Cisco Prisma II Installation And Operation Manual page 99

Glossary
, Continued
FAOC
FET
FIFO
FM
Forward path
FP
Fiber
Frequency
Frequency Agile
Frequency Modulation A system of modulation where the instantaneous radio
Frequency Response
Frequency Reuse
Frequency Stability
FSM
FSK
ft-lb.
FTP
Gain
Gbps
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Frequency agile output converters
Field-effect transistor
First in, first out
Frequency modulation
Signal direction from the headend to the set-top terminal.
Fabry-Perot laser
A single strand of glass used as an optical transmission
medium; or a bundle of glass strands in a CATV system.
The number of similar shapes in a unit of time. For
example, the number of sine waves moving past a fixed
point in a second.
The ability to change from one frequency to another
without changing components.
frequency of the carrier varies in proportion to the
instantaneous amplitude of the modulating signal while
the amplitude of the radio frequency carrier is independent
of the amplitude of the modulating signal.
The effect that changing the frequency has on the
magnitude of a signal.
A technique in which independent information is
transmitted on orthogonal polarizations to "reuse" a given
band of frequencies.
A measure of the departure from nominal frequency value
of a signal, with respect to time, temperature, or other
influence.
Field strength meter
Frequency-shift keying
Foot-pound
File Transfer Protocol
An increase in signal relative to a reference
Gigabits per second
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