VS 2001
Technical Handbook
List of acronyms
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TERM OR
ABBREVIATION
MEANING
NSAP
Network Service Access Point
NT
Network Termination
NUB
Normal Uplink Burst
NVRAM
Non-Volatile Random Access Memory
O&M Operations and Maintenance
ODEC Oil Dispatch Emergency Communications system
OSI Open System Interconnect
OSPF Open Shortest Path First
OTAP Over The Air Programming
p.w. psophometric weighted
P/N Part Number
PA Power Amplifier
PABX Private Automatic Branch Exchange
PAIP PSOS Application IP
PAMR Public Access Mobile Radio
PC Personal Computer
PC
Protocol Control (also Personal Computer)
PCB Printed Circuit Board
PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCM Pulse Code Modulation
PD Packet Data
PDN Packet Data Network
PDO Packet Data Optimised
PDU Power Distribution Unit
PDU Protocol Data Unit (also Power Distribution Unit)
PEB PCM Expansion Bus
PEI Peripheral Equipment Interface
PGS Priority Group Scanning - a mechanism by which an MS
simultaneously attaches to a list of MS groups
PICMG PCI Industrial Computer Manufactured Group
PIN Personal Identification Number
PLL Phase Locked Loop
PMR Private Mobile Radio
PPC Pre-emptive Priority Call
PPM Pulse Per Million
PRC Primary Reference Clock