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Full list of abbreviations and acronyms
- 10 GbE
- 10 Gigabit Ethernet
- 10 GFC
- 10 Gigabit Fibre Channel
- 1000BaseT
- 1000 Megabits per Second, twisted-pair cable version of an IEEE 802.3 network
- 100BaseT
- 100 Megabits per Second, twisted-pair cable version of an IEEE 802.3 network
- 100g
- 100 Gigabits
- 10G-EPON
- 10 Gbits Ethernet Passive Optical Network
- 3G
- Third-Generation wireless
- 4G
- Fourth-Generation wireless
- ADM
- Add/drop multiplexing
- ANSI
- American National Standards Institute
- APC
- Angled physical contact
- APD
- Avalanche Photodiode
- ASOF
- Application specific optical fiber
- ATM
- Asynchronous transfer mode
- AWG
- Arrayed waveguide gratings
- BER
- Bit error rate
- BERT
- Bit error rate tester
- CATV
- Community antenna television
- CD
- Chromatic dispersion
- CFP
- 100G Form-Factor Pluggables
- CLEC
- Competitive local exchange carrier
- CSFP
- Compact Small Form-Factor Pluggable
- CVR
- Converter Module
- CWDM
- Coarse wavelength division multiplexing
- dB
- Decibel
- dBm
- Decibels relative to one milliwatt
- DCF
- Dispersion-compensating fiber
- DFB
- Distributed feedback
- DGD
- Differential group delay
- DMD
- Differential mode delay
- DOCSIS
- Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification
- DPOE
- Docsis Provisioning Over Ethernet
- DSF
- Dispersion-shifted fiber
- DUT
- Device Under Test
- DWDM
- Dense wavelength division multiplexing
- EDFA
- Erbium-doped fiber amplifier
- EIA
- Electronic Industries Alliance
- EPON
- Ethernet Passive Optical Networks
- ER
- Extinction Ratio
- FBG
- Fiber Bragg grating
- FBT
- Fused biconical taper
- FEC
- Forward Error Correction
- FDDI
- Fiber distributed data interface
- FOTP
- Fiber optic test procedure
- FOTS
- Fiber optic transmission system
- FP
- Fabry-Perot laser
- FSWDM
- Full spectrum wavelength division multiplexing
- FTTB
- Fiber to the business or building
- FTTC
- Fiber to the curb or customer
- FTTD
- Fiber to the desk
- FTTH
- Fiber to the home
- FTTN
- Fiber to the neighborhood
- FTTO
- Fiber to the office
- FTTP
- Fiber to the pedestal or pedestal
- FTTx
- Fiber to the user
- FWM
- Four wave mixing
- GFF
- Gain flattening filter
- GHz
- Gigahertz
- GEPON
- Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network
- GPON
- Gigabit Passive Optical Network
- GR
- General recommendation
- GRIN
- Graded index
- HDCM
- High dispersion compensating module
- HFC
- Hybrid Fiber Coax
- IEEE
- The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- IP
- Internet protocol
- ISO
- International Standards Organization
- ITU
- International Telecommunications Union
- IXC
- Integra Cross Connect
- LAN
- Local area network
- LASER
- Light Amplification by Stimulated Emissions of Radiation
- LED
- Light-emitting diode
- LGX
- Light Guide Cross Connect
- LOC
- Latched optical coupling
- LWP
- Low water peak
- MCPC
- Mode-conditioning patchcord
- MEMS
- Microelectromechanical systems
- MFD
- Mode field diameter
- MMF
- Multimode fiber
- MPO
- Mult
- MSA
- Multi Source Agreement
- NA
- Numerical aperture
- NIST
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
- NM
- NanoMeter
- NZDS
- Nonzero dispersion shifted fiber
- OADM
- Optical add/drop multiplexer
- OAM&P
- Operations, administration, maintenance and provisioning
- OEO
- Optical electrical optical
- OFL
- Overfilled launch
- OFSTP
- Optical fiber system test procedures
- OI
- Optical isolator
- OLT
- Optical line terminal
- OM2/3/4
- Optical Multimode
- ONT
- Optical network terminal
- ONU
- Optical network unit
- OSA
- Optical spectrum analyzer, optical sub-assembly or Optical Society of America.
- OSNR
- Optical Signal to Noise Ratio
- OTDM
- Optical time division multiplexing
- OTDR
- Optical time domain reflectometer
- OTN
- Optical transport network
- PDL
- Polarization dependent loss
- PIN
- Positive intrinsic negative
- PING
- Packet InterNet Grouper
- PLC
- Planar lightwave circuit
- PMD
- Polarization mode dispersion
- PON
- Passive optical network
- PRBS
- Pseudo Random Binary Sequence
- QSFP+
- Quad Small Form-Factor Pluggable
- RIN
- Relative intensity noise
- RML
- Restricted mode launch
- ROADM
- Reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer
- RoHS
- Restriction of Hazardous Substances
- SAN
- Storage area network
- SDH
- Synchronous digital hierarchy
- SFF
- Small Form Factor
- SFP
- Small Form-Factor Pluggable
- SMF
- Singlemode fiber
- SNR
- Signal-to-noise ratio
- SONET
- Synchronous optical network
- SWDM
- Selective wavelength division multiplexing
- THz
- Terra Hertz
- TIA
- Telecommunications Industry Association
- TXM
- 1000baseT Cross-Connect Multirate
- UPC
- Ultra physical contact
- VCSEL
- Vertical cavity surface emitting laser
- VOA
- Variable optical attenuator
- VP
- Virtual path
- WAN
- Wide area network
- WDM
- Wavelength division multiplexing
- WSS
- Wavelength selectable switch
- XPM
- Cross-phase modulation
- ZWP
- Zero water peak