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Glossary – Comtech EF Data SDM-9000 User Manual

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Glossary

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

Acronym/

Abbreviation

Definition

Ohms

16QAM

16 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation

8PSK

8 Phase Shift Keying

A

Ampere

A/D

Analog to Digital

AC

Alternating Current

ADC

Analog to Digital Converter

ADJ

Adjust

ADMA

Amplitude Domain Multiple Access

ADPCM

Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation

AFC

Automatic Frequency Control

AGC

Automatic Gain Control

AIS

Alarm Indication Signal

AM

Amplitude Modulation

AMI

Alternate Mark Inversion

AOC

Automatic Offset Control

APM

Amplitude Phase Modulation

ASC

Add-Select-Compare

ASCII

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

ASK

Amplitude Shift Keying

ASYNC

Asynchronous

AUPC

Automatic Uplink Power Control

AUX 1

Auxiliary 1

AVC

Automatic Volume Control

BB

Baseband

BCD

Binary Coded Decimal

BER

Bit Error Rate

BER CONT

BIT Error Rate Continuous

bit/s

bits per second

BPSK

Bi-Phase Shift Keying

BTU

British Thermal Unit