Cisco Prisma II Installation And Operation Manual page 103

Glossary
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BER
BERT
BIG
BIOS
BIST
Bit
Blanking level
BNC
BPF
Bps
BPSK
BW
Byte
CF
Circuit switching
CIRD
CIM
CISC
CIU
C/N or CNR
Glossary-2
Bit error rate
Bit error rate test
Broadband Integrated Gateway
Basic Input/Output System
Built-in self-test
Short for Binary Digit. Can be either a "one" or a "zero."
The amplitude of the front and back porches of the
composite video signal.
A coaxial connector that uses a bayonet type attachment to
secure the cable. It is also known as Baby N connector.
Bandpass filter
Bits per second - The total number of bits sent in a second
of time.
Binary Phase Shift Keying
Bandwidth
A group of bits treated as a unit
Continuous feed
The type of signal switching traditionally used by
telephone companies to create a physical connection
between a caller and a called party.
Commercial Integrated Receiver Decoder
Communications Interface Module
Complex Instruction Set Computer. A computer that uses
many different types of instructions to conduct its
operations, i.e., IBM PCs, Apple Macintosh's, IBM 370
mainframes.
Customer Interface Unit
Carrier-to-noise ratio
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