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Glossary – Comtech EF Data SDR-54A User Manual

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Glossary


The following is a list of acronyms and abbreviations that may be found in this manual.

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Acronym/

Abbreviation

Definition

Ohms

AC Alternating

Current

AGC

Automatic Gain Control

AIS

Alarm Indication Signal

ASCII

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

ASYNC Asynchronous

BER

Bit Error Rate

bit/s

Bits per second

BPSK

Bi-Phase Shift Keying

C Celsius

CCITT

International Telephone and Telegraph Consultative Committee

CEFD

Comtech EF Data

CLK Clock

cr Carriage

Return

CTS

Clear to Send

DC Direct

Current

DAMA

Demand Assignment Multiple Access

dB Decibels

dBm

Decibels referred to 1.0 milliwatt

DCE

Data Circuit Terminating Equipment

Demod Demodulator

DEMUX Demultiplexer

DSP

Digital Signal Processing

Eb/N0

Bit Energy-to-Noise Ratio

ESD Electrostatic

Discharge

FAST

Fully Accessible System Topology

FM Frequency

Modulation

FPGA Field

Programmable Gate Array

FW Firmware