication Signal.
ALC. Automatic Level Control.
AMI. Alternate Mark Inversion.
ANSI. American National Standards Institute.
AUX. Auxiliary port.
B
B8ZS. Bipolar with Eight Zero Substitution.
baseband. A frequency band occupied by a modulating information signal.
Bellcore. Bell Communications Research, Inc. (source of telephony standards
in the U.S.).
BER. Bit Error Ratio.
BERT. Bit Error Ratio Tester.
BPF. BandPass Filter.
BPV. BiPolar Violation.
BW. BandWidth.
C
CAN.
Controller Area Network. An interface standard (ISO 11898) for
interconnecting microcontrollers.
CEPT. Conference Européen des Administrations des Postes et des
Télécommunications.
CIT. Craft Interface Terminal.